The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-23
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clothes standing before him, hat In
hand. The gentleman was examining
the servants credentials with view
to hiring him.
II Sea- said the former. that you
have been with Lester Walker and FL
lott Ciorton, men who have exchanged
Wives"
Eyes, sir. lsvod with Mr.. Walker
when he had his own wife. Then
when she married Mr.. Gorton went
to live with him. Most of the ladies
and gentlemen I've lived with, sir.
have been divorced and married again.
never worked for any except the hrst
families"
..Vyasn't there some chance OF Wal
ker and his first wife getting together
again some time ago2"
Its a very complicated case, sir.
Y see, Mr.. and Mrs. Walker bein' d.
vorced, Mr.. walker married the d.
vorced wife OF Mr. Gorton. Then Mr..
Csorton married the first Mrs. Walker.
One night Mr. Walker and his second
wife and Nr. Gorton and his second
wife
Hold on! Don't you know the la
dies first names7 can never keep
them straight by their married names
Mr. Walker called his first wife
Alice, and when he married the other
one he called her Gwendolen."
..All right, call them Mrs. Alice and
Mrs Gwendolen."
wen. sir, as was sayin', the two
couples as had been married different
before found themselves at the opera
in adtoinin' boxes. 1t might have been
tryin' FOR 'eIn IL they hadn't always
lived in the highest circles and BEEN
ITO the manner born"
Eyes, sir: all the first families is
.:sed to such things. 1t didn't trouble
am n bit, sir. Indeed, sir, the novelty
u their second marriage havin' wore
of, Mrs. Alice looked mighty charm
IN" to her first husband, Mr.. Walker,
and Mrs. Cwendolen got up firta-
lion with her first husband, Mr.. Cor
ton After the opera Mr.. Walker took
hIs-I mean Mrs. Alice-to the Waldorf
to supper. and Mr.. Gorton took Mrs
GwendoIen to Delmonico's to supper
and /, bcin' at the time wOrkin' at
DeImonico's. saw air. Gorton and his
first wife sparlSin' as If they was hon
eymoonin'.
Toward mornin' Mr.. Walker he
KEN in with Mrs. Alice, and they all
set down at the same table and drank
champagne till the day was breakin':
then each man got into n carriage with
his own wife-I mean his own legal
wife-and they drove home.
well. sir, that was the beglnnin' OF
a change. They all agreed, to git d.
vorces and marry again as they was
IN the first place. Mr.. Walker took up
with chorus girl, and Mr.. Gorton
KEN home one day when his wife had
hired n detective to hide in the closet
a-purpose and d!1 4 job of wife beat
in. so they all got their divorces
without any scandal. FOR 1t was only
the men that was com ,romised, and
that didn't matter. and after waitin'
proper time they made their prepare
tons to marry again as they was In
the first place. This was very fine FOR
the children. poor things. who natural
~ preferred their own parents. and l
who had gone to work ut Mr.. Gorton :
was mighty pleased at his little o.
bein' so delighted at the prospect ~
gittin' back their own mother.
"Nhile they was all waitin' to take
their original positions the men lived
Mt their clubs and the ladies put up ~
different hotels. You see, sir, Il
wouldn't do for 'em to swap back tn
their own children till they was mar
rlcd over aCnin-nt least it would mako
talk. and they was all very particular
not to git pe>ple to talkIn' about EN-.
We'll, sir Mr.. Walker and his wife
was to he remarked I'm the fall, but
unfortunately in ,Tuty he took party
OF on his yacht for 81 long cruise. and
when he KEN back he was engaged to
Miss Yardlcy, her that owns all the
stock in one of the big Insurance com.
panies, and this spoiled it all. His first
wife married n duke in England. Mr..
Gorton married the divorced wife of
big mine owner. The only one of the
four that was left out IN the cold was
Mrs Gwendolcn. who was in love with
a Roman Catholic who couldn't git a
dispensation But. this bein' the case,
the set they belonged to considered it
perfectly proper for 'em to live to
gether. and they did.
az could tell you a lot more about
'em, sir, only the names has got so
mixed that couldn't make you under.
stand"
you needn't trouble yourself.
have no desire to lose my mind and be
sent to a lunirtic asylum. Besides, an:
quite sure that you have occupied
places in the highest circles. You have
made only one error. and thqt you have
fallen into by listening to scandal. You
have said that the first Mrs. Gorton
lived with ii Roman Catholic whom she
could not marry on account of rell-
Gious interference. In this you are
wrong. Society might tolerate such II
unlon but in this case 1t did not occur.
/ happen to know all about It. YOU
may consider yourself engaged, but
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