The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-02-27

upHn fNH sffHrt uHlIIN IrIuIrHI Ifrl u. I1.
tiout % aa. safpa.ed af several uoels ihaf she
would die. Sometime loo The hfsi wcck Of Oo-
i1hcf w. Gratis mot mc aud handed mc o. note from
Miss Coleman, and explained The circumstances
under which 10 vas written. iie bad discovered
Der 10 ha scielfs and told her. shc appeared dis
irossci beyond measure shc had not dollar. We
a'kei her 2 she could not get ola FROM her asiucer.
She aid W. neither could nor would help her. Tie
wtcii fs'ie had any relatives 10 whom she could
Apply. There were mono. She vas in utter de-
'rair. Cmig's .ymrathics were aroused. he vas
not ~ % thc ethics o. some medical gentlemen.
iIa actually piled the ricndloss, hali.dead crca-
tre grovolling before him Ne had done all he was
able to DO. ne told her there was a man IN Stan
ford who had appeared 10 manifest some Interest
IN her, and who perhaps might be- willing and ablo
to help Der NJ applied TO- She asked him who u
vas He gave her my name. thank and honor
him nov ior the compliment be paid me. A. his
suggestion she wrote me The note which ~ Cnig
handel me This is The note. % IL not dated, but
must have been written in The dri week Of last
OrioIert
CArr. VISION 4 have Just received iho intel
/ Nronce 20 meet friend In Cincinnati on huslness
| Of 1rem Interest and have 20 money H. go on.
/ Wont you pielio assist me by lending mo about
SO ior short time. and Wilt sem return aud re-
fund ihe money. The reason ak or this amount
! q that want Do pay Mrs. Carpenter ior my board
heiore leave. Nou must not refuse me a. ! have
no other friend can go 10 iar such iivor aud be-
sides Z Unnecessary or me 10 go tomorrow or next
/ day. hope son 10 be able 10 20 10 work. An
hardly ahie 10 take such a trip. though | guess
/ alli get along pretty we'll shall always rcmem-
Der you for your c1oiness. Please destroy this for
Tear Of gossip ! remain your friend,
MATTE D. t0LENAN.
Amer hill tain with Dr. Craig about the matter
! became Infected with his generous sympathy isr
the girl, aud .ent by him to her the money she
asked for and note iu which infatuated pretty
plainly that she va not g,ing 10 Cincinnati to zee
a friend, that knew her condition, and that she
ought on the money enclosed go ~ her home and
friends o. once. In response TO this note received
At the hands Of Dr.. Craig the SINE or the next |
day this nuic-not dated
NV DFAR FRisxn.-I must tell you that I was /
He surprised az the contents of your letter, yet
! dare noi Jet such friend pas. as you met YIN
will certainly provide for those ho fV 10 do right
though they may sometime fall by the waysde. |
wvi,ii Ike se much 20 have private chat with j
YOU, but how when or where can't say-uuless 1
this The day leave here TO stop OF al Goreshurg /
and you ~ me there know you could not see /
me here. Perhaps you can suggest something bot
ter % - let me know Zoe q u necessary should /
leave Friday at the latest. anu at a loss for words
10 thank You ior your assisiancc and good advice,
bet suffice ~ 10 say that Mfai you, and MdHk you,
aud shall bless you ahoays. Ny prayer Is Captain,
that no power on carth shall ever cause you 10 he
Tray me. Don't menilon u even % Dr. Craig. As
10 having friend in Ciuf innati-that Is no sham
that Is certainly truth ] remain always, your
most grateful ificnd &c
2. 81 am trusting you with What would trust
no other heing OF earth, ".
declined to m Get her a. Goresburg, when she
wrote me another note which destroyed. stating
she weuld stop On At Danyille under tho name she
Afterwards bore Of Mr.. Graham, and urging me to
meet her there aud hear her fall story. consent
ci, partly through curiosity perhaps partly
through the hopo OF being able 10 induce her
seiucer, when lound ont who he was, to aid her.
found her booking like a galvanized corpse, and
unable to ID up. she could not talk even without
frequent rests. I heard from her the " hole pitiml
tale Of Der ruin-thc person, the time, the place,
the Circumstances. Every event seemed photo
grapci on her memory, aud she told me all with
even distressing minuieness She Of course cnioin-
cl upon me the greatest secrecy, AID said that In
case she died and her hahc survived she ala not
want even Il ever to know the name Of rs father
She said that ior herself she would gladly die Il by
doing 10 she could keep her secret from her moth
or. had naturally hoped that my connection
with the affair would end here She however con-
G,sel that she had no hope Of aid in Cincinnati
I then urgcd upon her suggcst ton made me by
Dr. e. that she should go to the shaker village in
Of that charitable sect She dee ided to DO 80. and
wrote me In a letter dated October -, 1879, FROM
Coylngton, thai she had applied to the shakers,
had been refused, and lay nearly dead at Burgn
station on the southern road for three or four
days thai she vas suffering greatly, was out Of
money and knew not what to do. l coniess had
not bargalned Tor this and began t. see that had
an ele plant on my hands. ! did not respond. aud
shortly ailerward rec svcd this note, dated Coyng-
ington, Octol,cr 20, 1872
Ny BEsr FmEND-I have written you twice
aud received silence for an answer. told you Of
the reoeption met with at s-town, OF my ar
rival in c., and the great need Of your advice
and OF your presence, if possible, but not sound
nor a word have | heard rum you which distress
e. me ~ can scarcely live. II p0u iorsake me nov
oontriye some plan 10 let me have means TO get ,
through this trouble, aud you SHALL not lose by
10 if u costs me my lie. You can never know how
bless you ahundanty, I know. Don't improve
much-um certainly 0rflf sufferer. ! shall lie
fantic u don't get a letter by return mail. Al
ways most gratefully, 4. q.
The note OF Oct. 18th, which have referred to,
Is brief aud closes thus 81 am too feeble to write
No relief do and--not even in tears. II is mighty
hard To suffer 50 for perfect william" ! could not
make up my mind under these circumstances to
ibandon the unhappy woman. wrote her and
'ent her money, aud coBtiaac,i TO do so up to her
ieath In Cincinnati Dr.. Craig and 1 had occa-
.ional conferences about the matter. We agreed,
eing already involved Ia the matter, to do all
We could lesitmately to aid the unhappy lady in
onoealing her shame from her family and from
he world. This Is absolutely our whole connec-
ion with the affair. need scarcely say that Or.
'aig's connection with II has been as pure and
lisnterested II is possible IL could have been,
anfh As "a u.lVsiff4u anil a a Gan flanrau
I received quite a number Of letters from Mis- .
coleman. We we're her only means OF contact with
he outer world. They we're filled with express
ions Of gratitude, cXtavasant and out OF pfopor-
ion to the services had attempted to render her.
they contained !rcqucnt allusicns to the person
rho had wrongod her, questions about aoquain-
ances In this part Of tho State references Of the
iost pathetic character 10 her mother aud sister
n the last month or OF her life she became very
osponlent, and was indeci an utterly spirit
rokcn woman. She came 10 rely upon me- aud
X my advice about the most trhng matters. For =
hsious reasons | ala not write very ofcn, aud
uardediy % that, but when did write attempt a
A, awkwariy enough doubtless 10 cheer and Gu /,
Duuge her-a poor substitute I am willing TO adj
iit ior the care and sympathy a woman is entitled
, under such Circumstances. l destroyed her
'iien generally the moment alter reading them, \
owe II TO a lucky accident, or rather to prcscnt-
rent, that kept what have, have only one
Ihor. Il is this u
CoyiSGToS, Ky. Nov. 8, is79.-M Dsare,i
fieHfs-tiod bless you Cor your letter aud the Ia
ur 10 contained, ana may they all be- as "hrsal "
pom the waters, 10 return ailer many days" I IA
ont think there hrcaths another man as noble =,
nd qfdHd as you are, aud but for you | have no u
ouht hut that l would have been In my nj
nave. Then Is 40 one who would have done for me "
hat you have, and Il my life Is spared me 10 d
nall he spent In doing All In my power for you. |
A. nersf, nfrsr tufgct your goodness. pray yea
ill never breathe my secret 10 any one living, =,
nj should you ever hear me spoken OF In that y
ght, that you will put stop 10 10. Now, a. for h
~ absence no one will have any right 10 arouse =,
ispci0n from that have len that part OF theI =
luntry Tor good, that Is never expect 20 hack =
lere unless c0mpusion drives me there, aud y
ardly think any thing OF this Kind will happen. =
owcFer, don't care ior anyone 10 know my la
'ntions. As inr the home folks 1 think 4 can h
anago that. They have the almost confidence In A.
c, yet wouldn't have report even Of this Kind ="
gel home for trnliis. l did not see the brute who
A. ruined me aud hghted my life forever, when
enc. aercr want 10 see him either. 80 be ac- =
implishcd his object ho didn't care what became
ne. DO you SUPPOSE that he would hunt me un