Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1908 — A Real Nice Hueband. [ARTICLE]

A Real Nice Hueband.

During the reign of Queen Anne there lived in Jermyn street, London, a Mr. and Mrs. Howe, who were a well to do and apparently a very happy couple. After eight years of married life Mr. Howe suddenly disappeared, and nothing was beard of him for seventeen years, during which period bls two children had died and Mrs. Hojve had left her Jermyn street residence for a small house off Golden square. The extraordinary part of this real life romance is that Mr. Howe had never gone away from London at all and lived at Westminster under another name. Disguised, he attended St. James’, Piccadilly, every Sunday and saw his wife there. Mr. Howe also frequented a coffee house which almost faced Mrs. Howe’s house, and thus he could watch her movements. When seventeen years had elapsed Mrs. Howe received an anonymous letter In which the writer desired her to meet him in Birdcage walk the next day, as he had something important to tell her. Mrs. Howe went as requested and there met her long lost husband. Mr. Howe never explained the motives which had prompted his disappearance, and Mrs. Howe wisely did not press the subject. The reunited couple lived for many years after their separation happily, which is only one of the many cases in everyday life where truth is stranger than fiction.