Year: 1875




She is slender, well shapped girl,
about i've feet four inches tall, and In
appearance about 16 years old although
she is said to bees. Her face is bright
and intelligent in expression, bus not
beyond prettiness. Her features would
be called NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. re-
markably light and clear, eyes blue
with long lashes, hair auburn and teeth
very white. Her dress was expensive
but tasteful-black meriRo, trimmed
with the same material. Her hat, of
black velvet with feather and wing OF
the same color, was worn with for
ward tilt over the forehead, after the
present fashion. Her hair was frizzed
in front, below the rim of her hat, and
brought into knot behind, with two
curls hanging below. She wore brown
kid gloves and low-heeled, buttoned
CATERS. A white lace scarf and linen
cuffs with initial sleeve buttons show.
ed at her wrist. There were no rings
In her ears, which are small and pretty.
A black fan and beaded belt compile.
ted her visible outfit. Her face was free
from powder or rouge.


An Astounding Btsry.


had gone to bed in the second story
bedroom, front room off the sitting
room, connected with folding doors,
and l hadn't been in bed very long be.
fore Mr.. Tilton came in, end said be
had come to kiss me good night, aud
was lying on the side of the bed near.
est the door, and he went around the
bed and kissed me good night and
shall / give all tho conversation


He stroked my forehead and any hair
and said what nice soft hairsI:had tsen-
sationl, and how nice and soft my
fiesh was, my forehead, and then he
put his hand-was putting his hand in
my neck, and took his hand out, and
he says. "Why, Bessie, my dear, you
are painfully modest; why, those arc
the best society do all those things; II
is perfectly proper; nobody but people
that have improper minds think Of such
things as that dot being right" and ]
said couldn't help what they did In
the best classes of society; that had
my ideas of what was proper and what
was modest, and ! was going to carry
them out; il I didn't think It was pro-
per for him to put his hand In my neck
l was not going to let him do 1t; it don I
make any difference what people did
in the best classes of society; he then
laid down and asked me If I would't
like to be married.


Why, ask him, what In the world
put that in his head. Well, he said,
was an affectionate and nice girl, and
l ought to have good husband. /
said that I supposed that when the
time came, and the right man came
along, perhaps l would be married, but
/ didn't think to get married was the
chief thing and matter In life itdidn't
trouble me very much, and If / was
married, there was one thing very sure,
L didn't think that would have liter.
ary man for husband. And he then
inquired whether didn't think some
people had their affinities for each 9th.
er, and asked him what he meant by
that, what he meant by affinities, and
he said, "When a man saw a woman
that he loved she should be his affinity
and they live together as man and
wife, and that was what was meant by
aft1nities for each other and then ht
went on to say that il would allow
him to caress me and love me as he
wanted to, that no harm should come
to me, and that physical expressions
Of love were just the same as kiss OF
a caress. He then went ON to describe
again F.; to tell that he knew ministers
that caressed girls and married women
and it was all perfectly right and pro
per and beautiful: and he then told m,
that was a very strange child. III,
| says, Bessie, you have some singular
ideas" and kissed me good night anG
left.


BEssiR's VERSION OF THg MIDNIGHT
SINE.


| 1t was in the summer of 1858, Mr.
Horace Greeley was there, making
visit. One night l had gone to bee
and was awakened from my sleep BY
seeing man, tall figure, staudinl
over me, and jumped and and said
Who is there ?" And Mr.. Tiltoi
says, "Hush it is only Mr.. Tilton," ant
then l think | raised myself up, and i
seemed as II l was in strange place
all whirled around, because I had gon,
tolbed In the second story back room
my bedroom, and his room was next t
mine, and had gone to bed in my
own room, and found myself In hi
room, and l says, "What did you brinJ
nae here for what ore you doing f"-
And he said that he felt lonely and h


wanted somebody to love him [sensa
tion], and I said, "You wouldn't hav


done this II Mrs. lton had been home


You should not take liberties whel


Mrs. Tilton is away that you woul


not take when she 10 home" And


then got up and left the bed and wen
to my own room and locked the door
[sensation.l