Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-18
THIRD HUSBAND
is AN INDIAN

Last summer j. Francis Rankin, Chip
pewa Indian resident on the Bad River
reservation near Ashland, Wis, went
west to recover from a slight attack OF
tuberculosis. The week Of Nov. II he re-
turned. minus symptoms of the disease
plus a bride. The new Mrs. Rankin is q
married in Denver Colo.
Mrs. Rankin is a daughter of the late
James v. Dexter. pioneer financier and
art collector. who. when he died, turned
over to his two daughters the Union
block, a downtown business building in
Denver, other real estate holdings and
diamonds. rubies and sapphires of great
value and fascinating history.
Is Her Third Romance.
Her marriage to the Wisconsin Chippe-
wa is the elimination Of her third 70.
nance. The others-to Hale Cronkhite
Denver, and Richard Hauk. musician, of
San Francisco-were unhappy. Following
her second divorce, she went to Germany
and France and beguiled herself with the
intellectuals. She delved in esoteric philo.
sophy and became a devotee of theoso.
ply.
So, it is a wealthy, refined, intellectual
and beautiful woman whom Mr.. Rankin
will shelter in his tepee this winter. And
he, though Of different race from hers
regarded by those who know him as being
worthy of her. He is Is years old and
more handsome than most of his kins.
man. His Indian blood is untainted He
was educated at Carslisle and had a rec.
ord there for scholarship and deep inter
est in such things as might interest q
woman such as Mrs. Adah Dexter-Cro
hite-Hauk-Rankin.
Appealed to Mother Instinct.
But withal. these manly accomplish
ments and the manly bearing which he
inherited from his warrior ancestry, II
was the fact that Rankin was sick that
won him his accomplished bride. Society
travel, study, have not obliterated from
Mrs. .Rankin's heart the mother instinct.
And when she saw the young Indian
registered at the Metropole Hotel in Den
yer. attacked by dread disease and OBJ
viously victim to inconsistencies, her i'm
pulse was to mother him.
And he gratefully accepted her COM
pany and advice. She prescribed long
walks and then was persuaded to act as
his guide. Then she said that he needed
better food than could be obtained at the
hotel. So he moved first to one santa
rum and then to another at Colorado
Springs, where his adviser followed him.
They were married there.
OF course, Mrs. Rankin's relatives and
acquaintances were shocked. Butt am
perfectly happy: that is all I care to say
she responded when questioned.
Under the salutary effects Of her ad-
vice and her company, the Wisconsin
man recovered rapidly. He has written
that he will return to his home soon.
Even without his brides considerable
fortune, Rankin would be able to keer
the wolf from the door. He owns about
100 acres on the Bad River reservation
near here. He has on deposit 5000 in the
Indian trust fund as his share Of recent
distribution Of allotments obtained
through sale Of timber on the reservation
And besides he is said to have q large
amount of money from a recently diacov.
cred oil we'll in Oklahoma
His parents died several years ago. His
foster mother Is Mrs. Mary Twobiras
She lives on the reservation and is worth
81, o00.-Washington Post.