Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-01-04

his sensitive, delicate tenderness 70
Fer. sit was such a pity-it was s
repulsive, 80 abhoreDt to refinement t
be exposed to such associations" Fl
nally, the Fox family gave way to tn
opportunities OF the lover, but appa
rently not until he and Margaret wer,
betrothed. Then she was sent to {
school Of his choosing. and to reside
with family Of his relatives. H.
went on bis Arctic voyage, and they
were to be married on his return, and
make wedding trip to ITALY. How
many Arctic days were gilded BY the
thoughts Of that Italian journey +?
But all that time DR.. Kane's attach.
ment for Miss Fox seems to have been
a secret to his immediate family. He
wrote to her "There's but one life in
this world, that of self-approvaI )" and
yet he was slave to the approval Of
Others. He had felt keenly all that
was least refined in her position, but
his love enabled him to bear what he
knew others, without that tender rea-
son, would sheer at. But though the
engagement was partially a secret,
DR.. Kane corresponded with Miss Fox
constantly while absent through a
confidential friend, and this person re-
garded her as the doctors affianced
wife. The story of this engagement
crept into the papers and wounded
the pride of the doctors relatives. He
had not, therefore, miscalculated its
effect upon them when be judged it
best to keep the engagement secret. |
DR.. Kane was absent from Nav,
1853, till October, 1855. His vessel |
came up New York Bay, and Mar
garet was 10 the city at the time. She
heard the cannon that greeted his ar
rival, and in a fever of excitement, she
waited for him to come to her. All
hat day, that evening, that night and
he next day she waited, and waited
n vain. Then he sent word that he
would come soon. There was great
rouble In the family" over the match.
lie was beset on all sides with remon-
'trances, and 80 on. His messenger
Isked also, it is stated, for the letters
hat had been written by the Doctor.
IN the third day the Doctor came,
md Miss Fox now refused to see him
nut relented, upon earnest entreaty,
nd the lovers met once more. But i
be marriage was to be "postponed"-
hey were to meet as "brother and sis {
Dr." 50 much the lover had yield
d to the pride Of his family.
Thus the lover showed, however r
riliant and splendid his life was, be b
id not feel all right at heart. But E
espite this broken engagement the =
octor could not separate himself n
ON his fair one, until the prudence d
Miss Fox's friends required that a
10 should not be visited by man e.
hose friends thought her unfit to be II
s wife. Then came another engage d.
ent, made with ring, that had
zen found in the Attic regions, and
a sequel to this the informal
arriage Of DR.. Kane and Margaret -
'x comprised in his declaration
AIDE purposely before witnesses, 8,
iaggie is my wife and am her
sband, wherever we are she is mine,
d | am hers'-a marriage that the ~
'ctor himself considered so real and /
lid that he subsequently wrote to to-
lady as my dear wife" b %'
These letters are deeply interesting -
themselves, as the love-letters Of G Is
man; but, since they ha
evidently private, the question will r.
urally b. asked "Why are they av v
y published The answer is, to No
dictate the fair name equally Of Dr. M ne
ne and Of Mrs. Kane; to prove to u
world that Mrs. Kane was not an 1875
fal intriguer, entrapping distin- { $S1
shed man, and that DR.. Kane re. Ma
regarded her as his wife. This $22
apparently been made necessary , 1IU'
the course of DR.. Kane's family. Der
'ollowing out their former objec, o,a II
5 to Miss Fox, they have given to frol
. Kane only partial recognition. the
Kane left money in trust for the u d.
port of his wife, and otherwise left III
lie means but it is said, in the q
ace to the letters, that bis relatives A
succeeded in Withholding from his G
, even the sum left for her support, lS IT.
have otherwise brought her char ~
r in question. His letters are now r..
n, therefore, to let all know the ko
state of the case. AZ Az