Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-29

SSlu or US. You do not know now
rile the world is. DO TOOK ltp the ldlCS.
Let the rest keep. Did you look into
the laws of Massachusetts, and New
York? Answer this tonight. l have
at last thought of the only man on
earth whom we can both trust for wit
ness. he Is man l can telegraph for
to come TO Boston if we find it neces-
Sary. He is man and he adores every
member Of my family. / have known
him since I was child. He would go
any place with US and no one know.
He never would breath it as long as he
lived. II you say so l will give him a
gentle hint that will need his services
for an emergency, but not tell him for
what"
When they reached New York after
they had fled from Augusta, she eau
toned my son not to forget the $50
gold piece IN a little box for Ducey;"
and TO "look in the pocket Of your gray
clothes for the ring"-in short she took
charge of every matter and directed
all the proceedings to the last minutiae.
IL was thus that a boy of seventeen
years and ten months, in some respects,
inexperienced even for his age, was
tempted from his school books and his
tutor and blindly led 10 the altar by a
young woman Of full twenty-one years,
with entire secrecy contrived by herself
and with all the inStrumentalities OF
her device complete and exact.
Mr.. Blaine then says when an effort
was made TO annul the marriage on ac-
count OF his sons youth, the assertion
was made that il was too late for any
proceedings 10 set aside the marriage,
because after the marriage the bride
instead of retaining to her mother had
taken passage for Boston with the
groom on one Of the night steamers on
Long Island Sound. She returned from
Boston 10 New York the following day;
he came on home to Augusta. This
fact was learned for the first time by
Walker, a boys modeSty having pre-
vented my son James from bringing it
TO my knowledge.
Mr.. Blaine then goes on TO show by a
somewhat minute statement OF facts
and dates what he declares to be the
falSity of the assertion that Mrs. Blaine
broke up the marriage relations Of the
son and his wife. She did not see her
daughter-in-law until May, 1887, eight
months after the marriage, when being
in New York, the latter called upon her
twice during her two days stay.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine returned
from Europe, fourteen months later, he
found his son had spent his allowance
and was il debt. 1t was then arranged
that both my son and his wife should
come down 20 Augusta and have their
future determined at family council.
Within two or three days | learned
the details Of the dismal failure OF their
New York life, and after full cOnSulta-
tion with Mrs. Blaine, and with their
free approval, proposed that they
should come 20 live at Augusta and
occupy our old home. The house being
large / proposed 10 pay for fuel and
light and the wages Of man, and |
would furnish them with a horse and
carriage. l also assured them,
in addition, the sum Of $500
a year until my son should
be able 10 earn an income of that
amount. We then learned that during
our absence in Europe he had become
gradually estranged from her and her
refusal to accept the residence in Au-
gusta was merely the last Of long Sc
ries of disagreeReuts which threatened
to make their united life impossible,
and which led finally TO a separation.
During the two weeks my sons wife
STAYED in Augusta IL became patent TO
every member of my family, and TO
every visitor and TO no one more than
myself, that a separation was the least
disaster TO be dreaded.
The immediate occasion OF her de-
parture was my sons going TO Bangor
at my request on Friday, Aug. 81, with
some documents for which l tele-
graphed II was occupied with the cam
uaign OF the State,) and he continued
with me to Ellsworth where / was to
sneak on Saturday, the first OF Septem-
her. There being a violent rain storm,
the meeting at Ellsworth was post
poned 10 Monday, September 3. James
spent the interval at Bar Haroor and l
remained at Ellsworth. Ga Monday al
ternoou after the meeting James re-
turned with me to Augusta and arrived
atll D. m, only 10 learn that his wife
had gone 10 New York at p. m, but S
hours before. She knew well that James
would be at home that night.
Mrs. Blaine had strongly disapproved
of her departure, aud had earnestly
prged her 10 remain. She did not dream
that our son would not follow his wife,
or that imminent final separation
would come so soon, but she deprecated
the angry. and 10 us at least, sudden de-
parture, and the journey 10 New YORK
alone with the infant and nurse. she
did not, however, suspect that the
voung woman left with any less friend
iy feeling toward herself than towards
eyerv other member Of the family, eX-
cept my son James.
Finding the young woman deter
mined 20 90, and foreSeeing the dlfhcul-
ties in my path since my daughter-in-
law utterly declined the provision l
made for their support, Mrs. Blaine re-
neatedlv offered TO take the child Tor
one wear or life, and that she would put
his mother under no conditions what
ever. and that whenever she wished the
child returned 10 her he should be sent.
The offer was not accepted, but IL was
NOT declined. II appeared TO be re-
caived in the same friendly spirit In
which it was given. Thus my daush-
ter-in-law left my home, the only home
which my son could provide for her
She left behind her for my son note
whose temper and tone are sufficiently
indicated by single extract: "Non
knew when you left what the conse-
onence OF your trip to Bar Haroor
would be. What business had you at
Bar Harbor. Why did you not tele-
-ranh me and not let me lie awake till
nsarIv 4 o'clock. You shall live to re-
gret ali this. You have broken the
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