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"a grand thing" to have his wife core,ed h..
MT. Beecher, and to have all Tho -. ~
know it 1t would not hurt her f,- HIN ~
IL would increase beyond measure her raj ,a,
II she would not consider Mr.. Rsecber -
greater man than Theodore Tilton She
would be so much less likely to meddle viii
his "allen loves" and they copld 90, On
cnarmingly. But Elizabeth. NOT be;U,
guilty, came at last to a time when she be
came weary and resentful from bcar;n, bor
sen 80 represented. She would stand it no
longer even from "Dory." Never was man
more astonished than was Tilton when he
iound that his wife had been driven bevcnd
her patience toward him. There is to eycrv-
thing fnlte bound beyond which il cannot
pass. Well Is it for those who understand
and act upon this truth. 1t is IN Inc boned
that Theodore Tilton is crazy. lie has oc-
ten acted more like it than ever saw HE
poor brother Edward act. lie neglected and
snu5bed Edward. | saw it and affirm il
and he turned his only sister out Of his
mouse. She told me so herself. Why any
out those OF his own sort should sympathize
with or defend Mr.. Tilton. is sirance in
deed. For he richly deserves 10 loSe his
vile. Had she fallen he would have had
no shadow of right to complain. Itwopld
nave Deen only what by precept and exam
pie he had drilled INFO her through torment
ing and destroying years. do know it.
though I'm terms as lawyers say. could
not Affirm many of his sayings. Some |
could repeat, why was not permitted 10 do
50! | used to see and hear his letters IN
Bessie Turner, and they were such as he did
not take the trouble to write to his own
daughters. | was so uneasy in REGARD 10
her that | spoke to Mrs. Triton about it
told her she must be careful felt sure he
was incapable of pure fatherly affection G1r
any young girl not his blood relative.
To one woman, who is now his alheren;
and sympathizer, in frequent and intimate
intercourse with him, | gave the true idea
OF Mr.. Hilton, and then she did not doubt
my Judgment. Nor need she. When |
speak one word against one It's because ten
are deserved.
am told, and hope it Is no mistake that
after Florence Tilton went to keep house for
her father she said to the unfortunate wo-
man referred to above II understand all
about your relations with my father, and if
you come here | shall leave the house. "
And this woman came no more. Well and
nobly done, Florence Only blind passion
can possibly explain. why woman who was
ever intimate in the family Of Theodore III
ton, and saw his treatment Of his wife. can
stick to him and defend him j., that woman
does. Alas for her she Is doomed To BIT
ter pangs. His love Is more for her money
than for her One young lady from the
Waet in 81, -
cured of her admiration for him by watch
ing his home conduct. She, 50 Mrs. Brad
shaw told me transferred her love and aIni-
ration to the little wife, and the long hus-
band pronounced her ,''cold-hcarted. and
gave her up ia disgust.
The story that 1.-THE friend Of Joseph
Richards Theodore Tilton, problbly) tells
is as likely as his other stories By no fault,
as it seemed, of Mrs. Tilton. she and Mrs.
Joseph Richards never were confidential
friends. MIS-. Richards had feeling that
Mrs. Tilton was overrated and she herself
moderated. She has often shown this to
me, and she told me in 1862 that Theodore
always treated her as if she were not worth
his notice. of course this did not suit.
She felt it keenly, and ridiculed he-. say
ing, His opinion is of no consequence. lie
Is weathercock" Mrs. Richards consiI-
cred good and lovable woman, but weak
Just here. We are all weak sornew here and
need not say '.stand aside" Bat the wea-
ther changed, Fannie, in your favor when
Theodore wanted to use you. Was the uu-
explained dismissal of Mr.. Richards from the
Ner York Erening Post at all owing to the
frequent lodging about him Of the then
busIly plotting Theodore? Joseph Richards
i a good man. He would not, - those who
know him believe, do any wiitul wrong
bat he has been snarled up. If he really
knows anything to prove guilt in Elizabeth
let him come out and tell bis own story,
since he began TO speak against his only SIS
ter. Duty does sometimes require Us to
hate our own flesh and blood But we must
brayely face our duty and not leave it To be
done by "a friend Had Mrs Tilton done
the wrong charged, Mrs Richards is about
the last one she would have to tell it 10.
How comes it Fannie, that now YOUR cocii-
dence and sympathy are for Theodore? la
ls62, before | or that terrible mother-in-
law could believe Theodore 1llt0n woGll de
scend to adultery, you declared to me that
You believed he would do It that You had /
less charity for him than | had How and |
why have your charity and your confidence ]
toward him grown ? tried for years to /
think hopefully of him. The worst wish | |
have for him now Is that he may be led to
sincere repentance, and saved hut he needs /
>courcing. If he could have have had it in /
% or 'd6, when complained to the /
Plymouth church deacons and TO Mr.. |
Becker of him, he might have been saved /
and all the rest of Us would have been. Bat /
all seemed blinded and infatuated wiki /
Theodore Titon. Examine, attend. they /
would not. Now they are rcaping their |
meet reward. To Elizabeth said You can .
never obtain Gods blessing on Theodore if /
You give way a. yoa are doing, To his wrong
notions, al encourage him in wrong ways
and desires"
what can | do" She said. | shall
never forget the look Of her poor little de
.pairing iace-''I must do As he wants me
to, or cannot live with him. and if leave
him he will 90 straight to the devil. |
could not make her see that going with him
10 that dusky parsonage would not Slye him;
md, like her other friends. had to leave
ler to her fate-sure that disaster and ruin
were not far ahead. | tried and tried u
give Mr.. Beeeher the true idea of mat
ers in that household, as | also tried faith
ully to warn him against another person
who cannot be friend One day-this
Vas in 'G9-l ventured to say to him, Mr.
3eecher, think you have, for man of
'our great general knowledge Of human ma
ure. the least understanding Of the charac-
er of persons Immediately about You of
my man that has common sense.
| did not know what the consequence
o me would be of this speech but Mr..
5eecher sat still and silent for few mo-
nents, looking down as if in deep thought
hen he said as if he meant it, II begin to
hink 50 myself" The world has not IN
erstood Mr. Beecher Henceforth it must
now him as all his intimate friends know
i'm. Practically he has always been
n many things 4 child-a willul and
lundering child-but guilelesS and pure.
lis affections blind him. lie dearly loved
he Tiltons-all of them they were poem
D him; they were his music and when
e was made to believe that he had needless
7 destroyed the gentle and lovely wife and
iOther, he was distracted. And it was
nough to make him 80. Mr. Beecher hon
rs woman as few men ever did and that
e had wrought such harm to such w0-
IAN, and one so dear to him he would rath-
: have died ten times Probably no sorrow q
his whole life was ever equal to it, His /
lie he could not make up his mind to con- a
lie this trouble and fault las he felt it) to:
n she seeing through Theodore Tilton, had +
ever approved of Mr. Beechers intimacy t
18th him. Poor man ragged edges were @
enty under him and he felt them a. no i
can old seducer could I
The first thing he will be likely to do If C
: is acquitted will be to set to work to
ZIP Theodore Tilton and Frank Moulton. 0
anybody tries to hinder him he will talk o
them of St. Paul and of the spirit of e
lrist. Pshaw he ever yet has discover 2
what the spirit OF Christ really is. Al Y
ough all patient, gentle. forgiying love to =
e sincerely penitent who try to obey Him, i
yer was any one 50 awfully severe toward ;,
stinate or hypocritical offenders as was, i
Is, our Lord Jesus Christ. Mr.. Beecher b