Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-07
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THE OLD MANS HAND TREMBLEs

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Act ia the Social Sensation That is
Keeping the Upper Circles
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WAsmSeToSr D. c., July 6.-The report
that Major W. F. Milburne, the iathel
of Blanche Milburne, who is alleged to bs
identical with Mrs. Bush, Of the Sartorii
scandal, resides in Washington and is em-
ployed in the War Department, led a rs.
porter to seek him In the Adjutant Gener.
ais office, where he was found to-day. The
Major is a tall, slender man, evidently
above so years of age, with the look OF
one who has borne something Of the
Burdens Of Life,
as we'll as its pleasures. "aave you any.
thing to say about Mrs. Bush, late Of Mil
waukee, who has been spoken Of as bearing
your family Manner asked the reporter.
MRS. Bush, who is she? ! never heard
of her." he said with evident sincerity in
aHaye you not seen that Mrs. Bush,
whose name has been mentioned quite
often of late by the press, is said to be your
'No, nor have seen any statement about
Mrs. Bush. l don't know what you are
talking about at all"
A slip from a newspaper referring to the
Sartoris- Bush scandal, and giving incident
ally many of the features OF 1t, which the
reporter chanced to have, relieved him Of
some of the
Embarrassment OF the Position.
The gentleman read it over once twice. a
third time. His hand tremb!ed as he
passed it before his eyes in daGed sort OF
way.
without your knowledge
don't think she would do that. She was
little headstrong and wayward, and had
some notions about the stage upon whlca
we did not agree, but l don't think she
would take a step of this kind without
consulting us, or at least without letting
us know about it. ~
How long has she been abroad?-
"Six or eight months. She went, | think,
about October
"She went with your consent"
ooh. YES. Yes, she went something over
six months ago with some relatives. ana
has been with them to London and Paris:
We had letter from her in April and
another in May, and there was
No Intimation OF Marriage
/ or ANYTHING Of the kind. She had an ad-
mirer in st. Louis when We lived there,
and he went abro I'd shortly after she did,
and there had been talk that possibly they
might marry, but Bush was not the name
No, should prefer not to mention his
rame. He was quite young man, though
and of course could not have been TINS
one"
"How old was your daughter"
About nineteen"
This one says she Is q.
"My daughter is not so old.
"Was your daughter blonde, with blue
ewes as this one is described
'"She was blonde but her eyes were
gray, | cannot believe" he said, after fur
ther reflection, "that this is my daughter.
There are several reasons. have heard
from my daughter in Paris since Sartoris
came to this country, and If this woman
came, as alleged, at the time he did, it
Cannot be MY Blanche.
do not think she would marry without
letting me know. The description and the
age do not sufficiently correspond with hers
10 make the identity probable. AS for the
story itself of any improper relations
with Sartoris, l could not believe it Of my
daughter. That at lesst is false.
| came to you to day.
Not at all. This is the first intimstion
| have had Of it. 1t is all new and strange.
| need not tell you that it both surprises
and shocks me that my daughters name
should be SO mentioned. She had been
carefully reared, and her relations at home
were pleasant and happy. Her letters
were warm and full OF affection. ! cannot
believe this is my daughter
should you like to see what has been
published-a description OF ami an inter
view with herr"
81 should, very much.
The reporter called at the family's home,
| handsome
Fourteenth street Residence,
| a few hours later. Mrs Milburne a comely
natron. was presented. IL cannot believe
| these terrible stories about my daughter,
| she said. 1T cannot be our Blanche. Who
| said il was our Blanche?" The various &C
| counts were read over by Maj. Milburne,
who occasionally read paragraphs aloud.
See he said, 'in her interview in Chi
| cago she says she was married three years
ego. Why, our Bl, nche only left here in
| October. Then this woman says she Is q !;
| Blanche was only l9. This says she has
| LIQUID blue eyes; Blanche had gray eyes,
hadn't she?" and he appealed to the moth
| er. "Ies. indeed, gray eyes, she replied;
| This speaks of her as beautiful woman
| be continued. well, our Blanche was
counted handsome girl. 1t mentions her
teeth as the
Only Uuattractive Feature.
| | never heard of her teeth being bad. Here,
| in an interview, she says she is the daush-
| ter of a person Of the name of Green. of
| New York. | see nothing in the story that
indicates that it is our daughter except
| that some St. Louis man pretends that he
| recognized her as Blanch Nilburne. That's
the only thing.
He stopped suddenly for his eye had run
| farther down the column containing the
! interview with her. "Why that is strange
be said in altered tones. "She says her
| father is an ex.ar:ny officer; that she is re-
| lated 10
| George Alfred Townsend.
and to DR.. Monmonmier, of Baltimore, and
that her father was a native OF Snowhill,
Md. Strange, Townsend and Monmonmier
are both relatives of ours, and am ma
tive of Snowhill, Md. That is very
strange
1T must be somebody personating
| Blanche" said the mother, whose love for
her daughter and faith in her character
would not allow her to assent to the possi-
bility that it was she.
How could any bo ly know those things
about her relationship and her fathers
history, though" asked the father.
but might not somebody else who vas
born at Snowhill be relative OF Town
send, and through him OF Mormonmier,
for the relationship comes in that way
and then here, here is proof the
wOman's quick Wit
came 10 the rescue OF her daughter. These
articles say the party arrived in Milwaukee
about the middle of April. Well, her let
ters," and she ran to her trunk and in a
moment returned with package of them.
There is one" she sand, dated at London
April =" and she passed il to the reporter
The letter was postmarked Chelsea, April
Z. 1888" "And here is another OF still
later date" She drew it from the enve
lope and passed it for inspection. 1t wa:
written in a delicate feminine hand, dated
BE dford Hotel, IL rue de rArcsde, Paris
April l3," and was signed, Your Loving
daughter Blanche Milburne." 1t appeared
to be almost an alibi Il have another
which was received in May" she said
"but have nislaidit. was looking fol
il only yesterday"
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