The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-27

eighth street Mrs. F'olln. his wife S
mother. keeping house for them. A
book OF hers at this time was "Itza,
the Unexpiored Regions OF Central
America" 1t is perhaps n rare book
now. What share her husband had
in it Is unknown.
1t may. however. he used as "A some
what narrow bridge over which the
fair Egeria OF the future was to cross
the marriage line again.
Here the tale becomes once more con-
fused. An authorized legend tells how
Miriam. or as she now preferred Flor
cnce began writing for the Frank Leslie
publications. Frank Leslie. who. Ike SO
much in this story. was not Frank
Leslie but Henry Carter, was born in
London in 1878 and cmigra;cd hither
with young English wife who bore
him two sons, now nearing mans
estate. Carter. or Leslie, as he called
himself had established Frank LCSUc' S
Illustrated Paper IN 1855 and pushed II
to some success, adding other publica-
lions until they formed quite n bunch
lie employed many writer's and arts :
of a cheap kind some of them. however
young men Ike Thomas Mast. whom
he paid starvation wages until some
| other publisher took them at large ad-
vances.
The lovely Mrs. Squier may well have
been OF the writer's he employed. In
| one Of Squier's absences on an arChHo-
ogical mission Frank Leslie took up
his abode in the Squier household. An
authorized story OF 1t was that Mrs
Follin, being thrifty. desired To have n
| male boarder and advertised her want
| and who should answer the advertise :
ment bu: Frank Leslie? Such thing
To Southern lady surely mean,
| Sumpin." II was In the stars.
Leslie was by way OF being swell
| in these days. He was a rather coarse
grained Ergl!shman with a layer of skin
deep elegance. What tired him of MS
gentle English wife. the mother of his
| children. one may not say now. but
again Ike much OF this story. he pro.
claimed that she was not hs wife a
all and proceeded to cast her of He
tainted her hat she could not produce
any evidence Of their marriage
She told in vain the story OF her
! trust in him, their elopement. theif
! hasty wedding in some town, som,
I church that she could not recall
Pressed by him mercilessly she signed
some paper-the villain in melodramas
always entraps somebody with a paper
and the wife" was ranked before the
world as the mistress. and father ant
| grown UP sons were estranged.
Things We're going badly for pool
Squler. He had some kind OF job IN
Leslie's establishment, and his wife now
had one also. But he was losing nj.
| grip Then divorce papers were serveC
/ on him. His much repute OF better day,
! gives him a snug corner in the en-
/ cyclopadias. but he fingered in Brook.
! Ign until 1858 before he betook himself
! to a snug corner in Greenwood. Tn,
discoverer of great monuments in dis
! tant climes cannot boast of much of
monument IN his own.
| Now. wedding bells. and n gorgeou,
, lodging on the avenue for Mrs. Miriam
| Florence Peacock Squier. Leslie ol
/ Carter II was in 1875 that era began
| She developed new qualities; became Z
! business woman: went daily with l.esli,
to the office and ran the establishment
down town. They kept a landau. anc
on fine afternoons she drove. decked II
/ costly raiment, In Central Par< ant
! gathered diamonds. For the first
time" as she said, "she felt free ans
happy"
They took trip 10 San Fra ncisco
and she wrote From Gotham to the
Golden Gate" 1t was heyday for the
beautiful Miriam. Then came crash
The establishment ran into bankruptcy
in 1877. and It was hard scrabbl!ng foI
Frank Leslie until he died suddenly In