The herald., 1895-07-24

tried under any ana all circuIn stances to
make the best of life.
We had one little boy-now II years of
age-but for reasons pest known to our
selves and having legal grounds for such
a step. we quietly applied for divorce
| (and there are many who would do like
wise were it not for public opinion").
preferring to legally separate rather than
to live in what term legalized prostitu-
| tion (for such | term 1t when two people
are bound together by the law when there
exists no higher tie). Remember, | do
not believe in people living together
without com plying with the laws of the
| land. No. humanity has not vet reached
such state OF perfection that such
course can be followed. We have laws,
| and although they are not perfect, so long
as we have no better ones with which to
replace them, they should be complied
| with. Yet, as marriage is Gn its true
sense) considered the highest state OF evo-
luton, so its abuse by perversion, by
force, by unjust laws, must constitute the
| deepest source OF human misery. To the
peo,Is will say Mr.. Symington is not
| jus. recovering from any recent illness.
| He 6ss seemingly been subject to spells
of intense suffering for years. and it has
often seemed almost impossible for him
| to retain his consciousness, and The spells
| he had when in the mountains were the
same as he has always had. When we
! were divorced some of our acquaintances
said: Surely you will not leave Mr..
! Symington in the hands of strangers in
his delicate, condition. It would be
cruel" / knew what Mrs. Grundy'
would say if he went with us. yet | cared
not. He is the father of our little BOY,
and | shall ever feel toward him as a
friend-a brother-and would do anything
for his comfort. l placed the matter oe-
fore Dr. Houbert, who (although he sup
posed people would wonder at 1T, as 1t is
vol for 70 ha
frends) was willing he should accompany
us. and we. as soon as possible, sent for
our little bog to come up and spend his
vacation thinking it would be more
pleasant toc MIR. Symington. But little
did we GroA-, that such an insinuation
would ever &c made as was made by one
Mr.. Matheson, who. judging from post
script written on letter to Dr. h.. got
the suggestion from some departed spirit
who purports to control Mrs. Coy, reads
thus: Mrs. Coy is controlled to advise
Mr.. Symington to leave the mountains
for while. and she urged me to lose no
time in notifying him of the purport OF
the message" This was written by
Matheson to DR.. Houbert May 30, 1895.
l will here state that am no spiritualist.
as the world terms it. If the spirits reveal
the future to some people, they have
failed to favor me in any such way. How
such a report got into the papers. 10
not know. AS to Mr.. Symington acting
as servant or lackey,' here is his own
statement written to Mr.. Wicks, and
copy it Just as 1t is
ESCONDIDO, CAL, July 17.-C. A.
Wicks, Los Angeles: Well Charlie-How
are you by this time; well and happy
hope. | suppose you are worried over the
accounts in the papers, and possibly the
rumo:s before. Say l would like to take
a club and kill that Matneson. If any
devil needed killing it is him. | suppose
it was done to cover up his own cussed-
ness. 1t was either to get every one out
of Holcomb SO that he might get the BEN
eft of 1t him self. if there is anything in
it, (which l don't believe there is"
After others going to all the expense and
feeding him and getting him up there,
his representations were al false. me
horse and wagon and everything that he
claimed as his proved to belong to others
He never did days work up there, and
only called at the camp two or three
times after the surveying was done and
expenses over with. and then it was to
get something he claimed to have borrow
ed and had to return. AS for myself [
am steadily improving. perhaps. not as
fast as while IN the mountains, but still
on the gain. | had good time while up
there. The doctor did all the work and
cooking, and l did nothing but run
around and eat when it was ready. |
left there on the lst of July; stopped IN
Nletos one week, thence came down here.
Your friend,
| think this fully explains the falsity of
Mr. Matheson's statement and the
'lackey" question. As to the statement
made by one who calls himself "Dr.
Prichard" that Mr.. Symington told him
that he cared nothing for the newspapers
reports that he went to the mountains
with DR.. Houbert and wife in the capacity
OF a menial servant in order to protect
Mrs. Houbert, formerly Mrs. Symington.
l heresglve Mr.. Symington's own state
July l9. 1895, which is as follows: AS
the paper reports, " but that is all there
is any truth IN The rest of it is false
whether the falsty lies in him or the ie-
porter who knows? Now, l don't be-
such stuff. If he did who can you believe
or trust? W. D. Symlngton. Now this
story lies btween two X. of p. J, who can
you believe? Although | will here state
that [ have known w. ID. Symington for
seventeen long years and never knew
him to make false statement during
that time.
AS to the insurance policy, I will here
state that when we were married | was
informed by Mr.. Symingtons' brother
that Mr.. Symington's fathers property
left him was entailed. That is, in case of
his death without children the property
reverted TO the family. AS l had some
m oney when we were married. Mr.. S.
thought IL only fair to insure his life IN
order to secure me if left without him.
We used the money | had and if Mr.. S.
chose to secure me by having a certain
sum laid BY by paying yearly premium
while he lived, | do not see why it should
be insnuated that | or DR.. Houbert
should wish his life shortened. Such
persons who would lnstlgate such thing
must have very depraved ideas and great
love for paltry sum of money. The in
surance has now been a curse to us as
il has been a medium through which
malicious ness has been expIessed-and
money would not begin to repay us tor
the regret that such insinuation nay,
ccusation-should ever have been made
when there was no possible ground upon
which to substantiate such a claim. 1t
was but the imagination Oft must be
monomanlac. and | am surprised that
the *. of p. S should have listened to the
matter before investigating the statement
made by stranger. However, | ap-
preciate their seeming kindness to Dr.
Symington. and only hope they will
prove to continue to befriend him to the
extent that Dr.. Houbert would have
done if this disagreeable affair had not
been brought about. | will here state
that | am not aware of DIR. Hou bert's
tales" having turned my head", as [
do not remember of his having related
any unusual stories. He seems to be
gentleman not given to relating "fary
tales" of which he has no proof. AL
though if his life history were written it
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