Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-08-26

and for what she neglected To DO
and charging upon herself. her neg
lect or heedlessness, the death o
the child, while ordinarily ever,
one knows that she had worn her
self out with her assiduities.
Soon after this / met Mr.. TiltoI
at Moulton's house. Either Moul
ton was sick or was very late in MS
ing, for he was in bed. The sub
= ject of my feelings and conduct to-
: ward Tilton was introduced.
! made statement Of the motives
: under which | had acted in coun-
: selling Bowen. Of my feelings in re-
gard TO Tiltcn's family. disclaimine
I with horror the thought of wrong,
: and expressing n desire 10 do what
ever Law in human power to remedy
any evil | had occasioned, and 10
, reunite his family. Tilton was sill
ent. and then played the part of an
injured man. but Moulton said to
Tilton with intense emphasis, That
is all that gentleman can say, and
Won ought 10 accept il as an hon
: orable basis Of reconciliation.
This he repeated two or three
times. and Tilton's countenance
: cheered mp under Moulton's strong
talk. We shook hands and parted
in a friendly way.
Not very long afterward Tilton
asked me TO his house and said
that he should be glad to have the
good old times renewed. | do not
remember whether | ever took a
meal after that under his roof, but
/ certainly was invited by him TO
renew my visits as formerly. |
never resumed my intimacy with
the family but once or twice |
went there soon after my reconcil-
iation with Tilton, and Mt his re-
quest. / particularly remember
scene which took place at his house,
when he talked TO me about his
wife in a very gracious mood. He
began by mourning his sorrows.
lie was desolate. The future SEEM
ed quite dark. After impressing
US with his great patience lie grew
generous, praised me TO his wife .
saying that | had taken UPON my
self all the blame of past troubles,
and had honorably eyculpated her
and telling me that his wife likwise
had behaved very magnanimously,
had blamed herself, and declared
that was blamelcss, and he closed
his homily with increasing hope {
and cheer, saying that deep as was I
his misery he did not know hut
that it would work in the fu-
ture n more cheerful home than he
had before. j restrained my smiles {
ut the absurdity Of the thing, well ,
content TO have it evaporate so, i
and even think that he was gene {
rous in his way. This seemed to {
me- the end of the trouble. With
, sensitive and honorable man who 5
lad no Interior designs TO accom-
dish it would have been the burial
# the difficulty. / supposed that 9
Elton had given up the idea Of
wrong on my part, and {
orgiven any unintentiOnal wrong. 5
plainly understand now what | I
lid not then suspect. My trouble |
If mind was TO be kept alive and j
iourished so that might be used I
o act on my friend in securing {
rom Bowen the money which Til {
on deemed to be due as compen- ]
'ation for expulsion from the two
Mr.. Moulton and
Mr.. Tilton both strove to obliterate I
rom my mind all belief in the rn-
nors that had been circulated
about Tilton. There was much
going on in silencing. explaining,
arranging, etc, that | did not nm
lerstand as well then as now, but
Of one thing l was convinced, to-
wit, that Tilton had the highest
sense of marital purity and he had
never strayCd from the pGth Of
virtue, which preservation he own
ed rs he told me in narrative of
his life, TO very solemn scene
with his father who on the eve of
his leaving home pointed out to
him the nature of the amorons
temptations and the snares and evils /
to be dreaded from unlawful prac-
tices. He declared that he had |.
always been kept spotless by the
memory of that scene. | was glad |
to believe it true, and felt how
hard it was he should he made to
suffer by evil and slanderous foes.
| could not explain some testimony
which had been laid before me, but
said there is undoubtedly some
misunderstanding. and if / knew
the whole | should find Theodore,
though with obvious faults. at
heart sound and good. These
views / afterwards expressed to
intimate friends, in spite of their
manifest incredulity and what, in
the light of facts, must now call
their well deserved ridicule. Moul-
ton lost no occasion of presenting
to me the kindest views of Tilton's
character and conduct. On the
other hand he complained that
Mrs. Tilton did not trust her bus-
band or him, and did not assist him
in his efforts to help Theodore.
I know tbat cba 6istruSt oh Mou1 |
ton and felt bitterly hurt by his
treatment of her husband. | was
nrped To use nv Influence with her