Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-11-19
IS SHORT BUT
VERY EXCITING
The Welded Life Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Campbell Failed to Come
Up to Expectations.
A BRIDE FOR THIRTY MINUTES
But the Groom Got Drunk on Their
Wedding Tour and She Wishes
She Were Single Again.

That the curse of newly welded
life does not always run smooth is
ab~undantly proven by the experience,
short but exciting, of Miss Ada Ray
of Kendall. who changed that simple
cognomen for the more matronly one
OF Mrs. William Campbell. but who
is now heartily tired Of being a Camp
bell and wishes sincerely she were
a Ray nee more. The story of the
marital difficulties of the Campbells
Is certainly anything but a boost to
the advocates of early marriage and
welded felicity. The couple came in
to l.ewistown Wednesday morning.
she resplendant in a bran new we'd
ding outfit, considerably furnished by
the grOOm-to-be, and Bill" wearing a
broad and benevolent smile at his
good fortune in securing a young and
pretty bride. Securing a license they
were united in the holy bonds of mat.
rimony at 10 o'clock, Justice Mac
Gowan, with all the dignity and sol
emnity at his command. speaking the
words which he supposed was to bind
them together until death do part"
and Mr.. and Mrs. McMurthey acting
the parts OF attendants. So elated
did Mr.. Campbell feel at his unequal.
ed good fortune. that. as soon as the
ceremony was over, and while his
wife was making a few purchases. he
decided to celebrate and did il so sue.
ccssfully. that when the time came
Tor them to start To their home in
Kendall. he was intoxicated with
something more potent than love and
happiness. As they progressed on
their bridal tour the cool wind and
rough road called for frequent resorts
to a bottle filled with that which
cheers and also sometimes in~ebrlates,
and because his newly acquired bride
refused To join him in a social bottle
he became angcred and. forgetful of
his recent VOW To- love. cherish and
protect her, sworC at and struck the
late Miss Ray, sometimes known in
the city of her h~abitation as Mecca.
sin Kate" and generally abused her.
by the time they arrived al the half
way house he was so inceusCd at her
that he got ont and demanded that she
strip on all the wedding garments
which he had given her and redon her
old and less comedy every day garb.
Mrs. Campbell says that Mr.. and
Mrs. McMurthCy, not possessing her
temperance scruplcs, frequently Join,
ed with her husband in a social dram
and that 'rr" they got Ia Kendall the
three Of th"m were i'm n beautiful
state Of high lonesomcness.' LonG
before they got 10 Kendall she had
made mp her mind that marriage In
general vas a failure and that hers
In particular was OF the bowling va
ri"ty. Consequently, when her hus
band drove up in front of his house
in that city she refused to get out
insisting upon being allowed to driy,
on To her own home. He made a NOV,
as If to forcibly take her from tn,
buggy, wheroupon the horses were sud
denly started up. running over Mrs
McMurthey. who had previously alight
ed. and breaking that worthy lady'
leg.
: Life in Kendall being somewhat to,
strenuous for Mrs. Campbell she re
turned TO Lewistown the next day
J. where the first Of this week she sue
ceeded in getting work from a ranch
y er near town, She is not yet sixteel
J. years Of age and says II is her inten
ltion, as o o as she has acquired thu