Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-28

sIoUx FALLS. s. Oak. May g. 1906.
10 Mrs SALLY KENDALL, Langnam Hotel.
London. England
DEAREST SAiLN-rhus places are assigned
US In the comedy OF fatei Why did we not
DID gypsy to our double wedding. 1 be-
lieve the congratulation lamentations said
over me were louder than those on your
side OF the room, and yet yesterday as 1
reached South Dakota alone you and
Harold started on your FIRST trip abroad.
Having had a perpetual honeymoon,
DOUBTLESS your heart is as glad as mine
was when 1 sailed away with Jack the
day after our marriage. / came back a
broken hearted woman, but Irwant you 70
enjoy every minute of your stay. London
Is nation, not a city; remember this,
and see II as such. Despite the fact that
/ soon discovered that 1 had Numbered
my life I never think OF the hours which
Jack and ] spent wandering about In a
'gondola of London"-a hanson cab
without thrill OF Joy.
You will ind the stun that dreams are
made of in the quaint English villages,
and II YOU go to Oxford you will no longer
ieer at English pride.
All, well, / too am In search OF the an
finite, 30 FAR as II can be humanity OBJ
tanned, for inhnlty means peace, and God
knows have need of thatl
Were I a Romanist who believed in pur-
gatory / would compare these coming
months in South Dakota to that condition.
for 1 have never imagined anything so
awful as this town. IL consists OF chess
board parallelograms of hideous streets
which seem to begin and end nowhere; at
least, they wander vaguely to and from
the prairie and there are lost In the sand.
A turgid river, filled with volumes of allu-
vial soil. flows through the town; but on
one aide warehouses cover its banks. and
on the other are railroad buildings and
tracks. while beyond these the banks for
at least a mile are dreary fats, with not
a tree in sight
As I had decided. l came to the prin-
eipal hotel here to remain until l got my
bearlnRs I find It crowded with a never
reasinR thronE OF drummers, who sprawl
: O ser the dinner table and stare at me
fixedly all through the meal. Between the
courses they make pyramids Of the forks.
or, tipped back In their ehairs' use tooth
picks Ia a reckless fashion.
my room looks out ON a staring busi-
ness block, and when, worn out with MY
tourney. I tried TO sleep. a juggling plano
and a wheezy gramophone In the shops
opposite made the effort at rest a nerve
racklng impossibility.
This morning I saw the lawyer ~ whom
I had been recommended. He assured me
that the grounds presented were suffi-
Client In any State In the Union, and en-
couraRed me in my thought that the lack
OF publicity here makes South Dakota
refuge, but he grimly added that the mag
azlnes which have recently published arr
ticles on easy divorce" generally failed
10 get hold OF any OF the facts OF the
actual law here.
No case can be begun until ona mas
made a residence of six months IN the
state II I were a man, l might be all
lowed out six weeks of this time for sStsi-
ness purposes; as It is, l am expected 10
nut in every day II can endure H. He
rays the matter Of residence Is one whicai
Is very closely inquired into, and thouah
rich men purchase places here and come
and 20 in their private cars, staying only
a week or 90 at a time In Sioux Falls, any
applicant for divorce Is obliged to swear
in court that he has in bodily presence re-
sided in the State at least four months
and two weeks; and, unless one is a per-
jured seoundrel, unit to breathe the air Of
decent people. he cannot obtain a decree
otherwise.
Then a proper notice must be sent to-
Jack and the Judge must be satisfied that
Il has been received by him. so that he
may have the chance to defend II he cares
to do so. II he has disappeared OF cannot
be found / get a hearing and a verdict hut
must stay here another six months be-
fore my freedom is complete.
My lawyer admitted that the granting Of
divorces 10 a regular business IN South
Dakota, but he pointed out the dlfnculties
in the way OF any one accustomed to gentle
living and advised me to consider well be-
fore 1 undertook the thing. When one is
being stified she does not particularly care
whether the hand that saves her be rough
or smooth, and insisted that my mind
was irrevocably made up. He then very
kindly directed me 20 a quiet lodging
which shall look at this afternoon.