Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-22
LOVE TALKS WITH BALDWIN

LOVE IALhD With baldwin,
She recited again a story about the
affection which Baldwin displayed for
her and how, when she would not be
adopted by him, he asked her how she
would like to mary IAN old fellow like
him." and told her of being divorced.
did you ask him the cause of the
divorce?" asked McNab.
II don't remember. l don't think I
did. "It would have opened an old
wound"
"Woul: you not have liked to know
why the man who wanted to marry
you was divorced from another wo-
MANI"
He It'd me of his trouble in such a
pathetic. heartbroken way that 1 hated
to ask him about his private affairs" ="
Did you not want to know about
his character? Don't you think a wo-
man ought to know the character OF
the man she intends to marry?"
"I thought Mr.. Baldwin good up
right man.
Mrs. Turnbull continued her story.
detailing Baldwin's unwillingness to
wait for her friends before having a
marriage ceremony and declaring him
self in favor of immediate marriage
by contract.
McNab interrupted Mrs. Turnbull's s
story to ask what she, young woman
of New England, reared I'm the Congre-
gational church, thought of marriage
by contract.
II don't remember. was a young,
inexperienced girl. who knew only that
a marriage was holy bond of union
between man and woman. At that
time I never had attended Il wedding
in my liffe.''
"And he told you that he was di-
vorced and you made no inquiry about
it?"
II don't remember that I did"
PURITAN OPPOSED TO DIVORCE
yet you were a Puritan, a Congre-
Eationalist and had been reared in
New England. where divorce was alb
horred?'
YES
And you knew that the Bible depre-
ctaed it?"
II was not a Bible student, Mr..
McNab."
when the subject was brought to
your attention then it caused you to
make no queries about it?"
"He gave me no time to think about
it."
How long did you think he had been
divorced"
Il had the impression that 1t had
been for some time"
did he say SOP"
mo; but I gained that impression"
We'll, what did Baldwin do?"
He and were married"
McNab objected, and the answer was
stricken out of the record.
"I want to know what he did and
what you did and what he said and
what you said" he declared.
HE overcame my scrupleS," an
swered Mrs. Turnbull. "IIe began writ
ing the marriage contract and asked
me how to spell one of my names,
Alma. We both signed the paper. He
gave it to me, saying 1t was my mar
riage certificate, and just as good as
any other"
"What reason did he give you for
preferring such form of marriage"
FEARED RIDICULE OF DAUGHTER
business reasons connected with his
private affairs. notoriety from the
newspapers, which he hoped to avoid
in that way, and escape from the ridi-
cule of his daughter, Anita, because of
marrying a woman much younger than
himself"
"How long was the ceremony to be
kept secret?'
"Nothing was said about that. I
don't think he intended it to be kept
secret He introduced me as his wife"
ITO whom"
"Oh. at the hotel, at the ranch, to
the servants, to the coachman."
"I said to whom'?"
MANY persons"
Name one"
when we went for ride he called
mo his wife"
"Do you know the name of any per-
son to whom he introduced you as his
wife?"
'I don't place any one now"
"You mention servants and employees.
Did he say that the marriage would be
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