The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-14

She made no motion and gave no sign
of recognizing my presence, l sat down
naar her and said: elizabeth, Theodore
has been making very serious charges
AGAINST me, and sends me to you Tor con-
firmation." She made no reply or sign'
vet it was pleasing to see that she was con-
scious and listening, repeated some OF
his statements, that had brought discord
TO the family, and had alienated her from
him. had sought to break up his family
and usurped his influence, and then, as
we'll as I could, added, he said that l
had made improper suggestions to her,
and that she had admitted this fact to him
on last July. said elizabeth have
YOU made such statements to him." She
made no answer; repeated the question
when ...--.. --
Tears Ran down Her Cheeks, -
and she very lightly leaned her head in
acouiescense, and said, "You cant mean
that you have stated all that
he has charged" She opened her
ewes and began in slow and feeble way
to explain how sick she had been, how
wearied out with importantly; that he
had confessed his own alien loves and
said that he couldn't bear to think that
she was better than he; that she might
win him to reformation if she would con-
fess she had loved me more than him,
and that they would repent aud go on
with future concord.
Can't Give Her Language,
but only the tenor of her representations.
1 received them impatiently; l spoke to
her in the strongest language OF her
course; said to her, "Have | ever made
any improper advances to your She
said. "NorF Then | asked why did you
say so to your husband? She seemed
greatly depressed. "My FRIEND" by that
designation she almost always called me,
81 am sorry, but 1 couldn't help it what
can dor l told her she could state IN
writing what she had now told me. She
beckoned for her writing materials which
| handed her from her secretary standing
near by and she set up in bed and wrote
a brief counter-statement.
In a sort of postscript she denied e1plic-
| itly that had ever offered any improper
solicitation to her. That being the only
charge made against me by Mr.. Tilton,
sustained BY the statement about the con-
fession he had received, / dreamed ofno
worse charge at that time.
That was Horrible Enough.
The mere thought that he could make it
and could have extorted any evidence on
which to base it, was enough to take away
nv senses. Neither my consciousness
ofits utter falsehood, nor Mrs. Tilton's
rctraction of her part in it, could remove
the shock from my heart. Indeed her
admission to me that she had stated UNI
der any circumstances to her husband SO
wicked falsehood, was the crushing blow
of all. 1t seemed to me that if she was
going to die that her mind was over
thrown, and that was in some dreadful
way mixed up in it, anu
might be- left by her death with this ter
rible accusation hanging over me. re-
turned like one in dream to Mr.. MOul-
tons house, where / said very little, and
soon went home. 1t has been said that
l confessed guilt and expressed remorse.
This Is Utterly False.
Is it likely with Mrs. Tilton's retraction
in my pocket / should have thus stulti-
fed myself? On the next day, at even
ING. Mr.. Moulton called at my house and
came up into my bed room. He said
that Mrs. Tilton, on her husbands re-
turn to her after our interview, had in
formed him what she had done, and that
| had her retraction. Moulton expOstu-
lated with me, said that the retraction
under tho circumstances, would not
mend matters, but only awaken fresh
discord between husband and wife, and
| do great injury.