Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1879 — Wifely Fealty. [ARTICLE]

Wifely Fealty.

Evening Wisconsin. There is now living in this city a lady whose life so far has been filled with more real romance than are the most delicately wrought characters of fiction. Twenty-five yearsagoshewas married to a man who like herself, was in humble though respectable life. Their courtship had been pleasant, and, ’ for aught the lady knows, harmonious and mutually agreeable. On the day following the wedding, however, the husband left home without any apparent reason or any warning whatever. The wife merely supposed at the time that business had called him hence and that he would soon return. Days, weeks, months, years passed before she was aware that she was a deserted and wronged woman. She heard nothing from him, but could not entertain the idea that he was dead, and instinctively believed that she would again see him. And just as she became convinced that she was deserted her m&rSrrdom began. She was thrown enrely upon her own resources for subsistence. and they were simply honest toil, a living faith in the reward of duty-doing, and a great self-sacrificing spirit. Thus she toiled on, never hearing a word from her husband for many years, but still clinging to the strict and self-imposed duty of silent forbearance. One day, after eight years, she accidentally met him. but he failed to recognize her. She did not speak to him, but learned from others that since his departure he had led a roving life and had been into every State in the Union. Now that she knew he lived, and yet did nothing to aid her in the battle of life, her action toward him, herself, and the world remained unchanged. And just here she exhibited to a degree her almost saintly charac ter, for instead of accepting any of the numerous and advantageous offers of marriage which she might have done, she silently did her everyday work, bearing his name and cherishiug the same affection for him that induced her to become his wife.

There was then another long time that she neither saw nor heard from him. But fate seemed to favor her, and again she met him by accident. He acted as If pleased to see her, .told her what he had been doing, that he was still her husband, but never referred to his strange departure, nor offered her any means of support. Their conversation was a brief one, and they parted without enmity. Neither had idea of the plans of the other, nor asked to know. The next that the wife knew of her husband was learned from a newspaper. There she learned that he had been arrested for leading Fenian riots in Canada, and was sentenced to be hung. A subsequent report informed her that his sentence was commuted to six years’ imprisonment. During those six years she retained her love for him and clung to the faith that her constancy would eventually be recognized and appreciated. After the mail was let out from the prison Cell he again became an adventurer, and again accidentally met his wife. He then said to her, “What did you think when you saw me sentenced to be hung?” She replied, *“I supposed you would be hung.” A short interview, in which neither learned of the plans of the other, was the result of this meeting. And again he was off. After several more years they again met, recognized, but passed by in silence. Strange as has been the first act o this comedy of curious actions, the sequel is still stranger. Last February he wife received a letter from her eratic husband, fn which he begged for orgiveness, and asked her to go to Washington and live with him. He is in thegovernmentemploy, and she has consented, and will start for her new home in September. . Twenty-five years elapsed between the day of the wedding and the receipt of the letter. During that time she never ceased to love him, and he never commenced to love her. Neither ever tried to obtain a divorce. The lady is the picture of health. The man was a fine-looking fellow when he was married, and had jet black hair. To-day he is much thinner and his hair is almost white.

As dream-like and unnatural os all this may seem, it is asserted to be true by a responsible and highly esteemed lady, whofje relations with the wife gave Her the means of knowing the particulars of this extraordinary romance. *"*“* " . Louisville,( September 2.—A report has reached here of a most cowardly and unprovoked murder at the little townofCamden ville, Andersonoonuty Kentucky, about sundown on Saturday evening. Robert Mosely, the town marshal, and Bud Oliver, a former saloon keeper, were neighbors. Oliver bad been hunting on Saturday, and as he returned home and entered bis yard with an unloaded gun, he wae hailed by Mosely and asked if he was ready to settle that difficulty, when Mosely commenced cursing and übusing Oliver, and finally drew a pistol and shot him dead. Mosely was arrested, and is under guard.