The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07
WIFE AS HIS SISTER.
HUSBAND MARRIED ANOTHER
WOMAN.
led tn DO This by Lore-sh Played
Her Part In si:enre and In agony.
bui ut Length LET; Her Home-A
strzaxe Story. 8

/; Is seldom that Z wife viii stand
quietly by ard sec her husband welded
to another woman. yet such story Is
told Of herself BY Mrs John j. Nc
CURE. formerly CT Weiiston, Mo. bu.
now OF Alton. Ill. AS an explanation
Tor her gcqu!esC ence in the peculiar
arrangement Mrs Mcclure gays she
vas prompted by intense love and con-
Edence In her husband to accept the
position OF pseudo sis.er-.n-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 HIS been misled, and
ton TO secure a certified copy CT her
marriage license in order to prove pos
itlvely that she was his wife. when she
asks to have him legally punished. as
she declared that she intended 10 do.
In addition to the marriage license
copy Mrs. A:Gutre also secured copy
CT her marriage certificate from Jus
ice Greensfelder, showing that she had
been married by him to Mr. Mcclure
Aug. Is, 1898. To the marriage Off
Gals at Clayton Mrs. Mcclure 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 il
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
rostman left letter at their house,
which created consternation Accord
ing to Mrs MCGUIRE, the letter was
from Miss Frances Bryan, a former &C
she suggested that an immediate mar
rage would be advisable "McGuire
was very much rerpleXed," said his
wife, "but he finally concluded to make
a full confession. He said that he
could not absolutely ignore the letter,
for he had promised to wed the writer
before he had met her. lie asked me
not to desert him in the hour OF need
but to help him cut Of his enbarrass-
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 I could live with
them as his sister-iE-laW until an Op-
portunity came for him to safely ex-
sricate himself from the difficulty"
Mrs. MCGUIRE says that she stood il
as long as possible, living with her
about five weeks ago, when she cen
Guided that her husband had no inten-
Ion of fulfilling his promise, and thai
Ter self-respect would not permit hcl
% remain under his roof any longer
She accordingly left him and went tt
work in Alton. She says:
I'VE lived together happily enough
, until my husband received the lette'
, one day from Miss Frances Bryant O
, Alton. Mr.. Mcclure did not know
: what to do at first, but he finally con
! fessed to me that she could make i
cot for him if he did not comply witt
, | he demand. Then, when he made tn
/ proposition for me to help him out 0
he difficulty, l consented, as I love-
him dearly. The marriage ceremon
was performed in Alton, and after
, was over l went with them to live.
: stood it until l became convinced tina
be would not make good his promis
; me off, and finally 1 concluded that
could not retain my self-respect an
y live in the same house with them.
| accordingly left without a cent an
- managed to exc out a scanty existenc
, by the little work that l could do
q Alton.
:. For a long time did not know whs
f to do, as my husband told me that
u | made the facts public we would bot
;. 20 to the penitentiary. He FINAL
8 denied our marriage altogether an
Il said I could not prove it. Our ma
3 riage certificate had been destroye
8 and l came down here today simply
- get a copy of it in order to have IL
proof of my marriage. l do not wal
to get into any trouble, and if l con
mitted any misdeed, cid not do
knowingly. would still like to he
him out of this scrape if it is possib
to DO so.'
William Waldorf Aston was not {
American in any except the nomin
sense of the word. Usually when b
name came before the public it W
in connection with some act of sno
bishness, bad manners or bad tas
that made Americans wish foreigne
could not refer to him as ''yoHr fello'
,orntryman." Also it was extreme
listasteful to him to think of himss
as an American. It reminded him
the ancestral butchers and peddle
states the New York World. 4,
when he talked to Americans of L
pet delusion-his unfounded and NJ
publicly exploded notion that he W
- descended not from German peasan
to but from hang hty French and Spani
Is nobles-he knew that they were lang
De ing in their sleeves at him. Ameri
I'd retains all of him that was OF a
n value-his property. That renal
er here to enrich this country. Only
ct income goes abroad, and it has be
- going abroad for years anyhow.
le
le A record has been made in
ne Schuylkill County PENN Court Il
ne was never before equslled. III @
70 day the grand jury ignored forty-ni
a bills of Indictment out of sixty G