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SEVEN WIVES AND SEVEN PRISONS:

OR EXPERIENCES IN THE LIFE OF AMATRIMONIAL MANIAC. A TRUE STORY.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR. 1870.

CONTENTS

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SEVEN WIVES AND SEVEN PRISONS

CHAPTER I.

THE FIRST AND WORST WIFE

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CHAPTER II.

MISERIES FROM MY SECOND MARRIA4E.

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THE SCHEIMER SENSATION.

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CHAPTER V.

HOW THE SCHEIMERS MADE ME SUFFER.

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