Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-20

| that grief produced against all reason, bIam.a.
herself for what things she did do and for pyhat
she neglected 10 do. and charging upon herself =
/ neglect or heedesSneSs. the death OF the child
! while ordinarily every one knows she had worn
I herself out with her assiduities Soon after his
met Mr.. Tilton at Noulton-s house. Either
Aoulto1 was sick or was very late in rising for
/ he was in bed The subject Of nv FEELINGS and
conduct toward IIItOD was introd I'D lna6ea
! statement OF motives under which I had acred il
cOunSeliug Bowen OF my feelings toward TiI-f,I-s
/ family. diSClaimiug with horror the fho,Iaht of
wrong. and expressed desire 10 do yvbareylr Inv
stoned and 70 reuIIEe MS family. TilrOn WAS
/ silent and Sulen. lie played the part Of an
/ Injured man. but Ior!ton said 10 Tfltnu win
intense earnestness ThatiS all that geI2-IcTY3gn
able basis Of reconciliation" This he repeated
two or three times. and Titon's count5narce
cheered under 1lOEltOn's S-ronr rail-, W
shook hands and parted in a fTiendIv wy
Not very long atCerwaTd Tiltou asked mo IN
his house. and said that he should be clad -
have the good old Tt-Hcs renewed
l do nor remember whether ever -oo1z 2 meal
after that nader HI ROOF. 3Gt certainly was in
vited nv him 20 renew my visits = f,-7,,a~l,- I
never resumed intimacy with rh. tsfr:f-- T,rI-
once or twice I went there soon after nv rncor
Citation with Triton, and Al his REQUEST I par
ticularly remember the scene which took mace
al his house when ne talked about his wife and
me in a very gracious mood He bars- nv
mourning his sorrows. de was very desoIare
The future seemed quite dark. After Undressing
praised me 10 his WIFE saying thar IN +ai,, rT7
myself all the blame OF past troubles and had
honorably excuIpated her and telling me- that
his wife likewise had behaved very rnar007}i-
mously had blamed herself and derI,ral mar 7
was blamelesS. and he closed his houfIv with in
Creasing hope and cheer, saving that deep as
was his misery. he hoped that he yynrlG ,or7.
our in the future more cheerful than he had
before.
restrained nv smiles q The absr3rd:-,- of tho
thing, well content 20 hay" II evaHo,aT.. so and
even thinking he was GENEROUS IL JhiS wtv This
seemed to me the end of III. f-onble. Win =
sensitive and honorable man. WHO had no uItt.-
rjOr designs to accomplish II would have been
the burial OF the difficulty. / supposed Triton
had given up the idea Vi Intentional wro. on NV
part. and forgiven my unlntph,ionai wrong /
plainly understand now. NhaI did nor then Srs-
pect that my tro@ble Of mind -; 10 i,c kci,t
alive and ,.o.rf<hed 30 that / lnI.L H., Ir.ri II,
act on my friend IL securing from Bowen
the money which Triton claimed 20 b.. Gu,.
as compensation for his expulsion from tin.
two newspapers. Mr.. N0uton and Mr. TiIton
both stroNe 10 obiteratc rom my mind all belief
i'll the rumofs that had been circulated ab0Ut
Titon. There Was much going On in silcnyinr
explaining. arranging. etc. that did not under
stand then aS well a NOW. OF one thing | was
convinced. viz: that Ti!ton had the highest
sense OF marital purity, and that he had never
sIaycd from The path OF virtue which pr.>crya-
ton he owed. IL he told me IN Il narrative ut
life. to very solemn scene with his a her. ho
on the OF his leaving h0mc pointed oEt 10
him the nature OF amOrOuS Temptations and
snares and evils TO be dreaded from unlawful
practices. He declared that nc had aWa.s been
kept spotess by the memory OF that scene |
glad to believe it true. aud felt how hard i
was JnaJ he should be made TO suffer by evil and
SaudcrOuS foes. | could not explain some tcSti-
mouy which had been laid before me, but / said
there is undoubtedly some MISUNDERSTANDING
and if knew the whole 1 should find Iheotorc.
though with obvious fIultS at heart. sound aud
good. These views | often expressed 10 intimate
friends i'll spite Of their manifest luCrcdully and
what in the light OF facts must call their we'll
deserved rldlCUlu.
Moulton lost no occasion of presenting TO me
the kindeet view Of Iiitons character. and on
the other hand. he complained that Mrs Tjltop
did not trust her husband or him. and did hot
assist him i'll his effort 10 help Theodore. l know
that she diSrUsted MoultOn and 1clt bitterly h-.r-
by he treatment Of her husband. was urged to
use M influence with her to inspire confidence
in MOultOn and 10 lead her TO lake kinder view
of Theodore. ACcOrdingly at the instance Of Nj
MoultOn. three letters written on The same
day. Feb. Z. 1871. on one common purpose, TO be
shown 10 Mrs. Iilt0n and to reconcile her to her
husband. and my letter to her oi that date dc
signed to effect the further collateral purpose
OF giving her confidence in Mr.. MOulton This
viii be obvious from the reading Of the letters.
The following is the fill text OF my letters OF tina
date. from a copy verified by one of your Com
mittee, for l have not to this hour been permitted
to the originals either OF them OF any other
papers which had deposited with Nouton 10
safe keeping:
"FEBRUARY Z, 1871.
.on3 w i.d DEAR b EEEND AoULroN@i AN, am glad to
friends ba. God Tai~ed IN 70 me buf to ~ dn many
them has lie ever given the opportunity and the
wisdom 10 serve as you have. You have also
proved Ehecdore's friend and EliZabcths. Does
God look down from Heaven on three unhappier
creatures that more need friend than these? Is
it not imlimation of Gods intent Of mercy to
all that each one of these has in You tried and
proven friend: But only in you are we thus unit
ed Would 10 God, who oIdcrs all hearts that bv
His mediation Theodore, Elizabeth, and | could
be made friends again. Theodore will have the
hardest task in such case. but has he not proved
himself capable OF the noblcst things: / Won
der if Elizabeth knows how generously he has
carried himself toward me. Of course | can
never speal: with her again without her pcrmis-
sion and do not know that even then it would be
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