Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-07-21

she i5 hroWD a5 MIS-. oala NleNeAs' AN'4As
resumed her maiden name while playing
in Tire GiimseI-Davies company with
which combination she has been travelling
for six years.
When touched on the subject Of her
marriage with Mt. Heenan, she said:
81 have Often bad reporters ssk Tor an
Interview On this subject, but I fail to see
whs. possible interest it can have for the
public"
"Your husband was once the central fig
ore Of the worlds pugihshc interest, as
Sullivan is now"
'.He wss NOT my husband then" she Ee-
plied. quickly. At did aotmarry him IN
tl1S62"
"Whsn did you rect NJ. Heenan?'
AZ vss q mere gTl, playing at Laura
Keene's Theatre IN New York, when was
told thst MI Heenan came often 10 the
theatre 90 see me on the stage. Ihe idea
seemed ridiculous, ss ! was 80 slight and
srnsll sad not playing parts where l show
Cd to much advantage. One night De &C
ing bis cbsllenQe TO the world
y cislked everything connected with
the ring and thought ths. all those psople
ought o bs in the var where there Was
real feAtitg. I told the manager / was
going 20 gst off JOKE At Heenan's expense
and BE- forbad- me, as ne said Heenan was
a good patfon Of the place and people often
came osee aim 81 the audience. l couldn't
help dcirg %, however aud / was able 70
do so without changing word 10 my
part. When I csne to the line, which
read: AL able.bodisd men ought TO tight
for their country, / rendered IL this way:
AN aSls-bodied men ought to hght'-
then turning 10 HeeuGn's box and walk
inc over towards Sc, / coriiueu II louder
tone-for their country"
THE easct was instantaneous On The
audience, and a grea. shOot went up aud
general hand-ciapping Haenan put nis
hands 60 his face ard bust cut Laughing,
and when the aud ecce ceased 80 applaud
ne clspped his hands approylngly and TINS
started another Outbugst, and even the
manager, who threatened 30 discharge me
fl guyed Hesusn, / saw laughing behind
the scenes. 10 was IN play called me
Seven Sisters, burlssque.
Next DAY lady in the company, whose
husband knowCd Hsenan, told me that
Keenan, desired 81 introduction. l de-
clinef. as ] bsd h0rIO; Of fighters, but
the request wss renewed ard 1 sent back
VOID that when be gave up gaming and
Drizs-fghtiug 7 would be glad 20 meet
him. euppOssd nothing would come OF
this. but next d.g I received marked
copy OF Wilkes SDirifQf tie Times. 10 which
the announcement was made tna- Hesnan
had Withdrawn hi5 challenge % the weird
and bad also sold ont hia interest N =
Gambling saloon IN New York.
az IVES quite astonish,d d, ard being ye.
GIRL wss also blessed, for it 1Attsred my
vanity that while me wnCle country Was
wondering why Hgenen had withdrawn
mis- challeoge 10 the world, alone krew
the real cause. He was presented 70 ne
that afternoon, and l Was surprised to
meet man 50 gentle and manly, and after
sdmiring him week or two I fell hope
lessly In love and secretly married him,
for nv parents opposed the match. An
odd selection this giant made for vile
I only weighed 10 pounds at the time.
II seemed queer That he should nave ever
admired RE
There was a look in the wOmar's eyes,
however. that Gid not make the matter
seem so strange after all.
Did you know much Of his early h,s-
toryY''
'.No. then; but he told me tha. his iath-
err was ths superintendent Of tie foundry
AZ Troy. where they made cannon. He
was i.sulte5 one night IN Troy Hhen
mere boy and knocked g me1 down. Tbs
man lav 70 still after che blow that Heen-
au thcugci bs ha6 kill q him, AID fled the
country, coming 10 California. Iae man
was Only e.uaned, however, and wse
around the next day, but Heeusn did not
learn ibis until sitter ne wes Ia California
NV Husband wss well educated, and ought
never 70 nave been 8 fighter. His chief
hobby, strange as it may appear was as
troDouv. end he studied al The books he
could pet on TIE science and made ne DO
the same. The ambition Of his life was to
own a BIG telescope he wrote beautiful
letters. No; l should never allow them to
90 into print. Their contents are Scored
between us
did he not fight King after 1902
eyes, he broke his promise to me. II
yOu are q married man ycu know how sol
EMMY promises are made before marriage
aud how often they are broken. He kept
the matter from me a. long rs possible and
then saw the announcement in the news
papers Ii was terrible news 20 me, and
on the dey of the sght was almost insane.
II was at brighton, ard rs 1 walked the
streets I ssw posted up in front Of asport-
iug-house King wins l reelCd into 3
store, sat down IN q chair and burst out
crying The fight itself was bad enough,
hat to think that be had lost was terrible
% Z never dreamed the man walked that
could thrash him
at telsgrsphed him that 1 wss coming,
for nv place wss ut his side. went 20 s
plscs called, ! think, Tunbridge Wells,
rear the scene Of the battle, bu, toe party
had zone 20 LoudCn. and followed him
As came IN he burst ont laughing, and
said: Well, old woman, this Is a pretty
kettle Of fish, One side Of his face was
swollen, that was ell, sad be was not half
Silsd, Is I had feared. lie said that be
feared he had been plugged, ss he WAS
drOWsy going 20 theIing and felt sleepy all
she while After his defeat he yOmited
terribly, vel had received no body biow'.
lie always regretted that the contents Ct
his stomach had not been analysed.
"He taught ma 20 swing Indian clubs
and use dumbbells-smauc clubs and smsll
bells always. He put me in better health
bv proper exercise until I Weighed 145
pounds. He died from hemOrThage on the
main. near Grsen River, U,ah. was IN
England. lie cabled ne that he was sill