The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-05-22
A Vanderbilt Romance.

JACOB vanderbilt, OF new lOIR, Is tHc
son Of "Jake'' Vanderbilt, the only surviv-
ing brother of Commodore Vanderbilt, and
cousin Of the late William II. Vanderbilt,
and legatee under his will to the extent
of an annual income of 1000.
This representative Of the Vanderbilt
family recently figured very conspicuously
in divorce suit in New York, which not
only showed him up as a miserable, con-
temptible rascal, but also reflected no credit
on the other members of the family.
In 1856 this Jacob Vanderbilt, who was
widower with several children, became des-
perately in love with beautiful country
girl who lived in the northern part Of the
state. She is said to have been an ideal
beauty, possessed a good common school
education, and was particularly bright and
entertaining, though very poor. Va lder-
bilt was dazzled at her brilliancy and per-
suaded her to marry him, though he told
her that his father was a very testy old man
and would disinhert him if he knew of the
marriage. "But," said he, che is over
eighty years old, and at most can live only
few years longer, when everything will be
all right. You must consent to live in New
York for a few years under an assumed
name, and | viii stay part of the time
with you and the rest with the old man, so
that he will suspect nothing"
Unfortunately the poor girl consented and
begun her miserable married life which has
Just ended in divorce. OF course no such
marriage could be happy one. The hus-
band began to absent himself from his
wife more frequently and for lon
ger intervals. She was carried to a small
town on the New Jersey coast, where she was
left alone for a long while, and when she
ran to greet her husband on his return, was
pushed aside with the remark:
"My father has discovered all; I must
leave you forever or l will be disinherited."
Things went on from this to worse, and
though the earnest and loving wife begged
him to abandon the hope of an inheritance
from his father, urging that with what they
had they could manage to get along, he re-
piled that he could not live on 81, 600 year.
and stated that his father had threatened to
turn his children out of doors if he did not
comply with his wishes.
The woman was left to struggle for her
starved in the shade of the mansions of her
husbands rich kindred, hearing from him
only to have him expostulate with her for
having assumed his name.
In the suit for divorce which she insti-
tuted all these facts were brought out, and
the treatment which the poor woman re
ceiyed was shown 10 have been unjust in the
extreme. Judge Barrett, in granting the
divorce, allowed the wife alimony, and cen
sured the recreant husband in the most
scathing terms.
In the answer which the husband filed TO
his wife's charges, he made the defense
that his father would disinhcrit him if he
did not desert her; that he had been brought
up to do no work, and was not able to work
to support wife, a letter from his cousin,
William H., written in 1870, was exhibited,
in which the many times millionaire re-
sponded 10 his cousins request for advice
as TO the choice Of profession by enclos-
ing a check, and stating that he could MT
suggest anything for him to do.
The lt,le woman is to be Congratulated
in having won her freedom, but she is no
doub. convinced that there is more happi-
ness among those from whom she came,
poor and rude though they be, than in the
gided palaces Of those into whom she mar
ried. She Is richer in her conscience, than
is he who was her husband, with the pros
pect OF his future inheritance, in his.
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION OF Missouri
q man by the name of Kimhall for
governor, and in accepting the nomination he |
stated that he would make the greatest sacri-
fee Of his life in SO doing. Mr.. Kimball is I'M
known to fame, but that he is a wise man
there is no doubt. He could have very easily
avoided the sacrifice by declining the nominal
ton, but i is pity that the democratic ma