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DESERTED WIFE.cVck.v_AFTER ONLY a EORTXIOMiT OEcI II EtMOEO RLifiS1]i■! SILOVED WELL NOT WISELY atIThe fit or ts of a Yoittnj Count e OhoIJitul from the Neiyh horiiff/JCounty of Cole.IM iss Eva Opel, of Cole county,Jwho was married in this city a fort-inighf ago to J. (L Carender, the iceremony being performed by Probate ]udge Hoy, after the groomhad failed to keep his engagement2ito be married the previous day, be-A m *lieves that her husband has desertedtiher.The marriage was not exactly aforced one, but it was the next doorJ Vto it. Both Mr. and Mrs. Carenderare from Cole county, but did nottbecome acquainted until nearly two j i years ago. ^They resided in the country ; and,ion being thrown into each others’company on many occasions, became lovers. It proved to be theold, old story—the woman lovedinot wisely but too well.i««!She left home to hide her shame,and is now the mother of a babygirl six months old. Carender alsoileft Cole county, going to Arkansas, but kept up a correspondence(*Ilt;with his victim, ancb after consider-jIable persuasion came here a little,lt;more than a fortnight ago and mar- j;ried her.A week ago last Monday Caren- !der left his wife at the residence ofthe widow McDonald, Fourth andFamine streets, in this city, andstarted for Lone Elm, to work inthe harvest field. He look everypenny his wife had in the world,$2.25, and was to have returnedWednesday night. Since his departure she has heard nothing fromor of him, and the conclusion hasat last been reached that he has deserted her.Mrs. Carender was seen thismorning and stated that she didnot know what to do. She is anxious to work, but is unable to obtainemployment on account of her babe.In the meantime Mrs. McDonald iscaring for the unfortunate womanand child, although she can illy afford to do so.Here is- a case that some of thecharitably disposed might investigate, as on the surface it looks as ifthe woman was worthy of the assistance she stands so greatly inneed of at the present time.
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Sedalia Evening Democrat
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Wed, Aug 23, 1893
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