Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-06
BOUND BY AN OATH.

pie, July I, 1859;
DEAR Mn pHUs-My dear child has |
acquainted mowith your very hattorinq |
proposal aud am rricvcd 10 the heart |
that cannot say to you. "Tako her and |
be happy Had forosocn the danger |
Of your valued friendship for her ripon. |
ing into love should have told YOU
earlier what IL becomes my melancholy |
duty 90 say 10 you Bow-your career e !
ON insuporablo objection to the mar.
rage. She can mover become tho wife
of hnrristcr.
OF course | am aware that e IL OK.
ocpti0nnl for an actress mother 10 10.
fuse her blessing on grounds like these
Il know that It Is my little Ncllio's
profession and not your own which Il
more usually esteemed an obstaclo-but
when you have heard my explanation
you will admit its forco and o1onuratc
inc, ] ana sure, from any suspicion OF
coldncss or indifference
! am bound by a dcathbed OATH
When married my lato husband, he,
like yourself. was at the bar. was an
unsophiaticatcd girl vt the timo--in an.
pcamnco much what my Nellie Is today
but while she, as popular ingcnuc.
Is IN receipt ~ substantial Income.
was pcnnl!ess and dependent on his
support
lie had no influence; his struggles
wcro pitiful
will not weary you with the tale Of
the misery we endured. His talent,
given no chance to display ITSELF was.
have often thought, q misfortune rather
than boon Ho who should have taken
hlk ut five and thirty and risen to the
bench 10 years later. was forced to toll
far into the night In order 90 earn
guinea fee. Conscious Of his ability and
oppressed hy the sight Of tho wrutchcd.
ucs ho had inflicted on the wife he
loved and tho daughter who had sprung
from the union. he lost spirit and
health Murose and disappointed, his
Last Illness came almost ne a release,
but before he died hu made me take a
solemn vow. IL was that his child should
mover b. given to u member Of tho legal
profession.
You may reply that you arc succeed.
ing that your means nro sufficient Tor
young couples simple wants-that does
not free mo from my sacred undertake.
ing. Mr.. prius, II can mover be. Aud
trust o. you, / appeal 70 your good feel
ing and your honor. 10 abstain from
sooiug my httlo Nollio any more. With
kind regards and sincere regrets. / TO.
main very truly yours,
MATILDA ST EvRrMoSp.
IT. St. Evromond. o Pandora Road,
Shepherds Bush, TO Captain Maurice
Fairhrain, nh, JCrmyn Street. W..
May 10, 1905
DEAR CIPTAN FAmnRAIS--I have
just learned from my child OF tho honor
of your proposal, and let me say at once
that / know no man 10 whom ! would
moro gladly conAdc the happiness Of
her life am the more anxious that
you should believe this assurance DO.
cause ana compelled to tell you sho eau
never be your wife, and l wish you to
understand that am helpless In tho
matter
| ann bound by denthbed oath.
let mo explain; When | married my
lato husband. he like you, was In tho
army A young man and young, UNI
sophisticated girl, we fell IN love nt
cuuuiry ball and welded without
thought ol consequences He was hand.
some, popular and practically pennies.
and It was not long before ! discovered
also that he was deeply Ia debt
His father. who idolizod him. freed
him from his embarrassment, for tho
second time heard, hut with his last
effort tho old mans powers Of assist
mco came to an end, and In o year there
were ouburassmouts again.
viii not detail the history Of my
poor husbands dnicultios-the history
Of young fellow placed IN an cxpcn.
dvc regiment and tempted 10 oxtraya.
cameo by tho example Of bosom friends,
whose position mado their companion.
ship u curse. will only say that In his
last years, disuacod and broken heart.
cd. Il was 10 his mistaken choice OF
profession that he always attributed his
ruin, and before ho died he called mo
To him and bound me by formal vow. IL
was that whom his child was marringca-
bio she should never be given to a mill.
tary man. shall always keep that
sacred pledge l gave In tho chamber OF
DEATH feel that nothing can absolyo
me from it-and It is my painful duty
10 beg you not to approach my little
Nellie again, sympathizo with mo in
my distress, Captain Fairbrain, and be-
love me souowfully yours,
MATILDA ST. EyBEMoSp.
Mira ST. Eyrcmond, 9 Pandora Road,
shepherds Bush, to Harley Haros.
foot, Esq, Corinthian Thoator, Picca.
dilly sept 2, 1891;
DEAR Mr. HABEsFooT-My child in.
forms mo thnt You proposed to her in
the omnibus last night, and that you
prp anxious % marry each other without
lolly am compelled TO tell you that
your vocation makes IL impossible She
can mover bo the wife Of an actor
ana bound by doathbed oath.
Since my little Nellie is In tho pro.
fcssion, TOO, this may astonish you, but |
am speaking In accordance with her
poor fathers wish
When married my late husband, he,
like yourlOf, was on tho stage Ours
was not happy union, ] confess it
frankly, yet we loved zach other at tho
beginning dearly enough.
Dependent upon o precarious profess
sion, we were forced 10 take what offers
wo could got-to accept separate engage
monts, to live apart, ono In the north
when the other was In the south, ono