Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-04

pearance in the divorce court in New
York. 1t seems to be gen
orally understood that what is at
the bottom of the fathers desire for a
reconciliation and remarriage is
handsome, sturdy, red checked young
ster to whom he relinquished all right
and title at the time OF the divorce.
Strangely enough, the father has
never been allowed to touch his infant
son, who is the only child, by the way,
| but has had to content himself with
few glimpses Of him in the streets,
when he is about as carefully guarded
as if he were a prince of the blood
royal.
The father is TruXton Beale, at one
time minister plenipotentiary from the
| United States to the court Of the sultan.
And the divorced wife is the youngest
and best looking daughter Of the late
James G. Blaine. Hattie, her fathers
pet, and who could wind him round her
! finger whenever she took a notion to
try that very interesting process.
She was very young, hardly twenty,
when her father died, and her mar
riage to Mr.. Beale took place within 4
year after his death. The courtship
had taken place, strangely enough,
some twelve months before, when Mrs.
Don Cameron going abroad took with
her her youngest stepdaughter, now
married to one of Senator Hale's sons,
and Miss Hattie Blaine.
On the steamer crossed with them
Mr.. Truxton Beale, on his way over to
wind up his affairs as minister to Tur-
key. And while at the winding up
process he wound up love affair for
himself with Miss Hattie Blaine.
The marriage came off the following
spring while the Blaine family were
still in deep mourning for the head al
the house, and was a memOrably grand
function. Everybody in society went,
and Mrs. Blaine laid aside her mourn
ing for the day The Marine band was
in attendance to play the wedding
march. The ceremony took place In
the famous old house on the east side
of Lafayette Square, which a few years
ago was pulled down to make way for
the Lafayette Square theatre.
1t was from that place, somewhat
over a quarter of century before,
Barton Key had issued on the fateful
Sunday morning to see the signal
waved at him across Lafayette square
by Mrs. Dan Siclles, whose husband
promptly shot Key on the spot.
Strangely enough, Mrs Sickles was
then living in the Decatur house, where
for years past the Beales have made
their home, and from which, earlier in
the century. Commodore Decatur walk
ed forth to meet his death upon the
Geid of duel at Bladensburg.
or course everyone gOssiped over all
this ancient history on the day of the
Blaine-Beale wedding, because Of the
couple then making their homes in the
Irrespective historic houses, And not
few argued that the marriage would
mot turn out a happy one. But, how
ever that may have bcoa, it certainly
Laid not turn out in the least a happy
lone, and within the first twelVemouth
the bride had been compelled to seek
the shelter OF her mothers home no
lend OF times.
On several Of these occasions she
Ibad to make her way QUO at midnight
ana in the carly hours clad in docjd-
oI'y s,pnderer stock of clothing than
that in which young women are accus-
TONED to promenade in the vicinity OF
Lafay tie square.
Then, one fine marning young Beaie
Istarted of for Africa, it was said, to
Introduce the Studebaker wagons
among the Kafirs and beers and in
double quick time divorce papers were
fled. The baby was not born until
after the divorce had been granted,
but the young mother. in order to gain
absolute sole legal right to her child.
was obliged by the father to resign IN
writing any future claim whatever to
the million dollars that will eventually
fall to him as his share Of his father $
estate. That father, by the way, was
the late Gen. "'p..'} Beale, the init
mate friend OF Gen. Grant and whom
the Grants visited upon numerous
memorable occasions after the gener-
ais return from his trip around the
world
This money will not be divided until
the death of Mrs. Beale, who knows
very we'll how to hold on to her bs-
Iongings rs long as she lives, and who
was from the start violently opposed
to her sons marriage with one of the
Blaine family. There are indeed those
who know who profess to assert that
Il r,-,., +bfs ,,,otarnal objection to the