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Show MAKlll.VUK A FAILURE. A Massachusetts Man Discern That It I a Diurnal One. . Long Meadow, Mass.,. April 30. Special. The romantic marriage less than a year ago of Octogcuerian Pola-tiah Pola-tiah Ely and Mrs. Lucy A. Morse, who has seen sixty years of life, has been followed thus early by a still more interesting in-teresting separation. Mr. Ely found that marriage at eighty-three was a failure aud backed out rather suddenly. Mrs. Morse was nurse to Mr, Ely's wife just before her death, aud afterward was tho widower's housekeeper. About ten months ago, and three weeks after Mrs. Ely's death, the. widower and his hoitsekcpccr were married by Town Clerk Ely of Thonipsouvillc, just across the state lino from Long Meadow. The relations of Mr. Ely strenuously objected to this marriage, but their protest pro-test came too late. It was soon learned that Mr. Ely bad transferred all his property, valued at $4,000, to his wife. A week ago Mr. Ely suddenly disappeared. disap-peared. Ho left tho house ostensibly to goon an errand, but really to commit himself to the charge of relatives in Springfield, "with whom ho has since remained. Mr. Ely became afraid of his wife. The neighlwrs in Long Meadow sympathize with the w oman, who, they say, has taken excellent care of her aged "and decrepit spouse, and would be. likely to more than earn the property she 'received. She made a revolution iu the house, however, and Mr. Ely thought the improvements and general slicking up were extravagant, 'i he relatives ot Mr. Ely have petitioned that a guardian be placed over the old man. |