The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-05
LOVING Too MUCH.


man by the name of Jacob Leonard Finn,
the son of wealthy parents, fell in love with
an estimable young lady in the employ of his
father. who was cloak manufacturer Clara
Simmons was not averse to his attentions,
which were strictly honorable, and it was not
long until they each realized that they
the lady there was very serious obstacle to
their union, and, in fact, there were several
reasons why she thought they could never
marry. First, young Finn was Hebrew,
while she was a consistent and ardent mem
Der of the Catholic Church. Being consci-
entious in her religious belief, she felt that it
would not do for the two to think of marry
ing. Another reason why she concluded they
could not become man and wife was that the
parents of the young man were wealthy, and
she feared that the difference in their social
standing would prove source of trouble.
Imbued with this idea, she told young Finn
that she could never marry him, and this, at
last, drove him to take his own life, he leav-
ing a most sensible note praying to be for
given for the crime he was about to commit,
but explaining that it was impossible for him
to live without making the girl his wife. The
letter he left for her was pathetic in every
greet that he might not have realized the dream
Of his desires.
There is room for speculation here. 1t will
be argued by some that the lady made a mar
row escape of marrying man mentally unfit
to make husband for her, in that his suicide
proved that he was not as manly as he should
have been. Then there will be those who
will protest that religion should not be al
lowed to come between two hearts that love
enough to link their fates in this world, hold
ing that the promptings of nature are as much
to be respected as any revealed or natural re-
ligion should be. That the young man loved
the lady in the way he should is atteste6 by
the fact that he felt in the moments of his
supreme despair that he was wronging her in
committing suicide, in that it could but bring
humiliation and distress to her. That it was
not a selfish love is evidenced by the fact that
he thought only of the pain his act would
cause her, and it seems never to have occurred
to him that he might destroy her life as we'll
as his own, as only too many foolish men
have done in the past. The popular verdict
will be that Miss Simmons made mistake in
not accepting the attentions of this man and
marrying him, trusting all else to the future.
There is one thing, however, that should
not be lost sight of, and that is, that young
Finn made deplorable mistake in taking his
life instead of making manly fight to over
come his love for this lady. 1t is an unsenti-
mental fact that there is no occasion for any
one to utterly despair in cases of that kind.
Even though it should be demonstrated that
he could not possibly make the lady his wife,
he should have reflected that there was no ex-
euse in that for the taking Of his life. Re-
Election would have convinced him, if he could
married her, and she had died, whic. would
have forever put an end to his dream of bliss
80 far as she was concerned, he would in all
probability have found and mated with an
other. Nature, if given chance, will heal
every wound that may come TO the human
heart. That is if there be q sound mental bal
ance to hold the body to it's work while the
emotional nature is repairing the breaches
made. A man and woman come together
that this pair did, and they love each other
just as ardently and sincerely. They marry,
and it is not long till one or The other sickens
and dies The dear love that has knit them
together is not enough to ward off the in
evitable, and death steps in with terrible
wrench that forever separates them. Here is
the end of hope. There is no encourage
ment to make fight against the awful edict
that says happiness is forever at an end, so
far as this life is concerned But it is very
rare that anyone commits suicide under such
circumstances and it is often the case that
the bereaved one not only RECEIVERS from
the awful grief but at last finds surcease
Of sorrow in the love of another, and the
world is again as bright as it ever was to him.
This is natures way, and it is undoubtedly
the right way. 1t may be unsentimental,
but it is the way of the world, and is very
wise way. Could the young lover realize
that love is often the servant of circumstance,
and that had it not so happened that this
man had met Miss Simmons he would have
met and married another it is more than
probable that he would not have taken his