The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-25

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manners, and hoped he would understand
its meaning. it was just at this mo.
lnent that, as she describes in the same
letter, he commanded her to meet him In
the parlor. 1t was there also that he
wrote me letter, asking why our man
ner toward him had changed. In reply
invited him into my office and talked
to him in the plaInest terms. | told him
that when he desired to see me |
would be glad to have him call at my
Office; that had no objection to his call
Ing at my rooms when | was there, but
that | desired his visits to my wife to
cease; that sid not doubt my wife, nor
did | wish to question his motives, but
that his attentions to her would subject
her to untavorable reflections, and must
stop
This, to all outward appearances, was
the end OF their relations. Their meet
ings on the porch, their walks in public
and his visits to our rooms ceased, and
began to feel that the danger was over.
What a mistake had only
DRIVEN THEM TO SECRECY.
Soon after this official duty took me to
Knoxville and Jonesborough, ana | was
absent about two weeks. The mental
and nervous depressions consequent upon
my troubles proved disastrous to my
general health. | was very Ill. IL was
necessary for some one to be with me,
| tried to prevail on my wife to &C.
company me, but she was not well, and,
at her Instance, Griffith went in her
nlQpn that TINA ltanru
on his farm and | had no reason to be-
iieye that he would return while | was
gone. But when | returned to Green
vile the LIST of September he
was there, and had been for a week or
more preceding my arrival. 1t was but
few days until | had learned that his en-
croachments had been renewed. few
days after, on September 18th, my wife
and left Greenvllle finally and went to
Knoxville, to which city my headquarters
had been removed. She remained with me
atKnoXville two days and then went home.
During these two days Ireceiyed three let
tiers from Henry. These letters, written to
me, were evidently intended for her, They
WERE LOVE LETTERS
of the mo intense character He re-
ferred to her as that precious little wife OF
mine; told how he missed the music Of
her cheerful voice, and the sound of her
gentle footsteps on the porch; described
his feelings of utter desolation since her
departure, and declared his purpose OF
leaving Greenville forever, to escape the
utter loneliness produced by her absence.
OF course he did not dare address
these letters directly to her, because he
knew they would certainly have fallen
into my hands. That they were ad-
dressed to me proves the absolute
lunacy of the mans infatuation. | hand
ed the letters to my wife, and at first
kept silent; but the evening before she
left for home | brought the matter for
ward. told her frankly that what had
observed at Greenville, together with the
contents of these letters, had aroused in
my mind the worst and gravest fears,
and that | regarded it my absolute duty
to return to Greenville and make a thor
ough investigation into her condCct. In
all my experience | have never seen a
look of such
HOPELESS DESPAIR
as came into hsgr face at this announce.
ment. Late that night, after she sup
posed was aslcRp, she arose from the
bed and went to the window. Raising
the sash; ma pushing aside the curtain
she looked for long time down at the
street below, as If measuring the dis
lance. Then she turned and knelt by a
chair as if engaged in prayer. Then she
sank slowly down upon her face on the
floor. After long time she arose and
returned to bed. | remained quiet until
she was probably asleep, when wound
my fingers tightly in the folds of her
gown, so that any movement would
awaken me, and so slept troubled sleep
till morning.
HER SUICIDE.
Instantly upon our departure from
Greenyile, the scandal burst into flame.
Investigation was barely necessary.
Facts of the most terrible character, at
tested by proofs of the most positive
nature, came to my knowledge without
being sought; | fought to the very last
for my poor wife's fame. Though the
evidence was overwhelming, | sternly
maintained her innocence. The tlercest
battle was with myself-my judgment
finally surrendering to my love. put
the balance into her own hand.
Had she denied | would have taken her
word against the world. But these are
her own words: 81 could not bear to
have you leave me with my last words
to you falsehood." She confessed the
aw nj truth. Her letters tell the story.
She was not bad. She intended no
wrong. She lost her will under the in
fuenee of villain, possessed of
strange power, which God in his wis
dom has clothed in mystery; she went
strangely i like one being. led while
asleep-went into the abyss"
Texas Republicans.
DALLAS, Ten, September 24.-The