A very short marriage . . .

As you can see, it's a hard life being an Outside Cat here.  Sam has poll position on the seat, Miffy is on the left and a roly-poly Squeaker (as he has FINALLY been named, for his squeaking plaintive voice) rolling around at the bottom of the rocking seat.

I thought I would share another snippet from that old newspaper, this time of a chap in Canada.  The first paragraph or so is missing . . .

"Mr . . . ., the son of wealthy parents, alleges that, having married his wife under her representation that she was a Jewess, he discovered during heir honeymoon that she was a Canadian Indian.  (shock, horror!)

Though Mrs Harris is 45 years old, she is said to retain all the beauty with which she captivated her husband.  They met at a Chautauqua boarding-house, and, after a brief courtship, were married in July 1901. 

Three days after the wedding, according to Mr Harris, while he was out walking with his bride, they stopped at an Indian relic store.

There He found an Indian maiden, who bore such a striking resemblance to his wife that he questioned her and learned that the girl was a full sister of Mrs Harris, who, he found, was the daughter of a Frenchman and of a full-blooded Canadian Indian.

Mr Harris left his wife, making her an allowance, with which she entertained lavishly, and travelled in style.

A separation followed, according to Mr Harris, and he did not see his wife for a year.  At the end of that time she sent him word that a child had been born to them.  "Young Godfrey has come," she wired.  (A rather protracted pregnancy . . .)

Harris immediately repudiated the child, sued his wife for divorce and the most sensational charges are contained, it is said, in the papers that have been impounded.  The names of a prominent political leader in Buffalo and a well known railroad official are involved.

In prosecuting his action, Mr Harris has produced testimony as to the alleged relations beween Mrs  Harris and a certain Captain James Keyes.  (Gosh, she was generous with her favours wasn't she?!)

Captain Keyes testified that his relations with Mrs Harris were perfectly proper, but he did not know that she was married.

Mrs Harris is said to have been married three times.  Her first husband was a wealthy Californian mining man named Baldwin, and the second a rich Chautauqua farmer named Strunk.  She appears to be not more than 30 years old."

I was quite shocked to hear of Mr Harris just upping and leaving his lawful wife upon discovering she had Indian blood, but on hearing she'd been married 3 times, I did wonder if this had happened on each occasion?!