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uc coniirmeo until January ii. I The novelist married Lillian Dor j emo—who was named as co-respondent in the divorce case—in Paris on October 12. Therefore, technicallyhe committed bigamy.When the Kronprinz Wilhelm arrived the ship news man saw upon her passenger list “Herr G. Chester” and below this “Frau G. Chester.’' This was a surprise inasmuch as everyone knew that he had 110 rightto many until next year, He appeared on the deck with a slightly built young woman who whs very pretty but also very pale and apparently nervous.“I’m not the Chester you want,” the novelist said first; “I’m not the'Wallingford' Ch But thnewspaper men knew him awl laughed him out of his denial.“Yes, boys, I'm married. Mi Deremo and i were married on October 12, the day after the first Mrs. Chester divorced me.”“But didn’t you know that you had no right to marry until ninety days after the divorce—that, in fact, you have committed bigamy?” he was | asked.“Bigamy!” he exclaimed. “Good Lord; you’re not kidding me, are you? What shall I do?”After a few whispered words to his wife Chester made a dash for the nearest telephone booth and called up his lawyer, Gordon Gordon.“Say, fellows, lie remarked, with the comaraderie of an old newspaper man, “I’m a fugitive from justice or something, am I not? I’m in Dutch.. Say, just tell your papers as a favor j to me, that I'm not married yet. I { don’t care so much about myself, but I’ve got to look out for the little woman hem/' i“Really,” he said later, “I wasalheri-he! married in all innocence and good• * ™ m f . i V . i A m 9
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Joplin Morning Tribune
Joplin, Missouri, US
Thu, Nov 02, 1911
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