Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08
| am a singer of many seasons, and
repeat il to-day. | know I cannot serve
two masters. As ever,
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am a singer of many seasons, and
repeat il to-day. l know I cannot serve
two masters. As ever,
NO. XVI.
SEPTEMBER 10, 1s-
This letter my dear friend, will, fear,
follow you abroad. | wish itcould reach
you before you leave America, but ii will
not. / want to write as briefly but as
frankly as is possible. II makes no differ
euce what your answer may be. l know
what II must be. That love you, Belle,
is no new thing to you. You know that
have always loved you dearly. When
you went to study in Europe, told you
of my feeling toward you, but you re-
member asked no answer from you. /
felt even then that You had q right to a
career IL you wished for it. But you were
heart-wboe. and 1t cost yon little pain to
leave me. well, married. loved Agnes,
and We were happy. Still you can COM
prehcud that | .peak without any
treachery TO her when ! say that my love
for you was and Is something very differ
ent. While she lived, felt that you be-
longed to past that was dead. Now
know that yoa have been the inspiration |
of my life. When | saw you as Ierliud |
last February. strange as the surround |
ipgs were, ! recognized in you all that |
my heart had so long, so unconsclously |
loved. | loved you then, ! loved you |
when We met at Newport l love you
now.
do not ask you to resign your future
10 me. What have ], quiet old profts'
scr, to { fier you in exchange for your
brilliant life have true and sincere
hear; to give you, but how manJ men
can do, and have done, that, and besides
ave Offered you wealth, osltiou, and all
that woman could ask. But, Belle,
when you grow oder-and you FAY you
will not remain on the stsge alter your
voice Is In amy respect woIn-li lhen you
care for friend who will be content to
/, serve you in every way possible you must
; then remember that am waiting for you
to call to me. Remember. dear, ! am not
, asking you to love me or TO marry me
, am writing simply, wholly, to say that
, / love You; but | know enough of yonr
/ aspirations, of your right to the life you
+ have chosen, and of the worlds claim to
z YOU, not even dream of asking You to sur
! render your future to me. On the other
: hand, have a place in the world, have
e nv own work, 1 have my two little chill.
dren cannot even follow you If l
n would. But this is enough. Do you
r care to have me love you, dear 1t
o makes me very happy.
/, Yours, H. NJ
e NO. XVII.
LONDON, OoT. l, 1S-,
r. Ireceived your letter, Roger, days ago,
/ but could not answer you then, nor can
o do so now with any satisfaction ia
e myself.
d 10 | care that you love met Roger,
/. love yOul Judge now whether care OF
II not. / have not always felt as do now
Il mean to be very direct and frank will
| you, for have something else to say
10 but have always liked ycu deeply.
81 did not understand how you felt when We
ge parted years ago, but you are mistaken
nj when you say it cost me little. When yol
p we're at Newport, you became necessary
ty 10 me, but | would not allow myself Il
a. know why, until your letter came, ant
1g then | could ignore it no longer.
Roger, love you, but l cannot marry
r. you. / cannot resign my profession
as cannot, as told you, serve two masters
as II could leave the stage and come to b
he YOUR wife, | know how happy | Wou
: be but l cannot. You say you canno
as give up your work to follow my singing
lie path. Do YOU not know that ! cannC
nv rive up mine2 But even If you coul
IN. surrender all to me, would not bave y0
no do il. Were to marry you, could no
we be content not TO make home for yol
we not 10 help you educate your children
il hut unsatisfactory as my life so otten 0
, It lonely as always am, cannot come
, / you-to rest and quiet.
lie. You will not know much this letter hi
dc. cost me, hut you will believe, dear frien
ure that il is sincere and from my heart.
md Shall this be the last
ght As have always hcen, BELLE.
has NO, XVIII.
life OCTOBER %, Is.
yill / krow, dear Belle, wLeu you wrote
owe me from Newport in September, that y
meant to spare the pNin of the coniessl'
Z. we have made to each ober but you g
would not have ii so. cannot tell "
how much your letter is 10 me. shall nc
OIL, wait for YOU to come to me. l know y
u must do so some time in the future,
co shall not trouble nor worry you Belle !
am content to wait. Yours, H. NJ
NO. XIX
DECEMBER 10, IS =
Do not, dear Roger, write TO me aga
soe think that | could be an earnest irlel
r5s to you, but you must think OF me
l;ise some day to be your wife, we had bet
ste keep apart. cannot, as | told you, resi-
my art, for it IS my life. / could !
marty anu Lt lINt ~ ~ hfNtN 49,
leave the stage or resign you. fou kn
go what my choice is. It may slarye
,'h. heart, but ] can bear IL. cam
a. though, bear to disaproint you, nor
-, y let you hope for what will never happ
i IN | will not marry you after ! am Wo
out, useless singer. cannot marry
,,ro now, go If we cannot be merely frlen
a of do rot write to me again.
4 You're, BELLE
~ NO. Xxx.
ne ne NOVEMBER 13, 49,
wv Dear Isobt lie: viii you allow ne
,i,,o. send You copy of the book have
''s' published / do not know that 1t
"A of interest you, as hardly iarcy you
nj of for such diy scientific subjects ou
II Is will show you how spent the two y
york. since We parted. DO yoy knoS l n Il
. -, had a crazy fancy that | would lik
!. .,,o s,a dedicate il TO YOU Zoology aua
J. nv opera Fancy the combination.
'nh5,i would have ruined IT.; for the scho
'''''' would have doubted II at once, and II
.w of the singing people would have hou
IT. But ! was sane enough not TO az
and then, too, Billie, IL was not VII
- for YOU, but for my brother TO sis.
'coks hear YOU arc to sing again in /
Just this winter. Julie tells ne Of your
|the umphs. and if rumor is to be believe,
luu never before equalled you success uu
'oung the past two Seasons. Happiness al
! ieel you, dear iricnd,no matter in what 81
JuNe- il may come. Yours as ever
then ROGER MuRRA
c anu NO. XXI.
ought FEBRUARY 10, 1s-
JseI' have intended all winter, dear nc
says writing TO you when this day sh
e ner' come; for il is one of my few ann
thing sares. Do you know which it is, or
sehu YOU forgotten that IL is Just three J
since you wrote to me in New York
ana Ing permission to call upon me
u sec have heard very seldom directly
m"ue you, but often through Julie, who =
y, your friendship more each year, and
NEL. understands very fully all you are d
geolS' in helping her shape Bob's characit
e., hear YOU lead the same quiet, stu
INK Is; life, aud that sou are growing NOR
coi9r more famous. Can you be more leal
' NJ But seriously, l am very proud Of
work 1 know some wise French
It is and they have asked me many ques
ming OI about you. / have your first nOI
knew German and French TRANSACTIONS,
books, do not find l understand 1t any be!te