The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-02-01
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From the zanesyille eo1rieI.l
The following is the letter referred
to Yesterday in our report of the sui
eide Of Sarah Bird. 1t was written to
her betraycr- L. Ii. Mathews, short
time before she took tho fatal pois-
on.
II will not be improper to here
state, that, the conduct ofL. III Math-
ews meets with the utmost condemna-
tion of his brother and relatives who
deeply sympathizo with the friends
of the girl SO tcarfully wronged.
January 9th 1866.
DEAR FRIEND LEW: | was over to
your, house this morning. ! did not
know that you had gone away until
this morning. am sorry; you can
imagine my feelings. l was ready
last night, waiting on you, but you
did not come, hope this IS q lesson
and you will learn. / don't think l
ever treated you SO mean, that you
should do as you have done. There
is one that knows all. l don't expect
ever 10 see you again on earth, am
about to do as l said. / never ex-
pect to sec you again when am dead,
l hope you will never. forget what /
have said. You know how amIsitu-
ated, and the only friend-I thought
q friend, has forsaken me; so l have
nothing to live for. Ihope there will
be a day when You will SEQ the folly
Of what you have committed. 1t is
easier to forgive than it is to forget
/ have q great deal to say, but it is of
no use. Ityou ever get this, keep it
as keep sake of me. l know it will
all come home to you. If you had
been q gentleman. you would never
have done as you have. Well Lew, |
am about 10 make preparations to
leave this world, and l never expect
to see you again; you had thought
anything of me you would not have
forseken ne in the hour of trouble;
may God forgive. hope you will
never forget this as long as you live.
You know my friends are few. I'll
remember you on my de 9TH bed, and
that may be before the sun goos down.
The letter | got, says, Your friend for.
ever, could not see in your heart; it
may be all for the best. You soon
forgot your fathers dying request,
don't forget mine: Never do again
as you have done, as long as life lasts.
Never make promise which you do
not intend to fulfill. You have been
the cause ofmy death. Well, remain
as ever
.a sN :" SALLlE BIRD.
Ifyou ever get this, I don't know,
but hope you will. Good bye forever.
Farewell Lew. I hate to leave with.
out seeing you:
When am dead and in my grave
And al my bones rotten.
Here Is a piece for you to read
whenI am quite forgotten.
sn rat.. SALL,E BIRD.
On the back Of the letter is this re
? quest: "Mother send this to Eva
Mothews." Ha I.
The following note was ad dressed
to Mr.. David Mathews and his wife.
Friend Eva and David. | hope you
will keep this until you hear from
Lewis, and send it to him, or perhaps
he will come home.- | have not much
to say, but hope you'will give it to
him as soon as you see or hear from
him. -".l"
} Eva you can imagine how I feel, but
: | don't think hard Of any of you.
expect to leave this world soon, and
!, remain, n friend to all. bid you all
farewell until we meet again. Ny love
to:alI, so good bye"
5 Weak enough 10 err, but brave
/, enough to die. She had loved anC
D trusted him, not wisely, but too wei
D and too much. Her confidence bctray
ed; her love mocked and scorncd
youth blighted and hopes wrecked
there was naught to do but to die, or
: live to be sneered at for her frailty
: and scorncd for his infamy. Shc
choose the former, and you pity her
8 because she did, rather than to meet
: the cold IMPLYING and uniriendlJ
T, sympathy which must surely greet hel
t shamefacedness. ,i .,s -.
He goes unpunished, save only wha
!, guilty conscience will torture him.
, While she to escape the disgrace Of hi
a wrong, rushes out of tho world.
9 "owning her weakness, her evil behavior I
g And leaving with meekncss, her sins to her Savior!