The Conservative

A Runaway Wife Returns to Her Husband.

Fourteen months ago, Mrs. Bunsen, wife of a wealthy Frankfort merchant, eloped with her lover, a worthless adventurer, to the United States, where he deserted her, after living a few months with her. Shame and remorse now seized the criminal wife to such an extent that she wrote the most heart-rending letters to her husband, imploring him to forgive her and take her back. No reply being returned to her letters, she sold all her jewelry and took passage for Europe. On reaching the Old World she traveled day and night, an inward voice telling her to make haste. It was, however, too late. For, on arriving at her husband's house, in Frankfort, she was told by him that he had not received her letters. He would willingly forgive her but he could no longer take her back to his bosom, as he had procured a divorce and married again on the preceding day. Her grief and despair were so violent that the second wife, a kind hearted creature, took pity on her and prevailed on her husband to let her stay in the house.