ELOPEMENT WITH A MOTHER^IN: . ,:.: LAW. ■■ ; ' •

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 689, 18 June 1870, Page 2 (Supplement)

ELOPEMENT WITH A MOTHER^IN- : . , : .: LAW. ■■ ; ' •

[GLASGOW HERALP. j •Nearly a score of ;yeara ago Mr 8., who is now a prosperous merchant in . the East-end, but who at that time resided in another part of the city, lost his wife by death, and. was left in charge of an infant daughter. After enduring rather more than a. year of. single wretchedness, the widower resolved,' both for his own arid daughter's sake, again to enter the conjugal- state. His choice rested on a maiden lady residing in his own neigh- . borhood. A wedding, speedily followed, and the union,- proved, though not a fruitful, a very happy one, Mr B. never having had' until recently, any reason to regret his choice. Meanwhile Annie, the youthful daughter of -the merchant, grew up into a very loveable specimen of womankind, and was. suddenly, smitten with the attractions of a y6tithfiil commercial traveller» The pair were married. Inconsequence of the exigencies of his calling the husband's absence from home was 1 little short of continual, and Annie was of too frail a disposition to be left so much alone, and when the husband, alarmed by the sudden cessation of his wife's correspondence, made a visit home, he found that the bride of a year was " far fat upon the sea," in" company of one of- her previously discarded lovers. The young husband -was almost heartbroken. Much sympathy was felt. for ; the ■injured husband by the father of the run-, -awayj and.- on the sudden breaking up of the : young coupje's establishment, the forlorn youth was invited to take up his abode under the parental roof. His uniform good conduct made such an impression •on the old man that he suggested travelling might be given up, and Mr B. offered to take him into partnership. This arrangement was entered intp, and the- junior partner took his position a;t the. head of the firm. A few weeks ago, Mr B. ? who was in slightly ill health, and wished to try a change of air, resolved to take a trip to the Continent. On the Monday following the young man appeared in the shop, and told the shopman . in charge that he expected to go from home for a day. or two. Next evening, just before the 'steamer sailed for the United States, the following laconic telegram waß despatched from Liverpool: -"To Mr 8., Hotel de Paris. Get home at once. Something wrong.'' Mr B. did get home" with all convenient speed, and found that there was in truth a great deal wrong, All the cash standing at "the oredit of the firm in the bank, a very considerable sum, had been dra»vn on the day of his partner's departure, and the house was tenanted by the servant only, Mrs 8., having left at the same time as her quondam lodger. There is little doubt that the two are off together for a trip to the United State3 — a fact which is the more inexplicable, as the male, runaway is only some 25 years of age, while the partner of his flight is considerably over the shady side of forty. The husband has been stunned by the blow, and it is said is making arrangements for- his retirement from business, •