St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-16
6 GOD PITY ME. >,

These were the last words which poor
LUCY BOYD, the bride Of four months, wrote
before taking her own life in st. Louis
tenement house last Friday. And GOD pity
every young woman who does as she did,
reject the advice of friends and tear her
self away from the comforts and luxuries
of good home to unite her fate with that
of O young prohigate whose handsome
looks and the honored name he bears are
the only title to manhood that he deserves.
her young husband came of proud old
Kentucky family, distinguished in our ma
tional history. He inherited the brilliant
talent of his ancestors and an honorable
career opened before him. Blessed by Ma
ture with handsome person and gifted
with oratOry, together with the prestige Of
family name. there was no place Of public
distinction which riley BOYD might not
have attained. Honored by his friends
with place on the Democratic electoral
ticket In the last presidential election it was
not thought too great a request to ask of
the new administration an appointment for
him to some post of honor under the gov
eminent. The papers were made out in
the state department commissioning him as
United States minister TO Chill. when Rep
resentative TURNER of that state took it
upon himself to go privately to the secre
tary of state and ask that official TO
withhold the appointment until he had made
an investigation of young BoYD's moral
character. The result of the investigation
was that the papers were destroyed and
riley BOYD was notified that his visits 10
the state department were to be discon-
tinued. About this time the young man,
who had succeeded in winning the love of a
lovely young woman, induced her, I'm op-
position TO the gishes of her friends. to
marry him. The sequel is told in our st.
Louis dispatches. Strong drink and evil
! associates had made him unit for the com
partnership of the pure being who had COM
mitted her heart and her life to his keep
ing. Just four months from the time she
stood bride at the altar she is laid In a
suicides grave. 1t is one of the saddest
chapters i'm modern social life. Within the
short space of four months her devotion to
the unworthy object of her love had brought
her down from home of luxury and ele-
gance in Kentucky to squalld apartment
in an out-of-the-way tenement house i'm st.
Louis, where she was found last Friday
morning lying dead on her bed with deep
cash In her throat made by a razor which
she clinched in her hand. In one corner of
the room was found little paper bag con-
tanning two potatoes and crust of bread,
which told the tale of her poverty. A note
| addressed to her mother contained a pa
| thetic statement of the cause of her suicide.
Written with a trembling hand were these
words: 81 am too miserable to live. My
life is worn out of me, and most gladly
l die, but, oh, mamma. all CT you
love me and remember me kindly. riley
left yesterday, and to-day received letter
| telling me to 90 home, and in it he sent 81.
l have lied about his conduct over here, and
the only excuse 1 offer was my great and
idolatrous love for him. can't say much
to you for am SO weary and long for rest.
| GOD pity me-"
And may GoD pity the bright young men
of our land who are seduced by the passion
for drink and by their evil associations to
blight their own lives and destroy the happi-
ness of those whose destinies are entwined
with their own. May the story of the tragic
| termination of the short. stern chapter of
LUCY BoYD's married life be valuable
| lesson for the benefit of both the 20 ing men
and young women of America.