Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-11-28

ness, Phil found his abode empty and
a note crom his wife stating that she
could not stand the existing status any
longer. She had gone to live the rest
OF her life with her mother and would
never return to him.
Most men would have looked upon
this kicking Of the matrimonial traces
on the part Of his running mate as
very serious matter and would have
gone after his wife to try TO pacify her
or to upbraid her; but as | have said,
Phil had an old mans head on a
young mans shoulders. He did moth
ing OF the kind Rosalind expected
him to follow her and either beg for
pardon or reproach her. She looked
for him as soon as he had had time to
come after reaching home. She kept
her eyes on the clock, watching the
dragging minute hand, thinking at
times that its movement had ceased,
and every minute after Phil had had
ample time TO reach her was one of
agony. She stood at a window where
she could look out on the street and
watch the clock at the same time, and
every time she heard n football on the
sidewalk her heart began to beat like
drum. The day died, darkness fell,
and no rcpentaut husband
When her father came in ne was in
formed by his wife that their daughter
had been driven out Of her home by a
brutal husband He had been there"
himself when a young man and did
not take SO radical a view of the mat
ter. When his wife urged him TO seek
Phil and either bring him to reason
or horsewhip him he said:
81 viii have nothing to do with the
matter and my advice to you Is TO
keep out of it yourself"
For two days Mr.. Scrimser held the
two women down-he said afterward
it was like sitting on the lid of II boil
ing kettle-and then Il terrible looking
communication came for Mrs. Ormsly
with an awful triplet Of names i'm the
left hand upper corner. "Crawshaw.
Brinkcrhoff e SnafIield Attorneys and
Counselors at Law" Rosalind col
put a smelling bottle under her nose.
Her father was not in the house
Finally the young wife started mp
and tore the envelope to tatters. There
was enough Of the contents hanging
together to show that the firm had
been retained by Philip Ormsly, her
husband, to enter a suit against her
for divorce on account Of desertion,
Mrs Ormshy put n hat on her head-
wrong end forward iabhed spike in
it ana In MS quick time as she could
get there was in the Office of Messrs
Crawshaw, Brlnkerhoif & Snaffield
After sending i'm her name she was
ushered into the private Office Of Mr.,
Snafiield, of whom she had heard her
husband speak as one of his acquaint-
anceS
Il came to ask" she said, plucking
up an appearance OF severity, the ma
ture of these proceedings for which
you have been retained"
Mr. Snaflicd tapped silver bell. A
hungry looking clerk with complex
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