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wrong.
He wanted the children to be pale and puny,
because, he said, children OF literary parents
we're almost always delicate and pale. He was
| annoyed because Maud WAS strong and fat, and
had perfectly healthy organization, and often
took comfort in the thought that Brick vas
weak and puny. He had an idea that illegit-
innate children we're more precocious and better
adapted to literary pursuits than those born in
wedlock, and he often said to her of their
children: sI don't care for these children !;
they are legitimate He was always contem-
plating death, and made his will about once q
month. It got to be amusing to see what varied
dispositions he made Of his effects at times. He
never willed ANYTHING to her except lis love
letters. He always wanted to be burned after
death. He liked nearly everything which did
not meet the approval Of the world at large.
Everything wild and romantic was his de-
Light. Ie took particular pleasure in con-
templating the lives and deeds of criminals.
Outlaws and desperadoes were his especial pets,
and he was fond of every criminal from joaquin
Murieta to Victoria Woodruff. The only speech
be ever made as lawyer was in defence Of 8
horse-thief.
She was not prepared to give any information
in regard to his connection with the Indians.
He used to talk to her about a young woman Of
his acquaintance who uEed to wear ter on her
face and quilts on her nose. He often said to
her that this woman never annoyed him BY
wanting to take her knitting and go visiting
when he wanted her to stay at home. He always
insisted that every man should be absolute mas
ter OF his own house, and US she WIS brought up
to the same belief she yielded everything to his
will, and so accustomed did she become to it
that her friends often said to her, ''You make
8 god OF him" and for q time it was true.
The lecturess then passed to critical dissec-
tion of Joaquin's poetry. She said he was grace
ful IN his flow of rhyme, graphic in his descnp-
thing Of the noble nature, and did not seem to
have those fine emotions which characterize
many OF the poets. But he had many of the
qualities and all tho genius Of q true poet, and
the world, she predicted, had not Jet heard the
prelude Of the grand songs he would sing. But
he was unstable, and never knew his own mind.
One day he believed one thing, and the next day
he didn't believe it. In proof Of thiH she refer
red to his interview with reporter Of the New
York Sun, recently, in which he said in one
place he said his publishers send him large
sums of money for everything he writes. He
said that perhaps she did not know him. Per-
haps she did not. Perhaps there were others
who knew him better than she did. II go, let
them come forward and speak. She would vel
come them, and they would uingle their tears
together.
Referring to the interview again, she said:
=" Here q charnber1naid entered. Mr.. Miller said,
Excuse me- and she left, with smile.
"The Poet-poor creatures poor creatures! These
poor chambermaids ali come to and tell their stor-
les the history Of their lives This poor only gets
me- and tel me Of their sutferings. Poor creatures
(sadly). This civilization is monster"
Yes, said she. they tell him of their sorrows,
these poor .chambermaids. What can be more !
touching and poetical than this sympathy for |
Mrs. Miller closed with few words in de- |
fence OF her own course. She said she came |
from the wild woods OF Oregon without auv
experience in the lecture field, and with no
friend to assist her. Her children were living
with her mother, who Was keeping q lodging |
house in Portland to support them She had
started out to make something with which to
provide for them, and the few souls who
knew and trusted her would get see her sue
ceed. She again thanked the newspapers for
their favorable notices OF her lecture, and as
sured them that her aged mother and the little
babes who daily watch and wait and cry for her
return would join her in her grateful acknowl-
edgments.
At the close of her lecture, which lasted about
an hour, number Of ladies and gentlemen went
up to her and congratulated her on her success
as q lecturess. She intinated that she would |
lecture again on entirely different subject be-
fore leaving the city.