The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-21

Noue hNd the power to distribute the good |
things to those around you, utterly forget
inl of him who was behrd the scenes en-
,urely unnoticed Can you blame, then,
'"gse from whose eyes the veil has fallen,
" .i.. VINO saw you in your true light as the
~, OF others charities | would not
W.'''u 70 answtr your letters, and do
nos consider it duty | owe Won TO rive
20" hHW expression of my opinion. In
venting your spite on Miss Peiris with |
these affairs, by the way. | have nothing
Whatever TO do, you have written a letter ,
in answering which YOU afford me an an,
portunity of conveying to you nv ideas |
respecting the theories which YOU hay. Tn. |
Ken every opportunity to express to those |
around you, aud which many people have |
considered merely the emana,ions If a
crazy brain.
The tone of your letter is such that you
seem willing TO shoulder tho load Of guilt
under which an ordinary criminal would
stagger. 1 believe you have arrived at
that state when no amount of guilt will
disturb your serenity or prevent your hav-
ing sweet dreams, and We still see YOU
crawl "a snake in the grass
/ send you back ring and, we're to
write anything about it, the words would
be only too decent for the same, were they
couched in the worst Of language do
and II |. tho las, .o,yani, -, ,a
minds ma of Won I have a fow nic,nrcs 81
you, but they have found place among
under nv tsbl.
Iftbere are any unso,,led bp.;nes. mat.
tiers that IL ia rronor for mo IN arrange
send them 10 me. and mako your eYnlana.
,ion as brief as possible
fain would reach The noin. where not
even the slightest necessity will exist for
any intercourse between us am in hopes
'"'' VIII s"d H. JAMES FISK Jh
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anu 80 ne writes 10 JOSIE
o. =" 'hl lhohoFram'I
Oct ~ is'o'
MADAME-Inclosed j send you bill OF
Harris receipted, and | also beg TO hand
you sl26 30, being the honest proportion
of the Bassford bill which belongsto me TO
pay. j have made the word honest ~
more definite for had not Mr.. Bassford 10
put the dates to the bill o. he had receiv-
ed instructions from Miss Mansfield to
have the bill all under TINT date OF June
Is, 1870. although (sli6 2Gl the amount Of
the goods. as bought nv YOU or your agent
was spsnt at A much i,ter date. Isbould
not suppose Won would care IN nlace vou--
self in the light that this bill puts YOU.
knowing us / do the instructions that YOU
gave Mr.. Bassford ] had supposed YOU
. honest - but 6nd tho, A.. ,rnce NJ H.,
virtue does no, cling TO Won
Lam yours IF In
| ~ 'o'ih AoAi''
On Oct the 4th Fisk wrote again TO
Josie, relative 10 the S25, 900 which she
wanted from him A norton os this Letter
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navy "''"'y puo"'"e'' ''e fe"a'i'ue'
we give now
| New YoRK. Oct. 1870
After the departure of Eta to-day I
wasted time enough 10 read over once more
the letter of which She is the bearer from
you I, me. and | determined TO rpply TO II.
for the reason tina, If /, romsinc un.n.
swered Won MIGHT possiblv think I ala moi,
really moan WIN, I s,id when I wrote !.
and beside. I wa, annreben.ive that Tho
friendly talk carried on through Ella, NJ
second hand. bet seen YOU and me. might
lead YOU to suppose l had somewhat re-
rented Of the course | had taken. or of the
words that / ponnsd Ills 10 remove any
such impression that sgain write to YOU,
as | would have the language Of nv form
er letter and the sentiments therein express
ell stamped upon your heart As NV deep
seated opinion Of your character. No 9TH
or construction must be put upon nv
words.
You saw that Won hone | will take the
sense Of your letter. There is but one
sense TO be taken of il. and that ia An "epi-
taph," TO be cut on the stone AT the head
of the grave in which Miss Helen jose
phine Mansfield has buried her pride
Had she been the same proud-spirited girl
that she was when she stood side by side
with me-the power behind the throne
she would not have BUNDLED herself to ask
a pernanency OF one whom she had SO
ueePiy WrohSeu, nor would she stoop TO be
"ueo 49, ~ nun ior hoHte wh'ch wouid
and debaucberv without COS, - p ,hose
who had crossed his path and robbed him
OF the friendship he once felt. The length
| words she snolxa loft rn,, mind IN nronora1
g. IL arI "'y 800 .P",eu
,in,o 'av nd r. :, uSa a "a your ieuer AZ tha'
,mre whon ,vas a go, o'', , a,.er ner uorar
,ool, in ,ba Gil 80. fa,e'y 80, sn"s
yomr Iet,or and Col, ,Sa, !; a'u 'ieahns VI
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