The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-22
MISS MORSE Is NOT SORRY.
SHE DOES NOT REGRET HER
TOTHE. COACHMAN.
Tarrytown GoSsipin. over the
Strange Love Match HOW '"
Couple Acted When Riding.
She Often Fed Minton
With Candy.


Young Howard Morse of TarrNto"n
raraded the ample grounds of his home
Yesterday holding huge mastlit Ill
check by very slender cord. lie waN
on patrol duty to keep reporters at bay.
Many representatives OF the press St
spryly oil the cars at the Tarrstown
station and walked briskly up the ltat-
embowered Broadway until they came .
To the Morse mansion. They stopped at .
the iron gate leading to the house. The T
dog was AN ugly fellow. and small b"y +
nj the entrance to the Morse domain
told each arrival that guests were not
Icing received.
There was still trouble in the Morse /
household over the marriage at noon on
Monday of Miss Oracle Morse, the eldest
daughter Of key. j. h. Morse, of Iarry-
town, to George ID. Minton, her fathers
.oachman. The bride Of the coachman
is the grea, granddaughter of old Com
modore Vanderbilt, and not great
grandniece as was first reported. The
genealogy is thus traced: SOPHIE.
daughter of the commodore and sister
of the late William II. Vanderbilt. mar
ried a MIR. Cross, and tho present Mrs.
Morse was issue Of that marriage. >"
her daughter Oracle. the heroine oi tins
latest case Of coachman iniatuatton, ~
the commolore's great-srandiaughter
t,racie is. therefore. second cousin I"
Cornelius and ". X. Vanderbilt, the
sons Of the lale millionaire William u,
Vanderbilt. The Morse family swell
known in Tarrytown. Rev. Mr.. Morse
is an Episcopal clergyman. who lahnFs
with the prisoners OH blackwell Is
land.
When the Star reporter arrived n the
mansion Of the Morses yesterday, AMI
pot a glimpse of the big dog sn loosely
handled by thu young scion OF the house
he sought the home of the coachmaN.
The house in which Mnton lives IL not
more than 100 yards from the parlor en-
trace of the Morse cottage. a white
uebbly path leads straight from hay
window in the drawing room OF hls IN.
amorata's home to the front entrance of
the vine cottage where the coachman
liver and his mother live. There lsno
fence separating the two houses. Flow
.r. grow everywhere. a fountain sends
IN its silvery spray not many yafas
from the cottage, and everything con-
nr,tsd with the grounds Of both houses
l.tokcns refinement AMI good taste
l,ering ont Of II front window OF inc
Minton house was "a lusty young fellow.
and a knock at the door brought the
ou.s,ion. "What is wanted: Tie r..
porter told his business.
.Wait a minute. said gruli voice.
"th. man YOU want to see IA my hrotlier,
rIls,, If he wants to talk with you.
Five minutes elapsed, and then the door
was cautiously opened. The sane heat
tl,y Young fellow whose face had been
are,, mt the window came ont INTO inc
ward. Il guess am the man YOU wan.
n.cp. Nv name Is George ID. Minton'
A4,bs 'llwart Young coaciman sa'd
his hp rammeiT' his aa.' 'aeel, uoWn |
nio his pockets, threw back his head I'M II
il the curly bair on his forehead was ex- a
,osed to good advantage. and waited to u
81 talked to. The reporter explained a
hat his errand was simply to get Il true !,
md nuthenic story of the romantic mar u
'iagc. 4 great many conflicting stories St
,ad been circulated. and it would he best e
ar all concerned that the truth BE- given e
% the public. III You mean to give me v
square deal, and not lie about me a. Il
he World did this morning. III tell You Il
al know about this affair, said the {,
bridegroom. Then he said. !,
II am % wears of age. and have lived },
n Tarrytown all my life. came to D
,Ir. Morse IA a eoachman something VI
over year age. had never met Miss
iraric Morse to know her previous to i,
'ntcrng the employ of her father. After Il
came rs coachnian, we were thrown y
great deal together Mr.. Morso was $
Yearly always away. Mrs. Morse did not |
20 about much. Mr.. Howard Morse 2
.tteIy ever used the carriage, and 50 1t y
vas not unnatural th1t in the long drives J
y hic, Oracle took with me something I
II an intimacy should spring up She v
inl nobody else to talk to, AMI neither y
I'LL |. suppose that if was only u
was human being. ! FELL =
n love with her. | never tried. fow- y
aver. to make her give me her affections.
II she loved me. which she did. 1t was II
,nly because she f,lt it, We have Ten "
bound up in each other for many months. I
would have gone lo Mrs. Morse AMI c
asked them for the girl, but knew they /
" ould refuse. The only friend had IN ;
he family outside the girl who i now ]
my wife, was Mr.. Howard Morse. v
''The young man who is now walking u
lLont the yard holding the big dog =
"That's him. lie is Young, but he has
A long head and looks Mt things in the
right light. He believes in making the i
best of things Q
"What time on Monday we're yoil nni K
Miss Oracle married = I
About noon, by Father Egaii. OF It,
reresas church. north Tarrytown. Ny =
friend Harry Lyons, who keeps )
saloon at Penny Ridge. went with n4 Ms
a witness )
i" Where lid you and your wife 20 |
then 7" |
"Slie returned to her home and to s
mine. That story about us disappearing I
and hiding away in the town is all bosh. /
We intended to keep the fact of our a
marriage asecret. but the gossips OF v
the village got hold of it. and when
Mrs. Morse came out from New >ork
on the $40 train they rrshed fJr her as '
.oon as she stepped from the cars and
told her all about it, She took tFretty :
hard can tell you. drov" the carriage
down to the depot to meet Mr.. Morse t
" hen he came home. He is not feeling t
very well over it himself. don { know a
how il will all end, hut | think they :
might as we come around, "a ! intend Il
TO stick
when did you see your wife last
"T,is morning We had very pleasant i