The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-14

lHTS. FOLSOm . RCm0TkUOLC
Confessions to Her Husband
suit and . verdict was promptly give" him ~t'hou. further discussion.
February 27-Dawn.
Dear Dwight am stronger now and able to write you the
full truth, and before God I mean to do it. The situation in Reno,
Of your family, Of Charles and myself is terrible, tragic and fright
fh, as can be well imagined.
am writing this letter because I love son. because 7 opc.
loved you and because I love Gus Williams. He has treated me
kindness. Both are possible to him.
You will hear him described as worthless, a liar, a rake. He
to reviIo and abuse me. On Monday, February ma 1y0inIl III I e ns mednf in
ms presence without defence or protection from him, in spite of
ever suffered. But I must have deserved it all.
and ! x P.s DO a 1hs ;n n%s ! m n%S S SSs Williams III. w IN January 10 Charles
the moving pictures | was lonely and unhappy of course. Elk
Gus Williams sought me out because of a chance word of
% : b heard s6.. by him him on \ the the street It. He was kinder to me than any
tented and happy with him. He took me long drives. He is as
whole life has been spent with them, as jockey, trainer and breeder
You will consider him coarse and irherate. He is that. He
eruel. l see now-was to make me write n affectionate letter to
whom good and evil are strangely blended. I loved him in every
way. never loved You onetenth as well, nor any other. He is
| have suffered hell at his hands, but I shall say no further ill
he had pursed me like a mother many a night, tears rolling down
his cheeks because Of my pain. I never meant to be his mistress
Gus was with me constantly from January 16 to February 10
write that letter to his wife, l parted from him in a scathing note
on February TO- All that night he rode, maddened. All that night
In e morning I went to his house, meaning to tell him I un-
nursing and tending me in hystericai and bodily illness I counted
them as little. My letter had Infatuated him and he had spoken
, My sins against you, some Of them at least, I expiated on that
ir1gntfui morning: II drove me quite mad. The mother took away
the dog that Gus had given me-a magnificent collie, the most low
able and tender creature ever knew. Gus let her, and was brutal
to me IN other ways. ] came home broken in brain.
OF those, too, have been nights of tears, anguish, agony and re-
morse. He has had to stroke my head for hours. Nothing has
ever soothed me half as much. I have deserved it all, but my pun
ishment is more than j can bear. I do not know at what moment
the officers may come and take Charles. have not slept o eaten
hardly since the 10th. Nothing but the fresh air I get every day
driving has kept IN alive a ane as I am. The horse 1 have
health.
We may as well face the brutal facts. You were too much
of a gentleman for me-. Brutality is necessary for my control
This man has 1t. Imperfect as he is. he is better suited to guide
and control me than any one else l ever knew.
My mental i~neapacity, worldly ignorance and my folly and
helplesSness generally appeal to the best in him. His wife is a
strong, able woman, well able to take care of herself. They are
If she names nj as correspondent no divorce can be obtained
for me or by me in Reno. ! suppose you could sue against me
here If you $ o decide. You can sue me even if l have lost the
No further OFense against morality will be committed by m.
IN my home here. Williams and have postponed resumption
of our life together until after his divorce and mine. lie swesrs
he means to be faithful 20 me. lie says he had 10 be rough with me,
| can make no excuse for my conduct except that / am a very
strange BENG, not like other people am not crazy, but very
rough language and usage hut I shall he bannier than % made
me, for Williams is a being Of my own kind and species. You
are not. May you find your mate and with less pain than l paid
No one warned me against Gus when they saw me driving with
him, and now every one blackens him TO me. They say that his
wife has supported him and his mother for over a year Perhaps
this may be true. ] shall certainly suffer great hardships with
hum, know that, but ] believe in my soul he is the man God
Ny head is now clear and ] see the awful. CHASTITY, shocking
nun ] have made Of my life ! will plead no excuses. am suffer
ing the limit of my capacity. ] thank you for letting me have
Charles out here.
! have sinned in every way, betrayed your trust in me. Do
loved you and I love Gus. and I have bitterly and grievously
injured you all. Asking your pardon is nothing. There is no
more for me to say. FLORENCE