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Show fMM mi ! How SL ced Little Jinirnie Slaine and 1 Him Off And Married '1 j All for Herself. .id A BhrewcH-jaan of Twenty-one Fastens florae), (to the Illustrious Name j.', 6f ' , ripJing of Seventeen. Al. WQ ' FROM JAMES G. v The Seef4 Gomes to the Defense of Mrs. But Doesn't Attempt tefPalrtte His Son's Fault. I lr ly couucil in August, I Warned the dstails of Hie dismal failure of their New York life, and proposed thut they should take our Augusta home, I furnishing the fuel, eer-vauts eer-vauts and furnishing a horse and carriaMg in addition assuring iheui $2500 a year until -my son was able to earn an income of thnt amount. His wife replied that she would not stay iu Augusta on any consideration, tie was" very much disconcerted by her decision, de-cision, and for the Brat time informed his mother aud lnyseK of his discontent and unhappiness. We then learned that tie had been gradually estranged from her, and this refusal was merely one of a long scries of disagreements, which finally led to their separation. the immediate cause of her departure from Augusta was the fact that my son, at my request, was with mo several days on a campaign trip. He did not go home as soon as he expected to, and, when he returned, found thai she had left for New York eight hours before. Mrs. Blaine strongly disapproved disap-proved of her departure, earnestly urging her to remain. She did not then dream that our sjn wt uhl not follow his wife, or aligned alig-ned that the latter left with any less friendly feeling toward herself than any other member mem-ber of the family. Foreseeing difllcultics ill the path of the young couple, she told her daughter in-law before she left that she would at any moment receive her grandchild grand-child for anylengia of time, for life if neccs-sary, neccs-sary, and give him the best of care and attention. at-tention. The offer was neither accepted or declined. More leaving she left a note for her bus band, the temper and tone of winch is surh cicntly Indicated by a single extract: "You know when you left what the oonieijuence of your trip to Bar Harbor would be. hal business had you at Bar Harbor? Wl "id not you telegraph me and not let me lie awake till nearly 4 o'clock. You shall live to regret all this You have broken the greater pait of your promises thus far, and. until you learn'to be truthful, you ueed not conic near me. lam not 'here to have my affairs discussed among the neighbors. If you desire to have communication, you can address New York Hotel." On reading the note mv son declared: 1 will not follow her. and I told her that ! would not when she made the threat. Forty four days after this willful departure she returned to my house, accompanied by her mother, my grandson and his nurse. At the moment of their arrival there were In the house only Mrs. Blaine, who was ill, and the servants. Mrs. Blaine arose, dressed and went down stairs, bavinj previously Instructed In-structed her maid to do everything required HE R0 tfS THE PRIEST Who Marrtd t! Couple The Meeting of the Motlir-ln-.jLawa His Boy Was a Jielplos lo. lint in the Hands of a lepKio4 Wife A strictly torso uf si Statement. i - WabhumtU', F eh. 29. Mr. Blaine fur nisliea thji Assoc. ated Press the following follow-ing undtithe caption, "A Personal Statement:" State-ment:" I I Since tlB sepa ration of my son and his wife, threeknd a llalf years ago, my family have silently t"niul every misrepresentation, slanderous attack, fcnd newspaper interview it has plcaseW the njow divorced wife to inspire. in-spire. The person I aimed at has been Mrs Wine. W-'ltierhuHps have been at fault in kllowV .SLjflp1 "'ifrtir of public discussion of pJw jpwflcis, together with a regard for the "?uPJ of my grandson, to permit so much ca l1"' to go unanswered. The last outrage the kind, embodied in the decision of the ,M 1 1 of Deadwood,atsumean official cbaract(lj wl'ich makes it impossible to Innsn r ffiiain silent.. To do so would be to for their comfort. This was the only time she ever met Mrs. Nevins. Neither lady advanced ad-vanced to greet her. No hand was extended to her, but, from Mrs. Nevins, seconded by bur daughter, came charges against her sou and herself so insulting and violent that a servant was called in for the frankly expressed ex-pressed purpose of acting as a restraint upon the elder visitor. Ou this brief stay of two weeks with us aud on this last visit of two hours, rests all the substantiations of the statements of the Judge al Deadwood. Before . leaving for the west 1 bad advised with Mrs. Blame iu the event of the return of her daughter-in-law, anil she acted upon my advice. ad-vice. Not a word since the separation bus been written by her, nor has she seen BOM son's wife, except on the streets in Jm York, when not a word was exchanged between be-tween them. My son was entirely free. No restraint was attempted, desired or need-ad need-ad to ensure the separation. On the day of hla wife'e departure he wai as strongly determined de-termined as on the day of her divorce not to resume relations with her. Far be B itoi me to hold my son blameless, though, ail thlnffi considered, I hold him more sinned longer rfnaiu silent. To do so would be to accept at fc perpetuate a grelat wrong to my wife, audu greater wrong to my grandson, than eve I" " publication of the truth can inflict. A letter 1 addressod to Rev. Thomas l Ducey, at the time of the marriage, mar-riage, givtjs important facts bearing upon that event Augusta Me Sept. lis, im. Flev. Thomas I. l)ueeif:LJmM Wednesday morning my youngest son, Jaines BG. llluiiie, jr., stioLkcuuie by the mi-iiouneemen mi-iiouneemen that ou the preceding Monday yoa had united Him In marriagsin your own rectory with Miss Nbc1 ins, that my son and Miss Nevius w ere unaccoBnu'unied by ineud or relative, two ;f your househBol'l h rvants being the sole witnesses. "My son anBuouncenient was the tlrst knowledge that anynie&ilwrot the family had of even uu at-tchm.iht at-tchm.iht foS! iss Nevins, whose character is not at all in qae(Kw; and of whom, except for this rash marrfaayMl have never heard a breath of censure. M- Is hut 17. He has been living h. re miller tl "Hv care of a tutor, who was fining him fc ege. In order to continue his studies he 4'ieWW "' r"mai'i here during the summer, wh ' rest of the family were at Bar Harbor. Mo tugnst 16th, Miss Nevins, her sister and irJSiui A Augusta. Eighteen days afterwarF Mho never heard of her until she T -,-MHl his home, without pcriuiaskw tn .AviPi"'-'' of famllyi lsen.kipaaaj k,i .,,.,1aml"", t0 ew York- rhe -;if v;,i JJ' 1, JA-d thsraselves to you for Inurri" Jtr' Tm ilnrepreseateil his afe to yr A JB'g t0 vour own statements, B Kgg at from you tne fact of hie " mM th" fact that his family knew noth- nitemlcd marriage. You agreed not to family. You took bim to the arch WM I dispensation, so thnt "" "H- t'athohc, might marry my son, a l'i ' . ,a knew I was within u moment s rea Bernph. vet never gave the slichtsst inti ).) me, the mot interested and respon sible Hof what was going ou In defense of this a you alleged the confidence reposed in you, a He'st. by mv son. t he confldence of a coufei is always respited; but, by yenr uee ofaaw H iences repostd in you outside of the Of 'V" D t,l"k(' ,10t ' " Ctt,no" lie cc lKin von perforce become an accump- V act of anv crime or imprudence whic M fV hasten. You further alleged that if viBnut performed the eeremony, soma one 1. B,f your communion would have done 'IIUlUS HJUJiU'-l i against thau sinuiug. But bis motftw, at ao time, in thought, word or deed, attempt ! ed to separate man tad wife. On the cou-trarv, cou-trarv, she did not fall by liberality, conatd-eratiou conatd-eratiou and extenuation, to iostes, 111 eM:iy practical way their happiness, if happiness to them had been possible. (Signed) J ames G. Blaine. New Yohk, Feb. 29.-A HerM reporter went to Rev. Ducey's house last night to interview in-terview him about the reference to him by Mr. Blaine in his statement "I hayo no statement to make," said Father Ducey Mr. Blaine says I transgressed my priestly duties in marrying his son. I merely rerei him to Arebbishog Corrigan, who approved all I did in the matter. It would have been impossible for me to marry young Blaine without the sanction of the bj0p. I know all about the letter Mr Blaine wn, me,-and a poor letter it .9 It will 0 .Up to set Mr. Blaine. rigM before the Cothol.c world." More than this the priest would not say. . one i. Hit' our communion would have done " T common defense of evil-doing, and is unwc- IHof a priest and a man. A weelTva. iMi mv liov whs under my protection, the most tintB)les, least responsible member of my family; erraaBc, but controllable through hit strong affections, aSHLaa objectof constant watchfulness 1 1 his parents ivAid brother and sisters; a source of constant mix ty, but not despair, because he Is of good abilitie K us readily influenced to right ns wrong, and bee Mise the patience of love can never know wearines- Today, through your agency, this hoy in year &m in ejjierisnoe, in judgmeni, In practical capacb6, leaves my home and care, burdened bur-dened with tha .,tnll responsibility of a man; with the welfare of a I woman within his keeping lam powerless. I c; mv. not question the legality of the marriage. I sh: ill, at a distance, and at a disadvantage disad-vantage try to I guide my son. But, as a father, loving under thj divine institution of the family, as a citizen, lovl Ing under the divine ord. r of society, so-ciety, I protest, t against your act. I call God to witness, betwes n you and me, of whatever evils resultiiiK from the deplorable marriage my "on may be the uuti lor or victim, tho guilt be ou your head. 1 (Signed) JAMES G. BLAINE. When I wr U the foregoing letter I believed be-lieved that Mb is Nevins had no other responsibility respon-sibility in the (marriage than in consenting to my son's appeal. 8ince then 1 am pre-pared pre-pared to say t hat the marriage was arranged by her far mo fe than by my son. She did everything to 1 promote it, suggested every arrangement, crtanticipated aud provided for every emerge H fcey ; in fact, but for her personal, per-sonal, active. i ,ntirimr agency the marriage would never- 1 "We taken place. In this she showed a know ledge and a forethought not to be expected in a woman of 21 years. Within ten di ty after her arrival in Au- irusta, within a week after meeting my son, she was thus at ljuring him for several successive, suc-cessive, days: T "Write nothl'e,ng until I see you. Let me know at once a bout the law (of marriage). I cannot wait to I icar; it makes me ill;" "Can you come to uu a moment? Am alone. Do not send up yi mr card;" "Do not ask any questions that may lead people to suspect anything. We t m-the mouths of every man. woman am I child in Augusta. Every look, every tins h of your face Is talked of. Look into the lav ys only tomorrow and per- haps one questi, On at the bank, where be obtained the mon iey for his marriage, on my account, by induiYl i'inu the cashier to advance him funds on bis fl'' memorandum a thing he never learned ill-" u" before he met Miss Nevins; "All els' V " can wait. Do he careful. You dr. not kuo S"y how vile the world Is. Do look up the laws'' . Did you look up the laws I of Massachusetti sand New Yorkf I am sure not. Answer t nl isbt. I have at last thought of the only man y" earth whom we can trust for a witness." Another time, -Writing of this "man who could be trusted,' 1 O she wrote: "1 have known him since a child, Ja'"1 be would do anything for me. If you si. U so, I will give bim a gentle hint that 1 will need bis services for j an etnergencv, hiiflVl uot lr wl'at.' I When they"roa( thed New York, after rtce- Ing from August! i. she cautioned my son not to forget the 2i : fold piece in the little box I for Ducey, and to V'loOK in the pocket of his gray clothes lor a ring." She directed the proceedings to the 4 least minutiae. It was thus tha )t a li-year-old boy was, tempted tvota bis (school books and tutor. and blindly led to the altar by a young woman of 21, wil fh entire secrecy, contrived by herself and wi th all the instrumentalities j of her device co 1 mplete and exact. My eldest eld-est sou. Walker, , went to New York to sec if the marriage waiI not invalid, or could not I be annulled. Hi 7 was met wit h the assertion that it was too hi I tc for any proceedings to I set aside the Rial I i age. ixf'jl I next propose f to show the falsoty of the assertion that mi j Wife broke up the marriage mar-riage relations of ... I sou and hla Wit Before Be-fore we sailed i WeSI Europe in June, 1887. Mrs. Blaine met. Dnnua 1 daughter-ill-law but three times. Fof Wr n months later, When we returned, we iim Nil ' ,hHt inir 80n' . IJU,r absence, had no ' ""ily spent his entire allowance, al-lowance, but w as ply in debt. -Uafauii- |