The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-22
HOW fEs00 jim / I; E1Sl l,AF Ed
a Ludicrons "a 1liance Which Might Have
Altered History.
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iand where yous first saw me. Dnring
my stsy there + had letters from her
which did not change my opinion Of
her iateileet or intention, but, on the
contrary, confirmed itin both.
III this time, though / was Axed,
'frmed ss the surge-repelling rock"
in my resolution I found I was oon-
itinEally repenting che Yashness which
led me TO make it. & Through lifo 1
hare been ia no bondage, either real
OF imaginary, from tie thralldom OF
which I so much desired to be free.
After my reiArn home I saw nothing
to change my opinion Of her in any
particular. She was thesam and so
was I. I now spent my time in plan
ming how might get along through
life after my contemplated change Of
circumstances had taken place and
how. { nigh. proorastinate the evil for
q time which, really dreaded as much
and perhaps moro than an Irishman
does the halter.
After all my suffering upon this
deeply interesting subject, here am,
wholly, unexpectedly out Of the
scrape, and now I want to know if you
can guess how I got out Of it-olear
in every sense Of the term -no viola
tioI of word, honor or conscience. /
don't believe you can guess aud so I
might as well tell you at once. AS
the lawyer says. it was done in the
manner following, to-wit; After I
had delayed the matter as long as L
thought Iconld in honor do, / con-
cluded I Il;ght as well bring il u q
consnmmation without further delay;
and 90 I mustered my resolution and
made the proposal to her direct: but,
shocking to relate, she answered 'No.'
Az first I thought she did IL through
affectation Of modesty, which I
thought iii became her under the cir
cnmstances Of her case, but ON my re !
newal Of the charge + found that she
repelled it with greater firmness than
before. I tried it again and again,
but with the same aucce So or rather
the same want Of success.
Finally ! was forced to give it mp;
at which ] unexpectedly found morti J.
fed almost beyond endurance. I was
mortified, it tseems to me, in a hun-
dred different ways. Ny vanity was
deeply wounded by the reflection that
! had been too, ,ptupid to discover her
Intentions, never doubling that un-
derstood them perfectly, and also that
she, when / had taught myself to be-
lieve nobody else would have, had ao-
tually rejected me With allsmy fanoied
greatness. And, to cap the whole, I:
then FOR the first time began to suspect
that [ was really 8 little In love with
her.D sis.5i.
# $ But let itsall go. I'll try and ont
live it. Others have been made fools
Iof by the girls, but, this can never
with truth be said of me. I me S en-
phatically in this instance made a fool
of!myself. / have now come To- the
conclusion never again to think Of
marrying, and for this reason I can
shsverbe satisfed with any one who
would be blockhead enough to have
me. y D, 4 81.
w hen You receive this, write mea
lcng yarn about something Co amuse
me. Give my respects to Mr.. Brown.
ing. Yonr sincere friend
81 sssi a. Lincoln. b.
Though it is difficult Co imagin,e,
one Of Mr. Lincoln s shrswdness being
the dupe Of circumstances ouch as this
lettsr describes, there seems I'd be S
good ground for questioning the au-
thenticity Of the document itself
which 55ir. Hapgood rsproducss id his
recentlife Of Mr. Lincoln, published,
blythe Macmillians. Admitting the
genuiheness of the letter, it shows
that DIR. Lincoln 8 proverbially Akeens
insight into character was not possess.
led of tho virtue Of infallibilitys aud.
that his wonderful common sense;
which VI, safe-guarded his political poli-
|cies snd made his public utterances-
slIaostt orscular must not have bearlor
duty when he allowed himself TO GEL
into this awful muddle. z
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