The Portland daily press., 1897-09-21
A COLLEGE ROMANCE.
Yale Graduate Remarries Woman from
Whom He Was Divorced at Parental Die
tatfOn.

| New Haven, Conn, Sept 15-Matthew
Sterling Borden, Yale '95, son of g. D.
Borden of New York and Chicago, multi
millionaire, has returned in defiance of
parental authority to the young woman
from whom he was separated three years
ago, and has remarked her. She is Miss
Mildred Negbaur, the daughter of Julius
Negbaur, Jewish tailor at 1858 Chapel
street. Young Borden was student in
the academic department of Yale. when,
in $685. he met the tailor's daughter. He
became infatuated with her, and his low e
was returned. After a period of courtship
the young couple went through the cere-
mony of secret marriage. Young Bor-
den took his wife to his apartments to
live with him. His parents then resided
in Chicago. 1t was comparatively ca sy
for him to conceal the fact of his mar
riage from the college authorities.
One day in 1894 Mr. Borden semi or.
without any previous warning, walked
into the young mans apartments, to find
the latter and his young wife there. Ex-
plantations were demanded, and there was
a scene.
G. D. Borden then consulted firm of
lawyers in this city as to what was best
young man was taken home. He was
sent off to Europe with Prof Tracey
Peck of Yale University. Under the lat
ter's tuition young Borden continued his
studies in Rome SO assiduously that in
1895, upon his return, he was permitted
by the Yale faculty to graduate with the
class in which he had originally entered
Meantime, Mr. C. d. Borden's New
Haven lawyers had effected a settlement
with the girl bride and her parents by the
terms of which she was to receive GER
tain amount of money, Sic, 900 it was said.
on condition that she would secure a
divorce from her husband. Her expenses
to Dakota, as we'll as the legal expenses
in obtaining the divorce, were all paid,
and within year she returned home free.
She purchased handsome residence at
| the corner of Park and George streets,
formerly the home of the late Prof. Bail,
and had her family move into it. There
she has since entertained her young
| friends in handsome style giving the i'm.
preston that she was provided for gen.
erously by the Bordens.
To all outward appearance, the romance
had then ended. Both parties had sol
with each other, and it is said that they
adhered to the agreement up to six weeks
ago. Young Borden, upon his gradua-
ton at Yale, entered New York medical
school and has pursued his studies there
for two years. In another year he ex-
pected to graduate in medicine. Six
| weeks ago the embers Of the old love were
famed into flame, and he paid flying
visit to New Haven. He met his former
bride and spent several hours at her
house. He came again and again, and
spent longer visits with her until few
days ago, when they left, informing her
parents that they were going to New
York to get married.
Before leaving for Ney York they had
planned their future. they would seek
the consent of the prospective bride,
groom's father, and il this was obtained
all would be smooth sailing in the future.
Should he still be unrelenting they were
to be married in spite of his objection
and threats Of disinheritance. The young
woman said as she left her home:
Matthew, I'll stick to you If you will
stand by me, and 1 guess that we will
get along"
He vowed to stand by her, and thus
| they departed. A letter was today re-
| ceived from the young woman by a
friend, in which she says that she and
Borden have been married, and that
hereafter they would make their home in
New York.-New York Sun.