New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-21
A1LEyrHoRxDIKE RIcEs BoYHooD.
NIB. GEORGE TICKNoR CURTIS RDEVrEs SOME OF
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II IS great pity that inc PROFANITY 70 Ss ~
10 such an unfouIdod rgnaroe a. that In The HeH-
York Times OF to-day, concerning Tue ls'o ' ~ ~
cannot DO revived Without giving pain 20 LIVING per
sons however uuthuliy II may be i@h ana %hsn u
| indiSnauon' / knew Mr. Thoudlke Rlces father
| ana monet before they were marrtoi was their
| ne,chbor I'm Baton when their child WAS born.
knew the fanil.ea both Sides ana knew az INC 4nr
tho cfrcumstAncos attending Mrs H,S" u'P Lii T
hui little concerning Mrs. Rice but a. The account
a. . ~, ryssS TenTnsruty her Lu ,hand as q sort Of a
H., 4"t IA Te,r,.sbts her As freed D. leave him,
shall take II upon 20 contradict 30 much OF INC
story reIAtos to one OF The most aiaO'e worthy anu
Innocent Young men ! ever knew. " ,
HsnTy Rcs was the Of Boston merchant OF
80 .houT i've or aX and twenty when he HRrrod
Miss ThOrpdike. She granddaughter OF lALTI
ThorrdlEn very wealthy merchant IN boston. The
g,isg teoh niSoe 30 Tho spring Of 1850 thry nine
years ago Tho newly married couple went 70 Europe
an welding tour | was Ia London whom they arrived
tbere. and met them at dinner Al tho house Of Mr.
Russell Sturgis In Portland Place Trey travelled
FOR time On m s H m RIG. wa v rG much
in love with his wife. and this wa apparent TO all
Sood 't aat before their marriage Mira Rice vas not
much IN love with the young man whom Ghc accepted
s sSd 81. sHS chose RSI marry HIM Tho '' sSd
wAA born after they returned TO Boston
thap two. or At most three years old Mrs Rice sud
denly left Boston. taking her child with her. and her
husband engaged for several years in fruitless
I think am qualified to speak with some certainty
Of Mr. Rces fondncss for his wife. Soon after their
engagement dnod day at his fathers house. with
other young people who werc In the same society and
evident TO us all that he was deeply in loye with her.
not much attached 10 him. Young people at such
times pretty apt to know good deal about each
other. MISS ThOrndike was handsome girl and very
After Tie lapse of The period required by tho law OF
count OF his wifes doScTtOn OF him. lie never
married again. He died early, and every ono in the
society In which thoy both belonged was aware that
the loss Of hts wife and child made him BROKEN
hearted man. He was entirely blsInelesS In the
without any conceAlment, somewhere in Germany,
and eventually she married a German who lad been
been man Of much forUe OF character, and 10 have
had more influence over The lady than any one else
very painful death in consequence of her clothes uc
There is a long and circUmstanual account In "The
Timcs'so narrative about a Mr.. Kelley. OF Vermont
who Is said TO have aided Mrs Rice IN conccAllng
herself and her child from the detectives who were
employed by her husband; and her escape Is rrp.
dea,ha This dark lnslnualion It would puzzle IN,
writer I'm "The Tmcs7 10 explain | never heard
that Henry Rice employed "dctectlyes." such per.
were not s nd ni hcr Tn ire 'd NINA M
dcavor ~ all proper means 10 find HIS wife and child
There may 5sped os Mrs. Rice to conceal % Sera Sn
her chnd and to get away 10 Europe for she must
Srbs Tnes's" article represents the search to have
h.sr rnadg when tho boy was eight years old Pun
Ibe TACT is she left Boston and took away her chd
h,n he was AT most not than or three wear,
oId The boy never was In this country again until
after no had grown up and lad talon druor al
va AW that part Of tho story In The Tines about
,.,Nsrs from Mr. Rice's mother acknowledging Mr..
oIeS,s services and years afierward sent 20 Thorn
III Pic who suppressed them. aud the nonsenSe
a ,nt the danger OF poison Incurred by Mrs Rice IN
huou tt,.b,nds house. Is bogh II win be received
htt nhnr.oT and ind rnation by every living member
w 10th families for they all know. do the persons
IN
on ot' hat Henry Rice was a most excellent young
Hon and that his wlfes dcSertlon OF him was en-
HpI,, Az IN a certain waywAriness in her hispOSi.
Un' IT, was never suspected intimafed that she
Ind brsn lcd hrtray By some one else. The grosser
IT, % nddslIty 10 her husband was never imputed
20 her. pEDo6ebE AASh-'oh |"ht4S'