The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-28

young husband. The ship was to sail at
one that afternoon, the captain was
ashore, and since it was war time, if
,Adair made pierhead jump without per-
mission it would amount to desertion,
with the possibility of death as penalty
Adair could do nothing.
At twelve noon the captain returned.
absence; he was necessary to the working
of the ship.
stDo not be surprised at anything
may do from now on" Adair says he told
the captain, cit being my intention to
swim ashore and go anyhow"
/ AT ten minutes of one the anchor was
raised and the ship got under way.
'"The captain rushed up and said:
'Adair, you are granted thirty days
leave" the affidavit continues.
II slid down rope, caught passing
army boat, and got ashore. The next
morning, in New York, / met Mrs.
Fontaine, who said Evan was not
sick at all; that she just wanted to
see me so badly that she sent the
telegram through the Bureau of
Navigation"
Also, to .muddles affairs even
more, Evan had gone to Norfolk
and was there at the time. think
ing Adair could not get leave and
that she would see him anyhow.
At the very moment the ship
sailed she had been at the pier,
and according to her mother, was so ex-
cited at seeing the Tenadores sail that she
threw up her hands and dropped 5000 in
the river! 1t was remarkable that she
had not seen her husband come ashore.
He telegraphcd funds to her and she
reached New York the next morning.
And here again occurs another state
ment in Adair's affidavit as to still
another little period of matrimonial bl' IS
when the young wife and the young hus-
band were living together again.
During the thirty days leave July,
1879 we lived at the Hotel des Artistes
and they wanted me to keep our marriage
a secret and not tell anybody. This
did not like very much. We had many
parties in the apartment of Mr.. Breese
There were many drinks, and the more
| drank the more freely l would talk and
| would tell everyone Evan was my wife,
Then she would find it out and when we
would go back to our apartment she and
her mother would make it hot for me.
"One day certain prominent man
came to see Evan, as he had heard she
hppn nd
lean beauty roses. Before he came Evan
said she would introduce me as her
brother, which 7 submitted to. He spent
two hours with us in the apartment"
1t was during the thirty days leave that
the tell-tale photographs were taken. At
the end of the period Adair found the ship
was not to sail for five days, so he sent
for Evan, and when she reached Norfolk
took her aboard the ship and introduced
her to the officers and men as his wife
And this visit of cute little Evan on
board the ship, where she was quite a
belle, was an unfortunate mistake Adair
might have been crazy or unworthy of
belief in his claim that he had enjoyed
the full rights and privileges as Evans
husband, not only Immediately after the
marriage but two months later when he
came back from abroad but when the
lawyers presented affidavits from mem
bers of the ships company who remem-
bered pretty Evans visit aboard the ship
then there remained no longer any
doubt in the judges mind what he was to
think Of the Fontaine woman's sworn
testimony that she had never seen her
husband since the day they were married
After his discharge from the service in
December, 1918, Adair went to the Hotel
Claridge, New York, where. Evan and
her mother were living.
"There was a different atmosphere
after | got out of the service" Adair
says. There was change in both