Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-04-18

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b. Give my kind remembrance to Mr.. wiz
hanson and his family. particularly Miss
Ell :. also to your mother, brother
ana isi sisters. Ask little Eliza Davis IL she
again. 8-5 sS.s1
And finally give Fanny double recip-
rocat 10 Of all the love she sent me.
forever, T.rNroI \. ~
- =. s:-Poor Easthouse is gone at last.
He died awhile before day this morning.
iney say he was very loath to die. !. !. !.
A F5f 55sS35f IL L. &.
Springfield, Feb Is, 1912
Dear ,esl Speed received yours Of the 18th.
written the day you went down to VIII
hams place some days since but DELAYED
answering it till should receive the
promised one of the 10th, which came last
1 night opened the letter with intense
anxiety and trepidation-so much that,
Il ahiitnough It turned out better than ex-
pected, have hardly yet, at the distance
OF ten hours become calm. RI
tell you. Speed our forebodings (for
which you and are peculiarly are all the
worst sort of nonsense I fancied from
the ume received your letter of Satur-
day that the one of Wednesday was never
to come and yet it did come. and. what
is more. It is perfectly clear both from its
tone and handwriting that you were much
napier. or. II you think the term prefer
able less miserable, when you wrote it
than when you wrote the last one before!
You had 50 obviously improved at the
very time SO much fancied you would
nave grown worse. You say that some
thing fndescribably horrible and alarm
Ing still haunts you. You will not say
tnat three months from now, will ven
ture. When your nerves once get steady
now the whole trouble will be over for
ever Nor should you become impatient
at their being even very slow in becoming
steady Again, you say you much fear
that that Elysium Of which you have
dreamed so much is never to be realized.
Well. # It shall not. dare swear it will
not be the fault Of her who is now your
wife. now have no doubt that it is the
peculiar misfortune OF both you and me
to dream dreams Of Elysium far exceed
Ing all that anything earthly can realize.
Far short Of your dreams as you may be-,
no woman could do more to realize them
than that same black eyed Fanny. If you
could but contemplate her through my
imagination it would appear ridiculous to
you that any one should for a moment
think Of being unhappy with her. My old
father used to have saying that III you
make bad bargain hug it all the tight
err. and 1t occurs to me that, If the bar
gain you have Just closed can possibly
be called a bad one, it Is certainly the
most pleasant one for applying that
maxim to which my fancy can by any
effort picture.
I write another letter. inclosing this,
which you can show her If she desires 1t.
do this because she would think
strangely perhaps should you tell her
hot 1o%&o
telling her you do. refuse to let her see
them. I close this, entertaining the con-
fdent hope that every successive letter I
shall have from you (Which I here pray
may not be few nor far between) may
show you possessing a more steady hand
and cheerful heart than the last preced-
Ing 1t. AS ever, your friend, t
'N.ZE LINCOLN.
Springfield March 81, 1912.
Dear Speed-Yours Of the 10th inst. was
received three Of four days since You
know I am sincere when I tell you the
pleasure it's contents gave me was and is
tnexpressible. AS to your farm matter, I
have no sympathy with you. I have no
farm. nor ever expect to have, and con-
sequently have not studied the subject
enough to be much interested with It, I
can only say that I am glad you are
satisfied and pleased with it. ~
But on that other subject, to me of the
most intense interest whether In joy or
sorrow. I never had. the power to with
hold my sympathy from YOU cannot
be told how 1t now thrills me with joy
to hear you say you are "far happier
than YOU ever expected to be- That
much l know is enough I know you too
well to suppose your expectations were
not at least sometimes extravagant, and,
if the reality exceeds them all, I say,
Enough. dear Lord I am not going
beyond the truth when I tell you that the
short space it took me to read your last
letter gave me more pleasure than the
total sum of all have enjoyed since that
fatal LIST of January, 1s41 Since then it
seems to me I should have been entirely
happy but for the never absent idea that
there is one still unhappy whom I have
contributed to make so. That still kills
my soul. I cannot but reproach myself
for even wishing to be happy while she
is otherwise. She accompanied a large
party on the railroad cars to Jackson
vile last Monday and on her return
spoke. so that I heard Of 1t. Of having
enjoyed. the trip exceedingly. God be
praised for that! ..@ 4
You know with what sleepless vigilance
1 have watched you ever since the COM
mencement of your affair, and, although
am almost confident it is useless, cam