Whom God Hath Joined (1912)

A young mechanic temporarily residing in a southern city found that business was slack in his trade and decided to send his wife to her relations in the north until happier days dawned He did not dream that he was putting her in peril and when later he received word that the ship upon which she sailed had been lost with all on board he was frantic with grief and selfreproach Life in this city became hateful to him and having no ties that bound him there he abruptly departed into the country deciding to wander wherever fate might lead him