Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-18

In another letter of Oct 4th. he saws
Have | not fulfilled every promise |
have made? Il there not a stability
about your finances to-day, if not dis
/ turbed by yultures, sufficient to afford
/ you comfortable income for the re-
mainder of your natural life You say
that you have never received a dollar
from any one but me, and you viii never
have another from noe until want and
misery brings you to my door, except,
Of course, in the fnlfillment Of my sa-
cred promise and the settlement Of your
bills up to three weeks ago at five min
utes to II O'Clock. You need have no
fear as to my sensitiveness regarding
your calling on any one else for assist
ance, as find the word assistance IN
derlined in your letter to make more
impression on my mind. That, Of all
others, is the point I would have you
reach, for in thatyou would say: why,
man, how beautiful you are to look at,
but nothing to lean on. and you may
well imagine my surprise at your selec-
ton OF the element you have chosen to
fill my place, Stocks. was shown,
to-day, his diamonds, which have
been sacrificed TO our people, at
half their value, and undoubtedly,
if this were not so, the money would
have been turned over to you, that you
might feel contentedas to the permanent
cy OF your affair. You will therefore
excuse me if / decline your modest re-
quest for a still further sum of S25, 900.
| very naturally feel that some part Of
this amount might be used to release
from the pound, the property of others
in whose welfare the writer of this does
not feel an unbounded interest. You say
that yon hope that viii take the sense
of your letter. There is bus one sense
to be taken out of it, and that is an sep
itaph," to be cut on the stone at the
head of the grave in which Miss Helen
Josephine ssMansfield has buried her
pride. Had she been the same proud
spirited girl she was when she stood
side by side with me, the power behind
the throne, she would not have humbled
herself to ask a permanently of one she
has so deeply wrOnged, nor would she
stoop to be indebted to him for a home,
which would have furnished home of
rest, pleasure and debauchery, without
cost to those who had crossed his path
and robbed him of the friendship he
once felt,
On the I'd of October he wrote:
1--WE have parted forever. Now let
us make the memory of the past as
bright and as beautiful as we can, for
on my side there is so little to cherish
that l cling to it with great tenacity, and
hope from time to time, TO wear it off.
You know full well how have suffered.
Once you knew me better than any one
on earth. To-day you know me les.
1t is the proper light for you to stand
in. 1t is all you desired on your side
! and it is all you deserve on mine. This
letter should remain, and be read only
by you. Should you see fit to answer it,
the answer win be the same way kept by
me. There has been a storm. The ship,
a noble steamer, has gone down. The
storm is over, the sea is smooth again.
Little ships should keep near the shore
greater ships can venture more. My
ship is poorly differed"
The following is The only letta which
even touches Erie matters
{
1877 WEST STREET, Oct. 3D. 1868.
My Dear Josie-James McHenry, the
partner of Sir Morton Peto tb9 largest
railroad builder in the world, Gr. Tweed
and Mr.. Lane will dine with us at half
past six o'clock.
want you to provide as nice dinner
as possible. Everything went elegantly,
we are safe. VIII Sc, you at sis: o'clock.
JAMES FISK, JR.