Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-07-24

to be used or let alone at will that it bad al ways
seemed to me l was party not little concern.
ed. L then showed him a card had made fol
publication. He respected the motive, but still
advised silence on my part i yielded to him
thus far as to appearing in print, but counsene
with myself and no other, it occurred to me thai
among brethren of my own communion might
be heard. Not knowing of any church commit.
tee, asked the privilege of such interview
in the parlors of those who had always been our
mutual friends.
Mr.. and Mrs 0vington then learned for the
first time that the committee would meet that
night and advised me to see those gentlemen as
perhaps the goodliest persons could select. This
accordingly did. There alone l pleaded the
cause of my husband and my children, the re-
suit being that their hearts were moved in sym
pathy for my family, feeling their pastor had
shared for years and for which he was now suf-
fering. On going home found my husband
reading in bed. told him where had been,
and that did not conceal anything from him ae
his habit was from me. He asked who the gem
tlemen were, SAID no more, he arose, dressed
himself, and bade me good-by forever.
The midnight following was awakened by my
husband standing by my bed. In very tender
KIND voice he said he wished to see me. rose in
stantly, followed him into his room, and, sitting
on the bedside, he drew me into his lap, said he
was proud of me-loved me that nothing ever
gave him such real peace and satisfaction as to
hear me well spoken of that meeting member
that he had been mistaken as to my
motive in seeing the committee. and had
hastened to assure me that he had been thoro
ughly wretched since his rash treatment the
nightbefore &c. Then and there we covenant
ed sacredy our hearts and lives, most utterly
renewing my trust in the one human heart
love.
The next day how happy we were. Theodore
wrote statement 10 present to the committee
when they should call upon him. to all Of which
i Ip daA 1aox oI Ir,,o,
was true history Of this affair." completely vim
dicating my honor and the honor OF my pastor.
IN the afternoon he left me to show it to his
friends He returned home early in the even
ing, passing the happiest hour had known for
years, renewedly assuring me that there was
no rest for him away from me. So i'll grateful
love to the dear Father slept. Oh that the end
bad then come. l would not then have received
! he clnei blow which made a woman mad out
Fight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oyington, and there, with shock
ing brayado began wicked TRADE, adding with
oath and violence, the shameless slander
against Mr.. Beecher, of which l now believe him
to be the author. This fearful scene learned
the next day. In the afternoon he showed me
his invitation from the committee to meet them
chat evening. did not then show my hurt, but
carried i heavily within, but calmly without. all
night till early morning. Reflection upon this
scene at Mr. Oyington's convinced me that not
withstandng my husbands recent professions
to me, his former spirit was unchanged, that
his declarations of repentance and affection were
only for the purpose of gaining my assistance
to accomplish his ends in his warfare upon Mr..
Beecher.
In the light of these conclusions my duty ap-
peared plain. rose quietly, and having dressed
reused him only to say, s'Theo, will never take
another sleep by your side The end has indeed
come" de followed me to Mrs. Ovington's to
breakfast. saying, 81 was unduly excited, and
that he had been misrepresented perhaps" but
count for tho change which twenty-four hours
had been capable of working in his mind, then
many years past leave for eteinties with their
miseries to reveal That he is an unreliable and
unsafe guide, whose idea of truth-loving is self
loving, it is my misfortune in this sad hour to
discover. ELIZABETH r. Triton.
July 23, 1874.