The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-06
THEY met AGAIN
After Years of Separation and
Remarked.
A GEORGIA ROMANCE

A Young Husband and Wife Became
Essranged and Parted, and After
Marrying Again, They Meet and
Renew Vows of Love and Marry
the Second Time.
A dispatch from Fitzgerald, Ga,
to the Augusta Chronicle, tells this
story: Bubbl:ng over with case Of
genuine love, mellowed by q twenty
FIVE years experience Of hardship,
yearning disappointment and longing
for lest first love, Mr.. and Mrs. j..
G. T. Thomas walked into the Of
fee of the News yesterday afternoon
and asked that their checkered
career be published to the world.
And such record! 1t is truth,
every word Of it, but there is no
fiction half SO strange or romantic.
were married. After two and half
years OF welded life they lost each
other and for twenty-thcee years,
four months and one day they neither
saw or heard of each other, until
two weeks ago they met face to face,
recourted and married again on
Thursday night and today are the
happlest bride and groom man ever
looked upon.
Fiction" do you say? If the
writer. could compose such fiction he
would not be grinding aways on
daily paper for bread!
With some embellishments Of Ian
guage and connection this is the
story as told by Mrs. Thomas her
self: TWENTY-FIVE years ago, MIR.
Thomas and l were married at Cedar
Keys. We both were Georgians, he
having been reared in Clinch and l
in Dooley county and our families
had drifted down into Florida. Fle
was twenty-one and | fifteen and our
native similarities drew us together
and We were married.
For two and a half years We lived
together as happy as most couples
do, but was young and foolish, and,
like many girl wives, / had yearn-
ing to try my husbands love and
show my power over him. We had
some t:s.fing misunderstanding, in
which I was wholly to blame and one
morning l ran away from home. l
did not go far away and 1t was my
intention to write him after month
or two and make him come to me,
or if he declined to come, !, OF course,
was going back home to him. wait
ed two months and wrote. But, 10.
he did not come and my letter re-
turned to sne unanswered. Then |
went to him-or where I had left
him, but he was not to be found.
He had gone in search of me and |
knew not where to look for him.
'T came back to Georgia, | search
ed the country from Atlanta to Ha-
vana, but nowhere could ! find any
one who could give me any informa-
ton about him, and, after years OF
search, gave up hope. Later
Cuban named Frank Perry wanted
to marry me and I finally got a d.
vorce from my lost husband and mar
ried him.
For fifteen years Perry and ! Nv
ed together and he treated me well.
We lived some in Florida, some in
Cuba and some in Georgia. Five
years ago Mr.. Perry died at Jackson
Vile and I came back to Georgia
and started cigar factory, the only
thing I knew how to do. For four
wears ! have been making cigars at
Nray, Georgia, not far from here.
and two months ago went to- Syl-
vester and started a factory there.
"a little over two weeks ago !
went on an excursion to Tampa to
purchase some tobacco for my fac
tory. I went to one of the big fac
tories there late one afternoon, just
as the men were leaving aud asked
the watchman where l could see the
manager. He was an Italian, and as
had forgot how to speak the Italian
language turned to man heard
speaking English TO ask him to in
interpret for ME l looked him full
in the face and my heart leaped into
my mouth.
What is your name? |
asked.
Thomas" he said.
George Thomas
George Thomas is my name, said
he
DO you know me- saked.
NO. do not"
Pointing to scar on my reci
caused from sore in my cary ili".
| said: DO you know that sc&r?
His tace lighted up, aid laying
his hand on (. panel close by. he
said, do you recognize that hand?'
Two Of his fingers were partly cut
off when a boy. and with these tok-
ems OF recognition We stepped aside
and took a seat on the factory steps
where he was night watchman.
And there We sat the night out.
telling of all We had done and where