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Show LOVED OCEAN'S HOAR. YOUTHFUL nniDE COULD NOT LBAVB IT. Net Rtm tlaoiliiiai llMbaad Orald Mr tltr trm the MrUrlno ITItdi IM4 npiaa A l. LoaU MllM. It la aeldom that lore of the ten will wreck a happy home, and a happy fre- yoan home at that, but for once the aklll and power of that mlithty little nod Din Cupid haa been art at naught by the wilt ot aeduetUe Father Neptune Twenty yean axo rrettr and petite Nellie Kyle waa bora at lleadowa End, Conn . about two tnlte from the quaint old town ot Mil-ford Mil-ford She wai a water nymph almoat from her birth. Not a city block from the plcturraqur. homelike little cot taice which aheltered her until abe de Telopcd Into a ripe, faaclnattnc little Up of womanhood ebbed and flowed the (treat Atlantic- ocean, swept by the autumnal atorma, wintry (ales, and fanned Into peaceful quiet by the soft umraer lephyrs that old Sol In the dot dayi tempered with bla plerclnc rara. The bit; Sound ateamtra ptowad their way within eaay Tlew of her komeatead wlndowa, where ahe dreamed away her happy childhood hours, and the onceaalnt; beatlnc and alien roar ot the turf cauatd eweet mualo that lulled her to aleep. From a my early age she learned how to wlm, and all iuramer lone, and eren until late In the fall ahe mleht be found day after day dlaporttng herailf In the arma ot Father Neptune. Aa he grew older tier aklll aa a bold and darlntr awlmmer became remarkable, and time and again the would wlm Tcral mllra from the ahore, mocking the tired and weakened awlmmtra who would not dare to renture out with her. Her townapeople looked at her aakancr, and aome of the old tot-Ips tot-Ips predated that ahe mutt hare au- lf aVMlSIWMr fife' THEIIt LOVE STAUT EO IN THE 8UIIF. -- -tr- pernatural powera, Cut to her youni playmatea ahe waa like a watcblnc Lorelei that ever lured the unconacloui wlmmeni on to danger Gradually her lore for the aea became ao strong that lone before the yarda ot the town were carpeted with the rich velvety green grass that goes to make up so much ot the beauty of a New England town ahe would be found dallying with the wavca of the ocean, and late In the fall, when the limit of the trees stretched forth their gaunt, llfelesi arma and branches, she could still be seen happily playing In the surf Out not alone In the water was she MRS NHI.UH 11APTISTE an adept Al the hotel dancea' her graceful, languoroua glide In the waits waa much sought after, and happy waa the man who could claim her for a partner. To all, however the remained re-mained unresponalve In the meantime, mean-time, however, when she was twelve years old, and about eight years ago, doorse llaptlste. Junior partner of the Baptlste Tent and Awning company, of St Louie, then about twenty years of age, came to Meadows' End for the summer He waa a powerful, rautcu-lor rautcu-lor and athletic young fellow, with fine physique and handsome face and bearing bear-ing Ot course Daptlste had to go In bathing', bath-ing', and of course he met pretty Nellie Kyis, Nothing tbst she could pro- mmmmmamm po of an aquatic feat he would refan to attempt II took to the water Ilk a duck, and many plcaaant days were pent knocking about In the surf and taking long dashes through the wster. Nelll bad a Utile brother, snd It was their particular delight to have the trapping big llltaourlan take Ihsm In hit brawny anna and tots them headforemoit Into the surf, and allow the big waves to swallow tham from slant She naturally gained great respect tor this, to her modern Sampson, and, ae he visited Meadowa' End year after OEOROB IUITISTE. year, the liking grew and grtw until It ripened Into love. They were married Oct 4, barely a month past When Daptlate reached Meadowa' End preparatory pre-paratory to the ceremony the happy bride-to-be wanted htm to go In bath-log bath-log with her, but the chill winds ot sutumn, which obliged htm to wesr a heavy fall overcoat, deterred him, although al-though ahe went down In her bathing suit for her morning's plunge Just as though the balmy summer tephyrs were circling around her voluptuous form, She had her bath; then they were married The moment the train pulled out bearing the happy couple away from the ceremony to the bridegroom's western home the loving bride grew teatlesa, and after the last whiff of the aall, briny air ot the aea waa obtained ob-tained In Jeraey City a nameless longing long-ing filled her breast Every mile the locomotive pieced between her and her dear, beloved ocean seemed to separate sep-arate her Just that much dlstsnce from her husband until by the time they reached 8t Ixiula ahe waa coldly repellant 8he mourned for the waah of the aurf, and not even the luiurlout aurroundlnga of the elegantly fur-nlahed fur-nlahed apartmenta at a fashionable boarding house In Bt lxuls where her husband took her on the day of their arrival, Oct. 8. could make her forget for an Instant ber childhood's happy home, with the curling, rippling waves, whose faint murmuring to her eiclted Imagination aeemed to be calling ber back to the home of her birth Bhe grew morbid, and babbled In her aleep of the foamy white capi, and, while she said nothing about the ocean to her husband be could plainly tell that ahe wss homesick for ths salt sea breeies, the sound ot the steamers and a sight of the trim eallboata flitting along the reatleas watera ot the Sound and ocean She wss a young girl, bad never been away from home, and Anally Anal-ly In desperation Insisted on leaving her new home and going back to Meadowa' End She frankly told ber hutband abs no longer loved him snd wanted to leave him, that It was all a mletake In desperation the young lltnedlct changed his residence to his father's home, where he thought the quieter and mora homelike surroundings might still (he restless spirit of his salt-water wife It was no uae. how. ever The girl bride Insisted on returning return-ing to New England, and insisted that they he divorced, ao, an Oct 16, the thoroughly disgusted enrsged and disappointed dis-appointed hutband filed a petition In divorce aa below, and on the ltth the young wife returned lo her folks In Connecticut Owing to ths social prominence ot the parties this case has aroused great Interest among .doctors .and lawyers Frost a legal point" of view the young aVBWsWaBbsBsBW i i??!!4 eaonot Procure a divorce un-' un-' the, mf, deserts him for a year, Mua the statutory ground, for dl- m v MlMurl, Independent of those wnicn relate to the physical capstlty 'Vjwrtlts, do not permit It "octort ate Interested In the eue becsot,, sccordlng to their theory It l a clear case of nostalgia or home, sleinett which tbey claim will be lm-mediately lm-mediately cured upon ths young wife reaekltt her home. Then It will bs pOMlble for her, according to their theory, to return with her huaband to her ae, home and live In happlneta. If were living In the days ot Oreik mytholoi- the learned men of that time would sty Neptune was claiming his bride A, the ease stands It Is lo PM that the charming young I'd J ' will return to her handaome hue-bsnd hue-bsnd to' round out a career of social nd (littering aueeeas Aa to the out-'ora out-'ora of thli atran-e freak of wilful womto'a fancy no man knoweth Time alens ran show |