Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-12-01
MRS. JOHN TYLER.
SHE TELLS THE ROMANTIC STORY
OF HER MARRIAGE.


Quiet Wedding.
won't you tell mo how you met President
Ty,erT
''Well, to begin at the first. Twas born on
GARDENERS island, three miles from land. ]
was a descendant Of the first white child born
Of British parents in the state Of New York,
and the child Of the first white child born in
Connecticut My name, as You know was
Julia Gardiner-with an IL She added.
Gardiner without an i is like Thompson
without p There | grew up until my
schooling was finished and then my fathe,.
took my sister and me to Europe. for the
finishing touches as it were While we
were IN Paris We heard Of tho death Of Presi
dent Harrison, and VIC American girls all
wore Grape around our wrists in mourning
for long time President Tyler wo knew
was tho successor, and had little canary
which brought back with me, that named
'Jonny Iy,' in honor Of the president, John
Tylcr.n
Ibid you not know him theng
mo But on our return my father took
my sister and me TO Washington that we
might have tho boncilt Of tho society there.
We met tho president and became great
friends, but l never thought Of loving him
then. | was rot yet 20 and Ito was easily
30 years older than /, but | thought him
very nice and ! was very gay and frivolous
and Of course was fattcred by his friend
ship
How did ho propose to your
you will think mo very foolish when /
tell you about it, Mrs Tyler said, her gray
beaming at tho recollection. Il often think
now how frivolous | was then. There was d
grant reception held in the White House on
/ iEpeltirsrftt,ts ii, 4
were there and it was very brilliant had
been dancing with young man who was not
pleased with the attentions the president had
been paying mo We had just stopped and
were walking about when the president came
mp, ana drawing my arm through his, said to
tho young man: i must claim Miss Gardi
ners company for awhile The young man
drew OF and looked as II he would like to
! say, Well, you are impudent,' but he didn't
walked around with the president and no
| proposed then. | had never thought Of love
SO i said: No, no, no and shook my head
with each word, which flung the tassel Of my
| Greek cape into his face at every move. Ii
was undignihed, but it amused me verv
much to SEQ his expression as he tried 10
mako love to mo and the tasscl brushed his
face l did not tell my father | was his
pct, yet | feared no would blame mo for al
lowing tho president to reach the proposing
point, SO did not speak Of it to any one.
GLOW were you dressed the night the
president proposed@
Her FATHERS TRAGIC DEATH.
u woro white carleton II was very
pretty and very becoming. On my head /
wore crimson Greek cap. | was very gay
and young or | never would have dared to
toss tho tassel in a presidents face. On the
s1tfb Df Hnbrtsnssxr ~,
q party on the Potomac Everybody was
there and wc had lovely time. l told NV
father when VIC started that he must keen
with me all tho time, but did not tell him
that It was to keep the president away
was with my father and the young man who
told you was jealous Of the president, when
o gentleman came to rue and said, Miss Gar
diner, the president wishes to take YOU il to
the collation. which is just served i sun
poso will have 20 obey ORDERS ] replied
with laugh, and, asking my father to fol
low me, started down. just then tho wind
caught my veil and blew it up Father
caught it with his cane and brought it down
saying, Take care Of your streaner' They
wero almost the last words | ever heard him
speak,
when vo cot down tho tho president
seated me at the head Of tho table with him
and he handed me n glass Of champagne.
Father was standing just back Of my chair,
so handed tho glass over my shoulder, saw
ing, Here, pa. He did not take it, but he
said: Ny time will soon come He meant
his time to DO served but the words have al
ways seemed prophetic to me. That mo-
mont some ono called down for the president
to come and SEQ the last shot fired, but he said
he would not 60, as ho was better engaged.
My father started with some other gentle
mon, and turned TO the young man who had
followed mc down. He whispered TO mo and
asked me to marry him, and when / said
more noes to him than had to the president
be said no feared that / was ambitious. just
then we heard the shot and the smoke began
70 como down the companionway. Some
thing must be wrong said TO tho Young
man, and he started up to see. He got to tho
door, and he turned around and gave mosuch
a look Of horror that shall never forget il. !
lhat moment heard some one shy Tho sec i
rotary Of state is deadn l was frightened,
and lttried 70 get up stairs. Something has
happened. Let mo SO to my fatherr / cried,
but they Kept me back. Some ono told me
thai there had been an accident, tho gun had
exploded, but that there was such q crowd
that il would do no good for mo to try To get |
there. ! cried that my father was there ana |
must learl his fate. ] was told then that
ho was wounded That drove mo frantic. / |
begged them to let mo 60 to help him; that
he loved me and lie would want mo to DO
near him Ono lady, seeing my agony, said: |
My dear child, you can do no good. Your
father is in heaven
HOW PRESIDENT TYLER PROPOSED.
YES AIRS. Tyler continued, Tho had been
killed There wero Eve killed, among whom
were the secretaries OF tile navy aud state. |
tainted and did not revive until some ono |
was carrying mo of the boat, and then | |
struggled SO that almost knocked us both
of the gang plank. did not know at the
time, hut | learned afterwards that it was
the president whose life / almost consigned to |
the water All the five who were killed weru
buried from tho White House in tho con
greSsion cemetery remained at the White
House until after the funeral, and then 70 |
turned to our city home, No. AZ Lafayette
place, New York. The president and / cor
responded then and he paid me many nice |
little attentions After / lost my father /
felt differently towards the president He
seemed to Gil the place and he more agree
able in every way than any younger man
ever was or could be He composed a
very pretty song about me then-'Ssyeet |
Lady Awake At last he proposed again
and wrote him was willing this time, if
my mother would consent. She told him
that she would never consent my 60 mar
riage, but il | was determined she would not
object
Il was in deep mourning. So the presi-
dent told only ono member Of his family.
Gen. John Tyler, and | told my Immediate
fun nNrr sr4a.as