The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13
s. RIgHMoND= VA. WEDNESDAY,. JUNE IL. 1900.

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srvon1d hear me IL I raised the window, and |
= t.a,,r,ot sleep with the window up It I
would make me sick,Sand / can't afford I
to get sick now. 1 am sorry you take IT as
Won do. i do want you, but don't want /
tn he that near you and be denied being |
closer TO YOU. Those three nights last |
summer were three very happy ones to
Inez.for + loved you and was happy there |
with YOU And am just the same little |
girl now as then and love you very dearly. |
You do not think so, but i do II love you
5i,,stiSrhe same that Ibid when [ went |
away r think / have done everything for |
the hest. and you are never forgotten in |
nv nraVers and l hope you remember me, !
dear heart, for can't help things being
as they are.
Ever yours.
Your sweet note done me SO much good,
for one reason, because can assure you
that all your fears are ungrounded and be-
cause I have been so sad and lonely all
day that 1 felt like | had lost my last
friend. and 1t reminded me that one was
true TO me still Dear Nick, 1 am SO sorry
that YOU think / want to forsake you, for
no such thought has ever entered my head,
and / have no such intention. You are
dearer to me each day, and it is harder to
give you up now than IN the
past. Dear Nick, I am sorry.
but cannot release you from
your promises, and when you think of
it you will not want me to do SO. have
heard some things about you and l. but
do not believe anything. Some of them |
knew to be impossibllltles; others l can
easily account for, and [ do not blame you
for anything that has happened 1 told
YOU some things she said, and will tell you
the rest now. She said some one. but did
not tell me who, told her that Mrs. Batten
got mad with you and showed letter
wrote to you to my 1alhsr.. mat you hiioW
not to be true, because father would surely
have said something to me about it, and
he has not mentioned your name to me.
have told you all else she said. and l tell
you again 1 do not believe you are one Of
my best friends and always shall TILL you
prove that you are not. Please believe me
| as ever.
Your own
Dear Nick, you have lived right, and
you are good boy, and for my sake try
not to give up, SO know that you live
| for me and want you to, but you must
not die foe me, because then Will always
be sad and unhappy, and l think you ought
| to be willing to live to make me happy.
| Nick. I cannot release you from your
promises, because they are all my hope,
and OH Nick if you do break them it
will kill me. can never stand it, and my
| home will never be like home without my
| Nick there. 1t is hard to De unhappy all
the time but if you would only trust me
and believe that l love you you would not
| be so unhappy. 1 know that you have
suffered a great deal for me, and know
| that you will always love me and be mine,
| but Dear Nick, you must not talk to me
l tn, ~, lie
me, and we must meet again. May God
bless and take care of my dear boy, and
| lift the dark clouds from your pathway
| Read your Bible often and pray for me-
| Goodbye, Your own
| SWEET PIG"
| Promise me once more that you will
keep your promises.
| My Own Dearest Nick:
| 1 have been trying all day to write to
! you. but have not had chance. Dear
! Nick. you do not know how much [ was
| grieved by all that passed tonight, and
| what grevei me more than anything else
| was your asking me not to think of you
| any more and not to write to you any
| more and that you would not be here
| when I came back. Oh, Nick, when you
| said that my best friend would be laid
| under the cold sod when I came back
| and not to look for you any more.
| thought it would break my heart. You
| do net know how much I love you, and
| you seem to think that I. can forget you
| and not grieve when you are gone, but.
| Dear Nick. il you were to follow in the
| footsteps Of your brother and take your
| own life it would almost kill me. I would
| never get over it, and I 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
back all you said tonight and forgive
me for distressing you so? You asked
/ me to forgive you for all that happened
| tonight, and you know that nave tor
| given you already. was not angry Win
| you, but I was hurt by your manner to-
| ward me-
When moved my seat and put my head
on your shoulder and you did not put
| your arms around me it was like driving
| a dagger through my heart. it hurt me SO,
| and l could not help crying; and then you
said you could never be happy with me
| again and told me not to look Tor you
| when [ came back. and tnat only drove
| the dagger deeper into my heart, and then
] do you think I could help crying? l love
| YOU, Dear Nick, and have proved my love
for you by giving you all the privileges 1
possibly can allow, and yet when do not
do what you want me TO, You think L
| don't love you and mistrust you. Dear
| Nick, please never think that again. l do
| trust you, and you know it. If you will
take back what you said about not being
here when I come back and will promise
me never to break that promise you made
me, l can be happy, but not until. heard
| you coughing Just now, so know you are
not asleep. Well, the clock struck twelve
| some time ago, so l must close and try
to sleep some. Goodnight, sweetheart
God bless you and may He lift the dark
clouds from your path and make lie
bright and happy. Goodnight.
Your own little
ISABEL.
My Dearest One:
I cannot allow you TO come to the win
dow, because think this negro knew you
were here the other night, and he Is on
the watchout and mother is going TO stay
| oiorhr When