The herald., 1897-10-08
231 West Third ST.
25S S. Broadway.

before me. I was not in any humor to
vessel sitting on the 2Sth of July know
quired much thought and study and 1
desired to be as cool and calm as possi-
BILE and in no wise act or speak hastily
or harshly.
In regard to drawing money, please
simply notify me when you get any
from Mr.. E. and I will Immediately
cover the same in draft to w W. NJ. &
Co. When you have absorbed the $500
draft on Mr.. E. let me know and I
will send you on the first Of each month
check for $50. So far as obeying my in
structions went in drawing the money
had no question to raise, but your
business judgment can surely tell you
the foolish policy of simply taking w. w.
M. & Co. s sta tement that you had drawn
money and sending check to cover the
same without any information to that
effect from you.
The copy of your will and the note
came with your first letter, but your let
ter of explanation was, heaven knows,
an astounding one.
You say in yours before me when re-
quested you to give me back my we'd
ding ring and sign paper releasing me
from any ties between us, etc, etc." Now
you know full WELL and your inner con-
science tells you so, that made no such
request, but after you had drawn up
your agreement which you had given me
to read and to sign and after thin king the
matter over for some time 1 simply
stated: "Supposing 1 were to draw up
such an agreement (repeating the same
verbally which would simply be in ef-
feet the same as yours before me, would
you wish to, and would you sign?" Only
having the desire to show to you the
effect and force of the agreement you
had drawn for me to sign.
AS to my being angry at your WILL
God is my judge when I say such
thought never entered my mind, and as
for my Starting in to say something"
as you term it, because you did not leave
the original with me, I deny any such
thoughts most emphatically.
AS for what you say about going away,
thinking that after some months of
peace and quiet you could learn to think
differently towards me, and that you had
tried and wanted still to try to feel diff
ferently, etc, ETC., and to repeat your
words: do not, l beg of you make it
utterly impossible" am sorry, God
knows, extremely sorry, to have to say
to you that you have already made 1t
utterly impossible, absolutely So for US
to ever live together in peace happiness
or otherwise ever.
You accuse me of being thief
then of wanting to take advantage of
your absence and beat you out of what
interest you might have in my estate,
believing me to be thief and telling me
so, you still think 1 wish to rob you
You then go away and write me in your
very first letter the most unholy, un-
righteous accusations. You then write
plainly in this letter before me and tell
me that you do ont even have respect
enough for me, leaving love and
affection out altogether, to ad
dress me as your husband. Now can
you for a moment believe or even think
that can ever again live with you as my
wife with any degree of peace, comfort
or happiness 1t were far better that you
and l were dead, both of us, and in our
graves than to have ever reached this
point in our wretched lives. Suicide for
either of us void be an honor
What you are pleased to term a
"whirlwind of words" has been the ran
sacking of an almost crazed. brain 10
get together words sufficient from the |
English language to try and convince |
you that you were killing. simply mur
dering. the love. hope and affection of |
man that has been as true and pure to
you as any devoted and consecrated |
priest has ever been to his oGd. Hai
you been inspired, you could not havs.
chosen a more thorough and expeditions
course than you have; when you left me
you left in my heart an abounding love
and affection for you, and which you
could have famed to as great a flame !
and perhaps more SO, than it had ever