Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-07-26

woman'S Wit she devised q Scneme.
There should be q family picnic
aboard the Barracuda. SO that tho
boys might see their father again.
and, of course. their mother must
needs 60 along to take care Of them.
Mr.. Garland readily agreed. and ono
pleasant summers day the Barra-
couta steamed into quiet Hyannisport
harbor and dropped anchor. A launch
put ashore, and when 1t came back
why. there were the boys. and blush
ing Mrs. Garland, and smiling Mrs.
Higginson.
The boys clambered aboard and
were soon inspecting the yacht-it
was 80 long since they had been
aboard Of her that they had almost
forgotten her Luncheon was soon
served, and 1t looked like old times to
see Mrs. Garland at the foot Of the
table, pouring the tea and doing the
honors while her ex-husband looked
on proudly from the other end.
And there were more picnics. too.
with Mrs. Garland along always with
Mrs. Higginson to chaperon. Boston
began to hear about them, too, and
held up its hands with all Puritan
horror. A divorced wife being seen
with her former husband-the idea
Of It! And dining together In public
restaurants and going to the play. just
the two of them! Wasn't 1t awful?
Staid Boston Mortified.
Things can't go on this way" was
the burden of the talk Of the out
ragged Bostonians--such people as the
Won L. Meyers, the Shaws. the His-
ginsons. the Hoopers, the Peabodys
and the Gardiners-all Of the Myopia
set In which Mrs. Garland had been
such a prominent member.
Well, they couldn't. So, one
bright day in late September, the Bar
racouta started up Narragansett bay
and put in at Bristol. There Rev.
w. L. Hood was sent for. Two rela-
tives of the brides. Henry and Thorn
as Tudor Of Boston. happened along
and this made up the wedding party.
The knot was tied with so little cere-
rnony that the clergyman didn't know
the Importance Of the parties nor the
broken romance which was now in
the mending.
The Garlands tried to regain their
old position in Boston; they failed.
SO they cut the conservative Hub OF
the map, and Hamilton, too. They
sold their Beacon street mansion and
their beautiful estate at Hamilton.
and went straight to New York. There
they took a house at 81 East Fifty
second street, In the most fashionable
part Of the city, while they could plan
proper mansion on upper Fifth ave
nue., near Eighty-second street. Next,
young Mr.. Garland bought more than
700 acres of land on the north end of
Prudence island, near Newport. in
Narragansett bay, where he laid out
wonderful estate. i.
Second Marriage Happy.
Things went swimmingly. No one
would ever have dreamed that It had
only been two short years before
when the wife left her husbands
home in the middle of the night, only
half dressed. They were devoted as
two sweethearts. In New York lit
tie daughter was born of the second
marriage; they named her Hope.
New York society, not as prim as
Boston's, received the rich young pair
with open arms. They were busy on
the plans of the mansion they were to
build at 1923 Fifth avenue when young
Mr.. Garland fell Ill In 1906 He was
hurried to his country home on Pru-
dence island. but gradually grew
weaker. AS last resort he was re-
moved to Hanover. Mass, where he
could be nearer the specialist who
had his case, but It was Of no avail.
He died In his wife's arms in Septem-
Der, 1906.
The will was read. There were gen.
erous requests to relatives and re-
tainers, and some art gifts, but the en-
tire residuary estate went to the
widow. the income to be hers until
her death and then to revert to tho
three elder sons However, there was
a string to the $4,000 900. Mrs. Gar
land was to lose the income in case
she remarked. The only beQuest to
her in fee simple was the Prudence
island estate. That was left to her
outright.
Growth Of Mutual Love.
Mrs. Garland expressed herself as
perfectly satisfied and bought another
summer home at Cape.
The will named three executors, and
SO great were their responsibilities
that they were required to give bonds
in 100000 each. The estate, too,
needed legal adviser and manager.
and what could be more natural than
that the young widow should turn to
her old friend and playmate, Mr..
Green? He took charge at once and
under his wise administration the
property increased very largely in
value as the years rolled by.
Business gradually threw the widow
and the bachelor lawyer together
more and more. To cut 1t short, a.
time passed the two began 70 realize
that their relations had become very
much more than counsel and client.
Mr.. Green found out that he loved the
widow whose estate he had in his