Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1917 — Knew He Had Gone for Good. [ARTICLE]

Knew He Had Gone for Good.

Mrs. Hannah Thompson, whose husband until recently had been employed as a Pullman porter, interrupted tireproceedings in the Harlem court in a hurried effort to obtain a divorce, says a New York news letter. She was quieted down until a case then being heard was disposed of, and then questioned by the magistrate. When she had explained that her husband had left the previous morning It was suggested by the court that there was no reason to believe that he would not return, and that Mrs. Thompson had better wait before considering any such” move as a divorce action. “Bu I knows that man ain’t never comln’ back,” explained the excited negress. “I was in bed this mornin’ when I heard him gettin’ out very quiet and creepy. He put on his best clothes—new suit, straw hat, patent-leather shoes and a light coat oyer his jirm and I lay very still makin’ out I ain’t awake yet. He walks right to the door, makes a big low bow towards me and says: ‘Good-bye, cold feet, goodbye.’ Judge, that nigger ain’t come back.” *