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could havs avoided it Bu. loved you and

could have avoided it. But loved you and
Well, darling, here 10 aze in tho Ittao boat,
warea high, -oos sharks, Soma piratea- For
me-. it is nothing. h4ve faced al peril in life
-de<th- thefore;- -fsI'iiM fsces-
don't disturb me. And I an not = BIZ afraid
life. But precious, 1o9 Jou my heart re-
prosches me- + am 40. sorEJ when I
should have been Ynur helper aud COM
forter and shield, to hive brought Tou
into such storm But, darling, hne: /
am going to sea Jon ssfely out Of i. II l
the Father will take care Of your sunny
head.
But, precious, let os take our chances- I
have been in rouYheF vaves before, and rid
den them safely. Let us exercise the best
sea1nanship Wa can. rtsEiiae FOX al eoutingan-
rene nind which dedea fate and feaEs nothing
but guilt, and knows how infnitesaimal al
these petty things Of life are, and feels sure
tnas INFINITE love and absolute Justice ruie the
Ny DAZZLING. in al that en- or do, Or have or
nope TOT, IN life or desth, Jnu are irrevocably
tnte1"oven. regret nothing that I h.ye
done, save Just to tho extsnt thst it has AZ
1ected or maHed your happiness. My whole
neat', ny Waoie LIE, 50 out to you. think I
d1en, loves OF home, good to othara. I kno,p
I see loyalty nothing can ehaks. 4 tn1st
that is absolute, 3 love th.t is uttsr and yitzi.
We give, also, IN full, the letter Of Nj.
Richardson to MI. Browne, Of which VA bs4 a
brief synopsis by Telegraph.
STATEMENT BY Mr. GBEHr D. n1cuAaosot.
FoRDHAH, n. T., Sunday Night Dec, i. 1871.
MY.DEAR JUNICs: On the last nine paves of
nv "HousehoIl Expense Book in mT I1esl
1,- E13f r1ahr af ~
business aHairs-
Should the madman who has ouca attempted
my Me-and who Just now shows some symp-
toms OF renewing his attempt succeed In
killing me, rs he hss threstened 30 vshamsut-
to scores af + People T {ou please set = toFh s
lady they involve Cyou know how hard, how
self-saIidcng, and how pure her life has
been), and Of my owu children, whom I wish
to have know al abont them, that they may
see, in n1ature1 yeass, thai my conduct in this
matter has at lest LETT them nothing to blush
for2 Some OF these cardinal facts are:
!. That he has inherited taint Of madness
in his blood, his graudfa fatheI( (naternaD having
died maniac, and one Of his hrothers having
been for years notorious for his absolute mad-
having 80 abused his wife atsuch times that
ahe will carry the Bcazs to her dying day. In
his liquor fits his family have been obliged to
keep him ahut up Like any other msdman-
2 That before Daniel Mcfarland had been
married to his wife two years, be had, in lit
that ale carried the marks for days, and that
again and again, in his mad fits, he hatl ter11d-
ed her with threats Of violence to himself
and her by the display OF revolSers, knives
etc. etc
s. That from pride and de1icsey abe had
shielded hin, ~ far as possible, had Kept his
infirmitieB secret in the vain hope that he
| might reform, had worked harI and uncorn-
p!a!nlngly Tor the support OK her chl!dren and.
OF him that finally she had explained fully
to TWO ox her tnenos, about the 1T or January
Last, ne sefr1ole LIE tnat Was K1inns her, and
aaked their counsel that the letter to ona OF
them. II which she dld this, Is stll IN exist
cnce TO 6e Been pJ any one VINO nas night to
inquire into tue matter and that 1e bears on
its lace such as1aenee o1 tfuta and cahuot anu
moderation, thae aayo0dy Wlsn any knowledge
OF chafactet cannot 1nl 10 DO impressed Win
lta 1ud1clA e3aetnesa-
4. That al tnls vas oe1o1e l nad anything
but tAa moss formal acau4ntanca W1sh ner-
q tnats nna1y, Ate ~ : Eeot1A7 LIST, n one
OF hls ,1Eenaed nts, Woue cnance4 70 ne
roomlng n tne same mousse WIN ttaem, heafu
enough uf his violence 70 g1fe me the GraVesf
apprehensions Of tragedy:
6. That she then separated frnm him sent
Tor her father: and IN his presence and that Of
other friends had an interview with him: be-
gan to recount what she had undergone that
knew 80 hu1niliating to him; that she told him
IN presence OF these Witnesses it Was hsr in-
flexible, determination never to live with him
again; that in the same presence he nc
qf1iesced in the separation, md voluntarily sail
that he consented for the present that the
custody Of the children should be with her
father
:. That in spite Of al his asseverations that
separate he bad himself proposed that they
Should separate: that he wiahed to 70 md
talk the matter over with gentleman whom
both knew GIr G.), and she kept him trun.
going because he was in liquor.
8. That she now has in her possession Lett
ter OF his written to her six years before
knew either pa1ty, in which, over his own aig-
mature, and IN his owu Land. he fully admits
his violence to her, aud cor1obo1ates In gen
esal, every word Of her own statements about it,
asserted so frequently that there had been no
trouble between them, save the usual s*titfa,"
as he phrases it, between husband and wife !;
and TINT al assertions to the contrary are the
result Of "p1ot or conspiracy between her,
| two or three of her lady friends, and nnyseH,
! to take her from him and destroy his domestic
peace!!')
| O. That after this final separadon 1ast Feb
| ruary, after abe had appied to her lawyer,
Mr.. RHnkIe, to take the necessary steps Tor a
| much with her, that knew her character and
| worth thoroughly, that my sympathieB TOR her
suffering and he1p1essness in facing the
world with two children to support,
I which had existed al the While. developed into
= w.msr feeling-that lored her-thas IT be-
came an understood thing between. Us that
when she WAS legally free ah3 should become
my wife Before the separation no such
thought had entered my heart She bad never
uttered one word TO me which the most loyal
Wlfe might nof SPEAK 70 any gentleman "nom
abe Enew and respected =
1U- mat some Weeka after tne separation, ne
intercepted letter trom me 70 nes, WnGh
showed hln thas when she should DO 1egany
Tree hoped TO marty nef-a letter coufned ln
the terms usually employed BY man toward
tpa lady VINO Is 10 % n1s Mile-
H. That after getting TINS letter early on
Monday morning, he kept it sad nothing 70
| any one about it eld not seek me either N
Hartford or New fo1k, though ne kneW my
place OF business, and e1actI5 now 10 nnd me,
but concealed his purpose, and never ap-
p1oaehed me nntu a. II ociock OIL tne aAaA,
rainy "Wednesday night. nearsy three DAYS a1.er
obtaining IT, as We were goms mine tneaus
where she "aa employed, and where naa
called e escort Fer TO nef fr1enas % az annnsse, sa
"ns1e sne WAS stayue toA Non.a w LIZ
engagement should oe over, ana ahe eo9lo
return 10 nef pa5aqts IN MassasnnSesssTne Is s+-.
etoie steAthIy up behnd me, ana WIN hs pis-
1oi watmn - inches o. ny noag, snoe Me N tee y
c1eA- t1A5 ne n1eo two no1e anosa = Me, n
~, Ano Mnne ne Taa Iy1ne 70 eet On q loq1tI
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