New-York tribune., 1874-08-17

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WI VINO O"S has been with me has seen me other
1nan hlStoDs which Il have made OF mysef
70 my friends have been of unusual hiarty This mas
hen rho utmost shaOwness Of supercalty. One thing
ybave enioyed; that is my work Ii has been unusu-
alIT heavy, and therefore unusually beneheent But,
SSyinFS Ssvd BEEN my pSins D For two or three weeks
Issolutely repressed all alusions to my feelings,
Bnt as the time of your homecoming cannot bc very
far or open the hoodgates tonight will therefore
Something Of the awfulness and heartbreak II
had lost you forever by death
love you more than any human ought to love another
have seen some noble women this summer whom .,
admire. and whom. IN certain wav, love- All my me
have known something Of the nature ana experience
From my early years have loved, and loved You.
But all the past experiences OF my hearts affections
have been as nothing compared with the unusual ana
solemn sense which have had during all tine hiarlleS
of tins Newport week that the only human being WHO
touches my highest nature is yourself Ihis oe9g tne
YOU uniformed for the sake of your own uahqaAhV'
OF many Of my thoughts.
would 10 God were man worthy Of your goodness.
your sefdenal and your sngencss VI heart OCCASION
ally in some supreme hour, am your ny mate bn al
the inward reverence which have borne toward you
for many days past, even while appearing to De aO'
sOrbed in the COmpanonship of other ladies' ana par
tcuary at Newport, sure YOU would almost dread
he much loved by any human taud therefore nh1m
aud waywardl creatu like myself.
have several times tried TO keep myself from whiting
you snch letter this because II is unlike most of
oiher eye shall ever It except your own.
Indeed after this letter il IN the mall shall probably
hand, shall feel content until have in some
confessed 10 that all summer long nave
me as COD Himself aud vet that / constantly treat
ing yoa ungraefuly as treat Him Yours IN frank
ness, IhLoD'hH'
AKRON Ohio. Jan. u, 1869
My DEAR WIFE: Ever since last October have 9esn EEL,
lecturng every weeksomeiimes every llsni, anu wy
proceeds have been all swallowed up III my CIV 's" ~
debts this speudthr tendency OF mine Is ever 10
be cured. it must be by your helpful cricisl rn UI
self. am putting my self daily 70 as mach fatigue is
human nature endure In order II possiGe 10 tsa
wards abreast win the world Your letter, few
days stating hat YOU could not le9n lI't ~
made me sick at heart; and temporarily 1 Ieit INC I
giving up my journey ana GONG MONT C,n,
send me hill of $50 for Cad's GlotHcslm amour.
which regard as so gIeat lot u Idih'I! VI ou'
TO be almost wicked as my own ouuaN> ~, p!v
Ia all the three weeks of my last absence nale
not made above expenses, s4Ol Not one penny % an a
lecture earnings for years has ever YET -ohc lh'o
bank. look upon our money SpendhE icu'tlyl'S !,
cruelty wrong. AT this moment am WSi'hsH @ @prohon
down in voice and know how | shall get through
with to-nght's lecture Am wrong when say that
money in fine dresses FOR the children Ny heart suffers
paug in say ing hs but cannot help sayiugi IT. Nemhst
either sell establishment in BIoohiyn or else mar
age j. on a less expensive scale have nlde vow 10
buy not another picture, ana NOT another
unnecessary article, during the present year
1t is with somethDg Ike a shudder that
look forward TO the prolonged slavery Of public
TO be freely thrown away by both of u.s. may as well
stop il now have for days past an agony
Of remOrse at the fTulcss eXcrtlOns bdVe made pl
three years OF speakug-frutlcss because thcr
harvest has been uuprOhtably spent. Jdd&lLS ny
all the families visit, know that we are hicldlJ
LhrOirng dsdy our inheritance. AT last am dIou'rdi
and appeal 10 yOu TO puj "a pcremplOry checK upon
any aud every unnecessary expenditure WhirL HJb
me make Dress the children III calico for year. ana
let me get Of my misery. Yours III du>t ana hSht~,
THEODORE TILIoN.
DETROIT Dec lS.
MY DEAR PET: I arr we-splendid appetitc-go1d
sleep ~ nignt.- chccTful and merry he1rtcd-neNer
more full Of animal spirits in all NE. II }Ou were
here | would KISS yOu both clcCk,, and We Nddlu
dance up and down the long pdrlor aud would celebrate
the festival which feel within me-
With OVerflJwing love yourself and tre children,
am now ever, yours wholly, THEODORE
NEw-YORK. Feb. 10. 1870.
My DARLING: MT think have deserted you alto-
gether
Last night. after the meeting, found myself engaged
so late at the Denis that, rather than walk home
stad all night. Wendell Philips, Mary Greer, duia
Ward Howe, James R.dpath, Frederick Douglass, ana
others were there, and wanted TO be among lacln
The Telegraph Office shut, or would nave sent
yon "A message 10 be delivered early this morning.
1t may be that shall be home Tonight put pOoaby
not.
II am not there at II consider that shall remain IN
New-NOrK
At TINS afternoon Ghat the aforesaid personS)
fear have troubled you by staying away. II so,
forgive me- and be assured that would rather nc nome
than mere. with hundred kisses, yours,