St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-29


prepared to say that the marriage was
arranged by her far more than by my
son; that she did everything to promote
1t; suggested every arrangement; an
ticipated and provided for every emer-
gency; and that, in fact, but for her
personal and untiring agency the mar
| riage would never have taken place. In
this she showed knowledge and fore
thought not to be expected in woman
of twenty-one years. Within ten days
after her arrival in Augusta, within one
week from the day she first met my son,
she was adjuring him thus for several
successive days:
Write nothing until see you. Let
me know at once about the law (of mar
riage). can't wait to hear. 1t makes
me ill.,"
Gan you come to me moment ? Am
alone. Do not send up your card"
Did you see the laws? Do not keep
up the suspense"
1.-The Bar Harbor house is perfect,
but L love the dear old place here bet
ter"
Don't ask any questions that may
lead people to suspect anything. Re
member that we are in the mouths of
every man, woman and child in Au-
gusta. Every word you speak is re-
peated and miscOnstrued. Every look
OF yours, every flush of your face is
talked of. Look into the laws only to-
morrow and perhaps one question at
! bank" (where he obtained money for
his marriage journey on my account by
inducing the cashier to advance him
funds on his memorandum. thing he
had never learned to do before he met
Miss Nevins).
The World rs Vile.
"All else can wait. Oh, do be care
full. L feel now all sorts of dreadful
things are said of us. You do not know
how vile the world is. DO look up the
laws. The rest keep"
did you look into the laws of Massa-
chusettS and New York? l am sure not.
Answer this tonight"
II have at last thought of the only
man on earth whom we can both trust
| graph for to come to Boston, if we find
it necessary. He is a man, and he
adoles every member of my family. II
l have known him since l was
child. He would goany place with US
and none know. He never would
breathe it as long as he lived. If you
say so l will give him gentle hint that
l will need his services for an emergen-
! cy. but not tell him for what"
do write me at once what the New
| York law was and the forfeit. Answer
| at once"
When they reached New York. after
| they had fled from Augusta, she eau
! toned my son not to forget the $50 gold
piece in little box for Ducey. and look
in the pocket of his gray clothes for the
ring" In short, she took charge of
every matter, and directed all the pro-
ceedlngS to the last minute. 1t was
| thus that boy of seventeen years and
| ten months, in some respects iheXperi-
| enced even for his age, was tempted
from his school books and led to the
altar by a. woman of full twenty-one
years. with entire secrecy contrived by
herself and with all the instrumental
ties of her device complete and exact.
! New York, as / have related in the
! Ducey letter, his object was to see
whether this marriage ofmy youngest
son might not be invalid, or
Could Not BE AnnuIled.
by reason of his youth. 1t was met with
| the assertion that it was too late for any
because, after the marriage. the bride,
instead OF returning to her mother, had
taken passage for Boston with the groom
| on one OF the night steamers on Long
Island sound. propose next to show
by a somewhat minute statement of
facts and dates the falSity of the asser-
ton that Mrs. Blaine broke up the mar
| riage relations of my son and his wife.
She did not see her daughter-ln-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. The next time
4,
later When about to sail for
Europe on the Sth of June she was a
single day in New York and saw the
young woman on taking leave. At the
| end of fourteen months we returned
| from Europe and stopped two or three
days in New York. We found that, in
our absence, my son had not only spent
his entire allowance. but that he was
deeply in debt. 1t was then arranged
that both my son and his wife should
come down to Augusta and have their
future determined at family council.
They arrived in Augusta Saturday, the
18th of August. Mrs. Blaine was alb
sent from home on visit. and returned
Monday afternoon, the Goth, SO that she
saw James wife
For the First Time
in Augusta on the evening of Aug. 90.
| w ibLll WV VI GllCC QolS L LIl6
| details of the dismal failure of their
New York life, and. after full consulta-
ton with Mrs. Blaine. and with her free
approval, proposed that they should
| come to live at Augusta and occupy our
old home. L had summer house at
Bar HarDor, and, as / intended to spend
all my winters in Washington, this
house would be vacant if they did not
occupy it. The house being large, l
proposed to pay for fuel and light and
the wages of a man servant: and i
would furnish them with a horse
and carriage. l also assured
them, in addition, the sum of
$500 year until my son should be
able to earn an income of that amount.
l made the proposition while we were
sitting on the lawn, with my sons wife
but few feet distant. My son went
Immediately over to her, and l know
that he told her i'll detail just what my
offer was. Her reply was that she
would not stay in Augusta on any con-
sideration. He was very much discon-
certed by her decision, and for the first
time informed his mother and myself
of his discomfort and unhappiness,
fact which was not before
known, but which was not
received with surprise. We then learned
that during our absence in Europe he
had become gradually eStranged from
her, and her refusal to accept the resi-.
dence in Augusta was merely the last OF
long series of disagreements which
threatened to make their united life i'm.
possible, and which led finally to sep
aration. Disaster is the only legitimate
conclusion of such marriage. During
the two weeks that my sons wife staid
at Augusta it became patent to every
| mo har of INV 70 plilu nd tn ~,
itor, and to no one more than myself
that separation was the least disaster
to be dreaded. The Immediate
Occasion Of Her Departure
was my sons going to Bangor at my re
quest Friday, Aug. 81, with some docu
ments for which L photographed Il was
occupied with the campaign of the
state), and he continued with me tt
Ellsworth, where l was to speak on Sat
urday, the 1st of September. There be
| ing a violent rain storm the meeting