A DOMESTIC ROMANCE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 159, 30 March 1908, Page 9

A DOMESTIC ROMANCE.

YOUNG WOMAN'S TWO HIJSJ3 \NDS . The ,follo>yng appears"in 1 tlip., Melbourne "Ago" of March'l4:-r- : " That, truth-is stranger. than fiction was pneo morp . proved.''by.V.a'.revelation'■ made here this week. It.'is a/strange, dopiestic/ -romance. ; In 1892 Mr. and Mrs. Galsworthy, a local young cpuple, were married here, arid for the first two years their wedded life was ail i uninterrupted period of happiness.' Then.a' 'tiff occurred," and the unpleasantness was : taken sp seriously by . the'young lius? band that lie cleared out !qnd left no trace as 'to wherp, lie. had. gone. ■. 'After waiting and hoping for his return- in, .vain;' Mrs. Galsworthy WAS. obliged to, ..retyrii '.' toher. former! occupation as a domestic servant in. order to earn a. . ,She ' caused a warrant to be issued; for the' arrest of-.lifer husband foj- ,'desertiijg 'her, but /the ' police, wore unable, to execute it, as the npsging husband could not be traced. ' Tinie.\ror,e on, and hp ivas almost. forgptteiV; 'but in 1901 thc-wpman wss' infor®#.-.?! 'ijje '<Jpai;h' of her husband. ' v ''y'-V. " Subsequently she' aftracted thb attention' of a, loyer; namec) Carpenter,. aiid, believing she was a' widow, Mrs'.'.,Galsworthy, in 'due coyr.se,, became Mrs. G'arpeilfe)-. "The'story.' of the death (if, tlio' first husband,. however, tnrpedput'to be- untrue,' fpr lie "arrived' safe, and sound in Geelong 1 this .'week. It. appea.rs that, after clearing out" of Geplpug. in ;a. fit of temper, ip IS9-I',; lie, wandered ,round tljp country, and: when he finally settled to. workill another part the' State hp deeply r£ r : grctted having separated from his young wife as lie had done., He resolved to make a-new home, and when that was ready to instal his wife there with pfobably a renewal of their matrimonial vows. Tho .'undertaking, proved n long and tedious one, )nti sp length be was successful, ai)d wh'ep jio returned'to Cleelpng this ; week it was to claim lijs' wjfe and take, hor back to the new Jipme that lie had prepared. When lie made inquiries he was shocked to find that this wife, thinking him deqd, had jnarried another ' nitin,' and that she .was then in itlie receiving wardat the hospital suffering . some temporary mental derangement. ; IJis affection for her had, however, not diminished, and lie called to see her at tjic hospital on Thursday. She at once recognised him, and, strange to,say. her condition pf heajth immediately''showed Signs of improvement.,. Slip is still in the hospital, hut Mr. Galsworthy is determined to not only take her back to lijs new liome,' ■ but he also says ho will, keep the two children .born sipcc she became Mrs. Carpenter. The second 1 husbaiid.-denies the, right of the first husband to the-woman or the-children,' ?ntl he threatens lie will baye the case tested,"