National Republican., 1884-06-13
SHARON INTERVIEWED.
lie Quotes Poetry, and Gives His Version
OF the Scandal with AIthoa.


Chicago Herald.
Sharon is character. His like was never
scon before in this country. Iu certain elo-
ments which give notoriety to his name,
Tabor, of Colorado, exceeds him. Tabor is
coarse, sensational, vulgar, ostentatious, and
ridiculous. Sharon is not. He is gentle
man in manner, is keen man of business,
u devoted father to his children, a prudent
manager of his fortune, a warm-heartcd
friend, and relentless foe. His weaknesses,
as events have shown, arc poetry, wine aud
womon. His ardent love OF the one 10 shown
by his frequent quotations; his love of tho
other by frequent potatons, and his eXpe-
rienCes with the last in limited sense by
his luckless escapado with Sarah Althoa.
In person Mr., Sharon's inches and avoir-
dupois arc at strange variance with tho
list of his bonds or tho record of his loves. Ito
is, to use homely phrase, "a runt" But If
one peeps into his hat IL will be seen that IL
numbers al. HIS legs, too, are stalwart, gnd
his framo compact. But Mr.. Sharon's Ohiof
charm is his Mark Taploy-like jollity in the
face of adversely that some would think even
$50 100000 could not Offset. Parlor s held a
jolly little party the day the senator loft for
Washington. The senator sat in his shirt
sleeves on the side of tho bed, swinging his
short legs and smoking cigar. NJ. q. Budd,
an old san Francisco acquaintance, but now n
ChicagOan, sat in n big armchair. Morrow, of
the Pacific coast delegation, sat in another big
chair. A Herald representative who once
knew Mr.. Sharon in the good old days in
Nevada when tho senator--not then sem
ator-was trying TO become senator hung
upon the outskirts with ears wide open, and
Senator Jones, Sharon's oldtimo friend, was
also thore. An ebony stand, decantor with
u plumed helmet with &c Il g." on IL, fcw
glasses, and box of cigars completed the out
fiji Mr. Ahnrnn WA lpl1iup hnuan
receiving Jokes, and returning jibes. Nat
uraly the conversation turned to the eNcit-
ing court episodes of tho past ninety days,
especially to the senator's part therein. With
the frankness of his kind and tho training0f
Pacific coaster, the laughing defendant
exclaimod boys, it was q scrape, aud bad
one; but thank God, I'm getting out of it.
You fellows may laugh, but what Is it tho
poet Pope says2
Virtue She finds too painful an endeavor
Content 10 dwell in decencles forever.
81 admit It; I've been indecent. But I'd
liketo know what any of you fellows would
have done under the same circumstances.
There was q painful silence, and Mr. Budd
reached for the ebony stand.
YES" said Mr.. Sharon, ut was pretty
tough to 60 on the stand and ndmit that /
had been such fool; but what are you going
to do-be blackmaIlod2 Not much"
Somebody here suggested that perhaps
COuUlb Ol luOuSduu uOlltTb WUulu nave uAGu
the thing UP.
"Oh. no; you don't know that crowd" said
MIR. Sharon. "ln the first place tho woman
was bad and reckless. / treated her honor.
ably as tho world would call ii. / gave her
u splendid income. But she wants more.
She invaded my rooms; she pried into my
business secrets; she rummaged my papers,
she stole my shirt tail and buried it in tho
ground with some wild 'spook idea of getting
inc to marry her. OF course that would dis
gust any man. l saw l was in q box, and
resolved to fly
Fly like a youthful hart or roe,
over the hills where spices grow
gave her $500 to call it square. That was
right, wasn't it, Jones2"
Senator Jones nodded.
well, continued the defendant, at wasn't
enough, and then she got that scoundrel
Nelson from Australia to egg on her suit. l
could have settled it at any time for 10000
10000 to her and 10000 to Nelson. But
not one cent! Millions for defense-not
cent for tribute"
But SENATOR" said Mr.. Budd, Economy.
YOU surely havo spent more than that"
ITO date, yes, L should say so, and twice
that. But l will not be black mailed out of q
cent. paid that woman we'll. 1 gave her
small fortune. i mean now not only to beat
her blsckmail suit. but will land her tn the
penitentiary. | shall have both her and
Nelson indicted for conspir acy and send
them to states prison II i can. And am not
SO sure but I'll catch Tyler, too, her counsel"
"But senator" said one of tho party, an old
California stager, how did you ever get into
such a snap"
"And you ask that" said the senator, as ho
reached for tho ebony stand. What is it tho
poet Thompson says"
"He saw her charming, but he saw not half
The charms her dOwncast nodesty concealed"
"Who could resist it2 L read tho Maid of
Athens to her. She melted; then tho kiss,
snatchod hasty from tho sdelong maid did
the business. Whatever might have boen
lacking, $500 o month supplied" There
was q general laugh, in the midst of which
tho senator said: But that is past. My OBJ
.ject now Is to expose tho conspiracy and get
the leaders in Jail | sent two men to Aus
| tralia to hunt up Nelson's record the fellow
who got Miss Hill into the litigation. l
| found he had been convicted of forgery there
and sentenced to seven years penal servitude.
l have had detectives travelling over tho
country hunting up Miss Hills earlier ante
cedonts. l don't care to crush the woman
any moro than necessary, but if Ii were
necessary we would show her to have been an
adventures from her Goth year. That's
enough to say. Oh, I've been ready for her at
every turn. What is it Pope says in tho
| Wife of BathT
| The mouse that trusts 10 one poor hole
Can never be IL mouse of any SOUL
And as Mr.. Sharon quoted this gem his
eyes shono with delight, and he invited his
friends TO tho ebony stand.
Somebody asked Mr.. Sharon what Sir
Thomas Hesketh, Of England his SON in law.
thought of the Hill episide.
"Oh," said Unclo William, "he's thorough
bred He knows his father-in-law.
"'Ils IL very fine thing to be fathorin-law
To very magnificent three-lailod bashaw.
"As tho old play has it, Hesketh is good
one. i doubted him at first, and sont three
mon to Liverpool and London--it cost INC
$l0,0OO-to hunt up his record. 1t was q
good ono But | say Ito Senator Jonesl il
would haye been a jolly idea if Hosketh had
concluded at tho same time TO hunt up
mine oh ?"
This sally was too much for somo of the
senator's friends and the party broke up.
The Ovorworked Hyphen.
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