The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19

had more than comfortable living Less
than two months after Mr.. Cats death
Allan bought the house at. the south
east corner OF F and Main Streets,
long known locally MS the ~ Ian house,
He did not give up the cottage home, how
ever, for two or three months. AZ
"A Poo lived slnlEt the new homo from late
in the summer Of 1926 until the middle lot
February, 1926. when he entered the Uni
.verslty OF Virginia. 4s6A5s Il
He came back to the Allans in December
OF the same year. but, mot liking the
count!ng-room work which Mr.. Allan set
him doing, after n few days'.Htr trial. 4 he
ran away. He returned when Mrs Allan
died. February Is, 1929. Mr.. Wood berry
says u t was not unti.8 some days after
her death He was seeking appointment
to the West Point Academy. and had been
advised to get Mr.. Allai1's Influence MIR
Alan gave 1T in a. letter IL which he, took
pains to disoWr him. ~ Y
The Estrangement.
Il Mrs. Weiss and Dr. Carter assert with
equal positiveness that Ed gar Poe left
the IAllans on account OF unpleasant words
wlthEthe second Mrs, Allan.s Mrs. Weiss
says that this lad y. to,k I'oe sTroom from
| him galid gave him 9I,e II he back !, Of
the house, not nenrtt 90 at hnctlve This
StiSS .$O
and wordy war followed. This Was the
reason say she and DR.. Carter. hat III !,
Allan sent Poe away. 4 But it is apparent
Islys Impossible. with the, admitted dates
before, one.S to reconcieT.the inconsistent
cies II these two repu table persons IRE
lrjghtYEthere are yet some missing limits
lin the poets biography: for the second
Mrs. Allan Is said to have stated that,
In all, she saw the poet but twice.
The Allan house was torn down fif-
teen years ago. For a long time the lot
remained vacant. Until a year $50 tho
Young Mems Christian Association had
ans athletic field &on It, but now It has
been built UP with residences fronting on
Fifth Street and with the stores fronting
on Ntafn.5 u ~ n y
n On s t{fvalentine's Day Of 1926. Poe en-
tered the University Of Virginia His
happy days III the Allan household were
gone. He came back to Richmond under
q cloud, but soon ran away, breaking for
ever the tie which bound him to his 5bene-
factor b II 3 s al
Tradition says that Mrs. IA an made an
appeal to Mr.. Allan on her death-bed to
do all he could for Edgar, and this wa 8
tile reason Mr.. Allan consented to Use
his Influence to get the appointment to
West Point. The story OF his life there
and his movements for five years after
ward belongs to his hiographers, He came
to Richmond only once lin this period.
That was Just before the death Of Mr..
Allan. The story is that he rushed to
Mr.. 4Nllan's room and found him sitting
in8n chair. Upon seeing the hayward
young man, Mr.. Allan Is said. seized
his walklng-stick. and waving 1t menac-
ingly. babe him leave the house forever.
Brings His Bride Here.
Mr.. Allan died III the latter part Of
March, 1884. In the summon OF the next
year Poe came to Richmond to help Mr..
Thomas ". White edit the Southern
Literary Messenger Tho old "Messon-
ger. was printed on the first floor, while
Mr.. White and the poet had their Of
flces on the second floor overlooking tho
street. 5s. 4 iia8
81 IN tho spring Of 1886 Mrs. Glenn and
Virginia came to Richmond and obtained
board with Mrs. James Warrington, whose
house was at the corner OF Twelfth and
Bank Streets, Tho flames of 1865 swept
1t away. ills virtually certain that here
Edgar aud Virginia We're married. Tho