The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
ceived this letter from her:
ST. PAUL, Ma

ST. PAUL, May 7, 1893.
My Dear Saul. i don't want you to for
get my certificate of deposit when you
come up, and come as soon as possible. l
want to get settled before hot weather.
Come before Tuesday if possible. Lots
and lots of love and kisses, TooTs.
She left ST. Paul for New York the Goth
of May, 1893. She said she was going to
rent fiat and keep furnished rooms. She
wanted to know if 1 would pay her way for
she didn't want to break into her certif-
cate of deposit said Eyes, 1 would, but
could not spend very much" She went
to New York and received some letters
from her. Following is letter received
dated July Ist, 1893:
"MY DEAR SAUL: Your last letter
received. | have not heard from you
for some time. [ wrote to you asking
you to send my trunk and diamonds
but have not heard word. [ don't
know whether you are angry or sick.
We agreed to remain friends and /
was in hopes we would, no matter in
which way either of us drifted. This
is the first time / have cried since |
left St. Paul; [ can't help it. Write
and tell me what is the trouble. |
don't care what it is but | want to
know for old times sake. Write as
soon as you get this. | don't know
what to think of you. | cried this
morning but have received no answer.
Please send my diamonds as soon as
possible. Let me know if you are
sick. Lots of love and kisses.
ToOTs."
"She was unable to find any suitable
location in New York and left there
for Chicago in August. The next l
saw of her was in the middle of Oc-
tober '93 in my hotel here. 1t was on
Sunday evening. [ told her she could
not stay at the hOtel-that it was no
place for her-but there were no Sun
day trains and SO [ let her remain
over until the trains were running
She refused to go at all. Well, the
next day after dinner [ went to her
room and asked her if she was ready
to go. She said she would 60 if /
would give her some property owned
in Rock Island. [ refused, and said |
did not own it. She asked for $1,000
then, and told her | would not give
her 800. We talked awhile and
finally she said if we would do up her
washing she would go; so had it sent
to the laundry and got it back next
day ,and sent her trunk and goods to
the depot.
Il did not occupy a room with her
at the hotel. / told the bell boys not
to tell her where my room was, and
did not occupy a room with her. [
went down to the junction with her to
see thatIshe surely got away. [ went
in the car and got hera seat and then
went out on the platform. She fol-
lowed me, and just as the train started
up she threw her arms around my
neck and kissed me two or three times.
She tried several times while she was
here to kiss me but | showed her away
each time. I did not act affectionately
to her at all. l did not promise to
marry her at all, nor was the subject
mentioned. She said when she left
that she was going to Chicago
to help furnish rooms. never pro-
missed to marry her at all. She once,
while in ST. Paul in the fall of 1890,
proposed to me. | thought she
was joking, but she repeated it, and 1
told her [ never could and that she
might just as well get the idea out of
head then as any other time. This
was all that was said of it. In one of
my letters, August 81, when l spoke
of marriage, when l said If not, we
can live on love and water, I'll furnish
the love, for when we see each other
again it will be like getting married,
/ meant by getting married merely
living with her; we always spoke
of it as marriage.
"Again, when [ said I am not alto
gether to blame, | can't explain now
but will after we are married. l
meant that [ could not tell her until [
had seen her and stayed with he
for while. We often spoke of our
children in jokes, and spoke of Joe,
and Jim, and Jack and lots of names,
but we were joking that's all. When
[ spoke of pounding my father on the
back / simply meant | would try and
get him to consent to our keeping
Mrs. Stein as housekeeper. In an
other letter when she spoke of her
month probation she had reference
to the fact that she had sworn off
drinking beer for month and it was
this of which she spoke"
New YORK, July 4, 1898.
My dear SAUL received your dis
patch yesterday. have not received
either my trunk or raiments yet. If
l don't get them by Wednesday will
wire you again. | am glad to hear
that you are well. / have only got
So. 10 left and have two weeks board
to pay. You don't know how / have
worked and never will. Write me
soon, for you owe me at least twelve
letters now. I'll forgive you for not
writing, and lots of love and kisses.
ToOTS.