, 1876-12-23
..ry fot me 10 explain why did not marry her


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~ 10! me 10 explata WY ! a,a nnt marry "e4
hsve ~ to, .o .Is ~ nv b+cansc
intended III 10 s III You nlesanl Hnrurlso on yoar
return; hut TIC astonishing announcement con.
hid not thought of your marrying for many ;ears
70 come. md certainly neser anY one whom lad
not ieiected t9r you. ..,. ,,. rut. -.
Know Motnnx 2. sn.s "; ~: ,.,i ,iAse5 1' o' a''
1.c exeehs r.. IT. f,hcr "a. s anr. e tn
rnn.,n ~ i.rs rhn nn aceonn; ~ h,r 'nfcmncr.
aore, detlEncd 10 masry him. j underatand that hc
afterwards cheated her father ont of largo amount
Of moueY. A. | said before. / know nothing Of
ehis llatreY Ellis, but ltka father. Ike sun, you
know.
A. t H., t9soa yon. navanE an5t9ns mo.e o11 e1
se,mrn m m n sak Jour VI"
and Way, scnd their ioy1 10 the rnEn0wn dauehtsr
aud sister. d. 4. Il.
showed t},ls latter Il, Harynv and hte fn.hcr.
I shall not RE- repcat what was sai.i. tut ali That
M etrrrtnutfnr had tnli father xns moved fo
be- false. tiaTyey refu,ed % to cons5tr D nv en-
rarcmrn& hrnkrm unt;i he cnn}1 .e,. nv f5thrr.
mi Ind ilttle hone that he Womb cycr rclent'
O lin fut1,rei the futurrf hntS tlrrarv If
Two wseks after the recctnt Of fathcr,s letter
vo sailed for America. When We reached New
York. Mr. Etiis md hfs mi, icft IA. with In
understanding that Harvey should como to SC
my father In few days.
M} s5spotas5' bs 1s Snk Mns .s 5s~sav ss t
most dlsagrecable person l ever met. Her
children were also handsome, hut fortunately
neither Of them possessed her unpleasant dis
9stq 5 ep The nd i1sa M anT I 1eir. &C., g5s so t. Se s
Harvey came af The appointed time, aud bad
long talk with father, and, when 1t was over, he
left the house without seeing me. received
note from hlm the next DAY, saying that father
had refused to glre his consent, aHl had forbid.
den lin to see the again. Ha said that business
| would take him abroad once more, but that lie
% .hon14 eyer consider himself ,, bound to me, and
we might be reunited.
The ttay on which Harvey started for Europe
my father met With an accident which rendered
him helpless for the rest Of hls life. At his
request ! undertook to arrange his business
a(falss. I found thcm iu state Of great eun-
fusun. lie had been speculatlng, and had lost
large sums of moncy,-so large that, when
everything was settled, we had very little lett
s1rs. Randolph had married my father solely
for hts Muney; and, wlen he lost 1t, and WINS
rendered powerlcss to obtain more, her grief
knew no bounds.
enton ae qfsd tsdtodsS s am airad ha viii
but Ill 6uccess-to be tn every way . comfort to
| him..
And NOW the rln,,ds pnthrreJ rnnrc r1o.c,v
nv uncovered red head. Thc M sl,ip 10 yiiel Harvey e
sailci had pone lnwn Win ali on hoarti. III
Abbott. our fumiir.physcian. hrment ,ne III:
news, and, for the first tlno In nv tic, faint.
| ed, He worked over me Tor hours,
and at last restored me to con.
scfousncae. ! said mitch then Of Which
am sure l hare sincerely rcpcntctt.
scofded the good old doctor for not letting inc
die: asked lin how he cnutd be 50 cruel a. to
| bring me buck to life mud wreicledncas. md
after showering upon lin torrent Of abuse,
lnpscd again into unconscIousness. But hts
| efforts to restore me were rs untirIng as b.
| to hide INV sorrow and 20 quietly about nv
! dutIcs,-and was partially successful.
The excitement attchdant upon my fathers
! accident and the loss Of his fortune brought on
my stcp-nothcr long fit of sickness, which
| ended in death. She bcsought nc at tue last
| to rare for her children, ind promised to do
all that could for them.
A ycnr dragged slowly BY, and at It's close nc
poft Us anolhef t~e,semonth, at T. uness We sod
ouF nqns, alia tna1 s WI n9t 10 oe l!ougnl OF.
e1 un'ssn ~" i3 ~ ns ~ Snsens ~ wy"
oeoo, M ~ tMc WI r. ~ eaak .sas 10 iouu
,rors ~ rad ~ aond ;bnir n,ifir.n ~ nm ~ ~,
s,heo s..,,, NJ ha,a1 1,ro.n,r. ',o e' 9" ~
'N1 Tcn s,mn,crs nni fwinicrs sm,rScd.d oacb
| o;hcr. and stiiI we four liz. Il tn1rticr. mi
iii. tSs peYf sn,nmcr wns rct vn,,nr nv ia.
III ~. re ecomni r. carS n;nra H. 1ns ~.
,o.t rcnr ~ hIs iIfe tl,on hc erer 1it I,ef,r. :.
anG Re toid me' oniy n fsw f1nrs hcfnrc h.
i1i"i that had bccn to him nil n Daughter cnrid
be- to father.
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