The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-06
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There's Grape on the Chfttendens
door. uaId Mrs. CressIer. 'Chaunee,
has pissed away Poor Gllauncey-
to have been obliged to endure tia
woman for 80 longl It's wonder b
lived as long as he did Well, sup
n pose must go over and offer the uSua
4 consolation
Now. there was not only wnnt o.
reason for MS. Cressler's going ovel
! to odIcr the ausual consolation-" Du'
| there was a superiority OF reason why
she should not do so. Mrs. CressleI
had herself been Mrs. Chlttenden md
| by good rights should have been the
! widow But she had tired Of Chitten.
| den. sent him on and secured divorce
| on the ground Of desertion On the
day the divorce was granted she had
married Tim Cressler. Chittenden,
who had been forced to desert one Wo-
man. chung to another and married. her.
Cressler was still living with Chitten-
den's FIRST wife. but report said that
he was very abusive. the reports ema-
mating from his wife, Qpd II he did not
mend his ways he, toos would be forced
to desert her. Mrs. Cressler's inten-
kind OF consolation which Satan would
Z
he would thrust It into he'll.
.Good morning. hrs. Chittenden. I
have thought considering what we
have both been to poor Chauncey,
would come over and oRer my sym
pathIes. Notwithstanding his faults
he was too good for most women"
''He was too good for me-" said the
widow demurely, tsbut I suppose he
wasn't good enough for you, Mrs.
CresSIer, or he wouldn't have left you
al was glad when saw that you and
Chauneey were getting on 50 wen to-
geeher. There was too great gap
between him and me. Chauncey was
not smart man.
His first wife was.'
cit isn't that I was very smart, said
Mrs. Cressler modestIy. ''but Chauncey
WINS very dull He needed vile of
very moderate Intellect"
You We're fortunate In getting an
other husband the day you got your
divorce from the one that deserted
you,'' said Mrs. Chittenden. maybe
instead OF luck It was smartness."
81 dfdn't want poor Chauncey to suf-
fer from thinking I'd take him back"
at was very kind of you not to make
him suffer any longer than he did"
There wasn't any tlme-h hadn't
been married-that he wouldn't have
been glad to return to his suherings."
Then 1t must have been lucky for
him that you were married.
Wed see about that some day, only
In heaven there's no marrying or 8
ing in marriage"
How Is it in the other placer Do
you think you're going to have him
thereT''
I'm not going there. Mrs c !tten-
den, nor is Chauncey. If there, mar |
ryiug there youth have to look out for
a new husband"
You'd have both Chauncey and Tim
CressIer in heaven, only there's no
more biEamy there than marriage"
Mrs. Cressler was not getting ahead
in the game. Her thrusts were vigor-
Gus. but they were PARTED with great |
skill. There was one thing she Ind |
come over for that thus far she had not |
gained-a knowledge of what funds |
Chtttenden had left his widow. She |
had a vague hope that the law might |
look kindly upon her and consider her
fraction of that widow.
~ hope Chauncey left you comfort
able, Mrs. Chittenden," she said In |
tone to Intimate that she would like to
get back to her purpose OF Offering con-
ISOLATION.
cts you he's left comfortable" re
piled the other, because he was moth
ing to you. He left me uncomf rtable
because we were everything to each
other"
"They say you made a, frugal wife
and he left penny or so In the bank"
HE did, and to his widow"
There's alimony due me-"
II hope you may get It.
oIf it's due the law II allow It."
Eyes, II It's due. You got your d.
yorce at noon and married at o'clock
There's alImony for one hour due you"
II suppose It wouldn't look well for
me to come to the funeral"
hrst wife is concerned, occurred long
ago."
"of course I'd like to show my kind
Iy sympathy for you. The neighborS
might think 1t queer of me to be here.
but 1t would show them that I'm not
"oh, they know you haven't any
drudge against me. Why should you
have? It was / who made It easy for
you Chauncey was well enough salts
fed with the desertion plan after he
met me"
"Hm! They all know that wouldn't
stand him any longer"
"He told me he was afraid you
would
'Td have just liked to hear him say
that In the flesh"
There was step In the back room
tho room where Mrs. Cressler supposed
the corpse was lying-a mans step.
and who should walk into the room but
Chauncey Chittenden.
LAS a-mercy!" exclaimed Mrs creas-