The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-12
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TO MANIFEST MY LOVE
to Won in every way, but to confess by words,
have told hon one hundred times / loved you, but
did not know till now that you doubted my vera
city, or, rather, disbelieved me- Dearest Della,
| | have tried every way to demonstrate my love
TO you. / can do no more; but am very much
perplexed to think you do not believe me, al
though at the same time am glad to know how
| little confidence you have in me. Della, think
| IL great error in you to lead me thus far on,
Della, do not want to write angry words, for
know thousand kind words are forgotten when
one angry one is remembered forever.
The next term Of the parish court will be on
| the LIST OF October; expect Wells will attend to
your case; then you need not feel uneasy IL he
does not attend to IL. you can get some one else
Mrs. Stevens Clement has little boy baby.
Della, you must never say @ WORD about the chill
dren In any one Of your letters. may come day
or two before the camp meeting; have so much
| to tell you; you will have ample time to answer
this TO me, to get it before l start. Della, Ii
| am mistaken about the way you write, which
hope am, ! am sure you will forgive me. will
| send that portion OF the letter back, and If I
| thought it would not hurt your feelings / would
| send il all.
thought probably would hear of you to-day
| Good-by, my dear Della, and believe me to be all
that you ever expected me to be- aud will remain
80 until death. Your compassionate lover
Goodbye and be good little Della, and never
show me any more of your intidelity.
TWAS said that the doomed man would leave
yesterday evening on the Lessie Taylor; but ow-
ing TO the late hour at which Gov. Nichols sgnei
the death warrant, the sheriff WAS forced TO wait
over with his prisoner until this morning.
AS soon as DEMOCRAT reporter learned that
Guidrys death warrant WIS signed, and that the
doomed man had been made aware Of the fact,
he repaired to the condemned cell and had Sec
ond interview.
Guidry, who has q pleasant, manly face, met
our reporter with smile and said. swell. the
worst has come at last"
He then said: II would not take my fate so
hard, hut that Gov. Nichols has taken The word
OF Rousseau, who cannot bs called anything else
than an outlaw, for he Is q man that has COM
mitted murder after murder, and some Of them
were most disbolioal ones. know what he has
done, for night after night he Iayed by my side
in this cell and recited the various murders that
he had committed, with fsndish delight that
was terrible
~ knew that Rousseau was bad man, but
never thought that he would tell falsehood
standing on q scafold, knowing that he was to be
sent
''BEroRE HIS GOD
the next moment. never thought IL OF him. I
was brother to that man. for, when he came
here and was put in this cell with me he had not
. cent, and suppose that gave him. altogether
over two hundred dollars, and then to think that
no would go on the gallows and tell what was not
80 about me.
anu yet dOVs NtGuOub Will DeHeV6 tulb UHu
instead of me. He committed many crimes. /
do not think l have committed one. 1 did not
murder man in cold blood. / found viper that
had entered my house and left q venom there,
and crushed It.
eft was selfd defense. 1t was what owed to
my children, to myself But all OF this is idle
talk; it IL done. His Exoellency considered il q
crime, and / must make the best OF this bitter
cup, which shall drink to the dregs.
''Two weeks from to-day l am doomed to death.
shall meet my fate "a o brave man; life has but
few charms for me, and death would have no
sting did know that my two babes,
"DovIE AND CLAYTON,
would be cared for whom am gone-wel / be-
ieve they will, for friends have been here to-day
who say that they will be properly cared for.
well, well, well, 1t is hard thing to die on
the scsffold and throw disgrace on my two little
onea but it was for them, and them alone, that /
an in this trouble But am willing to give up
my life at any time. l have made peace with my
God. forgiven all my enemies, even
Rousseau, who during all the time that
was treating him like q brother was weaving
the rope to send me out OF the world"
As 1t was time for the keeper to lock up sll
prisoners, our reporter bid Guidry goodbye.
Guidrv said, "Well, good bye. I suppose that
you will see me in the morning, but IL you don't,
goodbye for ever on this earth, bat / hope we
shall meet hereafter In heaven"