The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
B~NGLSHMAN'S LOVE LETTERS
FOUR MILES LONG, SENT TO
DOROTHY USHER.

Sometimes h Got Two q Day, she
eap-Now the writer II Suing Her
for 6s8s for Money = oaned and
$500 for Pictures N Bric-a-Brao.
U~nrequited love is given by Dorothy
Usner. formerly an actress. as the reason
why Maurice L. Reaves. an Englishman
In the insurance business. Is suing her for
Ssss money loaned and for pictures and
bnc-A-brao valued at $500. The trial In
imminent In the Supreme Court and a
few days ago Miss Usner's counsel, Moses
II. Grossman. advertised for her. She was
then out West, but she was at the Office Of
Mr.. Grossman yesterday.
She IL now the wife Of George Baxter.
She says that when she and her mother
took a fat at i52 West Eighty-fourth street
In january. 1893, Reaves came there to
board. She got a few small presents from
him, worth about $50 in the aggregate. She
never got any such sordid thing as money.
but declares that many long, burning love
letters followed on her trail while she was
travelling for several months. These ran,
she says, sometimes to 5000 words apiece,
and sometimes she got two a day. She
makes no counter claim for time spent
reading them, but she asserts that she
will offer some OF them in evidence to indi-
cate the animus Of the action. She is sure
that no court could keep out two OF them,
which she showed.
One of them began -Pure and Beautiful
Little One" and after running out about
500 words more, warmed up with;
I would that l could hear the Whispering
OF the angels In heaven and as quickly put
the words on paper and with their angelic
poesy draw my darling 20 me. Beautiful
and haln ma will hear and heed yOnr
counsels ever in the future with the meek
ness OF a listening child e1treat you. az
God, give me back my lost love. my despised
pardon and my vanished peace GIVE ne
Ssst friend %lyd H' we h 9VeeHdie dear S brown He eyes, s ams
talns me that l may live until the day ] get
word from you that you, forgive me But
for a liar. for an instant ] hesitate TO con-
tinue: but my God, / can't bear this torture
iSSnssFd by the ineSitsbie las Of Temo rss,'"'''
possible-but / don't blame you, dear heart;
about indorsing the note. for | did do that,
but the second mortgage was not a second
time you left I thought ] had a chance to get
out with q 81 900 loss and then when ! wrote
you about property. felt sure ] could get
you | had the money in bank which / fully
expected to have. but the stock went against
me again and | lost all Then did not have
tell YOU all. Oh. how | wish I had nowi
II you were to forgive me. | could Mazeppa-
i have dedlcated my life and Who ia tIe" ideal
OF my great love. would be truth and fair
dear, IL you doubt me, You may think after
all my lying TO you that one might as well
expect TO see a hallowed saint In the vhirl
OF a bal nasque rs that ] could tell the truth.
Here Is a section of the other letter:
l cannot stand this living torture; II you
wish me dead ] am willing to die. II do not
hear from YOU by Wednesday evening MI!
night. and this time there will be no med;
ding old man near to stop, the act-lt VIII
my soul will have stepped into eternity
whether IL is prepared or not does not matter.
! 10 ef Sa b rave % Hbsn y6 you o Sp not r hsI USELESS mr' Trying
! know you do not believe what you have
heard about me, you cannot, do, not do
fear. TO, face my accuserS. for I've told YOU
would do that any time. but because | can't
he is my witness that i have in no way injured,
wronged or harmed you in thought. word
or deed. l would say this on my ,deathbed,
never was a conspiracy 80 carefully managed
as this. probably bearing proofs on it's face,
evidence that / could rot disprove. II | do
take my life II will all come out some time-t
may be years after. hut, as sure as there Is
SronSed and 4 You hear il no other way
venture to say You VII hear 1t through
IL you do not telegraph me. little one.
eood:by and may, God bless and keep you.
my darling. NV love, my, life's blood. my
heart. pray for Maurice. this is Lent and II
won't be much trouble to offer NJ. a short
deiphia that you prayed for me. Then,
can you pray for Maurice dead2 II | don't
hear from you | will write DR. King Wednes-
day night before committing the deed. telling
him what to dosfor me and you can get any
Information from him afterTard II Yop care
choicest blessings be with you ever aud
ALWAYS.