The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-07-17
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IN an easy chair serFaihe u. Ae.,ts
clothes Standing before him, h45 =
hand. The gentlemnn was exam lt;lil.s
~ seryant's credentials with view
60 hiring him ...,,.. ~,
n SEES said the former, 1at you y,
have bfan with Lester " atker anu =.
| loft Gorton, men who have eAesllslAle 81
w. .syes sir lived with Mr.. walker
yvhen he had his own wife hen
when she married AIr. Gorton =. = 49,. ~
TO live With him. Most OF tne tee. -
and gentlemen I've liSeo VIZ, - =.
have been divorced and rnaIEe ~. -.
I never worked for any except the nEse
ssJvasr,t there some chance ofrNeal-
kerr and his hrst wife getting tegetne9
again some time agoT
..It,a a very complicated case ss.
=, see. Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Dest 81!
yoreed AR. Walker married
vorced vile OF Mr.. Gorton. Inen Nj
/ (sorfon married the first Mrs. walker.
one NIGHT Afr. walker and his seeonu
wife and Mr.. Gorton and his seeon9
VIE
AHoEd ont Don't you know the Ia
dies. first names7 can never Keep
them straight by their married nam s.
..AIr. Walker called his hrst VIE
Alice, and when he married the otner
one he called her Gwendolen-
"AlI right, call them Mrs. Alice ana
Mrs. Gwendolen."
Gwen. Sir. as was sayin'. the two
couples as had been married dinerent
before found themselves at the opera
In adtofnin' boxes 1t might have been
tryin' for 'em II they hadn't always
lived In the highest circles and been ~
.sTo the manner born"
4sYes. sir: all the first families Is
used to such things. 1t didn't trouble
'em n bit, sir. Indeed, sir, the novelty
of their second marriage haVin wore
on, Mrs. Alice looked mighty charm
In to her first husband, Mr.. Walker,
and Mrs. Gwendolen got up nir6a-
ton with her first husband, Mt. COR
ton. After the opera Mr.. Walker took
hIs-I mean Mrs. AIIce-to the Waldorf
to supper, and Mr. Gorton took Mrs.
Gwendolen to Delmonico's to supper,
and /. beIn' at the time workin' at
DelmonIco's. saw LIr Gorton and his
d-st wife sparkIn' as II they was hon
.aToward mornin' Mr.. Walker he
KEN in with Mrs Alice, and they all
eet down at the same table and drank
champagne till the day was breakin.
then each man got into carriage with
his own wife-I mean his own legal
wife-and they drove home
''WeIL, sir, that was the beginnin OF
a change. They all agreed to git d.
yorces and marry again as they was
In the first place. Mr.. Walker took up
with a chorus girl, and Mr. Gorton
kem home one day when his wife had
hired a detective to hide In the closet
a-purpose and did a 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 mdtter, and after waitin
a proper time they made their prepare
tons to marry again as they was In
the first place. This was very hne Tor
the children. poor things - ~ fuEall-
~ preferred IEheir own parents, ana +
who had gone Ito work at Mr.. Gorton's.
was mighty r9ieaaed at his little oT,Ns
Argsns 50 de1tsSkted at the prospect of
Rftfin' back their own mother.
while they was all waftin' to take
their original positions the men lived
at their clubs ana the ladies' put up at
different hotels. You see, sir, II
wouldn't do for 'em to swap back to
their own children till they was mar
rieCi over aeain-at least It would make
talk, and they was all very particular
not to git people to talkin' about 'em.
'eweIl, SIR, AIr. Walker and his vie
was to be remarked in the fall. but
unfortunately in July he took party
on on his yacht for n long cruise, and
when he KEN back he was engaged to
Miss YardIey, her that owns all the
stock in one of the big insurance com
panies, and this spoiled It all. His first
wife married 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. Gwendolen, who was in love with
Roman Catholic who couldn't git
dispensation. But, this bein' the case,
the set they belonged to considered It
perfectly proper for 'em to live to-
gether, and they did.
81 could tell you 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 Iunatic asylum. Besides, am
quite sure that you have occupied
places in the highest circles. You have
made only one error, and that you have
fallen into by listening to scandal. You
have said that the first Mrs. Gorton
lived with Roman Catholic whom she
coulI not marry on account OF rell-
gious interference In this You are
wrong. Society might tolerate such a |