Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-06
wOMAN'S FOLLY.
Lady Clinton Tells the story OF Mrs,
Wetmorc~ Infatuntion..A Worthy
Husband Deserted.
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l'NNlllS htNu llltNNllCVN w iSluN AlnCVt
Clinton, lately, have rNtitcd hN my
slight acquaintance to obtain some III
formation regarding the melancholy
affair, Her hdyShip expressed her
willingness to tell mo all She knew uf
the circumstances She herself seemed
overcome with grief and her eyes filled
with tears when she hcgy,u tu speak
about the deceased friend, May ask, "
| said, "itNou ARE III possession OF lord
AnglcSeN' letters to Mrs. WetmorCH'
NO She replied, they are in the
hands of her lawyer, Mrs, GARDINER, oc
the Champs ElySrcS They are all
couched in tcrma which ronNcy the idea
that his lordShip had the most passion
ate affection for Mrs Wctmorc, and IN
no less than seven hc declared that he
would marry her the moment she got
the divorce from her husband. | have
even IN my possession 4 ring which he
gave her III the first DAYS of last
mouth Her ladyShip here went aud
brought in u small basket containing
among other effects vi the deceased
lady, y plain gold ring, bearing the fol
lowing inscription on the inside: TO
Annie, from AnglcScy, July l. 1850 :
Lady Albert Clinton then continued
Mrs, Wctmore came To Europe about
three wears ago with her SON, lad
about thirteen Years of age. think
she met lord Anglesry iNr the first umc
IN Spain When she len America She
had me- ilca Of permanently separating
herself from her husband, otwhom she
always spoke with rcmorsc; hut Lord
NnglcScy turned her head hy promiS-
ing a. marry hct if she got n
divorce This took So much time that
1 hc got tlreu Of his bargain and dessert
rd her as soon rs she had broken loose
from the only tie which bound her To
life and affection for her child She
was handsome, aticctonatc and conid-
ing. Poor dear She MnS 50 faithful
to Anglescy and believed in him So en-
tirely You know he lived ON the
Avenue klcbcr occupying separate
apartments in the same house. Three
days before her death She SAID, speak
ing of her husband, Henry wns always
kind to me, hut We had nothing mcom.
mon, We were not made to live hap
pily together He was much too rclig-
ious for me, and was not satisfied I'M
less | went to church all dny Sunday.
hut he WAS II good, kind man. never
ought To have left him. My fate should
he II Warming to American women who
come abroad without their legitimate
protectors. But She rarely gave why
Ia these rcmorseful feelings, for She
loved Anglcsy to distractions Her last
II Getting with him was OH Sunday, Juno
-. He told her ho Ind to go Ia Lon
don ON business. She snld To him, with
IL sort of instructive lcclingt You will
he true e. nlc, Henry md come back
as quickly ~ you cam lilo replied
that he loved her IA much IA ever, and
parted with her with every dcmonstm-
tion of affection, although hc knew hc
had written her letter dated the 10Th
the day bcfore--in which he hade her
farewell forever and gave her to under.
stand Tint all was ut an end between
them This letter was handed 10 her
next day by Mr.. Stone, Lord
Anglcsey's secretary, and il drove her
almost to madness II was then TINT |
brought her To my house. for she had
no friends hero. and in the letter To
which ! have just referred Lord An
glcscy gave her to understand that she
must leave hcr apartments and write
no more than one letter Ia him. To
this she wrote reply Of Il most touch
my character, iii which she appealed to
the marq,lis's manhood. Remember.
she said, all have lost for YOU. Can
you expect that God will prosper YOU,
~ yo'.rs when you nrc capable Of such
n dreadful wrong lnanuthrr passage
she says Can il be possible Tint YOU
have no conscience or feeling, or that
you, Il noblcman, are willing 10 turn
me out ponnilcss into the world after
all your promises, to say nothing Of
your PRETENDED affection up to the week
before your marriage
was next shown number Of letters
from Lord Anglcscy authenticated by
his family cont Of arms They wcrc
al couchcd in the most cndearing
terms, commencing with "My lovely
Anna, My dearest, and closing
with cXtrnvngant assurances of un-
dying love, esteem and fidelity.
Seven of these letters. Lady Albert
| Clinton said and Mrs. Whctmorc's
lawyer assured me, contain explicit and
uncquiyocal promises Of marriage and
cover period of nearly three years.
When il was announced that the mar
quis had married Mrs W0odhouse, Mrs.
Mrs WeStmore's lawyer, who knew al
the circumstances urged that suit for
breach Of promise should be instituted.
"A correspondence to that effect was
commenced with the marquis's lawyers
who replied that their client ropudiatcd
the allegation NJ 10 the promise and
that il would be useless to try TO make
Il case, rs there was no law furnishing
breach Of promise in France, and that
~ ollensc committed there could not
be tried IN England Unhappily this
proved a. be the case The deceased
took no interest in all this, the idea Of
death cngrossing her mind from the
moment she heard Of Lord Anglesey's
marriage Every effort made 10 calm
her was vain, and she paced up and
down her room the image Of despair:
This lnsted until "Wednesday morning,
when on entering her apartment Lady
Albert Clinton found her in the last
agony with pyes plarinp hands cIench-