Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-11-13
BYRON AND BULwER.
Their Domestic Dim cuIUies and Attempt
at Arbitration.


at Arbitration.
In his "Reminiscences Just published
Sir Francis Doyle says that on two coca
sions his father chad to take upon him
self the difficult task Of arbitrating be-
tween a husband and wife, and that
after a reconciliation had become impos-
sible. The husbands in both cases were
eminent men, though not quite Of equal
eminence. Lady Byron, an old family.
friend of ours, when driven to desPera-
ton, applied to my father to act on her
behalf"
'sThis he did. But as he felt bound
in honor to disclose nothing, the greedy
curiosity OF the public must not expect
any food from me, who know no more
than they do. can only tell them that
my father never repented Of what he had
done. The one point can speak of
which appears TO me worth noting is
this: "Here were three men-my father,
DR.. Washington, and Sir Robert WilmOt
Horton, a cousin and early friend OF
Lord ByrOn's. They were all three men
Of grant ability, they wore all three
| thorough men Of the world, they we're
all three men who had worked out their
lives on perfectly different lines. My
/ father had been tossed about the world
/ from the time that he found himself q
| captain In the army at II; DR.. Lushing-
| ton was a distinguished Oxford man and
/ fellow Of a college, who became a highly
/ successful advOsate; Sir Robert Horton,
! the cousin, a country squire Of good pO-
/ sitiOn, atterWard and able civil servant
and professional politician. And yet
( these three men so different In their an
! tecedents and characters, were com lete-
/ ly IN unison, and held that Lady Byron
/ had no choice except to separate herself
( from her husbaAdl They were, L said
all men Of the world. In other words
/ If Lady ByrOn's anger had been reused
on discovering that Lord Byron was not
an irreprOachable husband, they would
1 am sure, have told her in very plain
language: 'As You chose with your
| eyes open to marry a man Of wayw9rd
genius, who is at the same time the
! spOilt child Of society, you can not eI-
| pect him to behave exactly like an arch
! deacon; you must accept the consequent
! ces Of your own rashness, and try Il
touch the hiG her and better parts Of his
nature by gentleness and persevering
affection" As they did not take this
! course, must leave to Lord ByrOn'E
| partisans to settle for themselves how il
! came to pass that since these three gen
tlenen, being the men they were, if Lore
/ Byran's conducJ were PardOnable at all
never suggested to his wife that sh'
! should pardon him."
/ Again, many years afterward, he at
| tempted to mediate between Lord anC
Lady Lytton (she was a cousin Of ours.
but in vain.
! 'sHer temper was In such a state OF Il
/ hammation that she would listen to M
/ moderate cOunsels, and my father haC
/ to sit still under her furious invectivel
whilst dying Of heart disease. 1 hav'
/ always thought that by her Iimplacabl,
/ eRotism she shortened his life. Long
/ after his death put my resentment OF
one side and tried to help her, but sh,
! soon became intractable. Lord LyttOn
| why always behaved with perfect COur
! tesy, both to my father and myself
/ offered to increase her allowance on Ger
tain conditions. I thought them rea
sonable enough, but the very mention o
the word conditions" drOye her wiz
| with rage, and a storm OF abuse fell OF
my devoted head. Our intercourse end
ed with q letter adddrefsed to me- with
hostile direction. The inside Of the let
/ ter matched the outside, and I neve
saw or communicated with her again.
Mr.. Geo. W. Waits, General Agent
Freight Department., Union Pacific Rail
way, San Francisco, CAL says; Il haV
derived much benefit from the use 0
Red Star Cough Cure IN cases Of cough
/ and eolds." No opiates.