New-York tribune., 1870-05-11

When she went away she put little paper In my
bank note. Next morning came letter from her in
closing another $50 note, which she said was pres
ent from some other friends of mine. ! confess,
| could not endure such q wound to my pride. had
been reared in comfort and plenty, and in my veins
ran some of the prOudest blood in Massachusetts,
knew not one Of my KIN had ever taken & m aims bs nad
| lutely pinched with want at that moment but the
next week sold all furniture, which was bought
with money borrowed OF my father ana parted WIN
many articles of comfort which had been sent to me
from my home, and with the proceeds of the sales
was able to send back the money to Mrs. Sinclair,
| telling her could not yet receive aims from my
friends But her indefatigable friendship did not
cease here and she sent me back much of it in clothes
and other necessaries. Then in April, ls6 she and
some other friends arranged reading at Stelnways
Rooms, on FOurteenth-st., OF which the proceeds
were more than $50.
| Mr.. Mcfarland abused me in his usual violent way
for giving this public reading at Steinway's. He
argued that if wanted to read had better 60 out
OF town to do So that it disgTaced him as gentle
city where he had acquaintances. He made this an
excuse for getting grossly intoxicated the evening
of the reading and of this collected the whole re-
ceipts OF the evening, and gave me $25 ont of the
| whole amount to pay my fare and the childrens to
my. fathers house in Massachusetts, reserving the
In May 1906 Mr.. Mcfarland came on to my fathers,
bringing with him 81 600 in money. He had got this
| money from wealthy owner of oil lands in Penn
sylvanla, residing in New-YOrk City Whose name /
do not like to mention by threatening to expose him
@ i9r some rreg9aTiy iu paying his income tax, and
hlr Ncf arland told me this man had him the
money II he would not trouble him further" He
also told me that he had several other men under
his thumb in the same way" The manner Of getting
this money was inexpressbly shocking to me- and
told hun 80, and then told him that should try
and mako arrangements to go on the stage in the
| Fall, that could not try another Winter of public
reading profession 80 precari0us and so wearing,
| and advised him, since he had some mOney-which
thought dishonorably obtained-he should go into
his usual brutal manner and said no about it.
1t was agreed, however that should go to small
farm-h in the White Mountains where knew
Mrs. Oliver johnson was going to spend the summer
| and that he should pay my board there-wlich was
to be very cheap indeedfor myself and the children
In June 1864, went from my fathers with the child
l remained there till September. During this
Summer he sent me $3.50 in check, signed by Mr.
Sinclair and had so on arriving. which he had
given me- making in all S2l0, with which paid my
board and washing bills for myself and the children
during my four months, stay in Shelburne. In Sep
tember, Mr. Mcfarland came up to Shelbqme hnl,
had proposed. He had told me little or nothing of
his financial condition prospects during the Sum-
mer, and had written advising him OF various plans
for earning his living In the Fall he told me that
he had got out of money, and was gong INTO some
kind of patent gas company, which did not under
stand fully, and was going to make his fortune. He
paid my fare to Boston, and then told me he was out
Of money, and asked me to go to H. o. !ioughton 4
Co.'S, whom no knew were going, to print my little
did do this, and got $50 while in Boston, where l
stayed nearly week. Mr. McFarland's niece
daughter of his brother Owen had been at the White
Mountains with me, and was with me in Boston
After getting the money from Mr.. HoughtOn, gave
Mcfarland half of ii, and with $25 went with Miss
Mary Mcfarland to Newark, where her father lived.
owen Mcfarland was worse, possible in his fits of
intemperance than his brother Daniel stayed there
three weeks in scenes which would baile descrlptim
often in daily or nightly fear of my life from this
terrible madman, all Of whose family held him In
most supreme fear. ~- - ~---''--'
While here in the Winter T1Thern of ,nG ls60 dur
S1,o1b / h1d
responded with her. / have been most fortunate
in my friendships, but / never knew any woman
loyal to With she
My whole nature usually retlcent, went ont 10 her
in confidence and friendship, and had written from
ment on the stage. She had succeeded in arranging
an engagement at Winter Garden the theater which
Mr.. Edwin Booth controlled, and place which we
both considered particularly fortunate for lady to
be connected with, on account OF Mr.. Booths posi-
tion as gentleman lin private life, as well as his
This Fall of 1865 while at Newark saw the
ager of Winter Garden, and my engagement was
made certain at salary OF S9 per Week' bnT M[Yio m
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, and also wrote
him that could not and should not stay longer at
his brothers. He came down to New lorK sheiIly
after this borrowing money in small suIns OF my
father to pay his expenses back, and took me from
his brothers and to a wretched boarding-house IN
Amity-st near Sixth-ave. Here he borrowed some
money of Mr.. Sinclair, and gave me S5 Iii which is
the last money ever received from him. Ihis was
in October, 1865 He left me at this house, informing
me that he should probably not be back very Inuch
of the time during this Winter. r.,..,,,
Then l was so worn out by the anxlet,es ana the the
terrible weeks had spent at Newark that orOAe
alone with my two babies. Whlle mere, MIS- Cai-
houn called and found me in this condition; ana,
going home, she wrote note in which she told me,
in the most delicate manner, that wheneyer wanted
money her purse was at my service. Inc same 1ay
Mrs. Sinclair called, and, shocked at the wretched
and desoate condition in which she saw me, took
me and both my children to her house. AssoOn as
was there and had begun to recover Mr. Mcfarland
came back and made his preparations 70 come mere
house Over-full, and If he were coming PACK TO
town i must get place somewhere for all OF u.s.
began at Winter Garden. Mr.. Mcfarland instructed
me that might get board for myself and tne emil
dren but only occasional board for himself, as he
should he absent about the gas business most OF the
time. then engaged board in Macdougal-st, In
very respectable house, where had small attic
room for all my family. As soon as got mere n my
two weeks 1t was only by sheer force Of will that
got up from bed and dragged myself to the theaer
Illness II Dss Mrs R sncar and Mrs Calhoun visited and
ministered to me. Both of them sent me nourshlng
food from their own table, by their own servants.
They sent me money, and gave me the lovingest
sympathy that woman ever gave to wonan ha1
already got engagement to write for ihe R'reslde
Magazine, and one day during this Illness when MIS-
Calhoun found me sitting up in bed, weak and ex-
hausted, finishing childs story with my two noisy
little children playing at my bedside she took 1t
away and interested tho managing editor OF Inc In
dependent in my work. that he sent me word he
would take some Of my stories for his paper.
As soon went the stage this was the 28th OF
November, 1866 told the woman in whose house L
had been boarding about three weeks, OF my new
profession. She Immediately told me that she could
not possibly have an actress in her house. and must
get new place as soon convenient As quickly as
could found a place at No. 20 Amity-st d!
went to No 81 Amity-st. about the 10th or l7th OF
Decembes 1866. On the Goth of December had an
engagement to read at Salem, Mass before: the Ly-
ceum Lecture Course. My mother had written ns