The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-29


hands"
One night some men broke the windows
of the house to get her out, and other men
went to her protection. She was very
nervous after that. AT Ben Lomond she
smoked a pipe. Her ways were effeminate
at times but no one suspected that she was
other than she represented herself to
be. She left Ben Lomond owing many
unpaid bills.
DENIES THE IMPEA CHMENT.
Miss Fairsceather Saus She Vas Not
Engaged to Motson.
Miss Helen Fairweather, the San Fran
cisco schoolteacher who has figured
quite prominently in connection with
Luisa Matson, who is under the ban in
San Jose, is no longer connected with the
Emerson School, but is at present on the
substitute list, assigned to grammar
class in the Denman Grammar School,
corner OF Bush and Taylor streets.
Miss Fairweather, as her stepmother
said the other evening, is not young
girl. 1t is rather difficult to determine
upon which side of thirty she registers.
She is in stature a little above the
medium height, has a fair face that is
somewhat thin and bears evidence of the
annoyance that the unpleasant notorietv
causes her; a profusion of demi-blonde
hair, crimped at the sides, was hidden
under peaked felt hat, while dotted
veil partly concealed the upper half of her
features when she was seen yesterday.
did the people but tell the truth, said
Miss Fairweather, sit would not be SO an
noying, but the lies that are circulated are
terrible.
"The way that l became acquainted with
Matson, the one that believed man but
who has turned out to be woman, was on
visiting the hotel at Ben Lomond, upon
the recommendation of friends who de-
clared it to be a very nice place to stop at.
twas at the hotel about three months,
during which time Matson was very atten-
tive to me and was kind in great many
ways. Not that Matson was not attentive
to other lady guests, for he was very atten-
tive to them all. There was, however, one
thing that brought us together more closely
than any other, and that was music. He,
for | supposed she was a he, was very fond
of music and SO am /. Whenever there
was an opportunity we were at the piano.
''There is no doubt that Matson was very
fond of me and that fondness was shown
in many ways, but that we were engaged
to be married | most positively deny, and
as to my advancing Matson money that is
absolutely false
The speaker bit her lower lip and then
repeated: THAT is as false as anything
can be-" Then in tone indicating con-
tempt for those who had circulated reports
about money matters she added: "Where
should l ever have gotten $1,000 together
with no income whatever outside of my
salary as teacher? Why, for five years
have been under the doctors care and it
has taken all l can earn to meet the doc
tors bills and living expenses: Why, if
had that amount of money or even one
half I'd believe myself the richest woman
in the world. The most money [ ever had
to my name in bank or anywhere else at
any one time was $20O,.and when I had to
take care of my health had to draw upon
that until it all went
as it true, as Matson has stated that
before your friendship had been of many
months duration she revealed her sex to
your"
'That statement" said Miss Fair
weather, evidently much surprised, lis
news to me, indeed. Matson never gave
me the slightest intimation that she was
not what she represented she was.
"When left Ben Lomond Matson, after
being there three months, still kept the
hotel, and when we met again at Los
Gatos it was a chance meeting at the depot.
While there | never helped Matson out of
any trouble for the reason that my finances
would not permit me to assist any one."
Nervously slapping one hand on the
other Miss Fairweather added somewhat
pettishly: "This is terrible to be annoyed
and have fun poked at me, but | suppose
I'm not the first one who has made mis-
take, so / will have to grin and bear it.
To those inclined to be merry at my ex-
pense | can say that it is better to have
been loved even by a woman than not to
have been loved at ALL
There was one matter that seemed to
weigh on Miss Fairweather's mind, and
that was whether the Board of Education
would do anything in the premises. She
had not, she reasoned, transgressed any of
the rules of the department, had not done
anything that could compromise her, and
yet she wondered if there was not some
thing the board would inquire into. "But
do not see what there is to inquire into"
she said. 81 was loved, and that it was
not man is no fault of mine, and SO far
as Matson's alleged fraudulent transac-.
tons are concerned, I know nothing of
them and did not assist in any way, as
said before, financially, for the reason that
l could not if had wanted to.
'"There is one thing more / will say and
that is, that Matson, having got into
trouble, is talking great deal and saying
things which she believes will help her get
out of it.
A BANKER ASSIGNS.