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That WAS one or his pet names 1Or me.
He wps greatly respected by his brother
officers, and they erected handsome
monument over his grave. He died
with my miniature clasped in his hands.
That was returned to Inc by Commo
dore ,Lavalettc. In his will lie left me
all his property. His watch and ring
he left to General Eaton. They were
warm personal friends. 1t was the Cen
eral who brought me the news of his
death, and for two weeks I, never left
my room. to see any one. General
Eaton had known us for q long time"
7 "And when were you married to
him ~ a.. ,g,.t-.l.tf gu D.. Il .t ~ ...f.
I'm December, 1925, he made the offer
of marriage in, the presence of both
father and mother. AT that time the
marriage did not attract malicious re-
mark. 1t was only, after General Eat
on's appointment the. following March
as Secretary Of War that began to feel
She effects of the envy of women, and to
suffer, from wholesale slander. l had
been and was then tiattered as a hand
some woman. Was fond of society, gay
as lark, full of fun and nonsense j
sometimes, may be, a little original and
lawless in my remarks, but, sir, before
heaven and my God as innocent of ac-
tual wrong. to any one as all UNBORN
babe" -,sf, J.,
vital mart Of this conversation, and that
clear understanding may be had, tell
us of your personal relations Win Oeil-
eral Jackson"
"It is simple enough. General jack
son and my father were friends before
| 1,o
to the Senate soon after Tennessee was
admitted as State, and was there until
1898. He came again to the SENATE IN
1923, and was there two years. lie was
boarder at my fathers house. MY
mother and Mrs. Jackson were also
greatly attached to each other, ana OF
course I was favorite with them, ana
when I became the wife of General
Eaton, Jackson's dearest friend, why, or
course, he took greater interest III me,
and for reasons and motives OF the hlgn.
est character he became in the hour OF
trial such O staunch defender as only
Jackson could be-"
"Well, now, what constituted these
reasons and motives?"
"You must recollect that General
Jackson's wife was Mrs. Roberts, and
that his enemies did not hesitate to vii
| lify her character previous to and after
her marriage with him. It is true she
was not highly accomplished, nor fitted
as an ornament to drawing-room, but
she was a pure, virtuous, generous,
high. souled woman, and none knew 1T
so we'll as her great husband. General
Eaton was present at her marriage, and
we were both at the Hermitage when
her funeral took place. 1t seemed as
though the entire State was in mourn
ing, and all her friends, including her
servants, manifested the most poignant
grief. General Jackson was wholly
unnerved and inconsolable, for he loved
his wife with all the strength and devo-
ton of his soul. He believed that the
stories-rather lies-told about her du-
ring the Presidential contest killed her,
and from that moment he became the
sworn and unyielding foe of all SANDER
ers of women and when they began to
drag the name of Eaton through the
mire-a name specially dear to hin-he
was naturally indignant. But this was
by no means all. He saw in the attempt
TO ruin me an adverse influence against
his administration, led and secretly
worked by John G. Calhoun" .soi
"What was the nature OF the SANDER
"To be plain-that I was enciente
after Timberlaine had been gone year
at sea, and by General Eaton. A more
monstrous lie was never told" ,,l l,-.,t7,..,
WAS there anything to base it on 2"
Nothing, absolutely nothing. My
mother and myself were invited Ito go
out riding by General Eaton, y Itwas a
night previous to one of his departures
for home, and before we were married.
When near Kaloranla the horses took
fright, ran away upsetthe carriage, and
threw us all out. When ] got home /
found myself badly bruised was put TO
bed, and DR.. Craven was sent for.
When he came father and mother We're
present in my chamber. 1t was alleged
that 1 said, Doctor, if you had come
sooner you might have seen a little
John II. Eaton but never made any
such remark" "a,".' !".'''l - -" .'-''''!''.
"Who started that slander?NA !, lnUG
'tIt came about in this way. For the
present omit reference to the ladies Of
the cabinet. shall tell you,o them by
and by. There was one Rev. J. N.
Cam pbell here, nwho was pastor of a
IIeSpy ellhh Chuioh' W ~
with the affair, Joined the gossip against
me, and did all he could to blast my
reputation. He supposed that General
Jackson would attend his church, and
that he could have influence over him.
He told the Rev. E. S. Ely, of Phila-
delphia, budget of lies about me, and
induced him to communicate the same
to General Jackson in s.. letter. That is
Hnnnhtnr
now connected with the scandal of the
robbery of the diamonds by the Grand
Duke of Russia, and who once 1ouhd
A BABY IN A BASKET
on his doorstep III the morning, with
note asking him, as its father, to take
care of it. He is also the man who had
the original Quaker vision."
"Quaker visionn What is that"
"Why, you see, he was always stirring
up strife and dissenslon, and he pup
lished a little pamphlet telling the story
of vision OF his how he dreamed
that he died and went to hell-all over
| it. and at every turn, he met member
of2he Society of Friends, but in all its
realms could not find single Presby-
terian. That was the substrnce of it.
Some time after Quaker published his
vision. He dreamed he died and went
! to hell, and though he wandered up and
down, all round, and everywhere, aud
met members of all denominations, he
was greatly surprised ut not meeting
with any Presbyterians. At last he saw
man Of tremendous proportions, hay
ing on his head a crown, and in his
hand q sceptre, and seated on a throne
blazing with crimson. He ventured to
tell this King of hell, what the matter
was, whereupon the king commanded
him to follow where he led. He was
taken in q roundabout way through
long, dark caverns, the air growing hot
ter at every step, and filled with a den
ser volume of sulphurous smell. AT
last they arrived at plain which had a