El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

, dalia, when and where YOU first saw
me During my stay there. I mad let
tiers from her which didn't change my
opinion Of either her intellect or in
tent. but on the contrary confirmed
il in both. All this while. although I
was fixed firm as the surge repelling
rock in my resolution. J found ] was
continually repeutng the rashuess
which had led me 20 make IT, Through
life / have been in no bondage. whether
real or imaginary. from the tEralldOm
OF which 1 so much desired to be
After my return home I saw moth
ing TO change MY opinion OF her in
any particular. she WAS the same and
so was ! now spent my LMe plan
ming how I might get along in life after
my contemplated change OF circum-
stances should have taken place and
how I might prOcra st-uate the evil day
for time. which / really desired as
much. perhaps more, than an Irishman
does the halter"
some Queer Love Letters
But while Lincoln had due regard
for the sauctity OF his promise. implied
or otherwise, he tried hard 10 make
Miss Owens understand that he was
not a desirable partner for life He
wrote to her some Of the queerest love
letters that perhaps any man ever
peuned- He told her over and over
what a miserable life she would have
with HIM in one OF them he said
II am afraid you would not be sat
isfied. There is a great deal Of flour
ishiuE about in carriages here in
Springfield which it would be your
doom to see without sharing You
would have to be poor without the
means OF hiding your poverty Do YOU
believe YOU could bear that patiently"
Another time he wrote TO her
Il know I should be much happier
with YOU than the way I am. provided
7 saw no signs Of discomfort in you.
What you have said to me may have
been IN the way OF Jest or may have
misunderstood it. If so, then let IL be
forgotten. if otherwise. 1 wish YOU
would think seriously before YOU de-
eide. What I have said I would most
positively abide by. provided you wish
IT, Ny opinion is that YOU had better
not do IT, You have not been accus-
toned to hardship and II may be more
serious than YOU now imagine I
know you are capable Of thinking con-
cretely on any subject and II you de-
Hberate maturely upon this before YOU
decide, then am willing TO abide by
your decision
Evidently Miss Owens had some
spirit She sent q reply 10 one OF his
letters that stunned him. She rejected
him incOntinently- and she piqued his
pride in doing IL. for she told him that
he was deficient in those links which
make up the chain OF a woman's happi-
ness"
Lincoln Confesses.
Lincoln confesses to his feelings IN
letter 10 Mrs Browning. in which he
said,
Il was mortified, it seemed to me. in
hundred different ways Ny vanity
was deeply wounded by the reflection
that I had been too stupid to discover
her intentions. and at the same time
never doubling that I understood
them perfectly. and also that she
whom 7 had taught myself TO believe
nobody else would have. had actually
rejected me with all my faucied great
ness And to cap the whole 7 then
for tine first time began 10 suspect that
/ was really little in love with her
But let 10 all go 7 Will try to out
live g. Others have been made fools OF
by the girls. but this can never with
truth be said Of me ] most euphati-
cally In this instance made a fool OF
myself I have now come TO the con-
clusiou never again TO think Of matri-
mOuy. and for this reason ] can never
be satisfied with anyone who would
be blOckhead enough TO have me"
You would not think OF Lincoln as a I
dancing man. Yet he did at times in I
dulCe in that pastime- There are some I
records extant in proof Of this. They J
take the form or cotilliOn notices !
printed at the time he was thirty years I
old. and q little before his meeting .
with Mary Todd
Lovers Tears and Quarrels-
Like Mary Owens. Mary Todd was /
Kentuckian. and like Mary Owens. she ]
had a sister in Springfield Her sister