The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-01
DOMESTIC BLIss UypEILBD.
A New York Isevc Story Told by n Writer
whose veracity L. Unimpcachabie.


One Of the most beautiful women in Now
York Il the wife Of the humorst Eli Perkins
tMelvillc ID. Landonl She is OF that pure
Red. Mrs. iandcn' ike Mrs. JOSEPH 'Cs 5nH IL
also one Of tho model wives. Not only is She
foremost in all charities. lovely entertainer in
attends personally TO Mr.. Perkins, lecture
route. She often answers twenty letters n day.
and telrgraphs all over the country. replying
promptly to all lecture associations.
:, The marriage Of this beautiful woman TO iii
Perkins il one Of the unwritten. romances Of the
day. huge it from friends who know oil the
facts that Mrs. landon. now about "a years old.
was the niece. adopted daughter, and ward OF
man. Twin. with Ills wife stil childess. near
Central Park. Mr.. and Mrs Ives. ruinor says.
both worshipped their niece before her mar
ringe. Everything was lavished upon her.
Wherever she went sho was sure to he the most
beautifully dressed young lady in the, room,
and sure To he surrounded 10y u crowd of I'D
mircrs., The adOraion OF the aunt and uncle
was such that they would not listen to the pro-
L9sal OF any admircr. Money was no ohiect;
They had. according 70 report. willed s25OOQO
70 the yonng lady. and they thought she ought
70 be happy without love. For several years " Eli
IrrGins' was u cal at tho house. and rs he
always entertain"d "v"ry one with repartee
was understood not To- mean business" he
Us 81 to escort the beautiful niece whom the pro-
posing suitors werc Kept at n distance; But by
young lady too Anu. strange to say. their mu-
tual love went too FAR 70 he even restrained by
inc aunt ANA uncle. 1npy ala moi object 10 Ell
moro than 70 the rest but they loved their niece
and wanted To keep her themselves. Ell Per-
kins 1rnga young man. good looking. well en-.
dowcd. and sure of II professional revenue Of
$4,000 per year. was not a bad match, but the
aunt and uncle didn't think 50. and forbade the
marriage. They even began 10 watch their
bnautli ul ward and kept her away from parties
and places Of amusement where she WINS sure
70 meet Eli. who was known to be deeply in
love. Indeed he was So much in love that they
say he hccnmc sick. His alteration for the girl
lie loved threw him into fcver. and the doctors
say that II was only now and thea that mes
sage from the one he loved kept MIN from be-
ing utterly miserable.
In his dilemma Eli went to see Bishop Pot
ter. and told him his trouble.
-. How old is the young lady2" asked the
She's OF age-22." replied the lover.
Then myadvice 70 you is to get married"
said the Bishop. III you love each other, 1t is
the wiscst thing to do"
But cant get to her; they won't even let
mo see her" said Eli.
=. y Well love can do nny,hing. said the Bishop
Now. you arrange II with the young lady. and
then send for. me. and / will marry you in
Grace Church"
70 meet the young lady. They had n long talk
Love conquered and they decided To get mar
RED. II WINS a hard struggle for the young
lady. for she loved her aunt and uncle. They
had always been good and kind 10 her. and she
did not want TO seem unGra,einl, Still. her own
happiness wis at stake. and wisdom told her to
Obey her best instincts.
Before then ,hcy say Eli had seen Mr.. Ivcs.
the young lady's uncle. They talked tho mat
earnest III was, how much the humorist loved
his niece. he said:
dontso, how can objec,-and don't OBJ
Jeci-hut my wife does and I'll have to see her
andtalk IL over"
Butthc more Mr.. Ives talked with his wife the
more she became opposed to the match. She
finally said:
II shan't be. louisa tfor this was the young
lndys nhm"l shan't marty any one. We cannot
give her up"
Some tine after this Eli again met the young
lady. and again they talked the matter over.
Everything looked dark and uncertain. Each
truly loved the other: each was unhappy away
from tho other. They could see but one way out
II the difficulty. and that WIS to get married
10 one morning they went down 10 Grace
Church. called on the Bishop. sent out for Mr.
George w Carleton. tho publisher; John 4.
DIX, and several well-known friends ns Witness
-, and the marriage took place. With nothing
but their own love and the benediction Of the
Bishop they started their married lfe-a life
which has brought happiness to both Of them.
And even now. though they have been married
three years. the gossip in New York say there
j. no such happy cou"la on Manhattan leland as
Iii Perkins aud his beautiful wife.
And what became Of the aunt and uncle p
asks the reader.
Well. don't know. Some say they are recon
clled. and some say not. II IL subject ON which
Ell ana his wife never talk. Though young
lady tells me that she saw the uncle's photo
graph handsomely framed in their reception
room the other night. and by this she gu1s-es
everything II happy all around again. II il Isn't.
IL should bs.