The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-06-13
THE sLvsHIEsT sLUsH
New Worlds Record Made In a Di.
vorce Case

New Worlds Record Made In a d.
voroe Case
Blessed little sine qua non. by
own dear little Honey Clrl-my pure
one-my sweet child-my modern
Madonna-my beloved Pearl OF Pur-
iy-my passionate Pandora who can
hardly keep her little hands from the
cover OF the box-my wOrshipful won
der-my heroic Helen-my own
brave Bless. the complete fulhllment
of an my hopes. JOY. fears. desires.
aims and ends-embracing. as you
do all fearful tenderness. all irolic-
some fun. all that stands for gentle
gentleness. tender tenderness. loving
iovingness and that rare and heart
lul understanding that understands,
you who are a quaint and winsome
child-pure and passionate maid. won
der wife and perfect mother-essence
OF truth and distillation OF dearness
i love thee. love thee and can find
no words worthy Of thee"
The above is an extract from let
ter read in court in the $4,000 suit
brought by Elizabeth Curtis Holman
against persons alleged to have con
spired TO keep the plaintiff in conhne-
ment az Brattleboro. II was written
by her affinity, later husband. Fred
erick Ernest Holman, whose bust
4 htsf An
sumably runs a mush factory. II
Elizabeth is still sane after receiving
such gush from Frederick, her men
tality is unusually vigorous. If the
jurors and court attendants heard II
read without having to seek fresh air
their stomachs must be sublime in
their strength. Wen gamble that
rotten. melon would make a dent In
llolman's head IL 1t struck it.-Kut.
land News.
This is surely fair start. but be
fore taking the count read letter
from the female OF the spccies-tbe
woman In the case. She was at this
time a wife and mother, but was not
writing to her husband Elizabeth
letter TO Freddie WAS as follows:
The Wayside Inn'NXN
Sudbury
llMay--
oh. Observation-Disclosures Lover
Tenderest Mate-Passionate pure
soul that | love have only this
moment TO write thee. There was a
mistake about our rooms. and poor
G.. jumping at the chance, lodg.
ed III. elsewhere. X and came into
the big double-bedded "Longfellow
room X with me. So not until to-
morrow night shall be alone with
thee
Dear God-Dear God in heaven
To come in out OF a long day in the
sun and the air-the awakening earth
green picture in my eyes-and to
find you waiting for me in the full
tide OF your Pure, Swift. all-conQue.-
ing mans passion with wet lips. and
hungry. gentle hands, and mounting
under my touch, like Fever. Oh. Err
A''As NY htAtA nave s1hetn llAo
mood in us both, all the springtime. !
How We keep together. emotionally.
every step of the way
o my Beloved-You know that you
are my life. and my hearts blood
and thy desire is my honor. If the
time has come when you want me
you know that | am yours If, when
summer comes, the gentle hands
with the soft cushions" on their
finger-tips that mean "sensitveness"
X are still thus are--hungered-they
shall possess their own. 1t is mine
to cool that blood of thine-if it
mounts to living fever that will not
be denied. BE patient. In few
weeks shall be in thine arms with all
] have to give thee. Alas, my soul,
that we must deny our little dark
haired boy little longer. could
only compass that by pretending To
return to a man have finally freed
myself from-neitber thou nor |
could live in that deceit. For the
rest, ! am thine when thou within
body, as in soul. Thy Mate is not
afraid to pay that masked figure, that
is purity, his ultimate price. 1t is
my pride and my crown that you de-
sire me beyond the power to keep
silence. My wet lips upon thine
misty brown eyes in thine-little
trembling hands drawn down thy
dark head to the hollow between thy
twin pearls. All, Babe. Babe. Babe
God Keep Us one All,
Another tiny love note will go to
thee tomorrow night. love you more
than all. More than | know. And |
am eternally thy wife.
Beth.
Mrs. Holman is now trying to get
$4,000 from her former husband and
two doctors because they had her con
fined in the Brattleboro Retreat for
three months. 1t is evident that she
needs money if the saying is true
that money is the only substitute for
brains.