, 1874-08-13

nntndor Of my tour, you n,nat obllge mo with
limo at every Btattor.- --HomethnE to rnoot mo
tl,cro.-oven II only n single pago, with your
name and lovo signod thoroto.
lam as dependent upon your low md synnpn-
thy On tho oh1ron arc. This you will not f'o-
llovo, hut It Ia true. More md more you grow
Into tho picture Of tho perfect wlfo.' "Thoro IL
mono upon earth TINT desire boBido tlloo." To
think OF yon az tripping up md down stairs, put
ting tho ohicka to bod, sitting at tho ton
tray, or anywhere and everywhere gliding about
tho hol1Ho,-thta ID ono of my mcditativo o,n-
ploymonta aud spiritual delights. Evor
yours, THEoDoNE
g now LONG TO eEH you. +"
Qu1soY, ILL.,, Dec. II, 1905.
Mr. DARLING or DAnLzNoA: hayo Just writ
ton two letters to tho little girls, aud hayo only
minute left for aiding klss for their mo.ler.
Oh. how long to aee you! I yearn and long,
anil pino to bo at homo. never knew tho
strength OF my ho1uo~attachmonta till ll,s Will
tor. never comnrohondod how thoroughly wo
arc a part Of each othor, till this separation.
blecd like grapevine broken oil. Bit can-
not say tint I nm not cheerful. Ny work sconsa
important, and my winter (if am Bpnrcd
tutoAbu A/ Hb4i III IAuHk u6Glll 1lH u III HJ
life. mn 1coturiug in doad earnest. hayo
message to deliver. could not endure to speak
night after night Oh any merely litornry or e1l-
torIaininE thomc. I believe / love my country
purely mud passlonatoly, and sock llor honor and
integrity. must work wl,l1o yes tho strength
and life last. I hnyo always lad soi,so that
noithcr would Inst for many years. Evor yours,
TnEouonE.
A FEELING OF ENVY.
ST. 1osEFu, No., Dac II, 1866.
MY DAZZLING: l hnve Just arrived
hero, in company with Mai lion. c.. IIo
commands at Fort Riley, post about 15o miles
farther wos:. / look upon lin with envy, bo-
cauBo ho III laating homo to q lovely wife, while
nm daily speeding away from QUO Htill loyelos.
Yours faithfully, TME0DonE.
"pt:AH, Hrsronto, NOBLE KANsAB."
ELDHtDGE HOUSE,, IAwuEHcE Kan.,}
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, Doc. IT, l8G0. :
My DAnLlEo. l nm III dear, historic, noble
KanBaa,-the Stato that was couBecratod to Lib
erty amid sacrifices, Ruffofngs. tonrB. and blood,
tho Stato which, to-day, il tho Massachusetts
Of tho Wost.
Leaving st. Joseph, Mo-, on Saturday morn
ing, about two hours aFlor midnight, camo III
sight uf tho bluffs of Fort Leayenworth in the
early gray of the dawn. While tho steamer waa
p1owing her toilsono wny through tbs leo Of tho
Missouri, paced tho dock alone, musng Oh tho
strange nnd ll''blrioua carly ltistoryo OIL Lilo young
State whose soil WIS tho battle-ground OF the
FIRST struggles i'll tho War for American Liberty.
Tlero was something bewitching in tho
carly hour; tho day waa dim; d storm
Of hail aud Hnow was falling; the acone
waa solemn, dismal, and grave; my heart
ynH t,,,rl,nf Mt Elm tl,ot,y}t t}at ,rna pnearr
through tempest into Kansas as Kansas had
passed through tompoat Into Freedom. I have
mover fels I'll NIL my lifo moro passionate, de-
l'ghtful, nnu conaocratlnG loVe for my country,
than Rwelloa within mo in that stormy dawn.
But telt ahas other men had boon heroic, aud
tan'o tint other mon bad suffered for their
country hoVor that oshor mon haa ]o"gat Tor
LlbattY, a'ltl l,ad only spoken for It, folt TINT
had Acnceioflh no rlsht to alnafidor my yoars
In soliaHlt pursuits, anA resolved to live Tor my
country's Bako in tho fntnro. It is 70 easy 10
slip down from hign. pr1ro, tsnselfish lilo into
tue commonplace g'ocd OF ordinary daily OK
perleneo, tint ind myself IN noea OF speclal
aoenos nad associations to renew to mo my Oft
falling purposo Of living for tho good not for
myself, but Tor my fellow man.
After tue meeting walkod with tho PreHbyso-
@'"1 @A'e4''oA w eAtAA AAA W. "t3S@@ s'A0 S"AA'e
Hity stantfs' aud lookod upon prospect equal in
o1tont aud bea'lty to tho econo tsat cue bcholoa
from EaGlo hock Ut Orango.
From tho walk rotilrned to write this letter
to tho one doar woman who is nor; never mo.
| ment out Of my thoughts. my darling! l be-
llore nm in some respects bocomo q different
| and better man By reason Of my Western OK
porionco. 1 havo had many coti1munings with
| God; nlnny yoart'ingH TO- " purer life; many do
! arcs for others. a'ld fewer FOR myself; many
resolutions that would bo true to Liberty, Jus-
| tice, aud myconntry; inapydear and tondcr men,
orics of my vito and little onos. havo boon
| greatly praised by good and noble men out
| here; but soak to conador every fattering
word nnsaid and urdoseryod. do not wish
to bo caught IN tho net Of vanity aud self-con'
cet. I wish honceforth to cllnsten my thoughts,
ennob1e my purposes, sacrifice my Beltlsh am
| billions, and live as "undor the gfeat Task-
mastor's eyc." havo Heveral times suddenly
| felt, during my absence from homo, tint llavc
been earncstly and doyoutly prayed for By your
dear self. I knoWNQur love; trust 1t; live