She gets tired waiting, after the usual style, and elopes with somebody else.

The Western Penelope isn't built for waiting.

But she seems to have converted some of his property into cash when she skipped from St.Louis, and that's where his chief concern comes in.
That's what he wanted to see me for; that's why he inveigled me into that infernal pantry of his one day to show me a plan of his property, as if that was any good." He paused disgustedly.

We all felt, I think, that Tom was some kind of an impostor, claiming the sympathies of the Club on false pretenses.
Nevertheless, the Quartermaster said, "Then you didn't do anything for him--give him any advice, eh ?" "No; for the property's as much hers as his, and he hasn't got a divorce; and, as it's doubtful whether he didn't desert her first, he can't get one.

He was surprised," he added, with a grim smile, "when I told him that he was obliged to support her, and was even liable for her debts.