Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-06-22

-'""SS", SShpuitutdt scnOol glrI
to whom certain amount of misery
and foreboding is a luxury.
The difference is obvious that Gill
gan had worked upon her feelings
by threatening to leave home, 20
commit suicide and by picturing his
life as a hard one. The burden of
the letters is a protest of devotion to
nm, supplication TO HIM TO continue
to live and be true to his love. and
assurances of the deepest concern i'm
MS material and spiritual welfare.
There are thirty letters in all, many
unsigned. Here are extracts from
some of them:
MISS TURNER'S LETTERS.
In one of the first letters. when
she hears that he sis going to the
dogs" and has probably been tabooed
10y her parents, who raised him, Miss
Isabelle writes:
81 love you, Nick, aud | beseech
you and beg you by the love you
bear me, if you have done these
things, turn from them for nv sake.
If not for your own, do it for my
sake and for the sake of Linn who
died for you. viii you promise me
this, dear Nick, and keep your
promise: You are the one who has
changed and not they. They think
lots OF you and you ought to try to
please them.'
APPEAL TO HIS MANHOOD.
"Iou do not know how much I
love You, and You seem to think that
l can forget you and not grieve when
you are gone. But, dear Nick. if
you were to follow in the footsteps of
your brother and take your own life
1t would almost kill me. [ would
never get over it, and | believe it
would run me crazy. Please. dear
NICK, never say any such thing to
me again, and remember that YOU
promised me once never TO commit
suicide and told me you were going
to keep that promise always. Won't
you take hack all you said tonight
and forgive me for distressing YOU
so: You ask me to forgive you for
all that happened tonight, and Won
know that | have forgiven YOU
already. was not angry with YOU.
but | was hurt by your manner
toward me.
LIKE DRIVING A DAGGER.
"When | moved nv seat and mt
my head on your shoulder and YOU
ala not put your arms around me it
was like driving dagger through
my heart, 1T hurt me so, and | could
not help crying; and then you SAID
you could never be happy, with me
again, and told me not to look for
you when | came back, and that only
drove the dagger deeper into rev
heart-and then do YOU think /
could help crying?"
I'm this same letter appears this
paragraph: 81 love you, dear Nick,
and have proved my love for YOU by
giving you all the privileges | posi-
oiy can allow, and yet when do not
do what you want me to you think |
don love you and mistrust YOU.
Dear Nick, please never think that
again, do trust you, and you know
it."
A FERVID APPEAL.
In one written Just before her de-
parture for Holllns Institute. and
which is addressed "My Own Dearest
Boy, Miss Turner breaks out in
this fervid style: 81 know that il
almost breaks your heart to see me
SO, but do your best at work not. TO
think too much of me and kiss your
little angel good night in your
dreams. You will still have your
angel to love you, for can love YOU
Just us well at Hollins as | can here.
and l do love you. Dear Nick. TO.
morrow night will not be with anv
OF my sweethearts, but will be back
here IN heart and thought with my
only sweetheart, Nick"
HER HEART WAS BREAKING.
In another letter, Miss Turner
writes; "Oh dear one, my heart is
breaking; am going crazy. If YOU
leave it will kill me. | have for
given you. 1t was my fault anyway |
oh, beg your forgiveness. Oh, dear |
one, don't so away. | beg you for
the sake of my parents. Don't kill |
me by doing this. Please don't 90
away. | will go crazy. have been
half crazy all day to-day, and it will |
finish me if you go away aud that
will kill my parents.
81 cannot allow you to come TO
the window because | think this
negro knew you were here the other
night and he is on the watch and
mother is going to stay in my room
tonight. Il don't know when | can
see you unless you come to the fence
by the woodroom as soon as you can.
Burn this letter up, and tell me
everything. | want to know where
you will be when you leave there. /
hope you may find friends wherever
you go. Good-by. God blessI YOU.
Yours as ever"
AFFFCTIoNATELY SIGNED.
Inese letters are addressed to 'sMy
Own Dear Nick" or My Dearest
One" Many of them were signed
ISABEL" others "Your Own Pig"
Another favorite mode was "Yours
ever" without attaching any sig
nature.
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