The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-29

"bNh.yt tH.o IVY AZ ycuto, ~ cA-
perlence, in judgment, in practical ca.
pacity, leaves my homo and my care,
burdened with tho full responsibilities
OF man, with tho welfare OF woman
in his keoping."
Tho letter closes rs follows:
| AS q sorvant OF God to whose min.
istry you aro ordained l call God to
wltnoss between you and no. 0fwhat-
oyer evils resulting from this dcplor.
able marriage my son may DO tho
author or tho victim, tho guilt bo on
your head"
MARIE soiIEMED,
! Mr.. Blaine then says: When ! wrote
this letter I believed that Miss Ncvins
had no other responsibility in tho mar
riagc than in consenting to my sons up.
peal and was blamoworthy for this
alone. Since then l am prepared to
say that the'marriage was arranged by
her far more than by my son; that she
did everything to promote it suggested
fevery arrangement; anticipated and
provided for every emergency, and that,
in fact, but for her personal, active and
untiring agency tho marriage would
never have taken place. In this she
showed knowledge and forethought not
to be expected in woman Of twenty
ono years.
Within 10 days after her arrival in
Augusta, within one week from the day
sho first met my son she was adjuring
Him thus for several successive days;
Write nothing until / SEQ you. Let mo
know at once about tho law (of mar
riage(. can't wait to hear. 1t makes
me ill.,"
"Can you come to me moment, am
alone. Do not send up your card"
"Did you see tho laws? Do not keep
up the suspense"
"All else can wait. Oh! do DO care
ful. l feel now all sorts OF dreadful
things are said Of us. You do not know
how vilo tho world is. DO look up the
laws. Lot the rest keep
| "Did you look into tho laws OF Mas
sachusetts and New York; l AM sure
not. Answer this tonight"
II have at last thought OF the only
man on the earth whom we can both
trust for witness. He is n man | can
telegraph for to como to Boston II we
find it necessary. Ho is man and he
adores every member OF my family.
81 have known him since l was q
child. Ho would go any place with us
and no one know. He never would
breath it as long as he lived. II you say
SO ! will give him n 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 caution-
ed my son not to ".forget tho 500 gold
piece in 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
tho proceedings to the last minutiae
1t was thus that a boy OF seventeen
4 years and ten months. in some respects
inexperienced for his age, was tempted
| from his school books and his tutor and
blindly led to the altar by q young
woman OF full twenty-one years, with
entire secrecy contrived by herself, and
with all the instrumeptalities OF her de-
vice complete and exact. Mr., Blaine
then says when an effort was made to
annul the marriage on account Of his
sons youth, the assertion was made
that it was too late for any proceedings
to set aside the marriage, because after
the marriage the bride instead of re-
turning to her mother, had taken pas
sage for Boston with the groom on one
OF the night steamers on Long Island
Sound. Sho returned from Boston to
| New York the following day; he came
on home to Augusta This fact was
learned for the first timo by Walker, q
boys modesty having prevented my son
James from bringing tito my knowledge.
MRS. BLAINE WAS NIsRErREsENTED.
He then goes on to show by some,
what minute statement OF facts and
dates what he declares the ialsity Of the
assertion "that Mrs. Blaine broke up
the marriage relations OF my son and
his wife. She did not soc hcr daughter
in-law until May, 1887, eight months
after the marriage, when being in Now
York tho latter called upon her twice
during her two days stay.b When Mr..
and Mrs. Blaine returned from Europe
fourteen months later hc found his son
had spent his allowance and was in
debt. 1t was then arranged that both
my son and his wifc should come down
to Augusta and have their future de-
termined at q family council.
Within two or three days I learned
the details of tho dismal failure OF their
New York life, and, after iull consulta-
| ton with Mrs. Blaine, and with their
free approval, l proposed that they
should como 10 live at Augusta and oc-
cupy our old home. The house being
large, Proposed to pay Tor fuel and
light and the wages OF q man, and l
would furnish them with horse and
carriage. Ialso assured them in addi-
ton the, sum OF $500 & year until my
son should be able to earn an income
OF that amount We then learned that
during our absence in Europe ho had
become gradually estranged from her,
aud her refusal to accept the residence
| in Augusta was merely tho last OF a long
series of disagreements which threat
j cncd to make their united life impos-
sible and which led finally to scpara-
ton. III,
| During tile two weeks that my sons
| wife stayed in Augusta it became patont
TO every member OF my family and to
every visitor, and to no one more than
myself, that q separation was the least
disaster to be dreaded.
MARIE DESERTED JAMES,
Tho immediate occasion Of hor do
parturo was my sons going to Bangor
at my request on Friday. August 81,
with some documents for which / tclc-
graphed Il Twas occupied with tho cam
paign OF tho staie) and he continued
aI,it IA mo IN ENcn.nrtl ,rhnrn ,..n- Il,