The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-08-08
LOVE DREW HIM FROM
LENDS OF The EARTH !"
Romantic Reunion Of an Illinois
Couple, Who Parted After
Bitter Quarrel.
HUSBAND COMES FROM AUSTRALIA
Wrote His Wife, Asking Forgiveness, and
Arrived In the fostoflce In the Old
1own Just as She Was Read
Ing the Letter.

AoWu OubJ hb sho was ACh0-
ing the Letter.
Nokomis, ILL.,, special: Love that suf-
fered, endured yet doubted, came out
at last triumphant after six years sep
aratfon of the persons affected. Last
Monday Myron J. Krader Of Australia
for the first time in over five years saw
his wife, Clara Il. krader, from whom
he had parted in anger, expecting new
er to see or speak with her again. The
whole story Of their meeting, courtship,
marriage and separation is more ro-
mantle than fiction. They were first
married seven years ago, when she was
10 and he %. AT the time of their first
meeting Mr.. Krader was a travelling
salesman for a New York shoe house.
His future wife, who was then Miss
Clara +. Jennings, was attending coll
lege at Ann Arbor, Mich. Mr.. Krader
himself was a graduate there and often
made the town on his trips. He had a
younger brother attending there at the
same time that Miss Jennings did and
1t was through his brother that Mr..
Krader met the young lady. Both
seemed well pleased with each other
and after the second meeting a cores
pondence was started between them
and each received letter from tho
other at least once q week.
Miss Jennings, who was left an or
phan In childhood, was sent to the pub
lie schools Of st. Louis until nearly 16
years of age, when her aunt, with whom
she lived, for the benefit Of her own
health moved to the farm, sending
Clara to the college at Ann Arbor to
complete her musical education. In st.
Louis while attending the high school
Miss Jennings became acquainted with
q young fellow who paid her quite a
good deal Of attention and when she
left there she was not quite t16 years
of age and they had plighted their troth
and until some time after she met the
salesman she believed she loved him.
4 krader, too, was engaged when he
met Miss Jennings. Soon after he met
Miss Jennings he knew that he did not
love the girl to whom he was engaged,
yet ne hesitated to call OFF the engage.
ment.
Wed and Move West.
After few months courtship Mr..
Hrader resigned his position with the
shoe house and took to the west and
entered the specializing field. The fol-
lowing spring he came back from the
west and he and Miss Jennings were
quietly married. After a few weeks
trip through the east they went to
make their home In Colorado. Though
each had promised to be perfectly
candid with each other, neither men-
toned that they had been previously
engaged. They made trip east to
visit his old home and friends in New
York and her aunt In st. Louis. While
In New York Mr.. Krader met his old
nance. While he thought his wife visit
Ing with former college friend he
with his former sweetheart went to a
theater In the evening. His wife had
gone to visit her friend. but they de-
cided TO see q play, and, as 1t hap
pened, they went to the same theater
where Mr.. Krader had gone. A few
rows ahead she saw her husband. She
thought he acted strangely affectionate
TO the other woman. She did not mem
tton the matter to her husband when he
came back that evening.
Thereafter she treated her husband
very coolly. A day or so later they
started for st. Louis. Here she met
her former sweetheart and to spite her
husband for his actions in New york
arranged to go with the young fellow
90 that her husband should see her.
Though she told him what she Intended
10 90. he was wild and reckless and
careless young man.
Z Plan Does Not work.
i The husband had agreed to meet her
at one Of the pavilions In Forest park.
He came out sooner than expected and
while walking toward the pavilion saw
his wife and the young man. His jeal-
ousy was this time aroused and he fol-
lowed. Passing through aNclump OF
bushes the young man seized Mrs.
Krader and before she was aware had
pressed several kisses on her lips. Mr..
Krader saw 1t. His anger at what he
thought his wife's unfaithfulness was
too great to be restrained He rushed
forward, knocked the young fellow
down and then selling his wife roughly
BY the arm led her away. She was
angry at the man and angry at the
rough: manner in which her husband
handled her. He began to upbraid her
and she retorted with what she saw IN
New York There was q half hours
bitter quarrel, each accusing TIE other
of unfaithfulness. Krader left, telling
her that she never need expect to see
nor hear from him again. When Mrs.
krader went home few days later she
xound that ne had drawn al his money
4 The bank and taken all his belong
lnge from the house. Where he had
gone none Of the neighbors knew. she
st1nally mastered herself, sold the fur-
nlture and went with her child ia I'll.
Louis TO live With her aunt. Here she
Lived three yeaEs, hardly ever men-
7tioning her husband. Then her aunt
diedsen with the child she came again
20 the farm near NOkonis. She rarely
seaw anybody and did not q "a \ tnyvn
once q month. - trough al the years
che Kept her husband - picture on the
mantek ana wore both her enra cement
and maria sc zanEs all the time. ~