The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-07-07
they Met AGAIN
After Years of Separation and
Remarked.
A GEORGIA ROMANCE

A GEORGIA ROMANCE
4 Young Husband and Wife Became
E.Strans.d and Parted. and After
Marrying again. They Meet nad
Repew Vows OF !.or- and Marry
the Second Time.
\ dispatch t-oa. Fitzgerald. Ca.
70 .he Augusta Ch-o2:c!-. tells this
story: Bubb!!cg over With case o!
genuine love. ne.iowed By twenty
Sre years experience OF hardship.
yea:a!ns disappointment aad longing
10: los, FIRST love. NJ. and Mrs. J.
G.. 7. Thomas walked !c:o :ae o.
ec~ 0! tsc News yesterday a::e.aoo:
and asked TIA, their caecke:ed
ca.ee. De published % tho world.
Aod such a record, I; IS truth.
-re-y word O: x. but there Is 40
Seton Aa.t SO strange o. romantic.
Twenty-Five years ago :eese Two
were married Axe: two and q ha!f
years o. welded life they lost each
o,he: and 20. ,weoty-th.ee Yeas.
foe. months aad one daT they neither
sav 0: heard 0: each o,he-. until
tvo weeks ago they re: :ace 20 face.
-ecou.:ed a2d married again OF
Thursday a!sh, and today are the
happ!.s; BRIDE aad g-ooc. maa eve:
looked upon.
Fiction. 10 you say? /: the
T-!,.- could compose such fiction ne
would 40, BE grinding away on
daily oap-. :o- 5.ead.
With some embellishments 0: Ian
suag- and connection this IS tie
story IS told By Ms. Thomas her
se.s: twenty-five years ago. NJ.
Thomas aao were married az Ceda.
F., Keys. We both were Geo.g:als. he
Saving been reared IN Ci!nch az! !
In Dooley coac.y sad our families
lad d.!sred down !ato Florida. Ee
vas .weH:y-oce and fifteen and our
| aa::ve s!a:::2:;;ies c-e" Us :ogs:Se.
aad We we're married.
20. two aad . hall years We lived
together as happy IS most couples
30. oat was young aac foolish. aad.
IKE many cir, aives. had yea1a-
;ag 20 Try my husbands lov. and
show NY powe. over h;u,. We bad
sone :.:atag misunderstanding IL
which was wholly 20 blame and one
morning ran away from home l
did not so Ear away AID !t was my
Intention 70 write hin axe. -oata
,. two and make him cone 20 Ie.
Or II &c declined 20 cone. I. OF course,
was going back home TO hin. wai:-
&c Two mouths AID wrote. But. 10:
sc did not come and ny !e,:c: re
turned 70 ne unanswered. TAea
wec. 70 h!m-o: where had left
him. bu: be vas cot 20 De found
lie had scae IN search OF ne and
saew no: where TO look 70. him.
y came back TO Georgia. search
I'd the country from Atlanta 10 Ea-
raaa. but nowhere could acd any.
one who could give me any in:o.na-
lion aeoo, him. aat. after :ea-s o!
search. gave Up hope. Later. a
Cuban named Frank Perry wanted
20 ra..y ne and finally got d!.
, ro.ce from my lost husband and :car-
,!ed him.
20: af,ecn years Perry and l!T.
e, :osetAe: aoS BE treated ne vel!
ne lived some 81 Florida. some e
Cuba aad some - Georgia. Five
years ago Nj. Perry died a, Jackson
Vile aad / came back 20 Geocg:a
and started cigar factory. the only
:a:as I knew how 20 DO. 20. fou:
yea-S ! have BEEN making cigars a;
Tvay. Georgia. no: "a. from here,
and ,xo months ago Went 70 Syl-
ves:-- and started factory there
"A !i::!e over TWO weeks ago
vent or a. excursion 20 Tampa 70
purchase SON. tobacco :os ny sac-
tory w-o, 20 one o! the big :ac-
tories there late one afternoon. just
as the men were leaving aud asked
tie wa;chnan where could see the
manager. He was al Italian. and Is
had forgot how 20 speak the Italian
language turned 20 4 mar beard
speaking English 10 ask him 20 IN
interpret 20. ne I locked HIN :u!l
il The :ace ast my hea.; .eaped io;o
| ny mouth.
What IS YOU: na1e?"
asked
Thomas" b. SAID.
George Thomas?"
George Thomas IS ny naGe." said
| be.
DO you krow NE" sakec.
NO. 90 ao;."
.2,ih;.ag to sca: on my cec>
caus-! from sore - ny ea:!y i'ir.
| said: DO you know that scar.
Ills face lighted up. a2d iaYiDs
h!s hand on pane! close by. hc
said. DO you recognize that hand?"
40 OF hts fingers were partly cut
% WHEN boy. acc w!ta these ;ok-
ens OF recognition ~e stepped aside
| aod :ock Il seat % e. factor, steps
! where 70 WAS nigh: wa;cAIaa.
:. And :a--c ~. sa: The Night ou:.
telling 0: al &e had done and where
~e had been during he years o:
separate
And here II substance IS tie
story he told re:
Ate: Eve years OF inecssaat
sea.ch &c. me. George gave up n
despair and settled dow2 4: Jackson
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