Albuquerque citizen., 1908-03-30

her at the home of her married Sis
ter, who lived in the city, and soon
won her trust and affection. The
girls confidence i'm Gillette and his
promise of marriage eventually led
to her undoing and in the summer Of
1906 she went home to prepare for
her wedding, which she felt could
not long be postponed. 1t was dur
ing her stay at her home in South
Ostelic that she wrote him the re-
markable series of letters which were
found among Gillette's effects after
his arrest.
In these outpourings of her soul she
breathed the poignancy of her sor-
row and her sweetness of girlish
youth. faith and self sacrifice were
ever apparent. In her misery she
pleaded with her lover to come to
her saying that she had been brave
but was beginning to feel discour-
aged. In spite VI her suffering she
thought first Of all of him. and how
she might lessen any burden that
he was destined 20 tear.
Her Pathetic Plea.
II am a lonesome for you as
on, as I thought Ia be. l don't be-
lieve you've even missed me-" she
wrote soon after her arrival home
81 did not think all the home folks
would be so glad to see me. They
ate me up. and il you ever have
thought ! was spoiled dear, ! don't
know what you will think of me
when I get back. You or any one
else won't be able to do anything
with me-"
A few days later she wrote: "T
have done nothing but cry since !
got here. If you were only here /
would not feel SO badly. ! do try
to be brave dear, but how can | when
everything goes wrong? | cant help
thinking you will never come for me
but then l say you can't be so mean
as that, and besides you told me you
would come and you have never dis
appointed me when you said you
would not"
Chester there isn't a girl in the
world as miserable as I am tonight" 4"
she wrote in her next letter, "and
you have made me feel so. Chester,
don't mean that dear; you have al
ways been awfuly good To me and l
know you will always be. You just
won't be a coward know. You
must write more often, please, and,
dear, when you read my letters, if
you think / am unreasonable, please
do not mind it, but do think I am
about crazy with grief and that
don't know just what to do"
In her next letter she told of re-
ceiving a letter from a girl friend.
This girl wrote me-" she said, chat
you seemed to be having an awfully
good time, and she stressed thai my
coming home had done you good as
| you had not seemed so cheerful in
| weeks. l should have known Ches-
ter that you did not care for me. But
somehow | have trusted YOU more
than anyone else Perhaps you don't
think or you cant help making me
grieve, but | wish things were differ
ent. You may say you do too, Dut
you can't possibly wish so more than
|. | have been very brave since
came home but tonight / am very
discouraged. Chester, if | could only
die. l know how you feel about this
affair and ! wish for your sake you
need not be troubled. If | die ! hope
! you can then be happy"
The GOODNESS of Gillette's replies to
the girls fervent pleadings caused
her to say in her next letter:
II was glad to hear from you and
surprised as well. l thought you
would rather have my letters affec-
| tionate, but yours was so business
| Ike that l have come to the Conclu-
| sion that you wish mine to be that
way. / may tell YOU though, that
am not business woman and so pre-
sumo that these letters will not sat
| isfy you any more than the others
| did. | think, pardon me- that ] un-
derstand my position and that 1t is
rather unnecessary for you to be so
| frightfully frank i'm making me see
IL. I can see my position as keen as
/ anyone | think, You say you were
surprised, but you thought I would
be discouraged. / don't see why |
| should not be discouraged What
words have | had from YOU since !
came home to encourage me?"
Then further along I'm the same
letter the girls spirit of self-sacrihce
| asserted itself and she wrote.
| Chester | don't suppose you will
ever know how l regret being all
] this trouble 10 you. l know you hate
me and | can't blame you one bit. OF
| course, it's worse for me than for
you, but the world and YOU, too, may
! think ! am the one to blame. but
somehow ! can't, just simply can't,
think that 1 am, Chester"
MY little sister came up just a
minute ago with her hands fun of
! daisies and asked me If I didn't want
my fortune told. ! told her | guess
| ed it was pretty well told now"
Killed Her in Boat.
Plans were arranged by letter for
la meeting at DeRuyter and Gillette
/ secured leave Of absence from the
/ factory. He arrived at DeRuyter on
/ the evening Of July and registered
! at a hotel as Charles George The
/ next day Grace Brown left South
| ot-elc os'eusihly for Cortland but
! changed cars for Utica at DeRuyter
where she was Joined by Gillette. on
/ the journey 20 Utica Gillette dill Not
I share the seat with BILLY but chat
/ ted with other girls on the train from
/ Cortland and made am appointment
| Oh meet them later iu the week at
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