Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-08-20

virtue, WHICH pTcserVatlvC ne owed
as he toll me In q narrative Of his life
to = very solemn scene with his father
ON tho eve OF leaving home, polluted
out TO him tho nature Of q woman
temptations aud the snares OF evil tt
be avoided from unlawful practices
He declared that he had always beer
kept spotless by tho memory Of tha
scene. Was glad to believe Il true
and felt how hard Il was that be should
be made TO snfEer by evil and slander
ous foes. 1 could not explain soms
testimony which had been laid bcfors
me, bat I saw there was undoubtedly
some misun1orstshdinR, and II I knev :
the whole, should find Theodore
though with obvious faults, at heart
sound aud good. These views Of
ten exproesod TO intimate frtonds
Ia spito of their manifest incre.
dulity, and what In the ligh,
Of iacts. I must call them ven deserved rid.
icuie. Moulson lost no occasion O. prescn,
ting 70 me the kindess view OF Til : char.
acter and conduct on the other hand b.
tomll .iLei that Mrs. Til,n tdidn't trus
her husband or him, aid lid assist him II
his eG,rt TO as6sf Theodore knew ths,
distressed Moulton, aud he felt bitterly hur1
By the treasmsns Of her husband. I "a.
urged to ms ny Influence with her TO 10.
.pire con6,iencs IL Moul,on, and to lead be,
10 take betssr visw Of Theodore. Accor.
dingly q the instance Of Mr., Moul on
ihl g letters wese y ten on the Same day,
Feb II. 1871. on one common puri,oss "a
b shown % Mrs. Tilsou, asd 70 reconcile
aer to her husband. And my letter to hol
u that date was desigued "a
dect Tho furslss or collateral purpo.,
OF giving her couddence In M. No, !
In. This could BE- obvious from the
reading Of theletter. / have mo- re.
coliectton Ct eeelng or hearing Rad Z
letter OF Mr Tiia0n Of the same daie.
In my lslter 20 Mrs.. Tilton I ailuded
~ the fact that I did not expect 70 see
her as did nut expect ~ Do alive
many days. That statement standl
counselcd with b series OF sym.,tosnl
which I lsss sxporieLced IL 1866.
went thr0agh tke Fremont campaign,
speaking n The open air three hours u
. time, three days In the week. On re.
newing my literary iabors I felt that I
muse have rivNm svay vary aeriouslv,
rhourht - eoin1 te hsva araIvnis
or so,ne eahine 81 ahe Kind. on two or
tnree occssious while preachiue i
ahonld hava fallan n I'M, nnInit if /
hadn't held on 70 the table. Very Of.
ten I came near falllng in the streets.-
During the last Afteon years I have
gone up to the pulpit, I suppose 1O0
.ns. / .sv@ ssouiS sosns out a q siiye.
nrvs pIc.snsd - g. mons thsn eay ~.
whiis sSoe vsssevse IA nsc ~ ~. ~ ~. 81 49, ~.
yis ! muss - is tnsn or i vs0ld nessf ksvs
.n9ah.s chance g sss y q nad censelted
nssn. "!YOa msvs ~ s'' esop ~ vors !" Bat SSt ~ n
such : sisaa.lon shss could NOS .sso yosk.
~. =" q m % III ~ ,oes oysr
wors. ana p.faiyS1s. and formed my own
!nagnsns g NJ $50. 1ns ~ n,sia m az g1i.Ssss y !
tisa. scud. s 49,. s1a mn mr.sss -. IS ~ %W.saios. =
ihssy shres thins. wefs 20 - sc.
SnI saimni.s - ~ mer,,s;nes msas ss
: m g Thorough and sSarchiag TRIAL.
and - 70 The RESULT, managed my
body 90 that could get the most work
out Of 1t without essentially impairing
Il. II had said . word about this to
my family. IL would have brought such
distress and anxiety 0Gthe part Of my
wife 80 could not bear. have for
80 many years taxed my mind 70 tho
utmost that there nave been periods
when I could not sfkorsl 10 have q pa
per express even sympss6y with me,
or have my wife or friends anxious
about Il. aud showing Il 10 me would
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