The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-07-21
''lHOUSTO u Y Or E.
WHY ,ls'lE HE S PARATED FIR ON
HIS sS,WlE! E.


/ Was Insanely Jealous and Made = Re-
mark II Her Presence That she Could
Not Forgive He Asked Her to over
look His Rashness. 81 q
# In the April number Of the Ladies'
Home Journal is an article, 1.-THE
/ Mysteries of the Century & in which
the writer classes the separation Of
Genera Sam Houston and his first
wife zasSone of these mysteries
BY virtue of my relati onship to- Mrs.
Houston, know the most important
facts connected with their separation
and take this occasion to declare d to.
those nearest the ones who suffered
most there was no mystery. .&ff 81
Governor Houston and Eliza ALLEN
| were married January*22, 1929, at the
home Of her father, Mr.. John Allen,
near Gallatin, Sumner county, Tonnes
see She was young, beautiful and
rarely attractive in every way. He was
many years her senior, but those in a
position to know never doubted that.
she loved him and that the separation
cost her more than the world ever.
knew. It was said by some that she
married him for the exalted position
he held. This was untrue, for in this.
regard her social status would have
| satisfied the most ambitious. It has
| also been said that she loved another
and that Governor Houston discovered
this after their marriage. This also
was untrue a ,.{@S.& .+t:&s3s. ~
Their separation was her own seek
| Ing. - = = 80 sI*@S
They were at her fathers home
4 when it occurred, the April following
| their marriage. His insane, unwar-
ranted jealousy brought all the un-
| happiness which both suffered, and
:sorrowed, at least, for a long while
| two most propitious lives. Il
4 L He was very anxious to have their
| married relations restored, and indited
| her father letter the morning of their
| separation in which he begged him to
! overlook all that had occurred. Let
them meet as if nothing had marred
1 his relations to his wife or her family,
| and to this end he insisted on an in.
terview with her. After much per
suasion she granted it, her father also
consenting upon condition that an
| aunt remain during the interview. I
have often heard this aunt relate the,
! tragic scene that occurred. She had
been the mutual conidant during the.
few months of their married life. He
knelt before her and with tears
streaming down his face, implored her
| forgiveness for all that had ever
passed unpleasantly between them,
and insisted with all his dramatic
force that she return to Nashville with
him. S2 n al. $s
Had she yielded to these entreaties,
| what the future may have brought to
| them none can tell. AS it was there
were many years of sadness to be en-
| dured. He left Immediately for Nash
Vile, resigned his governorship and
immediately made his way to the In.
! dian nation. She remained at her
fathers and sought to hide her sorrow
by devotion to those nearest her
| heart. She did not disguise her grief
and for years wore widows weeds. ~;
| Jealousy and vanity are the causes
of many lives, and had he crushed
these faults in their incipiency the
future might have held much in store
| for them. She, observing these fla
| grant weaknesses, and being a woman
Of extreme sensibility, and realizing
the injustice with which she had been
| treated, made her reserved to all his
proffered devotion. >s =
The sequel offers sad reflections for
those who scan these lines. that after
| so many years this sad mystery should
remain unsolved to the world. s Be-
cause ,"none so blind as those who will
4 not see" "l, ssts @ z%.5s 4 "a
4 For the last three score years or
more much Literature in varied specu-
\ lation has been expended as to the
causes that produced tine separation.
Some have advanced the idea that it
! l..
Governor Houston was making the
race for reelection as governor of his
state. While he knew his wife was
one of the most beautiful and attrac-
tive women In all the country one of
whom any man might be proud, yet
perhaps he never felt & for her a.
stronger passion than that Of admira-.
tion. She belonged to one Of the.
strongest politically and socially in
huential families in the state. q close:
alliance with such a family he may
have thoug ht v ould insure his cleo
ton. This, however, is purely specu-.
lative. Il E5.% Il :.
Governor Houston never to any one
gave the least intimation as to the
cause Of their separation, awaiting
himself Of every opp ortunity to indl-
cate the purity Of her character.
E#SSSI have given these plain, unvarnished
statements OF the simple facts, every
1 one OF which can be su disseminated to-
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