The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-07-21

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but at Length Left Her Home-A
Strange Story.
| 1t is seldom. that a wife will stand
quietly by and see her husband welded
to another woman, yet such story is
told Of herself by Mrs. John ]. Nc
CURE, formerly OF Wellston, Mo-, but
now OF Alton, Ill. As an explanation
for her acquiescence in the peculiar
arrangement Mrs. Mcclure says she
was prompted by intense love and con-
fdence In her husband to accept the
position of pseudo sister-in-law in the
same house with his newly welded
bride, upon his mere suggestion. Now
she Is sorry that it ever happened,
thinks that she has been misled, and
the other afternoon journeyed to Clay
ton to secure certified copy Of her
marriage license in order to prove pos
itively that she was his wife, when she
asks to have him legally punished, as
she declared that she intended to do
IN addition to the marriage license
copy Mrs. Mcclure also secured a copy
OF her marriage certificate from JUS
tice Greensfelder, showing that she had
been married by him to Mr.. MCGUIRE
Aug. Is, 1898. To the marriage off,
cials at Clayton Mrs. MCGUIRE said that
she had been acquainted with her hus-
band for about one year before she
welded him, and trusted implicitly in
all that he proposed to her. Conse-
quently when he suggested that it
would be better for them to give their
addresses at Hillsboro, in st. Louis
county. she readily consented. Mrs.
Mcclure said that everything progress
ed smoothly after their marriage until
one day after Christmas, when the
postman left letter at their house,
which created CONSERVATION. Accord
ing to Mrs. MCGUIRE, the letter was
from Miss Frances Bryan, a former ac-
quaintance of her husband, in which
she suggested that an immediate mar
riage would be advisable. Mcclure
was very much perplexed," said his
wife, "but he finally concluded to make
full confession. He said that he
could not absolutely ignore the letter,
Tor ne had promised to wed the writer
before he had met her. He asked me
not to desert him in the hour of need,
but to help him out of his embarrass-
ment. When he could settle matters,
he said, we would resume the relations
of man and wife. He then proposed
that l consent to his marrying Miss
Bryant, saying that could live with
them as his sister-in-law until an OPP
portunity came for him to safely ex-
tricate himself from the difficulty"
Mrs. MCGUIRE says that she stood it
as long as possible, living with her
husband and his second wife, until
about five weeks ago, when she con-
Guided that her husband had no inten-
lion OF fulfilling his promise, and that
her self-respect would not permit her
to remain under his roof any longer.
She accordingly left him and went to
work in Alton. She says:
eve lived together happily enough
until my husband received the letter
one day from Miss Frances Bryant of
Alton. Mr.. MCGUIRE did not know
what to do at first, but he finally con-
fessed to me that she could make it
hot for him if he did not comply with
the demand. Then, when he made the
proposition for me to help him out of
the difficulty, I consented, as I loved
| him dearly. The marriage ceremony
was performed in Alton, and after it
was over went with them to live. 1
stood it until became convinced that
he would not make good his promise
to me. He kept continually putting
me off, and finally concluded that I
could not retain my self-respect and
live in the same house with them. I
accordingly left without a cent and
managed to exc out a scanty existence
by the little work that could do in
Alton.
For long time did not know what
to do, as my husband told me that If
made the facts public we would both
60 to the penitentiary. He finally
denied our marriage altogether and
said I could not prove it. Our mar
riage certificate had been destroyed,
and came down here today simply to
get copy of it in order to have the
proof of my marriage. I do not want
to get into any trouble, and If COM
mitted any misdeed, did not do it
knowingly. would still like to help
him out of this scrape If it is possible
to do 60"
Family Of Musical Tastes.
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