A DOMESTIC ROMANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 76, 28 March 1908, Page 15

A DOMESTIC ROMANCE.

WOU2JG WOMAN'S TWO HTTSBAITDS.-.

That truth is stranger that fictioa .was I Once more proved by a revelation made at Geelong tie other day. It is a strange domestic romance. .In ISS2 Mr and Mra Galsworthy, a local young -couple, were married there, and for the .first two .years their wedded life was an uninterrupted period of happiness. Tien a tiff occurred, and tie unpleasantness was taken so seriously by the young husband that he cleared out and left no trace as to where he had gone. After waiting and hoping for his retrim in vain, Mrs Galsworthy was obliged to return lb l»jr .former occupation as a domestic servant, in order to earn a Uveli. hood. She caused a warrant to be issued for the arrest of her husband for deserting her, but tie police were unable "to execute it, as tie missing husband could not be traced. ' Time wore on, and be "was" almost forgotten, but in 1901 the woman was informed of the death of her BusbrxhiL

Subsequently Sic attracted tie ate"nt*o& of a lover named-Carpenter, and,"believing sic was a widow, Mrs Galsworthy-,-in. due course, became Mrs Carpenter. Tie story of the death of the first husband, however, turned out to be untrue, for he has arrived safe and sound in Geelong. It appears that, after clearing oat of Geelong in a fit of temper, in IS&4, he wandered round the country, and when ie finally settled to wort in another part of the State he deeply regretted having separated from iis young wife as he iad done. He resolved to make a new home, and when that was ready, to instal iis wife tiere with probably a. renewal of their matrimonial vows. The undectaking proved a long and tedious one, but at length he was successful, and when he returned to Geelong it was to H»im his wife and take ier back to tie new home that he had prepared. When he made inquiries he was shocked to find that his wife, thinking him dead, had married ahotier man, and "tiat sic was tien In tie receiving ward at the hospital snfferlns some temporary mental derangement. His affection for her had, however, not diniin, isied, and he called to see her at the hospital. She at once recognised him, and strange to say her condition bt health Immediately showed signs of Improvement, She Is still in tie hospital, but Mr Galsworthy is determined to not only take her back to bis new home, but he also says ie will keep the two children born since sic became Mrs Carpenter. The second husband denies tie right cf tbe first husband to the woman or the children, and he threatens ie will have the case tested.