The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-25

10 b out on writ Of haeeas corpus In
two or three days. Since Mr.. Rrcnstss
matrimonial horizon became overcast he
has made special study o. the ilves az
great men who have had similar troubles.
am astonsshsd and conxoled TO md
what company am In ne said. There
was john Wesaey-he had a great deal
worse experience than I have had. He
suffered twenty years. and said that. after
all. Il WAS for the best IL his wife had
been loyal 70 him his mind would have
been set upon hc-. instead Of upon his
work. Then. Charles Sumner the beau
ideal Of American Statesmanshsp. had
terrible time. The day he married he
wrote to the poet. Whittier: Today. at
) O'clock. shall be married. and then
will begin 20 live. Wen. he lived with
his wife about eight months. As he Left
his home. the old Hancock house In Bos-
ton. leaning ON the arm Of LongfeIlow. he
said: I have buried a father, mother,
brother and sister from that house.
Now leave il. the deadest af them all
After that he never spoke of his wife, ex-
ceps as that person."
StraGgles In the Ministry.
Mr.. Brobst Is Pennsylvania German
and moved with his parents 10 Wisconsin
when hoy.
II have worked very hard" he said,
since ] was - years old. l worked my
way at the Northwestern university.
Evanston. and through the Chicago Theo.o-
gical seminary. Since / was IL have earn
ed my living and have always helped my
father and mother a little. After gradsl-
ated had some good pastorates rendered
me, but / went TO DIR. Tompkins, OF the
CONGREGATIONAL missionary board and said
to him: Doctor. I want you to assign
me to the poorest and most discouraging
post in the state. I want to begin at the
ND x.f . he I.&xS4 Is1ru ~
I can't go any lower He assigned me TO
Roberts H., a town Of 80 people. with
seventeen church members. In ten months
We had church. two lots for a parsonage
and good congregation. That was my
first charge"
Mr.. Brobst spent year In Europe and
travelled all over the continent Since then
he has preached in Chicago.
Yes" he says, II have always worked
hard. delayed all these years getting
married. I had my ideal OF woman and
home, and l waited until / thought /
had found them. But. pooh, my wife took
me out 10 the Renfost and insisted on liv-
Ing In four little. dark rooms I had no
study. and had beer used 10 three rooms
for study. But couldn't get my wife
away from there. and-weii. things were
very disagreeable.
HIS FrtenAs siana hy Hin.
why. nobody who knows me believes
for a moment that behaved cruelty
They say they'd as soon think had turn
ed Herod and murdered two or three hum
dred children / met Opie Reed on the
street the day after my wife brought suit
for divorce. 'Brobst. Brobst.' he said,
running UP and shaking hands with me,
/ know these stories are not true. You've
got too much brains. even IL you didn't
have too much heart. thought you
might want to meet friend about now.
and so came up to shake hands,
1T does me good to have people come
to see me here even. and yet this is not
particularly attractive reception room."
said Mr.. Brobst. as he pressed his face
against the wire netting that separated
him from the Inter Ocean man. Here's
my case in a nutshell. married a woman
with whom l could not get along. She
sued me for divorce. alleging cruelty and
other things that no sensible person be-
lieves. Pending trial OF the case the
Judge ordered me to pay her $50 month
alimony. He might just as we'll have
made it 5000 couldn't raise the money.
and they locked me up-so could earn
II. suppose"