The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-10-06

s,ancas forbid a closer relation. can see
n pisinly now, and when call to memory
the earlier days OF Our acquaintance, !
often find relief In tears" yes, tears OF
innocent love .,,nu,,on sna anetooh' ~ that
of wanderer, friendless among
stranoera without roof C"Root)"
10 shelter or protect him. This almost
makes me laugh, but am serious.)
HOW long to sec you once again,
Asin days that long have passed,
IL would free my aching heart from pain
Your loving hand to clasp.
Ican't forget your smiles OF love,
The FIRST time that we met,
Your youthful, innocent, loving face
Is sacred In memory yet.
OFT times while reviewing the past, my
thoughts are turned to the future and 1
ask is there no redress, no nope 70
appease this longing desire for that which
| TO me means everything in this lie l
delight, yes love to.write TO you, put mus. us.
| the line be drawn hereP L fear ", put
| time cannot efface from memory nor blot
| from the hear, my "sincere love" for YOU
| Yes. "Idau l love you and though the
barriers between us are so great 10 Iorolu
| all else, love you still. To denne my
love can very appropIiateiy quote ,S ie toe
| following, taken from Plato on the lln-
mortality of the soul:
"The stars shall fade away, the sun
himself grow dim with age and nature
| sink in years, all else shall perish, but
| thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,
| unhurt amidst the war OF ele ments, the
i wreck of nature, and the crush of worlds"
| Perhaps am becoming too sentimental
| and had better close for suppose have
| written more than you care to rean, ana
| will not believe q little part OF 1t, will you {
l want you by all means to write me and
| when we meet again want you to be the
| same good girln you have always been.
| You need entertain no fear in writing, for
| It is between us only, and always keep
| Il so, I would like Just one more little
| "kissn and then I'll say "goodSbye." With
my best wishes will ever remain your
| truest friend. f. E'S D.
| Lock box No. 2O6.
| THE SECOND LETTER.
| MAssILLoN, OHIO, Oct. 10th, 1890.
| MRS. IDA c., City:
| FRIENp IDA: In compliance with your
request, and in fulhllment of my promise,
| will endeavor to write you, but am at a
| loss to know how to express myself under
the circumstances. There certainly be no
/ great harm in writing respectful letter
to an old and dear acquaintance, pardon
/ me for calling you oid) nor do consider
| il a great violation of any VOWS, however
sacred, IL the motive is purely right and
| honorable, as Is the case in this instance ;
| and can truthfully say that there is moth
| ing in connection with our acquaintance
but that which is truly honorable; l re-
| ceived your very kind letter, and oh, how
| 1t renewed recollections of the past. Many
thanks for II. Well, l do confess it was
| real naughty to disappoint you so on
| Sunday, after having promised you, and
| am lawfully" sorry but couldn't help II.
| was very much worried about the party at
| Uncle Toms. You know we had decided
| to have il on Tuesday but had not con-
i suited either Uncle Tom nor Aunt EN-.
| and the fact of there being nothing said
| about it afterwards, / did not know whether
| they were cleaning house thought per-
| haps II might not be favorable to them at
/ the time we had appointed. felt just ike
/ this: II IL was favorable l would not for
| the world disappoint them or any of you ;
and, on the other hand, IL not favorable.
l would surely dislike to appear where
| was not wanted; or, in other words, to
| call where was not welcome. Do you
understand "Ida?r wish to be frank in
| everything, and surely do not want
| any of them to be suspicious, espec
| tally when there Is no occasion for it.
Isn't that right? Now when we arrange
| for the next party (which trust will not
be far distan) we must more clearly un>
derstand each other. l enjoy these little
| gatherings, Ida, don't you? l wish you
and / could arrange a little party OF our
| own just to finish that little conversation,
you know, that's all. enough don't you
think) Ialways did like Uncle Tom and
| Aunt En-, and think that Nathan and
Jennie are just right. How about your
| self y and do not want to do anything to
| merit the slightest i'll feeling from any Of
| them. think they understand us,or hope
they 10 at least. Now, "lds," want you
| to make your stay here as long as possible
/ fnn flpn1t nrDna often. know. and
we want to have a little visit while you are
| here. How did you enjoy the surprise
party last eve? (Oh, you naughty girl)
| | wonder why Amos didn't come. Iguess
we'll have to call him No. 23-there, now
| laugh with me, but don't tell Hattie.
must say that admired your music very
much, and ii is surely pity that you do
| not more fully develop your musical tai
| ent, for you certainly have all the qualities
| re qusite to become thorough musician.
What pleasure there is in music ? How
you and could enjoy ourselves had we
| the opportunity. There now l know you
| will laugh, and say Pm not serious, won't
! you?
You always laugh whenever say word
and think il is just real, real naughty.
| Yes "Ida"I wish just as you do-that this
| was twelve years earlier and that we had
| known each other then as now, and that
these words were"Love missiyes" instead
| of plain cold letters as you call them, yes
| / have wished so often, but IL is the same
| old storyn and fear must remain so, but
| that passionate feeling of kindest sffec-
| ton has become firmly impressed, that
| it will ever be retained. Now l
| am sure you will laugh again, and in fact
| / did smile little, but was serious new.
| ertheIess, but / can't make you believe IL
| one little bit. / wish l could tell you
| something that l felt sure you would be-
lieye, but I guess can't; you just laugh
| and make me laugh too. / would like an
| opportunity to let you read that "old let
| ters,n (the one that never came.) You
| will no doubt think it quite ridiculous,
| and will laugh more than ever, but
| would not like that you know. Perhaps
| had better not write any more now but
| save some for next time. would write
| me anyway, 30 there now sh-mum.
| When may have the pleasure of seeing
| you again? Will you reply to this Ida
Please do. With many wishes and an
| earnest request to be placed on your list
of truest friends, will say gooo bye. l
remain, sincerely, r. e. S.
F. EDWARD SNYDER
was called and cross examined by Judge
| Day using the letters as basis. Judge
| Day asked the witness II he was not on
| the street with Spaulding woman in 1890.
| The witness said that he was. He said be
| had a wife and two children at that time.
my attachment for the Spaulding girl
was not Platonic," the witness said. ~
| was with the Spaulding girl, a woman
named Bipus and a man named France in
| ing, at the time claim affection for my
| wife. came from dance with the
/ orchestra and the girls might have been
| In there. am not in the habit OF going