The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-30

it, As with King Midas. where every
thing turned to gold, in my case every
thing turns 10 failure. Think kindly
OF me. might have been 50, but
mine has been an unhappy life"
pisaarsss With Sister.
This letter had been signed. but the
signature had been erased. The other
letter addressed to Dearest Sister"
read as follows.
'Of course we disagree on this, as
we do on every other topic We have
been both at fault and unfortunately
my disposition has been such that
could not always see things as some
Of my friends have. You never did
understand me nor my way of doing
things Now that our Wills are about
to clash for the last time. you may
think more kindly of me. Within the
last two years have several times
been tempted to do this. and now /
will be successful for the first time in
my life. 1t Is hard to do this. but
harder still not to do it. Do not grieve
for me. I have never Intentionally
done or said any unkind things I'm my
life. / realize that my life has been
a mistake horrible mistake. OBJ
livion lis what l want You know how
earnestly / have tried to help myself
and be independent--but with what
success? You OF all others know that
my life has been failure. | hope
and pray that my blessings may fall
on your life ike autumn leaves and
wish you success Say good bye for
me to the dear ones. Again, ask for
you to think kindly of me-"
1T Ia no ones business who | am
] have made failure OF my life. but
/ have wronged no one but myself. /
don't want my friends or relatives to
have any more worry because of me.
Just let me die and bury me in Potter's
Field"
With tears streaming down her
cheeks and her frail form racked by
the pain resulting from a self-infiicted
bullet wound, the young woman pa
thetically appealed to the doctors and
guarding police to let her die in
peace"
Successful in One Thing"
She was fully conscious. and when
DR. Hughes. OF the hospital staff. told
her that there was no hope for her
and that 1t would be useless to probe
for the bullet. which had penetrated
her lung and then ranged downward
to her abdomen, she smiled ard said:
Thank God / shall be successful In
one thing at least The girl-she rs
hardly more than twenty years old.
the doctors say and one of the most
beautiful ever brought into the insti-
fution--persisted in her refusal to
throw any light on her identity. That
she liz refined is unmistakable.
The police hope to clear UP the
mystery by the pathetic letters found
on her after she was taken TO the hos
pital, but so far they have failed. A
number of persons called at the hos
pital to see her and try to identify her
but her condition was so desperate that
no one was permitted In the ward,
and her clothing meant nothing to the
callers. None who visited the insti-
tuition would talk. although most OF
them were plainly OF the theatrical
profession.
That the girl had come to this city
TO make a career and that she had dis
mally failed was made certain by the
note she left for her mother. In which
she pleaded that If she had been will
ing To accede to the demands of men
she had met she need not have tried
to end her life.
The girl used "a caIibre revolver
and the bullet missed her heart by
only a few inches. The weapon Is
pearl handled and an expensive one,
and the police this afternoon started to
trace 1t in the hope OF thus learning
the girls Identity.