Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-31
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uniformly pleasant, and 1 had never
been otherwise than courteous and
kind, as became lady. Such atten-
tions as l proffered you had been ac-
cepted in the spirit they were given, I
presumed, and you had invited me to
your house and asked my assistance in
entertaining your guests, which you re-
ceived without a demand on my part.
At this very time must believe you
were permitting unworthy accusations
to be poured into your ear-by whom L
neither care to inquire, nor would 1
listen were their names told me. There
are always people in every community
incapable of believing it in others, of
minds too narrow to admit what they do
not know anyone else can know.
Fortunately, my selection of friends
and acquaintances does not knowingly
admit such; therefore. / have been hap
PLY unaware OF the talk which you say
"the town" is full of. l must be per-
mitted here to say that to me ''the
town" only means those whom they
know. l presume, though, | have not
been in the habit of go designating my
circle.
admit my surprise that you called at
| such moment and in euch manner en-
ter upon-auch q theme, and my pity for
| you that you could allow yourself to be
made unhappy made me impulsively
say that would see you on your return;
but, my dear, there is no necessity for
our ever meeting again, for> nave
neither defense nor apology to make
you.
If you have unfortunately lost your
husbands love it has not been through
nae, and l think if you dispaesionately
reflect, uninfiuenced by others, you will
candidly admit the truth of this.
l cannot help feeling sorry for any
woman who would admit such thing
to any other woman living, even if she
knew it to be fact. So little has it
been a matter of interest to me that l
have always taken it for granted that
you were both devoted to each other,
and certainly, slight as our acquaintance
has been with each other, l should new
er have permitted any one to question it
in my presence without silencing them
at once.
My training has been very lar above
looking upon any gentleman with whom
| l became acquainted as possible lover,
but that L,should not make them my
friends never crossed my mind. In fact,
treat all, both men and women, when
l meet them, as part of the world live
in, to either add to my interest or pleas
ure, or to be passed by as not congenial,
confining my special interest to so select
few that there is little or no danger of
trespassing upon others domains.
Before closing, little as it is in keep
ing with my custom. must refer
to your extraordinary and excited
question in regard to being at San
Bernardino at the same i time
as your husband. The absurdity of
your tragic manner is most amusing as
l think OF it. Do you really think it
possible that should refrain from the
frequent excursions 1 am in the habit
of making from time to time because
your husband or any one else's might
be going either for business or pleasure
in the same direction? My going to
San Bernardino was no secret. l met
dozen people knew. Well might Mrs.
s. demand an explanation as you,
for her husband was there all the time
that my daughter and / were. And
most attentive was he in his desire to
show me all the beauties of the snow
covered country which we had gone to
gee.
Your position is simply Incompetent
sible to me. That you could, at the
moment OF starting away on pleasure
journey with your husband, so far for
get what was due to yourself and him az
to express yourself as you did to any one
absolutely astounds me.
Let me be entirely frank with you,
and say once Tor all that the kind help
given me by your husband in my busi-
ness matters made not only me but
every member OF my family so grateful
to him that it is q pleasure on every oc-
casion to welcome him as a friend and
honor him as such in public and in pri-
vate.
In my own home, on the street, when
travelling, in others houses, ehall al
WAYS be proud to meet him, and when
ever can serve him acknowledge his
claim. The community among whom /
have lived for 20 years know me too we'll
and esteem me too highly to be effected
by the scandalous idle gossip of small
neighborhood or the envious detraction
of those who really enjoy disturbing
happy homes, even if they heard it; and
1 assure you, my dear madam, that if
others had been as careful OF your hap
piness az / have been, you could scarcely
have reached your present condition in
lifetime.
Trusting that the opportunity you
have had of being constantly with your
husband may have enabled you to re-
gain whatever you thought you had lost,
am very truly yours,
MARY o. III. SToNEMAN.
Los Angeles, May 81. 1890.
THE FINDINGS OF THE COURT.
| The findings of the court were as fol-
lows:
| First-From the evidence the court
finds that the defendant, on or about the
month of August, 1889, willfully and
without cause deserted the plaintiff, and
that-t they have not cohabited since said
date, and the defendant has without
cause refused to cohabit with the plain
tiff during said time, and that said acts
OF refusal and separation are desertion.
| Second-Each and all allegations of
the complaint filed herein, charging
seid defendant with undue intimacy
with Mary 0 H Stoneman at any time
or in any place are untrue and false in
every particular.
Tbird-That each and every of the al
legations of cruelty upon the part OF the