The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-02
New York Jourual)

-.- 1-AIfred T. Elliott a wealthy
-t af this place. has his divorced
-. working for him as a servant
Wy -ar away with Wis coachman a
Then the man deserted her
.ra came back 10 beg her nus
az. forgiveness. he would not give
.-- -r-. but agreed 10 ensage her as
Jus" 5 servant because the children
-.-ur5 ind her useful
Ms Elliott accepted the situation
..--g-rIlr She takes the orders of
.- husband and her children more
---E--. than If she were d serva ~ girl
.--5g5f .r the ordinary way
S,- only does Mrs. Elliott humbly
~ orders from the family. but also
.- -fa cook. Size helps jim the kitCh-
.raars her husbands End her chill
-s Shoes waits 40 table and gen
.-sr.- acts a- III maid ot all work. She
y. = refined and educated woman
g-...--f IS "a retired real estate , eaIeT,
rao DOW passes his time on model
arm near here. tt is a splendid place,
stacked with valuable and thO ough-
r-s4 animals of a.l kinds.
~7. people of Harrison county were
Smoked rG roIr a year ago thar Mrs.
rrett han rn awty with the family
.-4aHman Waiter shannon. II appears
,rar one evening Mrs. Elliott sent .vord
p. her husband that she would not
anne down fo dinner Half an hour
later She l5 the coachmau We're seen
I'M The country people driving along
-E. road towards New Athens in one
81 1T. Erults bugEies.
rf MAS au e.ouament. Shannon. who
WAS very handsome fellow. and
smart .aa.lmau, had fascinated his
-rrT.Ears wife, Mrs Elliott had often
been seen raifng 10 him, Dut her hus-
band Had np -auSc for suspicion and
ra paid uo attention to such triflins
signs The actual news of the clope-
mant was an absolute surprise 10 him.
4a was mad with rage everybody who
knew him believed that he would kill
both the guilty ones IF he could ind
.lam. AS months passed his rage
gave way 90 fixed dogged look of re-
sentiment
six months after the el0pement airs.
Elliott appeared at her parents home
n Belmont county She was heart
broken. TO- hJlf-starved. Shannon had
deserted her. 10 appeared that no
sooner had she run away than she be-
San 90 be- Disguised with her cOmpan-
SON. She realized that she had desert
ca an honest If not very agreeable man
for a worthless fellow
DIT. Elliott began a suit for divorce
at Cadiz Mrs Elliott engaged coun-
So. and put in a defense. An order
was made granting her temporary ALI
mony. a week before the date set
trr the lria, she went 10 her lawyers
and told them that she had arranged
matters with her husband. and that she
had Do further use for their services. /
When they asked her what she had
cone she said Thar it was 10 business
o- On IRIS. Mr.. Elliott then obtained
ES divorce without opposition.
I1-n came the second surprise of this
s,ory--a surprise that put III eiope-
ms1t entirely lu the shade. Mrs. Ell
hoJt MAS back in her husband home
again and working as a servant The
INST neiEhhOr who called after the d.
'oI'e was astounded to see the former
wife oper the door dressed neatly but
plainly as household domestic.
q.
The whole ruth gradually came ont.
1irS. Elliott had thrown herself on her
1soant raeFeE She told him that ne (
'IEhtla take care 81 her for the sake
ID, The children. She was ashamed to
go anywhere else. She promised 10 do
FFt7ns De- Gked-t0 work for him. 10
black his boots, 10 scrub the floor.
Elliott was StiU extremely bitter. He
thought slowly over her appeaf. and
ally said NE would take her back TO
's home IS q servant He would nav
7ar 1885,.
IN etWn Tor this eatment she was
BE- agree always to work faithfully az