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Show A NOVEL DIVORCE CASE. 155 Poor little Josie was given a desk in the Interior Department, with a-liberal salary, but soon afterward yielded up her life a victim of the exposure and abuse inflicted by her tormentors. Mrs. Meeker and Mrs. Price still reside in Greeley. CHAPTER XXXVI. BOULDER. Returning to Denver, we took the first train out to Boulder. While there I heard of a Some years ago Congressman Belford was one of the Judges in the Territory of Colorado. It used to be customary to take the evidence in divorce cases before a Master in Chancery. The lawyers would read this evidence to the Judge, and everything appearing fair on its face, a divorce would be granted. After awhile it occurred to Belford, who had a deep and profound affection for his wife, that the time might possibly come when she would apply for a divorce from him, and the application might be founded on a hundred lies which some one had told her. He did not believe in this divorce business on general principles, and accordingly established a rule of Court that no divorce case should be tried unless the witnesses were present in Court and he had the privilege of cross-examining them himself if he so desired. The first case that came on under this ruling was in Boulder county. The husband and wife had a beautiful home, with three or four interesting children. The parents had become es- |
