Two Wives
Her marriage was legally annulled in 1874. In the same year, "His Two Wives", which appeared first as a serial in the Boston publication, "Every Saturday", was a work of unusual power. The request had been urged upon Ames to contribute a serial story to "Every Saturday". Declining at first, because of the time element, she undertook the work, giving to it simply the Friday afternoon of each week, sending the chapters just as they flowed from her pen. When the story was published in book-form it was made up, simply, from the pages of "Every Saturday", without revision from the author. The story, which was unique in treatment, and which set itself like a series of pictures in the memory, was rendered a remarkable production when the circumstances under which it was written were considered.