The interior journal., 1874-08-21

eyes, o. in a trance, and with her hands
! upon hcr bosom, palm 10 pals, like one in
prayer. As look back upon u, the plctute
u ike some forms carved In pathle TINT
had seen upon monuments In Europe.
She made no motion and gave no sign Of
recognition Of nv presence. ] sat down
near her aud said, :" Elizabeth, Theodore has
been making very serious charges against
me, aud sends me to YOU for confirmation"
She made no reply or sign. Vet u was plain
that she was conscious aud listening. re.
peatcd some Of his statements that ! had
brought disccrd to the family, had alicnatcd
her from him, had sought TO break M the
family, and usurpcd his influence, and then,
a. well as could, ! added that he said |
made improper suggestions 10 her, and that
she had admitted this fact to him last July
said, Elizabeth, have you made such
statements TO himw
She made no answer and repeated the
question. Tears ran down her checks, and
shivering slightly, she bowed her head In
acquicscencc. ] said, "you can not mean
tha, you have stated all that he has
charscdp"
She opened her eyes, and began in a slow
aud feeble way to.esplain how sick she had
been how wcaried out with importantly I;
that he had confessed his own alien loves.
and said that he could not bear to think
that she was better than he that she might
WIN nun 70 rstormauon u sue "ouiu % eon'
vs. uha, sne hau ,.'eu w. n'o,e uha' n'i III,
snu 'ha. 'ncy co"'" repent """ ~ U" WIN
! can not give her language, but only the
tensr Of her representations. received them
impatiently. ! spoke to her in the strong
est language Of her course. | said to her;
W. W "aus ~ n"P'Tyle, "''au'uS
",v, Sng I11 ss," No. in'h s %,
nv Nh! u,u you say SO 70 your nus"anu % ,'i
1ne teh,u ueepn ",strescu. ~. ", ',1e
w.: "ia' "e,sna"a s"I % ',ii ~. 4,
w. a"i ~ ~ ,i ~ III " -. ~,
in wr;,;n, vba, .be hal nov tolJ mo She
beckoned for her writing materials. which 1
handel bc, fram nor s.cr.,ary .,anJ;ng nsar
by. and She .at mn in he'd and wrote n brief
commencement.
In a sort of postcript she denied ex.
plicitlv that I bad ever altered any i'm
nroper solicitations 10 her. that being the
only charge made against me nv Mr.. Tilton.
or sustained by The statement about the con.
fession. which he read 10 me.
I returned like one in a dream TO Mr.
Moultop's bouse. where | said very little
and soon went home. II has been said that
| confessed guilt and expressed remorse.
This il utterly false Is IL likely that with
/ Mrs Tiltou's rctraction in NV mock et should
have thus stultified mvself?
ON the next day, in the evening. Mr..
Mention called at nv house and came up TO
my bedroom He said that Mrs. Tilton, on
her husbands return to her after our inter
view, had informed him what she had done,
and that ] had her retraction. Moulton eN-
postuated with me- said that the retraction
under the circumstances would not mend
matters, but only awaken fresh discord be-
tween husband and wife, and do great injury
to Mrs. Tilton without helping me. Mrs.
/ Tilton, he said, had already recanted the
writing of the retraction made to me, and,
Of course, there might be no end to such
contradictions.
Meanwhile. Mr. Tilton had DESTROYED his
wife's first letter acknowledging the confcs-
sion, and Mr.. Moulton claimed that I had
taken mean advantage and made dishonor.
able use of Theodore's request that sbould
visit her. in obtaining from her written
contradiction To A tlocument not in e,ist
ence. lie said that all difficulties couIJ be
settled without such papers. and that ought
to give IL IN. lie was under great excite.
ment. lie made no verbal tbreats. hui he
openeJ his oyercoat and with some ,ni,b.tic
remarks showed pistol. which afterwar,l h.
took out and laid on the bureau, near which
he stood. gave the puper 10 him. and after
a few moments talk.he Jeff.
Within a day or two after this Mr. Noul.
ton made me the third visit. and this time
we repaired 10 nv study. in the third story
u a nv house.
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her affections upon me unsonghts shonIJ
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their pr.at adyersityS / gav. yent ,o nv
feelings without measure disclaimeJ
with GREAT earnes,ness snv intent An harm
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