The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11

and in fact destroying his whole future.
Young Mrs. Blaine replied Madam, you
are very mucn older tat l am, and the
mother of my husband besides, | am a
guest in your house
ITO this the other lady rejoned: Yes.
you are a guest i'll my house. You were q
guest of mine at the New York hotel you
we're guest of mine when you lived in
Flfty-third street; and in New Jersey last
summer You were always my guest.
The very breath you breathe you owe to
me-
Mrs. Blaine's rejoiner was to the effect
that she had always su posed it customary
for American husbands to support their
wives, and was answered with the remar k
that American girls were not in the habit
of marrying husbands in the way that she
had done.
The result of all this was that Mrs
Blaine, Jr., spent most of her time IN tears,
and when Saturday came without the re-
turn of her husband, she was distracted and
took the o'clock train for BOstol, en-
route to New y ork, where she joined her
father and mother at the New York
hotel. By this action she did not, she
claims, intend to leave her husband, and in
fact left word for him to JOIN her in New
York, and also telling him what had hap
pened.
From that day to this she says that she
has heard nothing, either from her husband
or his family, ami that the BlaineS have not
contributed ! cent toward the support of
herself or child
"When no word came from her husband
or his family, Mrs. Blaine consulted Col,
Robert g. lngersoll and Gen. Pryor, who
took up her cause out of pure sympathy.
These gentlemen wrote to Mr.. Blaine, Sr
and asked him to what cause such treat
ment of their client was due. Mr.. Blaine
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husband and therefore had no further claim
upon him, At the advice of her counsel,
who told Mrs. Blaine that she
had done wrong in leaving the
home provided for her by her husband,
no matter what treatment she had been
subjected to by her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Blaine took her mother, her maid and her
cIild and returned to Augusta When sue
got to her father-in-law's house, she was
met by Mrs Blaine who asked her by what
right she came there. Young Mrs. Blaine
demanded an interview with her hu band,
but her mother-in-law rushed upstairs and
locked the door Of the room where Young
Blaine was. His wife went to the door
raped ana begged the young man just for
one word. She received no answer, and
finally becoming hysterical, was assisted
out to the carriage by her mother and
driven at once to the deDot
Then came e problem of what Young
Mrs BIai o could do. She had herself and
child to support aud no substantial source
Of income, her father having large family
and comparatively small income. At
tn juncture Gen. Pryor was again con-
suited, and upon learning that Mrs. Blaine
Jr., had a talent for theetucals aud had
already made success on the amateur
stage, inquired further into the subject and
finding that she could Immediately secure a
good engagement at fair salary, he adj
vised her to adopt the stage as profession
Mrs. Blaine, as a conseque 1ce, has con-
tract already signed by which she IS guar
anteed an immediate salary, percentage
of the profits and the expenses Of herself,
her child, her maid and secretary for a
period of two years. At the end of that
time, however, the manager reserves the
right to renew the contract with her if he
should see fit.
Since his separation from his wife young
Blalne's life In Augusta has been one that
would bore most men extremely. For weeks
he might be seen most any afternoon in the
streets of Augusta with an expression which
seemed to indicate that very few phases of
life interested him