I acceded to his wishes, and we were married as quietly as possible.
At the end of three months he deserted me, and for four years I did not even know where he had gone.

During that time, however, I learned that my husband, who had been fearful of soiling his proud name by having it publicly joined with mine, was, in the sight of the law, a common criminal.

I finally traced him to America, and five years after he deserted me I had the pleasure of confronting him with the facts which I had obtained.

With passionate protestations of renewed love and fair promises of an honorable married life, he sought to purchase my silence, and, fool that I was! I yielded.

He claimed that he could not at once acknowledge me as his wife, because he was already known as an unmarried man, but in the near future we would repeat the marriage ceremony and I should be the honored mistress of his heart and home.