The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-09-15
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hand. he gentlellaH was SA"hiiitiA5
the servants credentials with view
10 hiring him.
II Sec" said the former, that you
nave been with Lester Walker ami I'll
tiott Gorton. men who have exchanged
wives
Yes. sir. l lived 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 aud married again
never worked for any except the first
families
WASN'T there some chance of Wal
ker and his first wife getting together
again some time ago.?
Its Il very complicated case. sir.
Y see, Mr.. and Mrs. Walker bein' di-
yorced, Mr.. Walker married the oil
vorced wife of Mr.. Gorton. Then MI
Gorton married the first Mrs. Walker
One night Mr.. Walker and his second
wife and Mr.. Gorton and his second
wife
Hold on. Don't you know the Ia
dies first names? | can never keep
them straight by their married names.
MIR. 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.'
We'll. sir. as | was sayin'. the two
couples as had been married different
before found themselves at the opera
in adjoinin' boxes. 1t might have been
tryin' for 'em if they hadn't always
lived in the highest circles ami been =
TO the manner born.
Eyes, sir: all the first families Is
used to such things. 1t didn't trouble
'em IL bit. sir. Indeed. sir. the novelty
of their second marriage havin wore
off. Mrs. Alice looked mighty charm
in to her first husband. Mr. Walker.
and Mrs. Gwendolen got up fiirta-
ton with her first husband. Mr.. Cor
! ton. After the opera Mr.. Walker took
| his-I mean Mrs. Allce-tO the Waldorf
to supper. and Mr. Gorton took Mrs.
| Gwendolen to Delmonico's to supper.
and |. bein' at the time workiE' at
| DeImonico's. saw Mr.. Gorton and his
| first wife spa as IL 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 breakih' ;
| then each man got into Il carriage with
! his own wife-I mean his own legal
wife-and they drove home.
Well. sir. that was the heginnin' Of
change They all agreed TO git di-
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 a detective to hide in the closet
| a-purpose and did job of wife beat
in. SO they all got their divorces
| without any scandal. for it was only
the men that was compromised. and
that didn't matter. and after waitin
a proper time they made their prepara-
tons to marry again as they was IN
the first place This was very fine for
the children. poor .lin@S. who natu.&li
| ly preferred their own parents. and l.
who had gone to work at Mr. Gorton's
was mighty pleased ut his little ones
helm so delighted at the prospect OF
gittin' back their own mother.
While they was all waitin' to take
their original positions the men LIVED
at their clubs and the ladies put up a
different hotels You see. sir. Il
wouldn't do for EN- TO swap back I;
their own children till they was mar
ried over again-at least it would make
talk. and they WAS all very particular
not to git people to talkin' about EN-.
We'll. sir. Mr.. Walker and his wifi
was 10 lie remarked in the fall, bu
unfortunately in July he took part,
off on his yacht for a long cruise. an'
when he KEN back he was engag ed +
Miss YdrdIey. her that owns all tn
stock in one Of the big insurance com
panies. and this spoiled 1t all His frs
wife married duke in England. Nj
Gorton married the divorced Wife of
big mine owner. The only one Of III
/ lOttF llltl WIS lclL bttt III tiiS tcitt W "a
Mrs. Gwendolcn. who was in love wit
Roman catholic who couldn't cit
dispensation. But, this bein' the cass
the set they belonged to considered
perfectly proper for 'em to live tc
gcther. and they did.
Il could tell you lot more abou
'em. sir. only the names has got $
mixed that couldn't make you under
stand"
3 You needn't Trouble yourself
. haye no desire to lose my mind and b
sent to 4 lunatic asylum. Besides. | al
quite sure that you have occupie
places in the highest circles. You hay
made only one error, and that YOU hav
, fallen into by listening to scandal, lO
have said that the first Mrs. Gorto
lived with Roman Catholic whom Sil
could not marry Oh account of rel
gious Interference. III this you ar
wrong Society might tolerate such
union. but in this case it did not occnl