Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-07-30

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YOU, 1t would kill me if thought otherwise
! He will bc Is true \ frien,i to your honor and
| happiness as a brother could hc 10 Il sister
In him We have a common friend You and
! l may feel that i'll him the past Is ended. but
there is no future. May :icl this friend stand
as y priest in p new san. mary ct reconci!a-
ton and mediation and nit>S Theodore and
my mos, unhappy sell: DO yet let my ear
nc>tness fail Of It's end. You ivlicvc in IL,
| Judgment. have put myself wholly and
! gladly III Mou!tons hands. ans, there mus
mcc: you. This Is sent with Theodore CON
sent, but ne has not read! Eourc,'rn il to me
by his own hand am very earnest in ,h;~
wish for all our >.>cs. rs such :: i"Itcr ouyL;
! not 10 be subject ~ even chance G: mi>car-
riayr Your unhappy friend.
! HENRY WARD BEE, !iEH
18th That about year after Mrs. 'i!.on~
confession her mind remained il The tixcl
opinion that her criminal relations with
| Bccchcr had not been morally wrong. Sc
strongly had he impressed her to the contrary
But ut length q change took place III her con
viction on this subject, aS noted i'll Tie fol-
lowing letter addressed by her !" he; hn>-
| band:
! SCuuuAr!E. Jun" -. ISL.
| Me- Dear Wnmlorc-To-day. through The
ministry of Ca,harinc G,unt. character in
fiction, my eyes have been opened for the
| first time in my experience. 80 tha! see clear
| " my sin, ana why it was when | ncw that
| l was loved to suffer ii t. grow L. :! passion
| A virtuOus woman should check instantly a!.
absorbing love: but it appeared 20 me in such
! false hight that the love felt and received
could harm no Cnc, no. even yen. | have
believed unfaltcr;ngly ,,.:! O'Clock. this af
tcrnOOn, when \ heavenly vision d3wEeu up
on me- see now as never before the wrong
have done YOU. and hasten Immediately t.
| ask your pardon. with l'c:.tcncc 50 sincere
that hcnccforth. ii reason remains YOU may
| trust me implicitly. Oh. my dear Tncotorc.
although Your opinions ~" 40, its:iul no.
congenial to my soul. We; nv owH integri,,
and purity are sacred ana holy things to ,nc
Bless God with me for ratl.ari.r ;iaunt, AIT;
the all sure lea,iincS II! IN all wise and loving
providence Yes. now ict quite prcpalc,'
to renew my marriage vow with YOU. 10 kec,,
| it as til" Saviur rCuHirc,h one who lookcth Il,
the eye and heart. Never before could sax
this. When YOU y"arn toward me with t:N.
feeling, be assured Of the r:c,i. purified and
restored love of ELIZABETH.
| Mrs. Ti.'on followed ,hc above letter wit
! these:
"Jnly .:th. s:l.-Oi. nv .;c.: il;,>.,aa,:,
may you never need the discipline ut h.in.
misIth by y good woman. rs | vas H.. a GOO.
man.
No Cafe
Il would marn :;rcat!y il N, !;i,. u-a> =.
he made known !" my father. HIS hca,'
would he bowed indeed 10 The grave
And others o: similar tenor
llh. That about one year after Mrs. III
tons confession. and ::hou, halt Il wear ate.
Bcechcr'S confirmation Of ,hc same. Mrs Y.
Z. WWNlhull. then 4 total stranger to Tilton
save that he had been presented TO her in
company, wrote in the No7ld of Monday.
May 22, 1917. the following statement, viz
II know one man. a public teacher of emil
ncncc, who lives in conc,,binagc with the
wife of another public teacher of almost equal
emincncc. All three concur in .lcnouncinc
offences against morality. shall make il
my business TO analyZe some Of these lives.
ISign"d) VICTORIA c. WDODilrLi
Nc7: York. Va. 20. ISL
On the day OF the publication of the aboy.
card in the World. Titon received from Mrs.
WOolhull 4 request to call, on imperative
business, ut her office. and going thithcr
copy of ihe above card was put into his hand
by Mrs. WOOdhHil, who said that the parties
referred to therein were Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher and the wife of ThcO. Tl:on Fol
lowing this announcement, Mrs Woodruff
detailed to Tilton. with vehement speech, the
wicked and in furious story which she pull
lished in the year following. Meanwhile
TiltOn, desiring to guard against any tcmpta-
ton to Mrs. Woodruff. published grossly
distorted version which she gave to TiltOn,
and which she afterwards attributed to him.
He sought, by many personal services and
kindly attentions to influence her good will
towards himself and family as would remove
all disposition or desire in her to atil;ct him
with such publication. Tilton's efforts ami
associations with Mrs Woodruff ceased in
April, 1872. and six months afterwards, viz.
Nov. I'd, 1872. she published the scandal
which he had labored to suppress. \ few
days thereafter. Rev. Thos. H. Bcccicr Of
Emira, Y. u. wrote as follows:
ELMIRA, Nov. 9TH 1872
Mrs. Woodruff only carries out henry.
philosophy, against which rccl r,'cd nv pro
Test 20 years ago.
18th. That in May, 1873. the publication.
by one of Becchcr's partners. of the ,ripartitc
covenant between II. C. Bowen II. w.
3ecchcr and Thco. Tillon. led the press Of
hc country to charge that Tilton had COM
M,tcd against Bcechcr some heniOls wrong,
which Beecher had paldoned; whereas, there
was reverse side to remedy this false public
Mr.. Moulton requested Beechcr
y prepare 4 snitable card releasing Tlton
from such injustice. In answer to this re-
quest Beecher pleaded his cmbarrassments
which prevented him saying anything with
'ut bringing himself under suspicion Tilton
hen proposed to prepare card of his own.
containing few lines from the recently
quoted apology, for the purpose of showing
hat Beecher, instead of having had occasion
o forgive iilton, had had occasion to be for
'iven by him. Beecher then wrote letter
o MoultOn which, on being shown to Tilt0n.
vas successful in appealing to Iilton,s feel
T. "a yoc dat rs