, 1874-08-08


port,ino presence Of Alr. Carpenter upon tho
occasion Of ono "confesBion being wrltton by
hor, rendering 1t ilnposslb1o for hor to plead
nltnor Hlchness weakness, or terror Bhn tolls VI
psstas On ta q GsesIe es 'ssss t.
g arra' "!ss,s taess-maiicrs" toiM 1Tr. Bo,conI
bllo = = .aersolf and slandored lor pastor
then sSno afterwards, reaiizing what sia
Cd \ i!nont and excsiras," "Why, I l.avo
atr !. Bccohorl" Wo sly, Out Upon ancl
tS . thor hoats into tho sand of the reIf-
~ ehert Of their liyes, muBt doem that tho
&, & public hlyo neither eyos nor oars, or
q y.yoe anolllor Honso,. thoy cannot discover
.,u1 crime that ''emolls to Heaven" tniut-
Ing with its slckoning odor tbs gontle brooze
that pasgo.h by.
"Facilis dcsccusus Auerni, (which, being it,-
tnrprotod. nioancth thas, when once q woman
las loat her own virtuo and betrayed her hus-
bands honor, IL Is but another stop to seek to
vtlify ILLS reputation, and
THEREHY sAyE Her TAnAMoun.
eeorplon, whon bogrt with fo, III Its agony turl'H
ssag It's ng Sn eauoSa iS SO saty en-
vory. multitude Of their explanations. hfad1y
blind, in the agony Of desperation thoy botray
themselves by their pitoous efforts Ut conceal
ncnt. aibboted With hes parasnours, amid tho
vrotchcd woman says, "Yos, yes" to everything
that will eayo lorso1f and her aeducor, aud Wildly
donios all TINT might throw ovon a shadow
Of suspicion upon either herself or him Wl,at
Wonder #, having betrayed tlo husband Of hos
arms Of ~ kindless, hoartaoes. renorsaloas
adutteror," sho should nov turn upon tho horo
Of her young Affection, and deliberately stab
him to tho heart with tho knifo OF concootod
lilo. devised and framed for tho OCCASION by q
ueroenary, cool, and willy lawyor2 Aud yet,
why should Bho shrink from III What mattora
now to Theodore Ti1ton aalght that can bofall
him on this sido tho grave? Misfortune las
iudeed
DONE uEn woRBT UPON HE.
Fato has strickon him with hor poisoned Ar-
rows, mud Mlyory has marked him for llor own
What hope romans to him? Wbat sluglo, soli-
tary ray Of light shnos, or can over again shine,
onco Z Dlshonorod by his friend, betrayed by
bib wifo. slaudercd and tratnplod On, may,
spit upon and sp!lrnod by hts follows, hopo
crushed, namo blightod, lifo'a ifo llod away
II, Tlnt indeed s f Loft M fo5 ths unhappy man and
ness, and doaolation,-.a retrospect OF woo,-.an
snnle7s s5, & gloom Of ,os.1 Sssh coming tao51o% a!
be "swootor far than my friend tho
could have) in the world" Unto him,
at loaat, it should bo o wolcomo roat to io down
forever beneath hodaisios and tho green grass OF
Earths boaom, and tlnd at last that droamlesa
a3eop 81 which mot poppy, nor mandragora. nor
icino " unto lin ngain thls side the tomb!
But NO turn to Mrs Tilton aud her luminous
Testimony. .AYo havo said that aho dspoaos Of
nenrly au the most awkward statements OF her
her husband. Lot u.s. then, give lor tho bonoflt
Of tho doubt, and boltovo that, while hho was 10
aouaitiva 10 her pastoral honor 40 to doHert hor
husbands bed and board whilst as yet 4e had
simply charged an . "9tfqnse" ~ upon beoeher,-
or characterize" md which statement still left
to Decclor q door of escape from tho
hidoouB exposure which has followed; whilst Hho
could fool thl8 super-aonBtiye fear upon ouch an
occasion, lot us even try to bolevo that abe could
yet submit to 10 compelled to writo, at tho
bidding Of her own husband, confessions OF hor
shn1ue, In which she foully. falsely and ri cked-
1y accused this aamo honored pastor OF seduction
and Auditory. Yes, TINT she could DO alt this
nor over put tho }a.ter upon bis guard as TO tho
doYlish malice Of tho brute aud nlat]man who go
ruthloBsly pursued him. We will oveu assume
for the moment thas she Bpeaks tho truth; and
yet she has left In ovidoaco against her
ONE FATAL DOCUMENT.
Her letter to her husband, known 10 " tho
Catherine daunt letter." nho has plainly ac-
kuowledgod "a her own. Tlta, then, waa writ
ton ct sehoharo, where "rbeodora'" did not
hoff to mako tho fatal admissions ttiofoln col~
tanned whoro ho was nos prosout to torror1zo her
10 watch for hor moments Of eickness and weak
ness whore sho did not happon to be- having =
miscarriage, but 'yaa in Ordinary health whoro
le was not, to stand over hcr and maguetise her
Into sub5cction by hls weird md supeshaman
Influence" until sho was roady falsely to write
Mr. Deocher ibertino and herBpif wAnton.
No. hero, AZ loaat, she was FREQ from sho coercion
Of this iend, who il her tale be true Was far moro
WAS Mr. Beechcr who tolls ua ho auforod them
By reason Of having onco urged Mrs. Ii1ton to
separate from such a wrotoh. Why, it Tilton
vas capable Of all this. ho was an irresponuiblo
been, speedily thrust into lunatio asylum for
anfo-koepinG, and for tho preservation Of 30
ciosy. Mono quicker than Mr. Deooher's frionds
to place him there, % they Ind orowhilo inpria-
upon false aud trumpo3-up charges ot
crime, because those wretehed women had
dared to breathe aueht against tue
sacred ;namo Of Boechorl Had Nlton
been nu tnia. think you uonry Ward Deeoher
would have fols that he Ind aono wrong in I'd
vising soparatiou7 Never! Not alono that ho
would not have telt regret, but ho would have
doomed that nuxiety, reuorao. foar. md de-
gpair," wero equally out Of plaoe. My, had
Tilton been oil this, aud had Doocler not adyis.
! With tho discrimination Of duty, Plymouth
Church pastor though he bo, lie could never
have come before tho world and
1uHTIFED HIMSELF FOE THIS SIN OF OMISSION.
So woll does this patchwork OF deception hang
II tho Catherine aaunt letter, Mrs. Tilson
tells her husband that her "oyes have beer
opened" 30 that sho ''soes clearly" her u Hiu y
and asH so PEo'SSas sa to toll Y aw IN h sba hf
loved, to sufror 1t to grow to passion. A yir
| tuous woman Bbonld eheok instantly IN abAorb
| ing love. But it appeared to mo iu such falHt
| Light. That the loyo felt aud received coult
harm no ono, not oven you, I have beloved IN
fo1torfur11, ,,ntii o1c1nak thio aPkarnonr v1n,