The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-11-27
rNcoor Greatly REJoIcETH.
Getting Her Eyes Open, She Kisseth ''The
Sentinel" and Executeth Piroeutte.

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Sentinel" and Executeth a Piroeutte.
COOP MORNING, DEAR IL. J.. c. FRIENDS:
Glad to meet you all again, in such pleas
ant quarters too. suppose you thought
II. J.. c. troubles at an end and no more to
be spoken of. l certainly thought so, and
am the last one to wish TO rake up the late
unpleasantness, but in Justice to "How
ard and to myself. must do so briefly.
have but recently learned that certain
letters of mine written last summer were
misquOted and misconstrued and used to
injure the cause of the IL. L. c. Before
me are letters written by two persons, now
prominent teachers of the Enquirer club
and containing what are called quotations
from my letters. To one of them
i never wrote line in my life,
nor ever had any communication
with him whatever. As ne makes the
quotation | never thought of such a thing.
This misconstrued sentence was used
to try TO implicate Howard" in that which
/ believed him to be innocent, and plainly
stated the same in another sentence. III
he wishes "Incogs" opinion of hlm he can
have it, cheap, t0o-yOu can see TO what
an INSCRIPTIONS use the letter was put.
No thanks to my correspondent, Pm sure,
lOk AtuNlliE NY lCtAtlN III HAlNll a pun Hbot.
The other person l corresponded with
for months before the trouble arose. l GER
tainly held him in high regard, and sup
posed he was doing his utmost for the III.
J.. G.. He assured me that he would spend
his salary and his life in its defense, and
by him was led to suppose that Howard"
and others were doing all in their power
to drag down the ii. /. c. At one time
my feeling toward Howard" was very Bit
ter, for | thought he was doing more 10
destroy the III. l.. C.. than any one
else; though all the time / be-
lieved he was doing what he
thought to be right. For a long time l
was misled and deceived, but with the or
ganizing OF the Enquirer club, the scales
fell from my eyes.
The whole scheme to capture the II. L.
c., as it had been worked little by little
Gust as stated in "Howard's" circular let
ter, seemed to appear before me in a sort
of panoramic view, and / saw that | had
been made the victim of duplicity You
may be sure that | waited anxiously to
hear from the III. l.. c., for felt sure it
was not dead, and when l received THE
SENTINEL containing the announcement of
the clubs fourth annual reunion, you
should have seen the schottische | eX-
ecuted over the dining-roOm floor. In my
JOY i even kissed the paper. When l sent
my note to the committee, to be read at
the reunion, / did not know OF another
member who would be true to the II. l..
c., except the five whose names were down
as a committee. / wish you to know l am
true to II. L. G. from principle, from choice,
and not through any persons influence.
III any member has been mislead or de-
ceived by repetition or misquotatiOn from
my letters i am deeply grieved and sorry,
and hope this letter will set them straight,
and to all the doubling ones will say, IF
you know as much as | now know about
the facts in this matter you would not hes
itate for a moment"
1 think "Hoosier Boy" can show let
ter Of mine in which l say of Howard"
81 believe him to be thoroughly honest
and honorable, incapable of treachery or
deceit" To "Aunt Sue" / wrote "Any
one who has seen his letters, or seen his
photo, would know he was a gentleman"
Though at one time / had some bitter feel
ing against Howard" | nov know
that if it had not been Tor his
untiring efforts and those of his
sister, our own peerless MAUD Maple"
the ii. l.. c. would have been broken up
and scattered. To the little band who
went down to Cincinnati, and so bravely
and unfinchingly endured SCOTS, jeers and
sarcasm, tender mymost grateful thanks
trust we all appreciate what you did
for us then.
To THE READERS OF THE SENTINEL-We
come to YOU through deep waters OF
affliction, but the ii. L. c. is built upon
the rocks of "honor, love and charity"
and is going to stand; watch us, join us if
you will, and see what a power of good
we will be in the land. The new Fl. /. c..
parlor is as pleasant and coy as the old
one. Here is the invalids' corner with its
touches and easy chairs. Come one, come
all with your best literary efforts, and re-
pay the editor for so kindly offering his
columns TO us. Let us show the world
that THE SENTINEL is the best paper in the
land "INCoG."
Adrian, Mich, box 90S.