St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-25
1T WAS DULY RECIPROCATEE
The Two Fell in Love During
Miss CouZinS' Worlds
Fair Row.
THE LETTERS INTERCEPTED
Senator Fair Appears to Have
Had Very Active Sec
retapieS.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.-The
Call publishes a long story telling of
the anection that existed between the
late James G. Fair and Miss Phoebe
Couzins, the we'll 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.
TO Call reporter she told of her affec-
ton for Mr.. Fair. She told her story
freely, candidly and without hesitancy.
Before speaking about herself she said:
VIII begin by stating that there
were many condolences between Mr.
Fair and myself which L cannot touch
upon at all. He told me all about his
Efe-hiS successes, his failures his Joys
and his sorrows. From these conf
dences L concluded that he had been
more sinned against than SHINING. 1
hrst met Mr.. Fair in the Riggs house
In Washington in 1883. 1 took a liking
to him at once. The defects in his
education and manners were COM
pletely overwhelmed by
HIS NATURAL GREATNESS.
as 1 saw him. 1 soon admired him
very much, and L could see he also
liked to be in my company and seemed
TO take interest in my work and in nv
views of social and political questions.
But our friendship did not at once
grow to any more than mutual admit
ration. In the course of a few months
we parted. He returned West. and
resumed my work in different parts of
the world. Several years passed be-
lore we again met"
MISS CouZlns then related her trou-
bic with the worlds fair board of lady
managers, and her efforts to have a
Dill passed by congress to secure paw
ment Tor her services as secretary
She applied to Mr.. Fair for political
assistance, and although he said he
mad no such influence, he wrote very
kindly and asked her to correspond
with him. She responded.
And this" she resumed, "opened
the correspondence which eventually
led to our betrothal. Shortly after
returning to Chicago. Mr.. Fair wrote
that he would soon see me, and that
ne was coming with serious intentions
TO ask my hand and heart in mar
rage. Mr.. Fair arrived in Chicago
May Z. 90. and took apartments at
the Grand Pacific. 1 met him in one
of the parlors, and he
EXPRESSED GREAT HAPPINESS
at seeing me again. He then told me
that he had come all the way from
California to ask me to become his
wife, l told him / would answer def
nitely in few days, and intimated
that he; need not fear the final decis-
ion"
Then Miss Couzins told how Mr..
Fair was taken i'll few days after
this, and sent for her to nurse him,
which she did in spite of the objections
of his secretaries.
when Mr.. Fair had recovered par
TALLY he said to me one day: AZ want
to settle up my affairs in such a man
ner that L shall do justice TO all my
family connections. L want TO make
fair provision for them. l love you
and want to provide for you at all
hazards. Will you marry me?"
answered yes, and he said we must be
married very soon. But he was still
i'll, and this prevented our early mar
rage. One evening when he was bet
ter. we sat and talked about the fair,
and said that as his own dear and
gifted wife I should explain all the
items of interest with which he was
not familiar. And that was the last
evening we were together On the fol-
lowing day Mr.. Fair was whisked out
of Chicago as If he had been a fugi-
tive from justice. Mr.. Fair managed
to tell me that he was called away by
very important business matters, but
that he would return very soon and
make me his wife. / never saw him
again. L received a letter from him
after he arrived in San Francisco stat
ing that he was well, and begged me to
write often. L did write, but L never
got an answer after that. 1 am posi-
lively certain that he wrote to me also,
but the letters were undoubtedly in
tercepted. His secretaries were con-
stantly on the watch