Evening journal., 1921-09-15
She's HAPPY IN
EW-FOUND
Mrs. Guy Spiker, War
Bride, Tires of Her
Experiment
NOW LIVING
WITH SOLDIER

buSdnQ ana tue
er of the father of her child in or
der to keep peace in the Perley |
Spiker family, and who a week ago
left her husband and her child. was
found here yesterday.
She has fallen in love with a SOL |
dier, a private at Camp Holabird, |
and is now living at the same board
ing house where he is. She says she
never intends TO go back to Guy
Spiker; that the Spikers have not
treated her right, but that she will
make every effort to secure her
child. She vii also secure a divorce
from Guy, and the soldier says he
win marry her when she is free.
When seen she said she was very
happy.
TT was all a terrible mistake"
she confded. "Perly and my hus-
band. although on the surface the'
best of friends 1 had, never treated
me with the love and respect that I
believed 1 was entitled to. 1 can see
IL all now. I suppose I was fool
to expect that the unusual situation
in which 1 found myself when
came to this country with my baby
would ever turn out happily. There
we're conditions and things occurring
in that family with which I could
never become whole-heartedly in
sympathy and, although I tried hard,
as hard as it was possible for one
to really try, I found that all my
hopes and aspirations were being
built on sham and make-believe.
"As we'll as / could 1 shielded the
home from public gaze and pretend
ed that I was happy, but did not
love Guy and was never happy dur
ing the whole affair.
"Blame that the experiment did
not turn out we'll is not upon my
soul, and today, at this very minute
Il am the happiest woman in the
world. because I feel that I had the
courage to pull away from the
/ Spikers and because 1 have found
the one man really care for.
"As long as it has become public
through the press-the fact that
left home with a man from Camp
Holabird, 1 am not ashamed to say
that this man is William Charles
Fox. private frst-class and post dis
patcher at the camp.
MY treatment at the Spiker home
by Guy and his relatives was any
thing but what 1t should be, and, al
though to the outside world It ap-
reared as II we were all living to-
gether happily. as a matter Of fact.
happiness was a thing unknown TO
me. During my stay at the Spiker
home was constantly under nerv-
GUS strain and things were most un-
pleasant because they persisted ID
making unkind remarks about my
past character. while they often
criticised my wearing apparel.
Il was III in bed for some time
land I remember one day that I was
so sick that I could not arise. re-
ceived no food or any attention for
IL long hours except for a glass Of
water which Guy gave me before he
went to work. During all that time
Perley's wife-Mrs. Cora Spiker o.
the woman who told the world how
she had taken me into her home, sal
downstairs with some company and
never once came up to the bedroom
/. to see II I wanted anything. Whef
! I spoke to her about It later she said
she had entirely forgotten that wa
I in bed"
Mrs. Spiker's eyes filled with tear
10 and she wept as she mentioned how
her baby. now about two years old
n had been taken from her.
$ IT never gave up my child will
= ingly." she said, "and although
p; signed the papers under which tn
t Court gave the custody to Perley AM
his wife. did not do this whole
II heartedly. I was imposed upon.
did not want TO give him up, but be
h cause Guy and the others persuade
e me. I finally consented, although
II did not do so with a free Will"
IT Frequently they quarreled, sh
said. and once she was ordered to &
l. out and look for other quarters.
n "Mr. Fox knows everything and h
) has declared his intentions to MARI
me as soon as this is possible. Wit
of some money we have saved, we wi
is 20 into the courts and fight, il neces
sary. to obtain my freedom from tn
e bonds that tie me to Guy Spiker.
am sure the judge will see the way
= have been trained and give me bac
my baby. They are weaving hii
away from me - my own flesh an
blood. Why, they will not even a
low him to address me as mothe
~ He used to call me mama but the
stopped that and told him to call n
NJ Aunt Emily
"A 7 was practically. as you might sa.
starved when Guy and myself wei
- by ourselves. There were often tim
nc when / pined for a square meal.
M weighed 131 pounds when came
~ this country. and now 1 have fall'
off to 113. There was one week whit
'ls he gave me only 80 cents, and al
'n one knows that such a condition
this could not last long He Ike
on after me to economize. Imagine o
I economizing on an income OF
e cents a week.
There wasn't much left for I
,ol to do but get out and work myse
nm so / obtained a position as waitr'
at the camp. and it was there n
n l met Charley He used to call
,oi the house for me in the mornin
~ and take me to work in the car
mt automobile and take me home
night. and often / twas 1890 and
o'clock when got off from my wol
and then ] had TO go home and
irt the housework.
Till Meanwhile expenses were runni
NJ. high. Guy wasn't doing anythii
a not even earning enough to buy