The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-11
BREITUNG HEIRESS TAUGHT HIM TO
SMOKE CIGARETTES, SAYS MAX KLEIST,
Promised to go to the End
of World" With Former
Gardener.
GIRL SENT MONEY TO
HIM. WITNESS ADMITS
Continued from First Page.

instructions 10 write to her in the name
OF Mary Chase. Grand Central Post
Once" and. changing to different
subject. she continues. Max, dear.
don't say you don't write we'll, for
there is nothing you don't do we'll"
The letters contain many references
60 her loneliness. and on October "a,
1913. she wrote Il want you 70 como
20 New York right away. can't
stand Il to have you away any longer
am worried about you"
Kleist wrote her that he was coming
20 New York and in return she wrote.
~ suppose when | go TO meet you I will
drop dead with Joy. | am very excited
tonight Then she adds:'1 am going
10 try and see you as Otter as / can.
We will always find a way"
The previous letter had suggested
marriage apparently. because she felt
that because OF her position and her
fathers wealth Kleist would be loath
20 suggest II. Soon she wrote a letter
filled with advice and suggestions about
his meeting people. She calls II "lec-
turc" and goes on:
II am sorry you feel so blue at times,
but you are not doing right by not try
ing TO meet more people You should be
careful. OF course. but try and get to
know people who are worth while.
mean people who can introduce you 20
people who would be able to do things
for YOU socially and financially. This is
n mercenary way to look upon friends,
but. Max, dearest, you must do Il,
cause every one should do IL who is at
all clever"
She advises him to cultivate two girls
whom he has met IN Cleveland. adding:
Il know YOU arc shy, but they might
ha aVaA "A
others through them. II Is really an inn
portant thing to realize In life, although
II has never worked very well with me.
because | have always liked every one
for what they are, but Max, dear, you
must do both, for II Is an important
thing TO know. no matter what position
you are IN In life"
Mother Takes Notes.
Kleists eyes twinkled as his attorney
read the letter. Mrs. Breitung was
busiy taking notes, occasionally bend
ing over and asking her daughter GER
tain things about the letters. The girl
laughed At some of the reflections In the
letter
The next letter OF importance was
written two days after Kleist and the
girl were married in Grace Church. my
dearest boy" II is addressed, "just
imagine, this is the first letter l have
written you since We have been married.
| realize that am yours for always
am hoping to keep up enough strength
OF character not 10 go with you. have
felt several times in the past few days
that | could not hold out any longer
that / was not as strong as | thought,
and that | would have TO go with you.
When you think of US both being apart
when we are 80 terribly in need OF each
CHER yoa Tius: help RE be sensible"
In another letter she sends thousands
OF kisses from your loving wife" The
next letter is more emphatic. for she
says: IL was going TO walt but have
changed my mind, my dearest husband,
and nothing can keep me from you only
l must wait for a proper chance"
In the next letter she tells him she
will "go 10 the end Of the world" with
him. That letter was written after she
Rad told him in the presence OF her
father and mother that she no longer
loved hlm-f0llowing the revelation OF
the marriage to her parents. she
thanks him for his wonderful letter"
and says, you can trust me always. |
live only for you and | would go to the
end OF the world with you because I
trust you 80. The reason l talked as
did about not loving you was because II
was for your sake that | talked in that
dWlul way. II L Htu lOl liu IL III MY
heart that what / WAS doing was for
your sake, would never have been
able to 20 through with it,"
She encourages him and says that
after their separation OF six months 1--WE
will only come together at the end and
assure you that | will never leave you
for one minute when | am once with
YOU have nothing l am keeping from
you now"
In one OF her last letters she sent
him sl2 and wrote: Please don't be
insulted because / send you few PEN
mics. Whatever Is mine IL yours"
After the reading of the letters and
asking few questions OF the witness
f.. G. Crowley. Klelst's attorney, an
nounced dramatically:
Your witness, MIR. Nicoll."
Then Kleist settled back in his chair,
as " he expected a rapid fire attack.
but Mr.. Nicoll began quietly and asked
him what wages he got as a coachman.
lie said he got $50 a month and his
board that previously he had worked
In a lumber camp and in a store earn
ing money with which he paid for part