, 1879-04-21

1t Is not to be expected thAt anybody read In
ycster.lay's paper thu article headed "Cha.
Stealing, y "General washing Of dirty linen for
the AenuGt Of the world" etc, etc. People
never do read such things. They takc m utter
est IN the closet skeletons Of their ncfghbors,
anil never seek to spscal any scandalons reports
about their 1ellow.bclnEs. Therefore 1t nny be
cre stnted that tic article in question contained
extended ,nrntton pf marital unulcasantncsses
between W. Il. Austin, q Board Of
rradu mnu having I'M Office as Nos.
Ill unil l43 Lasalc street, md living ut No. 81
Oakwool boulevard, nntt Mrs. ". X. Austin,
wifi oi tlir gentleman above mentioned; de-
scrptton Of the 1nanncr In which Mr. Austin
drove to his house Saturday morning, snatchel
his Aycnr.old DAUGHTER from its ilottler, nsi.l
tlladg OIL with il III Il great haste; hrict out
Ii1lu Ut tie ent.untl4lO0 mntncG enacted In tho
ll1uso from the time OF the departure to tic
iIu,lr wilcM the rest OF the world, newspaper re-
purtcrs excepted. was wrapped lu rcposet nnr-
rn.lun of the performance Of kindly Offices Or
sympathy und consideration on tho part Of the
friends vi the fantly nnt tllc Interested n1 cx.
cited nclkhlors; Il repetition Of tlle words Of
love and RESPECT exchanged between thu lncvlt-
ut,lr 1uutcr-lll-law atld tile "pcrsccutcd nnu -;
portrayal Of the Thcspian characteristics md
pruclvitfes possessed by tue various parties to
lie sweet nI peaceful Incidents; n,ltl general
mention, Of interesting lttlo cpiso1cs sketches
OF character and history "shuwn uph during
the melee. The rrsult Of saturlay's quarrel
WIS that Mr. Austin kcut the child. Yesterday
Mrs. Austin
SUCCEEDED IN REaA1H1No POSSESSION
OF It., a,nl concerning the manncr Ia which the
exchange took place there are two stories. The
| ilrat utld longer ono ts tiAt promulgated from
Mrs. Austin. It is to thc effect sl!nt yesterday
| norrl1lg sr. AUSTIN tho husball.l aud father,
place even Irss definite. and l,o stopped nt the
| Dousas House, corner OF Cottugo Grow avenue
nnd Th!rsy.iiIth street, got out OF the buggy
with the CHILD, and left The ypunestcr IN the
upon he only knows what, A friend Of tic
femulc ha'f OF tic household saw Alr. Aus
In lcave thu hotel aud the CHILD. This
kind friend rushed TO tne Austin house
A. turo out Of thu house. rnshGd down to the
hotel, burst open the uilicc-dour, md with ono
exu!tant, juy,us bound reached tho lttlc girl.
She clnspcd her tightly to hcr breast a1nl hur'
crossed tile threshold. sIa ran to the house oi
friend un deposited her precious burden oi
flesh md blood Ind then. RETURNED to llsr owl
hono In JOYOUS contemplation Of the way r.
"boss." So much Tor Sirs. Austin
Now comes tho mule hulf With thu assertion thu
he WIS uu tic way to rcsturo tile child tn It:
| IuDtslcr when the restoration took plnce. lls
stopped ut tho Douglns Iousc, and lelt the lit
tic girl therc. sIInply 1ecausu he wautcd to q
Arst and alone to sec hts wife, and aseertan To-
himself whether ur nut she was In such 4 atat'
Of mttd rs To conYincn hin tint the Guild wollt
meet with proper care In caae Bho were il,
trusted with its Keeping. before he lad ful
filled Ills mission of reunion, restoration, u,l,
loyo, thu bunu Of Ills Infection was taken iron
lin. Mrs. Austin still tlas tlle child.
MIR. AUSTIN onJEcrs
to tho terms "abduction," "thlltl.stcalng,'
applied to the summary way IN wllfeh he tool
l0rcible possession Of his little daughter. Il
thuks tllut those terms Will tend to pruiudic
the casa In the t,iads Of the public, anll tia
they urc In no posRIble why applicable to cas-
"ateal" nor i aHlact" his own child, IL III
opinion OF Mr. Austin: BGsIdes the child doc
) not want to return to tl1e lnotlIcr: The antn
.. gentleman also attempts 10 explain tho cot
,. !sa little soit In her lead. au,l therefore tn
: more subject to evil influences, such as thos
rxcrted ly certain WOMAN who hos been sto!
, plug ut thu. house. He snYs t|'at Ills conduct
. well provided for Atld never becn abused. I'll
allowed lin to srlcct ller dresses n1l,l bonnet
! tllo most convincing proof If confidence. It
true Eo SAYS, that 10 has spoken satir[cally
/ affsct, however, he hns Often spnAcn joytaily |
her Shu hat. designed to fly him, had pncke
= up her trunks, Rnd bad sccllrch ol' crcdt--ll
eredit-large supplies Ut groceries, etc., whl.
slo purposed tnlt!ilg Oft with her
y LETTEhs or GOOD CllANAcrHu.
AMI as proof nf thu iact that he ilutl a1wa
tlcait we'll by her. ho submits the following lrD
Which It will be seen tlilt he tIaR "eUliduets
lila domestic affairs III tllu must approved nla
r | ncFh:
a md Mrs., ". X, Austin. and hnys been for III.
Z IL my houso. sna feei tGat It y but ia.t 10 II
t e"ndMctsd ] his domestic ai,alrs in tho nast i
y proved tnanncr. treating his vile IND chld Vt
| ntIltt,fthl1tF. aeWufN inlu3r$nt tYj