The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-07
HISTORIC ROMANCE RETOLD.


rrer E.aY rfse CO stsrpa1g sroces o. tnelr
ehat B1ves 10 higher thlngs.
Alexander II Stephens. stsappoirted u
fsws when a young ran, scaghS rs1isf IL
AETNA and becaag che Of the foremost
Scsfhe-n statesmen.
A tmnrh az cid love Letters found Dot
borx er1 presents the romantic side 70
James Blehanans history. The deatA AZ
lancaster Pa Il isIs. II Annie Coleman
Brought sucn mental anzrzash teat life as
FOR him fir many years rtAt " n1JS'er
calls "A cry heswee1 the stterees- As
rsspate trutn his s,srsrfng It Is Foastnie tsaE
Re entered Drssn the career which landed
hlrz in rhe White House.
GeneraI Sam Hns,zu0n'x disappearing FIRST
rzarriaxe ia known to every reader CT
American kissuryA-sc als-peryadiHg Is the
Irvs OF the rvurz1tiG -nat such Incidents
trprsas themselves upon the mind vnan
Others are soru1rten- His misfortune 10
ess.he landed to change the current st lis
Fte While he waa ambitious he6sr@- AID
whilz the prospect Of reaching the heIzat
ef als azp4rari0nz was bright. having been
d4se-tct atB7ruey general, TWICE member
u erE grass and then g1vErngr OF Tennessee
before he was %. the hli1hring af Ills early
YEARS Grove him ultimately 10 a course
wAicA brought him rGt only = h3cGl reputa-
tier bort inzperizhabie Game The sut iscr OF
hia martial anfeiicfty kas been under dis
casHlen hearty rhrse-quarterS Of a century.
bot it Il stu interesting wien anything
tending 10 sntve ths mystery Is advanced
Connected By affinity with the family us
hAs frat gtse, Miss Eliza Afisn. and having
heard a ve-siSr OF the AFFAIR by members
Of thai family. hoys 10 be allowed te cue
trthGte NY n7fte To current history without
creating . feeling OF inratiszee on The
part CT the public.
During the first quarters CT the century
there lived LIZ Sumner county. Tsunesaee.
en- erzhaeatiy respectable aud weII-to-ic
faEliEy By the usrze of AIIen A member
II IT, Jchn, who lived on the Banks cf the
Cumberland. three miles sron. GAllatin. had
daughter who was unusually beautiful
and accomplished for that section she was
perhaps as nearly the IDEAL wcu.aa. rnysi-
e&llY. as existed outside ct an artist brain
-ulsy be 4 lArtbe abcvs medium height.
BEAUTIFULLY prcroftiousi possessing blaca
eyes 2lh hair and, while described a.
rather cnld. she had certain charm q
nanEer and convsFsatien thai male Der =
bsLAe. she numbered among her admirers
and evsn rad suffers from Nashville.
Araouz tie hssr Was young Houston, Uho
had recstvsd during his political struggles
considerable supycrt through the infiuenea
cc her father. While be did NOT Win her
aEscfio1s as readily as he had he5ad Ee
psrssve-ed ard finally gained her eouzsat TO
become lis wife
Love il said to b. bIhnd-ft proved To be
SO IN Hor5sSn's case. Not littie cpfn-
donated. obliged to see that he was the idal
CT majority Of tie people OK his state
and flArters4 by friends and acGuzIu.4ncez,
he naturally supposed that his 4EsctEon
would win hers IN return. and 50 went into
the marriage completely deceived man
On the wedding day Of January. 1879, as
be and his friends came riding up to the
Allen hcrze, be presented 4 ane appearance
lie governor OF the STATE, donors clustered
around hun and uen held him IN rsversncs.
SersEcVgs. srrcng IN animal spirits aaf low
sng rnadlF- IS orly sGcn . person can love,
the tail bridegroom, dressed in the cen
venricaai BLACK bFoadstSth, Iooksd eagerly
tcwarc the windows OF the rpon o. his
eflanced for glimpse or sonle little tossr
CT affection which love eovets- But nothing
OF the kind Was sean and there was lack
OF heartiness Of welcome which might we'll
might not have att-lertsd il soizly 70 siE.-
iaitJ and nervousness SEpertE4geet hy tie
The truth was. the bride &c not love
MIN. aud acknowledged as much to COUSIN
before the marriage ''CSoFer1cr Houston
Is noble and loves ne" are the words
which have come down through the ysars
But my hear- is not his. ytsIasd to
Ills wish 20 become his wife TO please ny
parents. feel now, even though tEa we'd
ding hour Is drawing near. that have made
: grsat mistake. ! should have tlld him
that have no heart TO give h.rn--it beioags
to c1s who, Is far as | know, does Tot
prize IT. I know that I can newer meet
his advances as 4 person CT hts snpatsive
nature expects. ard this can not satisfy
hilr. And this WIS the secret Of their
such rs the bride
grocm's would De cczreated with nothing
less than love-
Houston had been elected gpvernor two
years before and was at the viTse Of his
abcu. IS years Of age These VINO
saw the bride congratulated hirn ca win
nlng one who wauld add d 6sztinet charm
70 his admtnistragiaz, socially speaking. and
idea Of the rapidly approaching troable thar
wcGl1 make bitter the lives OF the couple.
Mrs Houston before three m01ths PISS s.i,
not enjoying the new life upon whtch she
had entered went to her fathers for q short
visit History chronicles the sequel Her
husband. longing Tor the society ei his
bride, followed her within few days
and sher he abandoned her. resigned tke
gCvernurship ard sought forgetfulrsss
aulcng she Cherokee Indians Of Arkansas
untii the war between Mexico and Texas
offered prospect for excitement,
This rtuch the pueiie is familiar with,
but again her words TO tie cousin whom
she alone eonftded in come down through
the years: 1T IS possible am 10 blame.
though heaven knows have tried to 10
my duty. ought TO have told him before
rnaFriags that ! eoulA not love him Then.
how could l. seeing that the person / had
given NY love never avowei hiss Governor
Hcastcn but oHee OF twice since cur mar
rage seemed 10 n0tice the cclduess which