The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-05
Paoies' portfolto.
BY A TITLE.
The Sad Story Of Mrs. Wetmore, as
Related by a Friend.

The Wetmore- Anglesey affair continues to
engross public attention., and having been
introduced to Lady Albert Clinton lately at
the house Of a mutual friend | have prohted
by nv slight acquaintance to obtain some
Information regarding the melancholy affair.
After a few general remarks about the
rumors which were in circulation, MAJ l
ask" said. ''if you are In possession OF
Lord Anglesey's letters to MIS-. Wetmore!
"No," she replied, ''they are in the hands
Of her lawyer. Mr.. Gardiner, sf the Champs
Elysees. They are all couched in terms
which convey the idea that his Lordship
aad the most passionate affection for Mrs.
Wetmore. and in no less than seven Of them
he declared tina he would marry her the
moment she got a divorce from her husband.
/ have even ia my possession airing which he
gave her in the first days of last month"
Her Ladyship here went and brought III a
small basket containing among other effects
of the deceased lady, a plain gold ring bear
ing the following inscription on the inside:
ITO Annie, from AngleSey. June 1885,
LADY Albert Clinton then continued: Mrs.
Wetmore came to Europe about three years
ago with her son, a lad about Is years OF
age. l think she met Lord Anglesey for
the first time in Spain. When she left
America she had no idea of permanently
separating herself from her husband, of
whom she always spoke with remOrse, but
Lord Anglesey turned her head by promis-
ing to marry her if she get a divorce. This
took time, so much time that he got tired
of his bargain and deserted her as soon as
she had brok en- loose from the only real tie
which bound her to life and affection for
her child. She was handsome, affectienate
and con6ding. Poor dear. she wass o faith.
full to Anglesey and believed in him SO en-
tirely. You know he lived on the Avenue
Kleber, occupying separate apartments IN
same house. Three days before her death
she said speaking of her husband: 'tHenry
was always kind to me-, but we had nothing
in common. We were not made to live
happily together. He was much too reli
oious for me, and was never satisfied unless
/ went to church all day Sunday: but he
was a j good, kind man. never ought to
have left him My fate should be a warn
ing to American women who came abroad
without their legitimate protectors" But
she rarely gave way to. these remorseful
feelings, for she loved Anglesey to distract
ION. Her last meeting with him was on
Sunday, June 20. He told her he had to
go to London on business. She said to him
with a sort Of instructive feeling: "You
will be true to me, Henry, and come back
as quickly as YOU CAM" He replied that
ne loved her as much as ever, and parted
from her with every demonstration of af-
lection, although he knew that he had
written her a letter, dated the 10th, the
dav before. in which be babe her farewell
forever, and gave her to understand that
all was at an end between them. This let.
ter was handed to her next day by Mr..
Stone. Lord Anglesey's secretary, and it
drove her almost to madness. 1t was then
that | brought her to my house, for she had
no friends here, and in the letter to which
| have just referred Lord Anglesey gave her
10 understand that she must leave her apart
ments and write no more than one letter to
him. To this she wrote a reply of a mos,
touching character, In which she appealed
10 this Marquis manhood. Remember,
she said. all | have lost for you. Can YOU
expect that God will prosper you or ycurs
when you ale capable of such a dreadful
wrong?' In another passage she says: Can
it be possible that you have no conscience
or feeling, or that you, a nobleman. are
willing to turn me out penniless into the
world after all your promises, to say
nothing of your pretended affection up to
the week before your marriage?'
/ was next shown a number ofletters from
Lord Anglesey, authenticated by his family
coat of arms. They were all couched in
the most endearing terms, commencing
with MY lovely Anna, My dearest
and closing with extravagant assurances of
undying love, esteem and fidelity. Seven
of these letters, Lady Albert Clinton said
and Mrs. Wetmore's lawyer assured me,
contain explicit and unequivocal promises OIL
marriage, and cover a period of nearly three
years. When it was announced that the
Marquis had married Mrs. Wodehouse Mrs
Wetmore's lawyer, who knew all the Cir
cumstances. urged that a suit for breach c
promises should be instituted.
The deceased took no interest in all this
the idea of death engrossiIg her mind from
the moment she heard Of Lord Anglesey's
marriage. Every effort made to calm he
was vain, and she paced up and down hel
room the image of despair. This lasted
until Wednesday morning, when on enter
ing her apartment, Lady Albert Clinton
found her In the last agony, with eyes glar
ing, hands clinched and face so distcrtlee
hat she was hardly recognizable The ser
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