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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30
Motorists Object to
Vehicles Minus Lights

Many OF the motorists who have
been obliged to take trips out on the
country roads are complaining that
they meet a number Of teams with
out lights, or in many cases those
who pretend to have a light have
them arranged in such a way that
they can not be seen until an auto
gets up to them.
This practice which many Of the
rural people are exercising Is not
only dangerous for themselves but
to every automobilist that ventures
out after dark. Some time ago
Harry A. Shorey, Jr., chief Of the
enforcement bureau OF the State
Highway Commission issued notice
to all Of his inspectors and motor
cycle patrols to arrest and bring into
court every team they saw without
lights after one half hour after sun
set. This notice so the local motor
lists say, did for a time a whole lot
of good. but it is now getting to be
an old story and the same medicine
will have to be prescribed. once
more. One party from this city
states that while out on the state
highway between Waterville and
Fairfield the other night he met or
passed seven horse drawn vehicles
which did not have even a candle
to designate that they were travel
ling over a road which ordinarily
has a large amount of traffic.
The drivers are getting pretty
sore over the above question as they
say that before a man can run his
car he has to 60 through third
degree to ascertain if his lights are
of the proper candle power. if they
are properly adjusted. and if he has
the right kind of lenses, the law
regarding which lenses are legal is
changed every full moon so some
Of the drivers say.
Another thing that many are kick
ing about in this locality is the one
eyed automobile which persists in
running up and down the streets
with seemingly no regard for the
rights of the other fellow, and an
other thing is the motorist with no
tail light. The season is now prac-
tically over and no one knows what
the coming legislature will spring
upon the car owner or driver. but
it is safe to say that one of the main
topics of the motor vehicle law to
be thrashed out is the light question.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

A black face minstrel show was
largely attended last evening at the
high school building. This pleasing
and humorous comedy was given by
the High School Mandolin Club and
was under the direction of Miss
Dorothy Harlow. The name of the
show was rightly named "Aristo-
cratic Coonville" and the plot was
laid down in the plantations of Ala
bama.
The cast was composed of fifty.
Features of the performance were
songs by Doris Grondin and Ruth
Hodgdon, which were loudly ap-
plauded and called for encores. After
the show a social was given.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

The citizens Of Waterviiie will
pelase note that today's schedule at
the Post Office will be as follows.
all deliveries both by city and rural
carriers will be omitted.
The Post Office will be open from
1870 to 10 A. M. only. Money order
department closed all day. Etreet
letter boxes in the business section
will be collected at TAO A. M. and at
s P. M. The early morning and eve
ming collection Of boxes in the resi-
Dental districts will be made. All
special delivery and perishable par
eel post will be delivere promptly.
Mail for the night pullman west
close at 9 p. NJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30
Dajqneault-Rov

Miss Antoinette Roy and Leander
Daigneault of this city were united
in marriage Tuesday evening at the
Notre Dame parish house by the Rev.
FIR. Orieux. Immediately after the
ceremony the newly married couple
left on a honeymoon with destination
unknown. Augustus Roy and Joscrh
Nadeau were present at the cere-
mony. The couple on returning will
reside in Waterville at 12S Water
street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30
Union Thanksgiving Service

There will be union Thanksgiving
services at the First Baptist church
at 7.30 this evening. 1t is desired taat
members of all the churches of Wa
terville and vicinity will join in this
service and help to have one of the
largest congregations ever gathered
at union service. Frederick Libby,
executive secretary of the society for
the prevention of war, will speak on
Patriotism and Peace" There will
also be a special meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

found in Japanese waters in 1872
was taken off our coast in great
numbers in 1918, the first year ever
identified here. The whales and
other mammals of the sea should be
investigated by the committee on
conservation of marine life of the
committee on Pacific investigation
Oft the division of foreign relations
of the National Research Council,
DR.. Evcrmann belicves.-Kansas City
Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

by citizens living in the same COM
munity as Brooks. They stated that
his place was the common resort Of
drunkards and that Brooks himself,
was under the influence of intoXicat-
ing liquors much of the time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

]. Asa Larrabee, proprietor Of the
North branch hunting camps vas
calling on local friends and patrons
Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Larratee
was on his way to his home in Bel
fast after spending successful sea-
son at the camps. Many local parties
have enjoyed the hospitality and cx-
cellent hunting at his camps this
fall
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

applique work are also being revived.
The women. however, are not comm
ing their efforts toward the manu-
facture of the articles but are teach
ing their neighbors and have even or
ganized classes for the renewal of the
pioneer art.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

The Ladies' Aid OF the Unlversalist
church met at the home of MRS. Leon
o. Tebbetts. Bufieigh street. The
ladies finished the work on the
aprons of the fair which is to be held
December 4 and s. A large attendi
ance was present asd the afternoon
was much enjoyed by the members.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Everett b. Harris of
Temple street. are entertaining the
following for Thanksgiving: Mr..
Kendell Harris and family of Win
.hrop, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Nj. Foster,
East Winthrop; Grace and Louise
Foster of Lewiston. Mrs. Lawrence
of Reedfield, Mr.. f. w. Harris of
Winthrop. Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Wixon
of Waterville. and Mr.. G. w. Wixon
and family of Winslow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mr.. H. l.. Tappan, who has worked
In the Lockwood office for nearly for
t. years, left this morning for Provi-
dence where no will spend several
weeks with his daughter. after which
he will so to California for the re-
mainder of the winter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Morrisette Of
Oakland: Mr.. and Mrs. Robert SAT-
ford OF Belgrade Lakes: Charles
Stafford OF Oakland and Mr.. Lewis
:afford OF Dexter are to be the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Jones
Of the Melcher today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Miss Ruth Hartshorn, instructor
Of Domestic Science at the Wash
ington State Normal school at Ma
chias il spending the weekend with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Drew T
Hartshorn on Morrill, avenue.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S. Wallace of
Elm ST., are to spend Thanksgiving
with their son. Stanley NJ, who is
Freshman Athletic Director at the
University Of Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

A supper will be served for the
Cantons at the I. Q. o. F. hall Fri
day night at $50 by the r. Ii. ladies.
After the supper there will be q club
meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Burial services for the late Clifford
Bosnian. who recently died in Au-
burn were conducted at the Pine
Grove cemetery by DR.. e. c. White
more, yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mrs. G. E. Barrows win entertain
her mother Mrs. Helen Woodman and
brother Fred Woodman both Of Fair
field, and her cousin. Mrs. Addie
Lamson Of Vassalboro. Thanksgiving.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mrs. Maybelle Brown left Wednes-
day afternoon for Orono, where shl
will spend Thanksgiving day with her
mother, Mrs. Byron Haskell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Miss Ferne Mckinney steno-
erapher for Boothby & Bartlett Co.
of this city. has gone to North An
son TO spend the Thanksgiving holt
day with her parents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

A. NJ Stratton of Albion was
among the out of town visitors in
Waterville Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas N. Weeks
left this morning for Skowhegan.
where they will spend the holiday
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Chase.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30
Beer Guzzlinq and Pie Gorgns

The language of the Eighteen'A
Amendment relates TO beverage w
not 20 gluttonous abuse. Douplea'
two or three quarts of beer at sl..
ting might have harmful effect -
might twenty pies. But nei'n..
would be a normal dietetic use.
would not surprise me to learn 'li".
there are, in the archives OF u.
Anti Saloon League, any number -
statistics tending to show that Wv
effects of key parties are imTneas
urably more deletcrious than tho'.
of pie eating contests. | could Nv.
accept the conclusions, hoWe'e
formidable the data, except II ..
far as they might tend to pro-
(what needs no proving) that, OF wv
two. the keg parties have been 'lN
more frequent and the more
quented. That is because intelligen'
people who know the differen,.
prefer beer to pie.-Rev. John wv
McKim in North American Review
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin NJ. Foster of
Pleasant street are to be Thanks
giving guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
r. Cummings. of Manchester, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Miss Ethel Tobey Is spending the
Thanksgiving recess with her parents
at Albion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Miss Nora Greedy has just return
ed from an extended visit in Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Margaret Meverette Shackford and
mother left Wednesday for Poland
Springs, where they will spend the
THANKSGIVING recess.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Judge Fred Emery Beane of Au-
gusta was in Waterville. yesterday
presiding over a hearing IN the Su-
pcrior court.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Hiram Cree. a sophomore at Colby
College left yesterday afternoon for
his home in Rockland, where he viii
spend the Thanksgiving recess.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Miss Julia Mariner of this city will
he the guest OF Miss Katherine o.
Leary at Brewer, during the Thanks
giving recess.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Written and Mr.. and
Mrs John Dodge, all of Augusta are
to be Thanksgiving guests of Mr..
and RMS. Roscoe W. Hanson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

DR.. Norman c. Weeks OF Dover
Foxcroit was in this city yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30
COLBY COLLEGE

DR.. Julian Taylor will be the guest
Of homer at the first monthly dinner
of the Kappa Phi fraternity, which will
be held December g.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Sheriff L. d. Harwood Of Augusta
was business caller IN this city
Wednc sday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mrs. A. 0. Perkins will leave Fri
day for California where she will
spend the winter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Miss Gala Packard left Wednes-
day for her home in Skowhegan
where she will. spend Thanksgiving
with her parents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mrs. o. w. Hubbard is entertain
ing Mrs. Harry Thayer, Mrs. II. B.
Thomas and her daughter, Mildred,
all of Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Chester r. Thwing of Belgrade
Lakes was among the callers in town
Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Carroll N. Perkins Of this city Las
returned from a business trip 10
Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Friends of Mrs. Charles w. Atchley
will regret to learn that she is III at
her home on Burleigh street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

The Aroostook Club Of the womans
division of Colby College held it's first
meeting of the year and elected as
officers for the year: President. Avis
Cox, '23. Of Mars Hill; vice president
Ethel Harmon. "a, of Caribou; secreta-
ry-trea surer Hazel Berry, '25, of Island
Falls.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Miss Rachel Wyman of North
/. Arlington, Mass. is the guest OF
Miss Clara Harthorn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Miss Harriet Green is spending
Thanksgiving with her parents at
Fairfield Center. .,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

c. S. Pettingill Of Augusta was
business caller in this city Wcdnes-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Harvey d. Eaton, ESQ, was in Au-
gusta yesterday on official business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

The waterville Public Library Will
be closed today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

+ Jiggs-Brown is my idea OF
spendthrift
Briggs-What's he done now?
Jiggs-He mortgagcd his car 10 p'
i house.-Home Sector.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

the college that less than three days
at Thanksgiving has been given.
The Outing Club plans to have q long
hike some afternoon before the Christ
mas vacation. The club members met
in the Lambda Chi Alpha house yester-
Cay TO discuss plans for the club for
this winter. AS there are to be many
large winter carnivals in and around
Watetville this winter. it is thought
that the club will take an active part.
The ANAL plans and rehearsals for
the shakespearian play Twelfth
Night" which is to be presented by the
progressing well and by the first of
next week the dress rehearsals will
take place. The play is to be given in
the City Opera house on the evening
CT Friday Dec. 8.
The list of patronesses has ben an
nounced MS follows: Mrs. Roscoe
Paine Mrs. George Parmenter. Mrs.
Henry Trefcthen, Mrs. Edward Per-
kins. Mrs. Carl Weber. Mrs. John
Choat. Mrs. Bertha Teery. Miss Zadie
Reynolds. Miss Nettie Runnals, Mrs.
W. A. Smith, Miss Jennie Smith, Mrs.
Robert Stobie. Mrs. Martin Bartlett,
Mrs. Virgi! Totman, Mrs. Charles
Atchlcy. Mrs. Willis Getchcll. Mrs. A.
+. Drummond, Mrs. Galen Sweet, Miss
Helen Mari, Mrs Clarence White, Mrs.
George Averill,>-Mrs. Herbert c. Libby,
Mrs. Webster Chester. Miss Margaret
Totmon Mrs. stephen Cunningham.
Miss Phyllis Prescott, Miss Florence
Dunn, Miss Harriet Parmenter, Mrs.
NJ. w. Besscy. Miss Nella MerriclS. Miss
Alice purinton, Miss Hildegarde Drum
mond. Mrs. E. w. Heath. Mrs. Eliza
beth rlaisted. Mrs. Arthur A. Thomp-
SON, Miss Meroe Morse, Miss Alice
Clarkir, Mrs. Walter Austin, Miss
elizabeth Whillpe. Miss Harriet Pearce
end Mrs. w Fl. lockwood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Berry will en-
terrain Mr.. Berry's mother, Mrs. c. G.
Perry Of his city over Thanksgiving.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

Colby College closed it's doors yes
terday noon for brief vacation and
will reopen Friday morning at o'clock
This is the first time in the history Of
the college that less than three days
at Thanksgiving has been given.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30

also ornamented with scrolls and
vine leaves, and bears the letters L.
II. S., from which it has been in
ferred that it was for sacred use.
But superstition has connected it
with the prosperity of the family,
and thereby ''hangs tale" In ono
corner of the garden there is q
spring of water, cold and crystal
clear, known as st. Cuthbert's we'll
To this well went the butler one
night to fetch water, and there sur
prised a company of fairies dancing
on the grass. On perceiving him
they began Immediately to flee, and
in their haste dropped the goblet
The butler seized it and refused to
part with it. Then the queen of the
fairies uttered the following couplet:
If Ger this cup shall break or fall,
Farewell the luck of Edehhall.
Whatever the tradition, the glasa
is and has been from time immem.
orial at Edenhall. which is at the
moment being offered for sale. hav-
ing been in the possession of the
Musgrave family for four hundred
and fifty years. e
The fortunes Of a nation. and not
merely those Of family, or a clan,
were believed to be connected with
the famous "Stone of Destiny" on
which the ancient Kings Of Scotland
were crowned at Scone. in Perth
shire. There is an old Latin pro-
phecy which, translated, states that:
Unless the fates are faithless found
And prophets voice be vain,
Whereer this monument is found,
The Scottish race shall reign.
When Edward I Of England re-
moved this coronation chair to
Westminster. he thought he had
broken the charm of Scotland's indie
pendence, but he only, according to
the belief Of the Scottish people, de-
termined that the Scottish race of
kings should in time, supplant those
of the House of ~Plantagenct, which
it did when James VI of Scotland
became James I of Great Britain on
the death of Elizabeth. According
to the old historians of Scotland this
stone is the very stone on which the
patriarch Jacob laid his head In the
plain Of Luz. It was brought from
the Cast by Gathelus the supposed
founder of the Scottish race) to Ire
land. and thence taken to Scone by
Fergus. who invaded Scotland and
became king. The stone now forms
the support of the coronation chair
at Westminster. on which all the
kings OF England from the vine of
Edward I have been crowned.-Col-
umbus Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30
COMING EVENTS

Tuesday. Dec. s--Fair. and supper At
the Winsiow Congregs tional churcn.
Tuesday. Dec. 5-Annual fair OF the
Womans Alliance of the Unitarian
church IN Ware Parlors.
Wednesday; Dec: s1PaSS s, OF
tn. Consregs tionai Federation.
Dec. t.S-Universalist fair at Elks
hall
Twelfth Night" by the senior slris OF
tuesday. Dec, l2--Arts and Crafts
sale at the CONGREGATIONAL vestrY.
Wednesday. Dec. l3-Colby Christ
mas recess etafte.
bee. i;slas-Pyth'an Sisters fair at
Friday. Dec. is-Methodist fair at
Thursday. Dec. 2l-Unitcd Order Of
Thursday. Dec. 2i-Chirstmass ba-
zasr at A. o. u. w. hall.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
Haines Theatre--Tom Mix in 1.-The
Fighting Streak" Harold Lloyd IN
Beat IT." Elaine Hammerstein In
"Under Oath: seixnick News.
Opera House-George Arliss IN
THE Man Who Played God; Bert
I.ytell in Sherlock Brown; News
reel
silver TheAtre-Corinne Grimth
In Island Wives; James Aubrey IN
"squeaks and 9quawks": "Dubs ana
Dry Goods" vitagraph comedy.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
Lord Byron and Lady Caro-
line Lamb.

N his efforts to quiet and TO avoid
L Lady Caroline Lamb he showed
the same inclination to shirk re-
sponsibility. Tucked away (beeause
it bears no date) in an appendix
there is one letter to Lady Mel
bourne in which Byron declares
himself much, much more TO blame
in every respect" than Lady Caro-
line. This is the only sign in these
volumes that he realized his own
measure OF responsibility for the
condition of the unhappy. half de
mented woman who prosecuted him
In the other letters he is the injured
party: it is all Lady Caroline's
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
Launching The Heather
Chinee.'

uARTE told me once, when he
IL was spending a business fort
night in my house in Hartford,
that his fame was an accident-an
accident that he much regretted for
while. He said he had written
'The Heather Chinee" for amuse-
ment; then had thrown it into the
waste-basket; that presently there
was a call for copy TO finish out
the Overland Monthly and let it
get to press. lie had nothing else,
so he fished the 'Chinee" out of
the basket and sent that. AS we all
remember. it created an explosion
of delight whose reverberations
reached the last confines of Chris
tendon; and Harte's name, from
being obscure to invisibility in the
one week, was as notorious and as
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
The Book Factory

] wouhn't pay the price he did.
Since he's been readin' he wears
glasses.
] see him mornings when he passes,
And all the time they're on his face.
I'd rather not be smart in case
had to read and read ill
Became an eyeglass wearin' guy.
Specs are all right, but as for me
l wanna keep my eyesight. See?'
well. he amt blind exactly, Phil.
He didn't pay so big n bill
For what he knows. And what he
knows
Is worth a lot o Jack. Suppose
That you an me was wise az he?-
1t wouldn't be n bad idee,
We might be DRAWN better wages.
Tonight I'll read a dozen pages"
'Somethin' in that. That's how oh
Ike
Got there, but. honest, don't like
NO glasses; when you start TO read
Your eyes are sure 10 go 70 seed
Maybe you're right. In fact. I
think
You are. Id rather be r sink
Without TO dope on litrachoor
Than read until my eyesight. poor"
'That's what I'm ssyin'. l don't
care
For books, want the open air.
Me too. When all is said and done
Readin' amt such lotta fun
.'Yop. though il p1skes 4 feller
smart
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

fault. And this characteristic
comes out even more strongly when
he writes to Lady Melbourne about
her niece, Miss Milbanke. These
letters make it clear as daylight, by
their sober statements no less than
by their sneers. that he never loved
her. At most he respected her and
hoped that he might come to love
her, even while vowing that he
could love no woman. But he chose
her mainly for two reasons: first,
because access to Lady Melbourne
herself would be much easier for
her nephew by marriage than il was
for the mere seducer OF her daugh-
ter-in-law, and, second, because he
believed Miss Alilbanke to be girl
of character who would "govern"
him. There would now be two
women. instead Of one, responsible
for his good behavior and happi-
ness, and he was growing tired oil
i'll behavior and unhappiness. The
union of these two motives is plain
throughout all the letters on the
subject. And Byron goes even fur
ther.- He throws the blame Of his
doings in 1s12-1S14 Gneluding that
dark secret, whatever it might be-
on Miss Milbanke for declining his
first offer Of marriage.-From
Byron in His Letters" From the
London Times.