The record-union., 1897-09-24
A LOVE STORY.
SUSAN 3. ANTHONY HAD ONE
IN HER LIFE.
He Was on With a New Love Be-
fore Of With the
Old.

Anthony to the home Of her ancestors
in the Berkshire Hills that the house
party assembled in the long. oid-1ash-
ioned parlor one evening, the rain pre-
Guiding any outdoor excursions, says
the Rochester Democrat and Chronl-
cle'' The mountain air was sharp, ana
a fire had been kindled in the big pflck
fireplace, and the logs cracked ana
famed on the cleaning brass andlrons.
Chairs were arranged in seml-clfclc
around the cheerful hearth, and seated
therein We're women ot renoWn. Nv
ing representatives Of women's pro-
gress in the world of letters and in the
lecture field. First and best revered
was Susan B. Anthony herself, ana as
the conditions and environments were
ideal for a story, a romance of the past
contemporary with the surroundings
Aunt Susan" was importuned TO re-
late some of her experiences.
TELL rs some Of your love stories,
they all cried as one.
But never had any worth telling,
she declared. There wasn't a bit OF
romance in any of my affairs. al
ways said like the old maid, that the
man I wanted wouldn't have me, and
those that wanted me were so bad that
the devil himself wouldn't have them.
But Miss Anthony wasn't to escape so
easily. and il ended in her relating the
following tale:
The room was lighted only by the
nickering freight, which shone on Miss
Anthony's face as she talked, silhou-
ette-ljke against the dark shadows in
the background
Then she told how one time when
she was travelling through some West
ern State, holding conventions, many
years ago when she was not more than
30 years old. she was entertained at the
home of q young man who made him
self particularly agreeable to her. He
had a spanking team of grays, and
whenever Miss Anthony had to go to
the town, this young man and his grays
were at her DISPOSAL She was an
nounced to speak in a town some miles
distant. while there. and When they
were al ready to start, this devoted
young man had arranged it so that
Miss Anthony was to ride with him
alone in his fine turnout. After they
were nicely started he came to the
point at once with:
will you have me?"
reply.
will you marry me?' the sultor con-
tinued. Then he proceeded to tell hrr
of his worldly possessions, his fine
house, his lands, etc, all of which
should be at her command If she would
only take him along with them. he
promised Aunt Susan" that he would
never stand in the way of her chosen
life work, but that, on the contrary,
he would help her in any way in his
power to further the suffrage move
ment He pointed out to her, with ali
the persuasive art which man so Well
knows how to use, that her life was a
hard one. knocking about from pillar
to post. and that it would be much
easier with him to help and comfort
her.
Miss Anthony listened. as women
have since the first woman was tempted
bv the serpent, and she concluded that
her life was rather hard and lonely
one. and that it would be mighty nice
to have a fine home to go to when
tired and weary with her oftimes
thankless labors- But she felt that she
could not decide so momentous a ques-
sideration, and so she told the amorous
suitor. She was to be gone week at
the convention, and she asked him to
wait for his answer until her return
which he agreed to do.
Miss Anthony did not say what her
decision had been, but imagine her sur
prise and disgust to learn upon her re-
turn that the faithless swain had in
te meantime married another woman,
and was even then enjoying a wedding
trip with her Yes, he did not wait for
the weeks probation, and the second
bride, more wise than Miss Anthony
had been, did not wait for his ardor to
cool but accepted him on the spot, and
married him at once. Miss Anthony
has often wondered since what her life
would have been if she had done like
wise
The next story was told by Mrs Ra-
chel Foster Avery. She chose as her
subject Miss Anthony's trip abroad.
This was some fifteen years ago, and
Mrs. Avery, then Miss Foster of Phila-
delphia, accompanied Miss Anthony to
be her ears and tongue as Mrs. Az
cry expressed it, for Miss Anthony
could speak only her native tongue,
and like many another American she
didn't see why the rest of the world
did not speak her own language. Miss
Anthony's intense Americanism was
also manifested in her use. or more
correctly speaking, her misuse of for
eign titles. During her travels she met
peers and princes of the highest de-
gree, but she was never for the life of
her able to call them by their correct
titles. And, to make matters worse
she invariably gave them a title of
lower degree than their rank dmanded.
For instance, a Countess she would ad-
dress as madam" a prince or princess
count" or countess" a duke as
count" and SO on through the list.
Then she never called them twice by
the same title, mixing things up in the
most bewildering manner. and usually
ending by calling them Mr. and Mrs.
Miss Foster usually gave Aunt Su-
SAN lessons on the use of titles before
each Of their visits, but it made no
difference: before she left the result
was always the same.
One of the most amusing incidents
happened While they were in Rome.
One of the princesses of the royal fam
iy TO whom they had presented let
ters called one day to take them for a
drive. She had with her a pet dog,
and as Miss Foster was passionately
fond Of any canine specimen, and Miss
Anthony equally detested them, Miss
Foster and the dog sat vis-a-vis 10
Miss Anthony and the princess. Dog
like. tha lifF1a animal from fn