The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-28
FAIR Phoebe AND FAIR.
Miss cOuzins Tells of Her Love for
the Late Ex-senator.

the Late Ex-senator.
San Francisco Correspondence Chicago
Times-Herald.
The Call publishes a long story telling
OF the affection that existed between the
late James G. Fair and Miss Phoebe
Couzins. the weT-known lecturer and
woman's rights advocate. According to
the Call they were engaged to be married,
and only the death of the millionaire
prevented the wedding. Miss Couzins is
at present in San Jose taking care Of her
brother. who is H.. To Call reporter she
told Of her affection for Mr.. Fair. She
told her story freely. candidly and with
out hesitancy. Before speaking about
herself she said.
II will begin by stating that there were
many condolences between Mr.. Fair and
myself which cannot touch upon at all
He told me all about his lfe-his sue
cess. his failures, his joys and his sor-
rows. From those condolences 1 concluded
that he had been more sinned against
than SHINING.
Il first met Mr.. Fair in the Riggs house.
Washington. ID. c., in 1888, while he was
q United States senator from Nevada. l
took liking to him at once. The defects
pletely overwhelmed by his natural great
ness, as / saw him. l soon admired him
very much, and l could see that he also
liked to be in my company, and seemed to
take an interest in my work, and in my
views of social and political questions.
But this our first friendship, did not
grow AT once to anything more or warmer
than mutual admiration. In the course
of a few months we parted as true
friends. He returned to Nevada and Cal
ifornla and l resumed my work in differ
ent parts of the world. Several years
passed and we did not meet until some
time after my mothers DEATH"
Miss Couzins then related her trouble
with the worlds fair board of lady man
ayers and her efforts to have the bill
passed by congress to secure payment
for her services as secretary. She ap-
piled to Fair for political assistance, and,
although he said he had no such infiu-
ence, he wrote very kindly and asked her
to correspond with him. She responded
''And this" Miss Couzins resumed after
a pensive pause, Opened the correspond
| ence between us which eventually led to
our betrothal For some time after that
letters passed between us at regular in
tervals, and the spirit of the correspond
ence grew warmer and more confidential
with each letter.
shortly after returning to Chicago 1
received a letter from Mr.. Fair in which
he stated that he would soon see me, and
! that he was coming with serious inten-
] lions to ask my hand and heart in mar
riage. Mr., Fair, accompanied by his Sec
retaries, Bresse and Angus. and I think
Mr.. Crothers, arrived in Chicago May
/ Z, 1893, and took apartments at the Grand
Pacific. MIR Fair Immediately sent me
/ his card ! met him in one of the par
! lors, and he expressed great happiness at
! seeing me again. He told me then and
there that he had come all the way from
California for the purpose of asking me
/ to become his wife. L told him l would
/ give him a definite answer within a few
/ days, and directly intimated that he need
not have fear OF my final decision. He
/ seemed very much pleased at this"
/ Then Miss Couzins told how Mr. Fair
/ was taken i'll a few days after this and
/ sent for her to nurse him; how she minis
/ tered to his wants in spite of the OBJ
/ jections of his secretaries, who endeav-
/ ored to keep her from. him.
when Mr.. Fair had recovered suffi-
GENTLY TO enable him to be up and walk
! around. he called me aside one day.
/ L want TO settle up my affairs he said.
/ in such a manner that l shall do justice
! to all my family connections. | love my
/ family ana l want to make provision for
| them. 1 love you. and l want to pro-
/ vide for you at all hazards. so that finan-
/ cial troubles can never come to you. l
want you to be my wife win you marry
/ me?"
II answered. Yes
He then said, Thank you. We must
/ be married soon-very soon.'
But he was still more or less III ana
this prevented our early marriage. one
evening when he was feeling much better
we sat together and talked about the
! worlds fair and he said we must see all
/ OF 1t together, and that as his own dear
and gifted little wife I should explain ali
/ the items of interest with which he was
4 not acquainted, from an historical point