Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-03-08
AQueer EsPersOnaI'' Advertisement.

My DEAREST ONE: We're those words really
yours Do tell me. The letter asked for
$40. would have given you any amount
you asked for, but was afraid the letter was
a trap, as I have had false ones signed in your
name before. I have paid a messenger to
show you the letter, and he has promised to
bring 1t safely back to me and to ask you to
see me. love you with all my heart, my
darling, and long to hear the letter was real
ly yours. The assurance of your deep love in
your own Lealue would be my greatest joy
on this earth. If you would only see me,
would speak to you anywhere. 1 hope my
messenger has not proved false. Do see me,
darling. I go home on Saturday, February
4. 1 know all your happiness in life depends
on me, and all mine depends on you If the
estate is yours, l never cared for money, and
your fathers wishes would be, as sacred to
me as they are to you, and your secret quite
safe. I know how clever and good you are,
and as sensitive and refined as l am. Even
when knew your sister, all your attention
could hardly win word, and l asked my
family to come down. Your note was chang
ed, and then began that awful system of de-
tectives and falsehoods. was compelled to
go to a detective Office to try and stop it by
sending to you the P. .. o. Everybody and
everything seems to have been bribed and the
false ones family gave instructions for a
false lawyers letter. Has your stepmother
been trying to make you mad by always
breaking off your engagements, unless you
marry her poor relation, with whom she has
made an arrangement :? You only inherit
your fathers nervousness. You are extreme
ly clever and capable of managing or doing
anything if you were only happy. The sys-
tenn carried on has been enough to make any
one mad. If the one you loved before was
treated as have been you must have had a
wonderful mind, as it would have driven
most men into lunatic asylum. If had
not trusted wholly in my Saviour's love /
should have become mad or an infdel, to
think Christians acting. Are they following
the Saviour Marriage without leve is con-
Urary to his law, and you very much dislike
your whole heart you know l would not be
yours unless you had told me so, but now
| have it in your own words. Would it not be
| better to see me again, or for us both to give
| out our engagement, and so put stop to
| the underhand dealings? At your age you
| have a right to act for yourself and call on me
| or write any number of letters. You can
| claim the protection of the law if necessary
all made public would injure your stepmoth
er and her relations and benefit us, but it ID
better to settle all in love and kindness and
| to forgive the past. Your stepmother's re.
lation has done everything she possibly could
| to prevent our meeting at any friends and
| told an untrue story. You never loved her
! and the way she ran after you only created
disgust and contempt. While letters are
stopped l must write like-this I am willing
to forget detectives, false letters, bribery
false advertisements and changing your note
which began the misery. Your love is very
| precious to me.