New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

will drive her from the country. She
wrecked my fathers llfe.'
There were many more letters Of
nature similar to those given 10 the papers
last week stanton Sickles said. There
were bushels of them. he added, which he
had seized years ago. and It was his in
ten'ion To give them out a few a. time
Written in 1897
Those which he made public last night
were written i'm the spring OF 1897, when
the general was seyenty-seven years OF
ag, The first was as follows:
Arlington motel. Washington. March i,
1891
Darling Mary Stanton will soon receive
lis appointment as secretary OF IN. 'ss
ton AZ Madrid. | have given III 10 MN
tor Your protection, so may control hlin.
I long FOR you. ! miss YOU. cannon
work. ! cannot find any pleasure "nereN'i
/ 20. Whatever ! do thoughts pI yoi
come 10 me and drive away az others.
am homesick Tor YOU. sick at heart for
you.
Don't throw away my mothers brace
let. IL YOU no longer care Tor II send IL
TACK aud / win direct II 20 be buried WIN
me ~ something YOU had gwen me- ShN
loved ne almost as much as you loNcd
mo many wears until you left me last De
ceWner. -
What delight / have always found In
giving you ANYTHING you desired. Any
thing had. IL las always been greater
pleasure 20 give things 10 you Wan 10
possess them myself Your pleasures
,.cro my pleasures, your happiness was
my happiness. YOUR sorTows were my
sOrrDWs.
am sure Of my love for yon-but. alas;
vanished Has it never returned: VIII
IL never come back? OH say yes and
give me life and JOY again. lou ma
mad all my love. | have never wished
'or anything but your love. fo nTs
on April General Sickles wrote an
other letter from Washington. part OF
which was as follows
Love Unaying His Gift.
our annlvorsary-Aprl S-the day Of
loy forever My gift TO you ia my love
The hvaclnths are blooming in my
garden. send YOU their door. liave
you thought of M? You nave Cceh III my
I have written 20 YOU many uines ou'
[ never hear from YOU. Two years ago
you were with me mere 80 happS. "a
going 10 tell my executor how To dis.
tribute my things soon. Tell mo what
YOU would Ike TO nave.
II discovered the nature OF my fathers
dealings with this woman stanton ssid
last nlgh.. and the row raised vas the
cause Of the quarrel that caused her TO
leave my father and 50 abroad. This
letter shows what steps my father con
temp,at,i taking for her:
April 80, lSs;
Arlington Hotel. Washington, - {.
barring Mary; o am nu' ,a Ecy''Ts hear
YOU SAY Tout cst iini' You now seek
i rich alliance You want money, an e.
tablishment. Il this 10 be the end OF my
MARY / shudder at the thought
Springtlmc Is here In all its beauty my
last spring. Tor I shall not live To see an
other spring without mop" ana pleasure,
and ! am ready for the END noN. E.eIy
day Is a burden to me. have prayed 70
1 God TO max" IL lighter ana 10 help me 10
bear IL bravely. but my prayer mas not
yet been answered
/ count your time abroad and my time
here thinking Of what YOU are doing.
what you are thinking, feeling, iancying.
7 wonder IT, when YOU A." asleep in your
batM dining or AZ the theatre, II YOU
ever think OF me.
Dashed Cup Of Joy from Him.
You seized the moment when ! had
az last gotten money 10 buy my freedom
To- marry you 10 desert me You had
waited so long. 50 patiently and so brave
WAS ready for YOU Had YOU loved me
50 long only L. give me up at the last
hour when | was ready 10 make You my
own? How strange IL fate When was
raising the cup of joy 10 my lips YOU
dashed il from me. What an incompre-
prchensiblo being YOU are You are a
mystery. / hope YOU know Yourself, but
| DO not bcliev. YOU DO
am So annoyed TO hear friends and
members of my family and everyone VINO
does not like YOU say: II told YOU so
That Mary and her family would turn
against YOU the moment they had money.
In another letter. written about the
same time from which. like the others, he
received no reply. General Sicklcs de-
clarcd ne would leave on the next steam
or ii she asked him 10 do so. IL read:
would 60 to YOU anywhere 10 take
your hand again. would go for one
smile. and II YOU were i'll and expressed
r wish TO see me would 90 20 the ends
Of the earth 10 comfort YOU.
The Park Avenue Hotel. our rendezvous.
80 fun OF happy thoughts ana associa-
lions, And 81 Bartholomew Church.
where YOU so often prayed for me- DO
sou ever pray FOR me now? VIII you
ever pray in ST. BarthOlomcW's again?
cannot live long. Let me die In peace
with You. Give me al least that conso-
laton. Don't let me die with your curses
on my head. Can YOU think without hor-
ror that YOU and should be separated by
such gulf
y short time after the writing OF the
last letter the general sent another abroad
in which he declared her desire would be
fulfilled and that +; would be war between
them to the bitter end. At the end OF the
letter he added final paragraph. cx-
pressed in the terminology of the battle
field, that indicated that lie stil retained
hope OF a reunion.
Il send you one more flag Of truce he
wrote. family hoping for peace Life
10 me now is all a blank. | have nothing
10 look forward to-no hOpe. no low no