The morning call., 1893-05-06

danger aud letting him know the predica-
ment she was in her letters cease, but
Annie Kelly. their mutual friend. takes up
the thread and keeps the young man posted.
She writes him two days after Mrs. Worth
lnstnn's last letter telling him the woman
is willing 10 run away with him again:
SAN Francisco. March 81.
Dear HGrru: have received your loving letter
to-day, and was lust delighted 10 hear from you.
must tell yOn l am disappointed, because the
quicker l have it the better for me. am awful
sorry TO hear thai you are In bed yet; thought
you were better. Joblots was to see me to-day
when Your letter came. / opened and read IL
and so did she. She feels terrible at what you
said. | told ner didn't think you meant that.
She almost cried when she read that. She SwearS
ihat size never got any money. said that may
be her sister did. She swears also that she
never. Joblots and her had fight over II. job
lots says That she don't doubt your word. she
says that yen did send Lizzie must have
got it, for she never lSome words are missing in
the manuscript Harry. said | wouldn't have
think OF going back on her, II you
could only see her now you would ply her. She
looks like walking corpse shr was SICK IN
bed all last week; that IS why size dill not come
10 see me. She says she would have gone away
last week with you. She had Il good chance 10
20 because he was away three days. lie IS most
OF the time away, so she has good chance 10 90
again. Harry. never mind me or your work. but
come here right away, Tor poor JobiotS says II
she has 10 stay here a week longer IL VIII XIII
her. | believe It will, for she looks terrible. She
says she gave mp a good home 10 20 with you,
and has gone through hell ever since, and she
will go with you again. You can leave your
work for 4 couple of days, Harry. and II you
don't make 1t all right you can go back; but you
VIII make 1t all hight, am sure. She says be
tween your money and hers you can start Ia
some business, so If you lose your work IL wOnt I
matter. Harry, siait for her light away Tor mY
sake and JOblOS; for l don't Ike 10 see her
suffer: she LOOKS as If she has suffered enough
already. Harry, if you love her, as you say you
do, then you Will come 10 her. Harry, know
she loves youi for when she READ your letter and
Hat hA :
sake, don't yOu be false; for If you are, then Coo
help he poor woman. JOblols Is going 10 come
down 10 meet me Monday at $3.50 Z. N. SO
will expect you there, too, at Mission aud Ere
mont streets.
come if you can. II You can't be there then
send me letter 10 No. Vincent street; that Is,
if IL Will reach IN Monday morning. II a letter
won't reach here by that time then send a mes
sage 10 No. 3 Vincent. and be sure. would
like TO have you be there Monday, and surprise
JObots. Don't send any letter 10 the shop, be-
Cause l am not working this week, not until
Wednesday. Now don't forget all you have 10
do JObloIs wrote this note in a hurry the in-
closed noe has been lost, and We had 10 other
paper, SO you Will excuse Us both for the wrllng:
GoOd-by until Monday. Harry dashlns lots OF
kisses from JOblotS and myself
The next letter sent by Annie to Badde-
ley, March IS, gives even more startling
glimpse of the brewing tragedy. When
ordinary San FTaneiscans were pursuing
the even tenor of their ways the skeleton i'll
Ine IalEl4Y CIOStb Was IdltLluE lis OOuSc
ominouslY:
san Francisco. March %, 1898.
Dear Harry: | see your brother quite often,
and you can be, lie sizes Inc up. told fellow
to tell Joblois when he would see her that
would Ike 10 see her. he told her yesterday
aud she came up TO my mothers. but wasn't
there. l saw her tonight but Just for lew
miuut = as 1 hadn't much time TO talk to her.
She told me thai lie (WOrthingtOn) beat her tht ee
times last week. and says lie VIII DO II often
hereafter. She wants you TO come back here, 80
she can settle things with you. She says she
Will die if size has To live much longer Ike she
is She looks terrible pad. Sue says she IS
awful sick. The baby Is pretty sick now. Ii
would be 4 blessing II the poor little darling
died She says she wrote two or three letters 10
you, but received no answer. l think II you
come back she Will 90 with You again. for
come back, II only for my sake and beat that
English - o death and l Will thank you from
the bottom Of my heart for II, Tor he has caused
me no end Of trouble and am In III all tbe
time since. He wants IIer 10 beat me some night
when | am coming home from wOik. am awful
sorry TO near That you were sick, but you viii he
all right IN a little While, hope. guess it was
love sick, that's all. am sick myself, so ! am
going under lie - ana 1t makes ME sick 10
think Of il; Il has NE almost crazy, but sup
pose l must 20 through with II, and all Tor the
lore of q dtty, OUd-iOI-nOihtng thing ike him.
l nope 10 God l live through II, for want 10
live for spite now. Hariy, you may laugh al me
for sayiUE this, but every word of II IS tue.
VIII 60 around with fellows, but eau never love
one Ike him, and lie can do the same, but If lie
ever mAllltS one Will Mil ullll, GhEu IL Nu Bcs
hanged. ANNIE
On April 8 Miss Kelly's words to Badde-
ley indicate that Mrs. WOrthington had not
much hope of getting her money back, but
wanted the young man assured that he
would not be molested II he returned tC
San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 1898.
Dear Hurry: | received your letter to-day
and glad 10 hear from you. JObOts didn't re
eeiye any money so sue says, nor any letters
but one. told he! what you SAID about going
down 10 you. She says The baby Is too sick
She cOuldB't leave her now, aud she says she
don't see why you can't come home. She cOulC
manage things better. She told me 10 tell yOt
Of any shooting You can keep away from thai
Will do all can for her, but don't think she
wants me the way size talks 10 me. Harry,
wish TO God l was going with her, away where
no one VIII know me, because l am fairly dis
Rusted am IN hot water all the time since sht
Went away. Size sad she would write II she
could without getting watched. You - fool
drinking again. You'd better STOP so she says
l guess VIII close, as am going TO the doc
tors. Harry, burn my letters. ! don't want he
10 see them, especially the last one YOU got. Sc
gOod-by, my dear old father. From your bes
loving friend. ANNIE.
Two days afterward a published divorce
notice caused a stir in the camp and Annie
wrote in haste:
Harry, there is divorce In the paper.
reads William T. Worthington from Louis,
WOrthington. / asked JObl)ts about II. Sht
says she saw # in the paper ana cut it out anC
showed Il TO him. He said indeed IL wasn't him
be wouldn't spend so much money on her
Every one says il Is him.
After this there is a break in the CORE
spOndence, during which time Mrs. Wor
thiBgton apparently judges that the mar
| for whom she sacrificed her honor had de
serted heI, and goaded on by the importu
mites of her husband she proceeds to dem
onstrate with fatal aud unflinchng exacti
| tude that hell hath no fury like awomaI
scorued."
She prevails upon Annie Kelly 10 write
the following decoy, which was the mean:
| of bringing Baddeley to this city:
SAN FRANCISCO. April II, 1893.
Harry: ! received your letter to-day and wa:
| pleased TO hear from you. Harry Jobots wants
| you 10 come down here right away. She told me
| TO tell you to never mind your WORK. Leave 4
and come II gave her $500, and she has ii in
| the bank in her name, waiting for you 10 com,
| down. She Will 90 away with you He is golnl
chance to get away. She don't forget. Sht
| says IL you don't come this week she is goinl
away aud you Will never see her again. Harry
please burn all my letters aud don't tel
will say good-by. as l may never see yol
| again. | am going TO undergo an operation
| get over 1t. II anything does happen you DOM
| know anything about IL, nor does Jobots. 81
| good-by for tue present, II not foreveI. an
putting It of until Joblots goes, because II any
| thing happens II may detaln her. Answer TIL!
| right away, Harry. l think il you eau spare TN
money you can wIre melt VIII be the quckes
way-to the same place. Joblots wants you TO d,
II light away and tell me where and when sh'
! can meet you. ANNIE.
y. B.-Please burn all the letters, as 1 die
| yours.
relied. and she shot at him in her own house
| without effect. After that il is known tina
| she hunted him and finally took his life.
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