Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-11-07

49, i'JiA-'h l4lr> i'-titI ; W tlt i'lIliiiilN-
tered III the WniAup trial, which
show very bad feeling between Faith
cr and children anl Il very unhappy
state Of ail'tirs:
Attorney Scott then produced two
letters oue from Mrs. lluIy Hood, to
her father, }. r. WaIGup. and one
from Mrs. WalAup, to Mrs. Hood,
and said that before finally closing
lie would like to introduce them.
This WAS objected to 10y the pro,ccn-
tiOn but they Afterwards Withdrew
oojecticus AID the letters were read
by Attorney Scott. Mis-. Hood's let
ter wus as follows:
Ar HoME, July -.
DE,E FArHLE 70 call You father
don't seem .natrrtl any more. rs
feel q, If something had come between
Us. Pa, | feel W. bad | don't know
wha: TO do; there j. such awful sto
ries ou; about You; thai You married
/ public Woman, and that there. WIS 4
man murdered at theIr house some
/ time ago, ahd that the might YOU
came home there was Il crowd Tom
Dick ami liarry-came up aud
/ bought beer and all got drunk,
don't know what Ill. Ine people are
I talking about you awfuiiy. 1t inake.
me sick to hear il. Pa, don't moth
er's dear face haunt ynu; l should
think it would day and night
one who helped YOU to make what
ycu have, and she worked hard TOO,
irving every way to get alonr. lean
remember how hard she used TO work
and to think You married
: 4 GIRL YOUNGER THAN YocR YOUNGEST
DAUGHTER,
Do Won think she world do what nv
mother has done for YOU: Not much :;
she has come to spend your money,
not to help you make more, and push
Your children aside.
Pa, ii almost kills me to think Of
of her enjoying vi It lly dear mother
killed herself f'r. l',u know. and So
does every one, that it WIS harl
work and exposure that killed her,
and that she would have been alive
this day if it hadn't been for that, and
| don't see how You can for forget it
80 soon, for | cant. Maybe you will
think by this that l am afraid l won't
get what WAS coming to me, but pa
| wouldrathe seen you loose every
cent Won had in the world, then YOU
could have come and lived with me
and we could all have worked toSeth-
and been SO happy; bat as it is | feel
rs though iI,d lost my iather and
everything. tnilk YOU might have
/ given me that house YOU SAID YOU
bought for me, 50 We couli live in
town, but now don't suppose | will
get it, rs she will ID all in her pow
Ell to keep me from having any
! thing.
have nothing against you, what
! ever | may thiuk, as you are my faith
er still, but you might have told me
the truth that day you come over to
Hood's after me. Iou told N. tiat
you never intended to marry as long
rs Lib was at home. | don't see
what your object was unless it was
/ YOU didn't want me to know about it.
Do you think that was very fatherly?
Now, pa, don't you think yourself for
Lib and /, that it is hard TO give up
/ what ought TO be ours to II WON IN
we didn't know ANYTHING about, and
one that married YOU just for your
money; and how hard mother and [
all worked on the road to he p you
get along, and how many, many
days have |
SEEN MOTHER IN THAT HOT sHlNTY
cooking for all those men on the
road, and how | used to think how
bal she looked, and what a pity it
WIS she h I'd 10 be out therf, away
from her nome, and leading such a
hard life. Try this one. Take her
out on the road to work like mother
did, an see how long she wou stay
with y,I. But, no she is to at the
lady and keep her hands white, and
have nigger to do her work. 1t
makes me feel as though | did not
want to live, and knowing this do YOU
do YOU expect me ever to come home
again? | could not stand to see her
IN my mothers place. ] would cry
all the time was there. and that ls