New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-23
TIE TERM "NEST-HIDTNG.r

Then comes the letter of May 3, 1871, which,
30 far as we know. closed the correspondence.
Mr. BEEcHER My future, either for life or death
would be h,aa2Fy sga9 but feel that y9a orgaye me
This is the Lady, you will observe who in her converse
ton with Mrs Mouton took upon herself all the blame
and declated that she invited the sin which prac
ticed
In all the sad complications OF the past years, my en-
deavor was entirely to keep from you an m ~ V
hiding
Very considerable speculation has been spent upon tha
term "nesthidng," and the learned counsel upon tne
other side states that according construction OF it,
IL means adultery We have given to 1t any such
signcaton and do not suppose that bears it, Counsel
reads it II it my weapons were love- larger
untrfng generosity and adultery" adding to 1t adui-
terry" That is not its Specification. 1t means
concealment Of something. my weapons were
love- a larger, untring generosity and conceament"
woud very easy reason TO conclusion that that
meant concealment OF SIM and, looking at the very obv
origin Of that phrase as given by Mr. Beechcr th
would be the meaning which would at once be attached
to it, Speaking of the romance Norwood written by
Mr. Bcecler he was asked II he recollected describing
Mr. and Mrs Wentworth and especially the pecuiarties
of the lady in that book " No, had forgotten IT,
O Do Won remember using this language: " II would
seem IT, while her whole life centered upon his love-
she wond hds .ne ,lt ang ra as Bird hides
its nest under tufts grass and behind leaves and vines
s fence against prying eyes,
Now delicate lady concealing her love Is hkened by
Mr. Beecher to bird hiding its nest under iowcrs ana
leaves and tufts OF grass This chapter OF Norwood
containing this sentence had been short time previous
ar a time previous submitted by Mr. Beecher to Mrs.
Titon and il is not at all unlikely that idea OF that
character beautifully expressed this is would strike
nj once the Imagination Of Mrs Tton and is altogether
nrobable that "nest-hidng" adopted from that
nre and that as used by Mrs Triton, the term means
simply hiding OF her love. Very little significance Is TO
he attached 10 all this because the force and application
of these letters consist in the circumstance that they
were written by such to such Lady under such
circumstances that they soliciting an impridence
at least That they INDIGENOUS and indicate under
the circumstances no gentleman think, will hesitate
To saw That they were unwse with reference to the
combinations which existed between these parties,
according to the admission OF Mr. Beecher himself that
they were well calculated II not designed to perpetuae
the emotional delsOn under which this lady suffered
that they not only provoked but suggested communica
tons of her true warness to Mr. Bcecher and solicited
from her that consolation and sympathy she had been
accustomed TO render him. Is perfectly clear And IL
is suggested that this which have read OF Mrs Tton Is
the first communication which was made by Mrs Hilton
TO Mr. Beechcr after the meeting OF Dec 3d. when the
charge was made against the latter II that was false
charge IL Mrs Tilton hal untruly communicated to her
husband whatever she did communicate and upon the
faith OF which he acted would she have addressed, III
three months afterward note OF that character to Mr.
Beccheri private, unsigned communication true,
with proper frankness delivered by Mr. Beecher to MI
Moulion yet proceeding from Mrs Tton under the
belief OF entire secrecy.