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Unfortunate Love Affair--A Young and
Beautiful Girl Destroys Herself by

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Beautiful Girl Destroys Herself by
Poison.
The duties of journalist are often sad,
and the ono we have now to fulfill is not one of
those the least sombcr. Self destruction is al
ways melancholy, for the amount of suffering
which is necessary to induce any individual to
tear aside, with violent hand, the vail which
hangs between the mortal and immortal must
be great indeed but when tho victim is
young and lovely girl, who has all tho fresh
ness of youth and all the glow of wonanhood
it is then painful in tho extreme.
Yesterday, Miss America Rice left her resi-
dence, No. 81 Mound street, to go to the Post
Office with a letter addressed to a cousin in
Nashville, and during her absence, note from
young man, an dttache Of morning cotem-
porary-whose name we, from motives of deli
cacy, supprcss-was left at the house for her.
When she returned, she read it, and Immediately
determined to visit friend, saying to her mo-
ther, T believe will go to see j cnnie, for if do
not, 1 shall cry, and 1 don't want to do that"
She then started for the house of her friend,
but upon the way aypurchased largo quantity of
strychnine, which she took as soon as she left tho
store.
When she entered the room Of Miss Hynsen,
the lady she had intended TO visit, sho threw
tho empty paper into her lap, said she had
taken poison, throw herself upon the bed, and
told them to send for her mother. This they
did, and at the same time for doctor. The
| nathan arrival IN fiua IN har ahild aY
pire; but the doctor came too late-she had
| gone to physician who never loses patient.
The cause of this unfortunate and most mel
ancholy act, our readers will at once perceive
was the note she had received from her beloved
1t referred to their youth and their friendship
then, to her womanhood, and the time when
their mutual regard had changed to undying
love, and closed with sad, and alas! an eter.
nal farewell; for it appears that while the SOU
which was the seat Of her love remained in the
body, through which only she could express it.
it was impossible to live without at least the
sight of the person upon whom its wealth had
been lavished. " .......
These facts, as we have related them, wert
elected before the Coroner's jury, which rem
dered verdict of self-destruction. DR.. Care,
used all the means within his power to lear
where the poison had been purchased, bu
without effect; for although the girl said it ha
been bought at the corner of Sixth and Noun
streets, the proprietor swore such was not tn
case ,and that they never sold acrid poisons ex
cept where they were. prescribed by ply ysician
There is, therefore, now no means of deter
mining which of the stories is the true on
although we confess we incline to that of Il
girl, told but few minutes before her dealt
The mother of the girl is widow, and
almost distracted at the loss of her daughte
and the young man whose intimacy with IL
girl has brought upon her so sad fate, al
8 upon himself so great woe, is, We have bee
informed, nearly crazed at the result of his a
! tempt to put an end to an affection SO deep ar
g so strong.
9 Sometimes the slightest vapor shuts out fro
the sight the brightest sunshine, and so D
spair's dark cloud will overcast the cIoarest 81
of Hope, but yet beyond them all exit
another and a fairer day. This lovely G
i. sleeps sweetly, while we write, upon the brea
of Death-the living suffer on. She loved Al
. died" the rest is silence"