The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03

be married all over again." And off
to Georgia they went. each riding the
courtship horse, and there, again in
riding clothes, they had their matri-
monial knot tied anew. Oh,the much
married Sa1lyi
It was hard on her, when in her
heart O. hearts, she had not cared par
ticularly about marrying the captain
oncei But the pursuit had to be end
ed some way, and in order to get rid
of her lover, she made him her hus-
bandl
Nine months after the wedding day,
Captain Kane died suddenly. With his
wife he was en- route to Aiken to live
over again the days of his courtship.
Now the scene changes to the far
off Philippines, where Lieutenant Ell
lott is retrieving his fortunes and
making a name for himself. And,
speaking of fortunes, Kane's tragic
death left his widow one of the
wealthiest widows of the Newport set.
When Elliott heard of his wife's mar
riage he flung himself into Manila
life head first. He tried to emulate
the days when he painted the town"
with Hamilton Fish and when he rev.
eled in champagne suppers and
high jinks." But he had lost his old
time appetite for hilarity and in a
quiet way was making good In his
country's service. He carried the
pictures of his three boys always with
him and gold framed miniature of
his boys mother.
When the news of the death of
Woodbury. Kane reached him, he wrote
to his old time wife. Yes, he certain
ly did. But how he hated to address
her by that latest namei His boys
wrote him from their school in New
port of their mothers daily life, and
suddenly that old, supposedly dead
love burst into fame! He. Duncan Ell
lott self-made exile, and an equal
Nv -a1f n NIT !,
fortune to speak Of. and past of
which he did not care to boast, had
fallen in love with his wife!
Made Love to Ex-Wife.
But Elliott had learned patience and
self-control under his military train
ing. He could not leave his regiment
at once, and he decided to stand by
his colors until he had earned a high
er rank than Heutenancy. He would
at least become a captain, like Kane.
He was made captain last winter
and later he was given leave of alb
sence. He made tracks for New York
and on the very day of his arrival.
made overtures to his wife. He want
ed to see his children, and it is these
children which have leveled all the
old hills of difficulty.
Mrs. -El1iott-Kane was not
easily won; in fact, the captain is still
on probation, but just read of the
things he has done to show his love.
When his attentions to his wife be-
came so noticeable, she fed to New
port, and having already leased the
cottage where she had lived with Ell
lott, to the Lew Thomases blanche
Oelrichs), she took refuge in the cot
tage left to her by the late captain.
And here, in Kane's drawing room,
with Kane's portrait frowning down
on him, Elliott had to make love to his
wife! The two men had changed
places. The woman, hawever, was
just the same. the object of desire.
Again Elliott found blots in his land
scape; there were other men who
were devoted to the beautiful wife
widow. But Elliott, bearing a proud
title and wonderful epaulets, soon
cleared the field for action Then,
too, those three boys, proud of their
soldier-father, helped somel In fact,
they helped lott Elliott tried to be
discreet in his lovemaking, but he
could not be. The night may have a
thousand eyes and the day but one,
elsewhere, but In Newport day and
night have a thousand and more! And
each eye saw Captain Elliott chasing
up and down the avenue with his wife
as the quarry.
Then someone gave dance, and
the gallant soldier went, and there
openly and brazenly danced with his
wife! But oh, horrorsI After dozen
dances with her he tripped over a
pretty train and fell PROSTATE at his
wife's feet. His ankle was brokeni
He scrambled up and, grooming in
wardly, insisted on finishing that
dancel Then he tainted. and when he
came to his senses, there was his wife
pouring water in his shirt front and
tanning him with an orchid.
For days he had to lie on a couch
at Livingston Beeckmans with his leg
encased in plaster and agony chasing
itself up and down his leg. OF the
secrets of that isolation he may not
speak! But this we know, Mrs. Kane
sent her children daily to see their
father and they carried flowers and
other peace offerings.
She Fears the Gossips.
The first day Elliott was able to
hobble, he went down Bellevue ave-
nue. in a brougham with a big crutch
across his knees. The brougham
stopped in front of the Kane cottage
and Elliott hobbled painfully in. Short
ly after this Mrs Kane went abroad
to get a trousseau, the Newporters
say Also, it is said. before she fin
ally accepts her first husband she
wants to draw her breath and get a
right perspective in the affair. 1t is
very serious thing to marry first
husband, after having already been
married twice to second! When this
love affair is eliminated Mrs. Elliott
Kane Elliott can boast of being the
only woman in society who has been
married four times, but possessing
only two husbands.
Mrs. Kane, at present, is bit afraid
of her friends and their inevitable
gossip. What will they say? She has
had two examples of recent years, the
Jimmy Garlands remarked and young
Teddy Roosevelt's mother-in-law, Mrs.
Henry Alexander, divorced. and then
remarked Mr.. Alexander, and all be-
cause of the present Mrs. Teddy. And
so Mrs. Elliott-Kane may hold her
head high and look without fear on
her neighbors' gossip Her big brown
eyes will sparkle, but what need she
care so long as Elliott Is unafraid?