Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1920-10-08

At Home, July 18th.
Dear Richard:
The letter which | am about to
,yr;.e mas be q shock to you perhaps,
NM vou will at least not experience
tho main which is mine In the writing.
Far nv affection for you has peer I'M
,,iyiaed while yours-well, what does
the old verse say!
The mOon shines on many
brooks,
The brook sees but n
MOON" |
And II Is because of your propensity
,or shining ION many brooks that !
,u returning, under separate cover.
the ring you gave me when we became
or.oged. would not have believed
.hst so short a separation could ut
teg1y change your feelings. But Ttlda
has informed m. In n merry and eX-
bausilye eplstle of what she terms
voRr carrying on" Tilda, 1t seems,
do.a not consider seriously, as | do,
the allegiance Of love. TO her a pass
Ing Irritation is but passing allowable
amusement; to me Irritation upon your
mart IL an indescribably bitter dlScov-
srv sf faithlessneSs. Have | not been
ccDtent TO remain at rome or In the
.omDanionship of young women friends
during your absence? Why, Them
shouid II be necessary for you to lind
vopr happiness by accompanying vari-
ous girls on pleasure expeditions? Even
This might have been forgivable-and
nerhaps fo~rgetable-had not Tilda en-
nhaszed the fact of your attention to
one certain young woman. Her fricnd,
apd q friend also of Tflda's brother
with whom you told me you expected
70 start upon a fishing trip, Is tire
youug woman in whose company Tiida
says you maj always he found. ana
upos whose account she declares that
same fishing trip is postponed from
day to day. Your W letters bear no
reference TO the name of Josephine
Towers. ("Jo," Tilda says that you
and her brother companionably caIl
the cirl.) As you have portrayed every
other member of the household for my
interested reading why omit tie popu-
tar 10? NY last brief line of inquiry
concerning this person received no re-
nly. Neither has my plea as to the
truth of Tilda'S statements. Silence Is
Supp0Sed "tO give consent, is II not
Therefore after hours Of heart burn
lug and. | confess. just anger, return
your ring. Jealous suffering Is unbear
able and | will have no more Of 1t
without love there will be no Jealousy
so / have torn love for n so un
worthy from my heart. And, DICE
Webster. YOU needn't write Il yarn 81
abject apology or any string OF plauS
ible excuses for | simply won't b'
bothered any more. TIE fact remain:
that while you left me to Loneliness
YOU were running about with othel
girls ending finally in open devotion
10 a %new-fOund acquaintance. n /
the inclination was there during tn
nowncss of our betrOthal 1t VIII al
ways he there ever through married
life. So this means goodbye. lnevit
ably. and lrrevOkably goodbye. Moth
ing that you might ever do or sa,
could persuade me to reconsider tn
matter or change the finality of my de
cisi0n. That's absolute. Even love ha
It's limitation.
FRANCES JANE FOWLER.
Lynden General Hospital,
July l4th.
My dear Miss Fowler:
The enclosed letter, which am n
turning to you with Il small box whlc
came with it, is the one which was d
rected by yourself to a certain NJ
Richard Webster, who Is, at present,
patient in IL hospital. am N
nuFaG and tie letter was forwarde
here in my care.
You may or may nOt have Learned
that Mr.. Webster was rushed to tn
hospital a few days ago, suffering troi
acute appendicitis which require
n prompt operation. The operatio
proved successful, but the patient. VII
has been very brave through 1t all,
Stin in a critical condition. None {
The friends with whom he was visitln
at TIE time has been permitted even
see him. SO you may realize that
communication us disturbing as you
would be an unwisc n to read to hi
now. despite his continual request II
a letter. 1t was to alleviate anXieI
that inadvertently opened yours
his presence this morning, and after
hasty realization of its import, l w;
obliged to substitute under your nan
merely q message of sympathy in II
W words. Under a smiling promi'
that he should have the next letter
his own hands, | was able to slip ava
to pen this note. Permit me to az
that whatever doubts you may ha'
had concerning Richard Webster's q
lection for yourself that affection
stfh there and most evident.
Truly yours,
MARTHA WESLEY,
Nurse, Lynden Hospital.
Lynden. July 10th.
Dearest, darling Dlcky:
Are you surprised to learn that l a
In Lyuden? travelled all night to &