, 1879-08-14
. Defense Of Mrs. 8praguo
by Mrs. jane Grey SWISS
helm.
Suggestive "Reminiscences Recorded by tho
Washington Post" Dem.).
PROF. L1NCIT,
Hts VERSION.

kHiOuEH 1uAuk 0Gu0Al ZtkCut$ nj AHNH
York, With view to an engagement as private
tutor to her son Willis. then nj Wash!ngtob.
liz was engaged at BaInry Of $50 month for
the first tlrre months, beginning With thu 1st
Of Juiy. Then follows very lengthy aud un-
interesting acc0uut Of his Trip from New York
for Narragansott Pier with Willie. and his frat
meeting with Gov. Sprague, whusc appearance
nltoEethcr did not Impress hiIn tayorabY.
Subsequently, Bprague took Wi'llc to Newport
Without consulting hts tutor ou leaving, which
Mrs. slRAuuE WroTE 70 THE TUTOR,
saying: ''in vlow Ut what has occurred at Nar.
rat;ansctt, which has greatly Shocked and dis
tressed tnu OIL accollnt Of Its apparent dts.
courtesy to sou, re1oicc tllat, governc1 by
mature reflections, concluded to trust sou. 1
thank ynu sincerely for the good judgment you
exhibit, both as to the manner III which you
treat sprague's crrattc proceedings and as to
the iirmness you exhibited with Willie. I have
written to Gov. sprague, expressing mS gr0at
tltsnpprobnttoil Us to Ills disturbing Willie, nnd
havc requested him to return ths boy Mt ouce to
your chatxe, making 1t Indeed coudiuon of
my ie.nasnlug at Nasragausutt. I scarcely
thtnk there Will bu any further delay or trouble
about It,"
TUE NARRATIVE GoEs on.
It Was on tile evening Of the 0th OF July that,
returning llt'tnc lrun tile Pier, saw tic Gov.
ernor walxtns In fruut OF Ills huusc. Instead oi
returning my salute, he tnrnc1 to nlc savagcly
With: "Why did you not obey my orders to
leave this housu1 What business have you here
ut allt'' To thia pleasant address l replied
coolly: II aM here by Mrs. Spragus's orders,
null have nohody esa's orders to obey. II my
bciug hera Is d stunblinE-bucis III your wny yuu
should haye settled It with Mrs. spraRuc.
hare awaited her directions, mud am expecting
her here from dny to day. did not ttink 1t
uecessarY to move. Send me, however, con-
yoyanru to take mo to t1s tier, with NY lug
gage, aud ain willing to clear Out thia very
moment, as 1t ia undesirable t0 live under the
sasro roof With lnau who seems to hayu lost
his scuscs."
'D-N xoU AND Toun LuoaAGE,n
was the mans rcio!uder. "lf you duu't get
out Of here ut once Hhalt iud help to turn you
out" ~ am nut afraid ot you nor vi your
help" replied I. slut have enough of Cn-
uouelct and of you, and will go Walking or"
The Governor used another uupeasaut epftnet
to tne. a.ld could not holy calIng after hinl:
1t was nil ttnnanly thing for you to carry oil
my buy clu,llcstino!y." "Yous boy,' be callcu
buck, with snoor, and those were Ills lust
| words. lie disappeared among the bushes u,ll
| trces. l went up TO my roo'n, packed my
trunks. to ba called for ncxt morning. and bid
a,l!eu to Canourhet, probably forever, as I then
thought.
| MNs. spKAduE
o,r,roJ fron, W.st,,,,,,, ,y,tt, Aim ro.t ~ .,o
M'''su .'un t.'I W.. 1"e 'eas " NV
iea'.y on tne iatn Of 'u1s' aGa was des,sea 10
lotn 1lur Oil the 18th ut thu Westminster Hotel.
Pending conclusion Of tic arrangements We
ycro ~ atm f.,,x t,ava M Eton,uv,1p so n, ~
H.. . a.s",.,'..,', H. aS Aa ~
ne near Narsag@'lsott. ACCOUNTABILITY aisS' .. UNI
followed later by steamer, Joining tho family on
IN, 1+,,h M ,t,o 1voaowannrr t1,mae TIm, inv
IT,. = ron, N p.ov,dan.n .hi, 7 s,o,,,, ra,,I":,
'4i0' - "s"s W ""e ~, ''puu,s" .,'s'
tut ca''afca aho "le'f goYcf"ssa u "aseh i1'!''
| "heso IL WIS p!oroscu that euh"ay snoulo oo
spent quiently. Wu took lodgings at tue Ocean
House. Alrs. 8. returned II the afternoon,
hrinE!us Willie With her. After our sunduy
dtuncr -..-.-......... ..-.....
Mrs. H., haylng left the atui,g .room first, re-
awe ns sesea to laSor undar e eccts
ot drink / iound the dcn.alul natural, ind did
Keep uut OF ,tlu wny, visiting trst The beach and
tllet. tle u(trrnoun aeryicu at Watch Hill Chap-
| c, At lust my patleucr gayu out. | ycuIurcA
buck to thu hotel iu order to guln my room.
| Srriutr thn chiltlrsn Mt n}uy md inn f,1vernnxs
Il few words,
..u4vn you srpa rup oovrn.ou
A., 1t,,. -, -, @ .,,a 1n s..,s..,.'.a H., ..,s,
mr. L'hckl' was tlie aaestlntl hae addressed 70
is,e, hot SHOWING o. any tsoao'e ~ tnss nsoiaant
,nr - ' ~ ~ oHr ~, WHY, ..o
in n droop.nE position. wutchIlT tha rhIi-
,itrn at nIay. uu hnd mt then scrn mic. Int
must have heard nv uaulo called, / Instantly
turned to tl.e rghtrabout to ayol scandal il,
Ills nresuuce nt so many rllurch ueonlr. /
stoutrd firmly. but quickly. across tlIu lawn ou
the plank,road between thr cluuel md hotel,
imu,udIutclY heard footsteps following quickly
In nv wuKc. / crusseI tlu roat. Ind Turned
tiuwn iuut-pnth loaulur to d yhIuty ucar lie
Tnrkin ifn,.sr. knew ihs f;oYrrn5r wns mar
belii,ui. but nwaited his coming in to uur. At
innt ha hn1IumYj. [ hnItltl. tnrurd ytvnnr,ai
,nr.c s1cns ,,u,i Iu,ciI nhn
49,. -. .,s,,, ,.,e ,.,,,
az "Atssu "'e 'A.n'
% II going to strlke, nat lio u!u not DO SO.
sle.,e. Sh'u ~ M mas '.1 ~ A w say:
1r r'are. w,ii s,1r"v Iii yn,,. ,vIli mi .aSn
nv wnrii fer mc.n last wcet snw @ ts,s Inv. ta".
ernnr nutto fr,s,uunt1y nuxsns our rnttnwo viii,
unu Or muru Ut I'M. rhiIdrsn. c,,h,.r
in n SatrIm,n or ou horsci,mks ,vit,,.mt
mntie,ts ma On ons of lI,rsn 1,rcnstnrs H.,
nll.s II, ,r psayzu cried ont viii irl."ht, ar,nT
In ,o,s inva sn,,n,n nl1,lrst svsr H.. tnv1
usc. sIn Was nrtnliy Ihr",yu int, III III, eno,t'
~ afterward bauria w.,,n,,t s,a.annw nv nv ~,
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