| Show ACROSS THE SEA S EA the deserted wife won the be by four hours A race across 2 2 2000 miles mile of water for a wife was recently ended at ellis island the race was between mrs franz a deserted wife and I 1 a young girl bertha Nel bling the husbands bands s sweetheart the wife won von the race by four henrs and incident incidentally odly the erring husband molineaux Molin caux had been wealthy in berlin he had married the daughter of a rich grain merchant when he failed in in business he quarreled with his wife for she made some remark about his coverty erty which angered him ue he left her saying that he would go to america and begin life over again they were proud and she permitted hermitte per mitte h in to go alone although in her heart s she e loved him the man came over here and by hard work established est ablis hed himself and was in receipt of a good salary he thought sometimes of the woman over in berlin she was as living with her wealthy fath father er who aho was very fond of her in a spirit of pique thee the husband sent across the sea for another woman to share the home lie he had made here at 1860 lexington avenue sirs mrs I 1 molineaux lolin eaux heard of the other finnian and embarked in all haste on the steamer eamer lahn bound cornew for new york the other one bertha was a steerage ge passenger on the venetia from hamburg the venetia sailed first yet efa the fast steamer lahn beat her into port by four hours with mrs molineaux in the first ca cabin bin she had little difficulty in interesting the authorities in her ease case detective Detec tiie the peter gr or grden den jen found her husband and informed aira uira im that a woman was at ellis eilis island waiting to see him molineaux was there and the commissioner of Sm migration asked some very searching questions then he dismissed him to another loomand room and talked to mrs molineaux nei neither ther husband knew of the arese prese presence ce of the other othe r on the island they were brought into the same room the wife at the sight of her husband threw her arms around his bis neck and fainted she recovered opportunely and told him how cruelly she had misunderstood lihn him and that she would willingly share poverty and a crust of bread with him N no man could resist talk like that molineaux kissed her on the forehead and vowed wed he be would be true to her to the end of time so they went to lexington Le ington avenue together where they will dwell the other woman the story is practically finished as far as she is concerned the immigration authorities came to the conclusion that as she had no now and was likely to tobe become a public charge the best thing they could do would be to send her back to G germany chicago record |
