Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-23
wIILIB sPRAeUn no ms FATHER.



the strange Letter that was Left
Unfinished WSen EHe Killed HiIn-
self.
Seattle P1st-intelllgencer.
On the stand, with disordered collec-
ton Of books and pGpeSB, were two let
ters, both written in pencil In steady
running hand, on small blue-rultd, I'M
glazed notebook paper. One of them
was addressed to his father. II bore no
date line and ran az follows:
DEAR FATHER: This tina l will not
plead poverty as an excuse for inflicting
this pencll-written affair upon you. l have
merely neglected to provide myself with
Ink. Another reason Is, 1 notice my Ideas
seem TO flow more commercially while using
pencil. The time consumed IN dipping
my pen seems to break the connection, Ms
II were. To be sure, there may be nothing
In this, but We all have our little fads and
foibles.
sent you postal upon the eve of my
departure as an Item OF news, as imagine
that news Is petty scarce down there-not
that you have not your little diversions and
slight sensations in the matr.u onial line,
for instance, but then one alwsys likes to
hear from former friends and acqualntances.
Not that yod have given me my encourage
tnent to spring my bright sclntillations OF
wit aud humor upon you. Oh, no-quite
the contrary. The reason that have not
written more ia that my life has besn so
commonplace and unsveniful that even my
brain (2) st, grated. anG could not have
evolved an idea for brain and sentiment.
suppose you are little curious to know
about my movements for the three or four
moons phsr. We'll, as said, l took the
! first thing that fl red la the way Of n JOB,
80 per week, and worked real hard with
my hands, and feet, too, for that matter
Dut It let up after time end l WINS able TO
| make it, what IA the parance of u alan.
| Rulsi, Is called a SNAP" That is, all but
tne pay, thnt rema'na' &c 50 week
meant last IS fnt h0ard C.ud pretty Iaiv
board II wRr), 80 cents Tor washing, 81
! cents for bath, leaving balnnes OF 81
| hat was az liberty TO Invest or not, iust
ns / saw fit; ont though the figures gay
| SO, for some reason | cannot explain In
pIact co tne 90 never appeared.
Your letter was ono OF those cold and
chilling communications that paas be.
| tween men when enc gets bill
OF goods charged for more than is
shown in the invoice. Talk TO be about
the bowling blizzard Of tho frOgsn regions
| Of the north poie, tho awful absence OF
| heat when fciend Uontlen yen lLord,
| MISSY these take seats away back in the
| rear and bids their faces Ia very shame In
the face OF lat letter. with my very sensi-
tive aud highly eonslderate nature, i c1nnot
conceive how u m N can eoruthlessy knock
| a man down, RouEe bic eye and otherwise
| tiguratlvely abuse him with so little, OF In
fact, no cause. But It really matters little,
except TO my feeinga. and they are prlc.l'
callV CT no use, eSeopt 10 myself. This is
great country, md I'm In IT. No one has
| apparently caught on to tho latter fact as
| yet, but Tn heFe.
Although what I'm going to say will meet
| with no credeuee. stlll works OF fiction are
always read aud demanded. / WAS very
losrh to leave Chicago. Holmes, n Pitts
| burg friend of mine, Is about the only fell
low ever met who possessed the faculty
| Of making me see lie In anything but \
| dark aud gloomy aspect. HD absolutely
nsdn me etj1y myself At tlmes It was
| very Irritating ald g7lltng 10 have TO erjoy
| yourself, especially whal | he'd made up
| my mind to be nliserEbls bur, On the whole,
| think 1t was best. He has been what a
dsar and beloved wife would have been TO
| another man. To he sure, hs neither sewed
| on my buttons nor called ms "sweety' nor
| ''tontey wootey,' but the moral effect was
1 there.
Out here I'm thrown among strangers
again, cast upol desert Isis 81 far Us soul
| communication II concerned. Icannot tell
how 10 for love and affe tlon, that l
| have never experienced, and cnnnot do.
| scribe, yet long for. All me, l feRr my
| dream Will mover he realized. But this
sentimental 'biz" will never do. had Il
! lOt OF ~ htoWeu w alu hau 10 Work IL oL'
Well. l went through some queer cid eS-
| periepee5: but detail too much, We'll, 70
cur;ail lengthy narrative, jlsr beiOrp
ooIntHg cut here struck n Job tnat pennet
/ cut Sl2 week, and sb5 was a corker.
want to tell You what II was; more than
that, 1t was respectable, II you call hard,
| back breaking toll 1espe tGble. But when
one has made up his mind to devote the
remaining years OF youth and health to the
| accumulation Of sufficient sum to enable
him TO pass the waning portion Of his life
IN at least comfort and eaee, one must not
expect to IND grensed toboggan slide
| around the corner. But the deuce, at this
rate Will never gat TO Seattle. have
boozY recollection OF having written you
latter containing an Outline Of PROPOSE
ton made me by these people, and there
The letter here ended abruptly iu the
centre of the page, and was not signed.