The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-29
FINDS WIFE
ON DE|:A1H.B||:'E::'.D|
Husband Left Many Years Ago,
Offering to Return Wilei,
Called Upon.
SEPARATION UNEXPLAINED
Man Was True to His First
Love and Comes Back
When Asked.

s3l. .sIf YOU ever want me- open this en-
yelope and send to the address contained
q therein. will come to you at any time"
Nearly quarter Of century ago a
philadelphia naraed Mcnamara left wife VII!
ii md family with this parting Injunction
q sepa ration having been arranged by mus
tpal consent. \,
Less than two weeks ago the wife sum
n1oned the husband to her bedside at the
4. Presbyterian Hos pital and expired In his
n arms, l s. 5!5
During the long years that have elapsed
the two daughters have grown to beautt-
ful, graceful wonanhood. They have re-
sponsible. apd lucr ative positions and suf-
& ficient means to purchase recently 4 a
handsome home in one Of the new resi-
Il. iences sections of West philadelphia FUR
n pish 1t COMFORTABLY and even elegantly,
and make their mothers declining Gays
easy so far as worldly comforts are con-
GA cerned. f
Origin of Trouble Unknown.
What al ferences arose to part this man
IA from his wife are not known. From the
}, evidence tobtainable it seems proba BILE that
E small differences. petty. jars, in which
y false nrlde prevented either from yielding,
gradually accumulated until they formed
barrier strong enough and high enough
Il to separate the husband from his Wife.
4 the father from mis- children
The two Att daughters were left with
the wife. Alone the man went to st.
n Louis and took Up the broken I threads OF
ibis life: 4.
rs The VIII remained in this city, but thai t:
She might the better forget the events of
her brief married life and the husband
y from " hon She was divided she made a
d slight change In her name, and so closely
was the secret OF the estrangement guard
8ed that not even the intim ate fri ends Of
b the family at present know that the
4 ,,ane borne by the girls is not that OF
Their father. In order to spare the feel
8'irgs OF these young women The y ORTIZ
# Is naeriean withholds the name and adj
y dress. IN e
The wIfe d welt fondly on his many acts
iaef Kindness and gentle care and forgot
the differences which at the time had
81 seemed so great. Their importance les
sened Yitli5,he lapse Of years. until they
seemed tritlirg and unsubs s;1a as sos-4
8 ssa 1ter webs, compared to her intense
longing to see once more the face other,
Il iong-lost husband u .s
Opened the Envelope.
9lss ychen her physicians declared that her!
s and she must be removed to the hospital.
III She were to have even a slight chance
43of prolonging her existence. the last yes
t5ge OF her pride was swept away. and in
II trcm bling tones she asked that the enve-.
!ope left by her husband be brought to
Il her. 1t had been carefully preserved
r4lroug h all the days of his absence
E SHE opened it and summons was:
quickly sent to the address Il contained.
In all the years of his lonely life the
husband had respained true to his love
Tor his wife. and it needed no urging to.
make him redeem the promise made on
4 leaving her. Without an instants unnec-
essary delay he was speeding as fast as
steam could carry him to her bedside,
S# Tho meeting Of husband and wife, the
cars of mingled joy at reunion and sor-
row for the wasted years cannot be de-
scrlbed. The scene that was enacted in
that little hospital room was too sacred
Ter the eyes OF outsiders.
The years OF SORROW and separation were
repaid with only a few hours OF mutual
ccrnpanionship. but those hours were filled
with a happiness that not even the dark
cloud of death could entirely lovershadow,
and when the wife breathed her last, It
was with her head pilowed on a hus-
bands breast and her eyes looking ten
Il der farewell into eyes that responded in
Kind through, streaming tears. IS.
sit was decided that there was no reason
M 10 change the name she had assumed, and
" even in death she Is unknown by the
name she took at the altar. Her grave,
in West Laurel Hill Cemetcry,tis said ia
be visited daily by the heart-broken hus-
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