Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-09

/ In little while you will be relieved of all
! the annoyances that give you, but just
now, for the love of God, do that which ash
OF you.
ANXIOUS ABOUT THE LETTER
Nine D'Albret should Immediately remf,
the money to Mr.. Delannoy, to whom shall
write as soon as receive your reply, asking
him to send me the bill OF exchange If 1t has
| not yet been cashed. For you cannot doub,
that money is very necessary to me, deal
| Therese, and that it will be better that
should receive in. England all that belongs
to me- You understand, Therese, that ]
ought to know what Booth says to me to be
able to reply at once to him. Then, too,
| ter.
What do you say to the farce trick am
| go to play him?
London. i have feared a round of furnished
rooms-thls cousin has made me think this.
have nothing to discover in London which
can be said to fr1ghten Booth. Tell this to
my aunt to be repeated to the Councillor.
Do not forget. He knows what would say.
Mrs. Booths next venture was on the
Great Western, the crack ship then crossing
the ocean. She arrived In New York while
| Mr.. Booth was playing with Mr. Forrest
the engagement of his life at the Chatham
Street Theater under the management of
| the elder Charley Thorne, now living in
| San Francisco, if I remember the date right,
and this is her own narrative of her safe
landing in America:
AWAITING BOOTHS ARRIVAL.
BALTIMORE, Dec. IL, ls46
MY DEAR THEREsE-Thank God have at
length arrived. Directly after my arrival In
New York left for Baltimore. 1 was in a
great hurry to see Richard. 1t was in the
morning took the idea to go and find him
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giving lessons in Latin and Greek. He was
there. leave you to Judge of the Joy his
presence gave me. He was very much
| moved. l had great difficulty to keep from
into the carriage which waited for me, and
Richard took me to furnished house where
he had secured lodging for me.
1t was SO delightful to be together. Booth
was playing in New York when l arrived
He is Just about to commence his winter
tour. l don't want to co anything to pre-
vent him from making money, 80 l shall
wait until he comes to Baltimore, and as
soon as he arrives my lawyer will fall on his
back like bomb Nobody here has any
notion that am the wife of the famous
tragedian. NV lawyer tells me that con
siuering the fortune which remains to him,
l may demand so francs or, If he haggles
O bout it, to take 400 francs. What do you
think of that. Therese? / desire for you and
for me to succeed: then no more care, do you
understand? / don't want to interfere with
anybody's liberty, much less that of my son.
ceed with Booth he will have an existence
assured and Richard will be FULLY at liberty
This idea gives me good deal of worry.
Richard is very good Every moment OF his
He asks me questions about all the people
in Brussels, even the most insignificant.
HEARS OF BOOTHS DIssIPAI1oNs.
While he wa travelling with his father
Booth used to sing to him the song of the
Tobacco Pipe" and also the romances that
poor sister Agatha used to sing, to the
guitar Richard has told me during the last
week all about the follies and extravagances
of B. He has barely escaped several times
being run over by carriages while he was
drunk. 1 passed through the street where
the Holmes live and saw the house. 1t has
not very grand appearance l have not
seen any one of that set. NJ. BOOTH
She never molested the great tragedian,
but waited until he came to Baltimore and
then she and Richard went together to the
theater to see him. There is, 1 think, one
man still living in Baltimore, or was, 1
think, few years ago, who witnessed the
meeting between them. 1t was a very
stormy session so far as Mr. Booth was con-
cerned, so this old manager once told me.
Mr.. Booth urging her to return to Europe
and she pleading for the recognition of the
legitimacy of her child. He refused and
they parted forever. 1t takes three years, 1
believe, for person to acquire residence
in Maryland before bringing suit for divorce.
She had probably been told this fact, for
after leaving her husband she and Richard
went up on West Baltimore street, out of
the expensive part of the city, and rented
some rooms in a plain house and sat down
for three years watching the clock, every
tick of which must have seemed to them to
be laden with lead.
A VERY MODEST LIFE
Richard earned very humble living by
teaching languages, and they were as happy
together as possible under the circum-
stances. Here is her own tale of life there:
al WEST BALTIMORE STREET,,
BAL, U. S., Nov. 1919.
MY DEAR THERESE-Richard writes this
letter at my dicta ton, because my sight is q.
little weak. l have delayed writing as long
as possible. Before quilted Brussels l told
you that if succeeded with my husband
would take care OF you. l have succeeded
SO little that here, after more than a year /
have not received cent. My affairs are SO
much embarrassed by the death of my
bility Of determining the time of my de-
parture hence. Richard gives lessons for
which he is frequently not paid You see
My health is not very good Richard is
very delicate. The climate is bad The
only thing which is cheap here is meat.
Mutton is 25 to so centimes pound, beef 40.
l pay for Two rooms on the second floor, not
furnished, 25 francs, and they are still un-
carpeted, the walls whitewashed; this is not
good, is it? We go to the theater with
tickets which are given US. Amusements
are very dear. We 90 to mass at the Cathe-
dral. l have nobody to help me. l do the
housework alone and it is very fatiguing,
seeing that l have to go up and down two
flights of stairs for water and to the cellar
for wood. Richard helps me little. /
make and remake my own dresses; in a
word, am always at work and never idle.
don't uppose there is another woman in
the city who would take my place, who is
well enough OF and has servants. l often
have very inf1amed tongue, and l suffered
terribly with the heart during the summer.
If we remain here another summer we must
be differently lodged. 1t would kill me. You
see tell you all. When have any pleasant
news you shall share it, and, in the mean
time, be equally frank with US.
DEATH CLOSES THE BOOK.
AS soon as the long agony of waiting for
residence was over Mrs. Booth filed a bill
for divorce, and upon his own admission a
decree was granted against the great TRACE
dian, which is common property among the
court records of Baltimore. He died about
a year later, but his first wife lived with her
son six years atterward, when death closed
the singular game of life in which she had
played such pathetic part, and in its his
tory compassed the battle of Waterloo and
the War of the Rebellion in one hand
Richard, the other prominent figure of her
side of the stage in this domestic drama,
kept on as teacher of languages in a Catho-
lie seminary and in private families, until
war called him to duties of mercy in the
field, and if am correctly informed he died
while doing good deeds in Confederate
hospital William P. Maulsby, who was
his mothers counsel in the climax of this
wonderful romance in real life, was the Col
onei of the Third Maryland Infantry on the