The Washington times., 1918-08-04


- son and bride, the resentment and
l hatred of old NJ. c. D. Borden, Amer
ica's Calico King" and the determination
that he carried even beyond the grave to
punish the girl who had won his boys
heart, have been foiled again by the charity
of the sons to whom he left all his vast
fortune. By the agreement of these sons
and the decision of the Surrogate's court
in New York, the last chapter of the ro-
nance of DR.. Matthew c. Borden and the
poor New Haven tailor's daughter has been
written, and the three daughters of the
Union that embittered the Calico Kings"
life and whom he believed he had con-
demned to at least comparative poverty,
become rather important heiresses indeed.
Whether old Matthew, with wisdom
borne of a wider viewpoint, is looking down
on the arrangement with satisfaction; or
whether wherever his spirit may be his
other life has been soured as was his life
here. is a matter for the psychical re-
searchers to determine. Certainly the de-
tails of the romance and what followed it,
just revealed by the suit brought by the
widow of DR.. Borden to share in the Cal
ica Kings" millions, do not seem, to Cl-
courage the former belief.
The curtain of this unusual drama in
real life rises at New Haven, Connecticut
with young Matthew Borden walking
across from a Yale dormitory to the shoI
of the Tailor who looked after the dignity
of his apparel. 1t was a bright and cheer
full morning and old Matthew, piling up
his fortune down in New York, may be
conceived as feeling something of the
spirit of the day.
Probably he leaned back in his chair
and thought; well, all the boys are COM
ing along fine. And young Matthew up
there in Yale ought to have great career.
Probably he'll meet the sister of some of
ttose young fellows of fine old family up
there and marry her don't believe those
stories of his wildness. that's just youthful
spirits And then thereIl be grandchildren
for me-and I'll see they have every
thing; just that
WhereupOn. no doubt. he turned back TO
his desk with renewed energy
And just at that time perhaps. young
Matt was opening the door Of the little
shop. Certainly he opened it some time,
ard il might Just as well have been, when
his father was thinking along tiose lines as
at any other.
Opening the door he paused in aston
jCbed delight Who and what could be
the vision of loveliness looking roguishly
AZ him oyer the counter on which reposed
a taiIor's goose and an unromantic looking
garment ready for the pressing? He had
heard NegbaGer the tailor had 4 daughter
Mfllie. but she was supposed to be on the
stage or something. Was this she?
He went closer to investigate The
,loser he al preached the more lovely she
seemed. Leaning over the counter he took
her hand. Yes, it was the tailor's daughter,
and. alas, at once for the dreaming of old
Matthew down at his New York desk!
The wooing was brief. extremely so. In
few days they were wedded The tailor's
daughter had her dreams. too. of the posi-
tion her marriage would give her, the
u Neslth. the opportunities. She had wanted
Young Matt" to take her to his father be-
fore their marriage. but he. knowing the
old man better than she. would Lot consent.
.'Itn be all right after it's done,' he
said. Hell forgive US"
The very next day young Matthew came
down jauntily from Yale and entered his
fathers office.
We'll, father" he said, I'm married."
The enemies of the Calico King" used to