The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-08-04

to fail me. Without knowing where
you are, I venture to write to Neva-
do. I have only wanted to know
where you are. I don't know Mrs.
and cannot correspond with
her l1Aout its becoming known. I
wish yop woald write me, and direct
outsids S1SSlols to Doctor G.. ,unlsss
You can csetrive to send, il to NY own
hAnds. when you need money lot
Ne know. @ Dat till death.
M Yours as ever.
z DEs Nc1sEs, Juno Esd, 1870. \
Ny dear lnot lost) loved one.
l received yours this morning, and
would have enjoyed reading It, but
for two things. Let. It's gloomy
forebodings as to tho future.s 3D.,
Your hsbitual doubt Of me. How
could you believe me false and hypo-
critical. Is your knowledge Of, me,
such that my word is worth nothing.
When did deceive you. Can you
believe / am such an adept ut con.
cealment and falsehood, that for 90
long = time l could blind your quick
eye, and becloud your acute discern
ment, and deceive your honest heart.
Oh Why will you doubt me? Now
why will you not trust me, confde 10
my fidelity and manhood, and not
torment yourself with doubt ? l
have not mentioned to 8 living soul
anything about promises between US.
] have not found it necessary, aor do
/ think it bost for either Of us. We
understand zach other, aud need not
repeat what / have so often said. I
here repeat it EVERY WORD. Only be
constant to me, and you shall never
SOC the day, on earth or in heaven,
when I love you less than l now do,
and NO man ever loved with q truer,
or more devoted affection, than / love
you. = y Now look, my most precious
one, at the circumstances in which
We are surrounded. 1t il notorious
that we have been detected under
circumstances hamiliating to us both,
and no explanation will mitigate our
guilt. We must patiently submit
TO the exigencies, patiently abiding
our time. Can we do it2 = ,: sent
you . little taohey, but you did not.
say whether you got it. $500 the
night You left. Darling, think Of
somewhere you can go, aud some
thing you can do, and be in my reach.
must zoe you, it must not be known
for your sake and my own, and pct 1
must see you. / viii be on the night
train, Friday night. Meantime,
think over everything, and we will
talk all over. But . mistake or q
misstsp might be false. Tthe inter-
vie,o should become public, all is lost to
both Of Us. Living l love you, and
dying I bless you. ~ u" s..
Yours for time and eternity.
The following letter was written
by Mrs. OH reply, and was
intercepted. +.
NEVADA, June 10Th.
OH my lost loved one How can
endure this life, so full of bithed
hopes and false love, and broken
VOWS. How can / live, when there
is NO place to shelter MY head, no
hand to dave, no heart to care wheth.
or 4 live or die? You whom I
loved and trusted more than man
| was loved before. you who I believed
was but little less than God himself,
for to me you was tho Savior. You
| who for the last three years poured
into my ear and heart the richcst
professions Of love and consistency,
and have Influenced me against my
will and judgment TO do the very
| thing that proved our ruin Gas I have
often told you it would, you. after
| al this aud more, --fot you have told
me time and time and again, if we
should be discovered, 81 will stand
by you, darling! will declare my
love for you! I will shield you before
the whole world. That you should
betray the love, abuse the confidence,
and destroy the woman you then pho.
fessed to love, IL o baser act than
believe tie most abandoned demon
from Hades, capable Of. Neither
could or would / believe this of you
without the most positive proof,
proof that cannot be doubted.
If you can, I want you to imagine
my feelings when I learned from
Mrs. that Merriman had been
up here, and in conversation she
had with him, he told her that you
positively affirmed that no words oil
love ever passed between us, that
you had never given me cause for a
moment to think that you loved me.
that / had thrown myself in your way,
and you would have been more than
mortal not to have done rs You have.
Your brother believes / am . bad
woman, your children believe am q
bad woman, but you know it is Q lie,
black - Satan could have invented.
I care not if half Marshall should
have told You that they had.-Your
own heArt tells you It is false. This
morning received your letter oil
June 18. You write words of love.
Had they been received sooner,
would have given some comfort to
my then sad and bleeding heart.
But they arc too late, and only
intensity tho hate, ! feel springing
up in tho grave Of my murdered love,
| Sir iiafen whiia tall Won what