The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-31
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Moose lake had trusted Gillette to |
make amends for the wrong he had |
done her by making her his wife and
her letters which were found in the
young mans room after his arrest al
Eagle Bay, have been considered b.
many as classic IN their simplicity and
was due her.
Her last letter to her lover written
few days before her fatal trip to Big
Moose, was particularly pathetic. 4
have been bidding cd bye to some
places today she wrote. There are
sc many hooks, dear, and all Of them
SO dear to me- | have lived here near
~ all my life First, | said goodbye t
the spring house with its great masse
Iof green moss; then the apple tree
where we had our playhouse; then the
Beehive cute little house in the
orchard. and OF course all the neigh,
bors that have mended my dresses
from little tot up, to save me Il
thrashing | really deserved"
! Gillette had been more or less of a
rover up to the time he became fore
man In his uncle's shirt mandatory
, in Cortland. n. Y, He had led some
what gay life but was given to under
stand upon his arrival in Cortland thai
he must conduct himself S that hi
wealthy relatives might at least recog
nize him He soon became interested
in church work. made many friend
and apparently conducted himself with
Ipropriety.
Grace Brown was a farmers daugh
ter from South Otselic who worked IN
the same factory with Gillette. Al
though he did not pay her unusual
attention her companions We're not
ling in recognizing that she was some
what OF a favorite with the young
foreman. He began TO call on her a
the home OF her married sister VIII
lived In the city. and soon won hel
trust and affection. The girls conf
Idence in Gillette and his promise o.
marriage eventually led to her uu
doing and in the summer Of 1906 sh5
went home TO prepare for her weddins
which she felt could not long be pos.
poned. II was during her stay at hel
home in South Otslic that she wrote
; him the remarkable series Of letters
. which were found among Gillette's ef
, fects after his arrest.
, In these outpourfngs of her sou
. she breathed the poignancy Of he
sorrow, and her sweetness Of girlis'
h. youth. faith and self sacrifice wer
2 ever apparent. In her misery sh
I pleaded with her lover TO come 70 he
4 saving that she had been brave bu
0 was beginning to feel discouraged. /
> spite of her suTerings she though
5 first Of all OF him, and how she Nigh
! lessen any burden that he was de'
tined to bear
I Il am as lonesome for you as-Of
D as | thought I'd be. | don't believ
S you've even missed me" she wrot
soon after her arrival home iii
not think all the home folks would b
, so glad to see me. They ate me W
and if you ever have thought | wa
l snoiled. dear, / don't know what 70
will think of me when | get back. 70
Icr any one else won't be able to d
anything with me-"
s A few days later she wrote:
have done nothing but cry since | &c
here. If you We're only her. woul
mot feel so badly. do try to be brav
dear. but how can | when eyerythin
. goes wrong? | can't help thinking 70
. will never come for me, but then
~, saw YOU can't be So mean as tina
q and besides you told me you woul
,come and you have never disappointe
& me when YOU said you would not
&c Chester, there isn't a girl in tn
%. world as miserable as | am tonight
s she wrote in her next letter and go
have made me feel so. Chester,
2 don't mean that dear; you have alway
II been awfully good to me and kno
z YOU will always be. You just won
@ be a coward | know. You must writ
Is more often. please. and, dear, whe
you read my letters, If you think | a
unreasonable. please do not mind
= but do think I am about crazy wit
= grief and that | don't know just wh'
\ to do"
y In her next letter she told of r
ceiving a letter from girl frien
This girl wrote me" she said. 'thi
IS YOU seemed to be having an awful
good time, and she guessed that n
coming home had done you good
ycu had not seemed so cheerful
weeks. | should have know
Chester. that you did not care for m
But somehow | have trusted you MOI
:. than anyone else Perhaps you don
=. think or YOU can't help making II
- grieve. but / wish things were dine
70 ent. You may say you DO too, b'
you can't possibly wish so more tina
"a H. have been very brave since
n came home but tonight ! am very III
Is couraged. Chester. If l could only di
pr I know how you feel about this affa
o. and wish for your sake you need NJ
81 be troubled. If l die | hope You ca
then be happy
The GOODNESS of Gillette's replies