The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03

front seats of the street cars, tipped
the head water at her hotel $500, 20
be distributed among the others un-
der him. and had perfectly gorgeous,
democratic time She got tired of
bowling to the multitudes who wanted
| to do her honor. and seemed to want
to be one of the great mass of people
herself. She told the girls of the nor
NAL college that she would be happi-
est if she could be sitting on one of
the benches in a classroom.
Full of life, unconventional, follow
| ing her own desires and imperious in
having them gratified, the Infanta
next astounded Chicagoans by sud-
denly abandoning a concert rendered
her in the fair grounds and going
to the Midway Plaisance for beer and
! frankfurters. Once again she made
the windy city howl with astonish-
ment. She was expected at the ca
thedral for mass, and great crowd
gathered She did not attend, but
went to an obscure church where the
poor We're huddled in prayer.
George Randolph Chester, author
of the Get Rich Quick Wallingford"
stories, had a big load lifted from his
shoulders recently when Supreme
Court Justice Guy signed the final de-
cree of divorce obtained against him
three months ago by his first wife.
Elizabeth NJ. Chester Ever since his
arrival here from England, six weeks
ago, he has been haunted by the fear
that his former spouse would institute
proceedings against him for bigamy.
! Under the impression that the inter-
/ locutory degree granted Mrs. Chester
here on August ed last dissolved their
marriage, Chester married Mrs. Lii
! Ian Deremo, pretty widow, on Oc-
| tober 12. Mrs. Deremo was Il former
| friend of the first wife and was &C
cused by the latter of having replaced
her in the affections of the author
soon after the trio came to this city
to live a little more than a year ago.
| When the wife taxed the writer with
his apparent preference for the widow
he is said to have frankly admitted it,
How have l failed you.?" Mrs.
hester is said to have asked her hus-
and when she discovered he cared
n Mrs. Deremo.
You are perfect in every way ex-
apt one Chester is quoted as saying
This woman surpasses YOU in beauty
must have that. NY nature demands
my soul cries out for it l want
GU and her, too"
on his arrival here in October with
he widow as his bride, Chester was
stalled to learn that the marriage in
| England was void, since the final de-
cree of the court here in favor Of his
first wife had not yet been entered
the three months period Of probation
required by law. following the grant
ing of the interlocutory decree no,
having expired
Although lawyers held that the first
wife could have put Chester in q
sorry plight for his haste to we'd the
widow, she showed no spirit of ven.
geance and reconciled herself to the
conviction that what was to be would
be anyway With the signing. of the
final decree last week Chester is nov
at liberty to marry the widow all owe,
again, although the decree specifically
prohibits him from again entering in.
to wedlock in this state until the death
of his first wife. But the author MAY
evade the force of this by going &c
New Jersey or some other nearby state
and there have performed the cere-
monk that will give the widow lega
standing as his new spouse
Under the terms Of the decree Mrs
Chester No. ! will have the perma.
nent custody of the couples two child.
rem and the author will be required tc
pay her $4,000 a year for her own sup.
port and that of the children.