Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-02-02
WHY KITTY DID NOT KILL
HERSELF.
Her Reasons for Postponirg Sui
eide for Some Years ut
Least.

Least.
Miss Kitty Gibson, aged nineteen
eyes blue. complexion peachv. heal,I
perfect, had made up her mind to die
The decision had been reached aftr
much deep reflection, some shar,
twInges OF regret and q fierce confiic
with conscience; nevertheless. it ba.
been reached with unal,erable firm
ness: Perhaps physiognomis
would have declared that firmnes.
was not quality Of mind possessed
by Miss Kitty Gibson. aud by SO de-
ciaring he would have proved simply
the abSurdity Of bis own science
What though her chin was not square
and angular, after the manner of Joan
OF Arc's-did that indicate a lack O.
courage, selfreliance or determination!
May not blue eyes sometimes look out
from As fatbomless depths as black
And may not a fixed resolution form
itself in the breast Of pretty, peachy
girl of nineieen as well aS the maturer
bosom OF aqullire-DOsed maiIenS?
Thus would Kitty have reasoned with
any pbysiognomi,t who might have
dared intrude his obnoxious argu.
ments upon her, as she sat on a Ger.
tain winters day gazing out Of the
kitchen window.
The question Of speedy death had
been settled beyond all quibbIe or
doubt aud it remained now only for
this young lady of suicidal procIivi-
ties 10 determine what way she should
employ to coDsun,ma:e her design.
A pistol would be quick and effective.
but there wasn't pistol in the house.
Polsoo, particularly strychnine. pre-.
itself to her mind as Mecca
tor all death covetiDg maideus: but
there was the difficulty Of procuring
The drug-of reaching the Mecca.
W hat would Hiram Griswold think if
she would 20 to the village store and
ask him for an ounce of strvcbnine?
Aud would one ounce be enough?
She might hang herself in the barn.
out that was more properly a mascu-
lne method of destruction. She
night cut her throat with Uncle Ran.
ioIph's rszor. but for q lingering
ecoileclion Ot the difficulty she had !
experienced in sharpening LEAD peu-
Ills with that venerable instrument.
5esIdes, such plan would disfyure
er dreudfulIy, aud sbe desired. above
IL things; to be a neat and co,nelv-
1okDg CORPSE. There was We, an.
ther way open TO her, and that was
he river This impressed her more
'sorabIy than either pistol or pois IN,
Dpe or razor. Even such sensible
eIo'nes a. those who figure in George
ili"t's novels were given to warcry
raves. aud drowning seemed at once
ie simplest, the most agreeable, and
'e most romantic method of putting
} end To her burdensone exist nee.
be river it should be-the broad.
vlft Connecticut, which flowed with.
bali a mlle of Uncle RandoIph's
'use, and which seemed, at that pre- {
'e moment. to Uncle KandoIph's :
city niece, designed by Providence
atotd moist aud peaceful exit
," this dry aud warning world. =
le would drown herself just as soon
The ice melted. And this weigh,y
estlon baving been decided, Miss
NY Gibson rose up from her seat, "
ed The tea-kettlc with water, and
the fire with a stick of
,od. g
Except they be insane. girls of nine- u
n. with comfortable homes and .
I'd dIgesiions. do not make up their n
nds to drown themselves without $,
Use. l will not say without suhi- =
ut cause, since that might plunge y
into defense of suicide under a.
;ssible cOndi,ions-a line Of argu- n
ut which no Christian story-,eller 81
uld care to follow: Kitty Gibson 81
= not insane, but she believed that a. a.
cumstances rendered eXcusabIe the l!
p she was eb0ut TO take, that is, u
into the Connecticut river.
lied upon to analyze and explain u
sc circumstances, she would have VI
ught forth as the result Of ber self. er
rcbing, FIRST, lore unreciprocated: sc