THE CONFIDING WIFE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3500, 31 May 1920, Page 2

THE CONFIDING WIFE.

' DIVORCE.D BY‘ §i?I?TnRFUGI«:. l _.___ l PARAIS, March 20, I A I‘oni:lnl'i('. .\‘l‘o‘;'y 01.’ :1 \-vi’r'o’s l‘l'n.~'t lnnd devotion. taken advantage. of by llaer llllSl):lI'l(l to get" rid Of her and xn::rr_\f unonlher \\'mnz_ln, \\':!s revealml lin the Pari.< dirorce (eourts fhis week. It seems ='thnt Mine. St. Bea, wife luff -‘1 l)(iI1l{C‘1', ujzis in’r'ormed by her ‘ilmslmml that his l.ll1[\"li1(‘SS :lii':lil's hm/l ibeeomv llllft_)]'flllml'(‘ly' entangled, and ‘flint: the only wily in which he could iexfricate himself’ from the difi‘ioult_v nnd save their pl'opel'ty would bv for her nominally -to consent fo .<epni':ltioii Blindly obedient to her Spouse, teh lady -asked what she should do. (.)n his <lil'ec’rion she consented to l":1ke 11]) her re.<ide‘nce for :1 while with :1 comnmn friend. 'l‘hore she ree.eiv_ed service of’ papers \\'lli<?.h HlO “:f:'l'ienrl” would not allow her tor read. She‘ even received fliere one day the visit‘ of :1 police coniinissionor, lo whom (in obedience :0 the llusb:md’.< in‘<’r"lu>fi<nls) slfe ‘sowed her (_lC‘(?lSlOll to remain with her friend. As -.1 matter OF fuel. she returned to her own home flint \'el'_v evening. the “necess:u'_v ’r.‘m'in-nill'_V" ,'llavin,<;' heen :I<2culn,pr-lislr-ed. llni'in;;' dinner \\‘ll'll her husband. llie\' l:'.l1_!1‘ll‘.‘(l ~l‘og'etllei' over the “ab.<ur<i x'equirenien’rs of HlO law.” l‘i’:l.]’ip_\' to sew lolml‘ her llusband had ne\'e=' heen so {l'g'l‘(‘("fll)l(‘. Mnic St. Ben passed many linpny (l:1y;s'. until her léiwyer (‘.£lll(‘<l to info:'nl her flint the time had arrived lo proceed fo 2:. liqnidnlion of the common prep(‘i‘l_V. “Your divorce lmving liO-(.l{l_V been mnde definite.” he ncldell. “7.\.i_\' <:livol*c.e!"’ exoluiiiied Mme. S‘c.l Ben. !

“Why. certainly, your divorce,” replied the lawyer. who could not understand the lady’s stupefaction_ She was sh()ek(*d to learn that she had un\\'ittiu;;‘l_y lent herself to giving (:01our to :1 Ch:u'_{_r_o oi’ 1111f:1itht'11lnCs:<, and that it xvns :1 d.ivor(3e suit. and not s;ep:1x':1tio11 p_-roaecdintgs thmt uec'essimted the fol‘lHillil'iCS which hcr‘hushand had exacted of her. Lttter she t'mmd that. her Kilsbzmd had married :1 rich Peruvian woman, by whom he lms two children. Forced by the war to suspend action in vindication of her rights, it was only yesterday that, on her petition, the Court annulled the judgment. of divorce obtained in 1912, and gr:lnt7'e'd her :1, divorce on the ground of her huSband’s miscoir duct, requiring’ Him to provide for her . The Court in its decision paid fitting 11om:1ge. to the injured wife's ciorntion and fidelity.