The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-09-07

TO another woman, yet such a story is
told of herself by Mrs. John J. Nc.
Guire, formerly of Wellston, Mo-, but
now of Alton, III. AS an explanation
for her acquiescence in the peculiar
arrangement Mrs. Mcclure says she
was prompted by intense love and con
ndence 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 a certified copy of her
marriage license in order to prove pos
1tlvely 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. Mcguire also secured a copy
OF her marriage certificate from Jus
tice Greensfelder, showing that she had
been married by him to Mr.. Mcclure
Aug. Is, 1898. To the marriage Off
Gals 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 a letter al 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
rage would be advisable. Mcclure
was very much perplexed,'' 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. He asked me
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 I consent to his marrying Miss
Bryant, saying that I could live with
them as his sister-in-law until an OBJ
p%ortunity 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-
that her husband had no inten-
ton 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:
1--WE lived together happily enough
until my husband received the letter
one day from Miss Frances Bryant of
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
demand. Then, when he made the
proposition for me to help him cut of
the difficulty, 1 consented, as I loved
him dearly. The marriage ceremony
was performed in Alton, and after it
was over I went with them to live. I
stood it until l became convinced that
he would not make good his promise
to me. He kept continually putting
me off, and finally 1 concluded that l
could not retain my self-respect and
live in the same house with them. I
accordingly left without a cent and
managed to exc cut a scanty existence
by the little work that I could do in
For a long time did not know what
to do, as my husband told me that If
made the facts public we would both
go to the penitentiary. He finally
denied our marriage altogether and
said I could not prove it. Our mar
riage certificate had been destroyed,
and I came down here today simply to
get a copy of it in order to have the
proof of my marriage. 1 do not want
to get into any trouble, and if l COM
any misdeed, did lot do it
knowingly. l would still like to help
him out of this scrape if it is possible
to do So"
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