Year: 1869

thought l would comeop apleasure
trip expecting to return in the
course of 2 years | am stopping now
on the island of maccanaw Between
lake Michigan and lake ontario my
dear you cannot compel me to Do
anything But god can o god I eall
on him to protect me and save me
from SHINING against his high Laws
now my dear you should ave used
kind word to me instead of SAVING
you was agoing To take the Law /
do not fear ali of the Deavells id
iii | am Right aud god is ON nav
side thear is no Pearson that can
Drive me and / can see as a mill
stone as them that Pick it and YOU
say in your letter to Dunning that
your relations smear at me and I
suppose you Do to when my Back is
turned o lord god l pray to the
to take this Bitter cup from my
lips mandy iff | could take my
love from L wonld be happy once
more But as it is | know it will be
cause of my Death (fair welD fair
well may god bless you Being the
last time | expect to see you let my
name sink never to be thought off
more so You say to me that your
friends will use pistol well /
am prepared to use them Just as
fast as they can and as quick
L can fite my waite in wild
cats you charge me with
won thing that makes me krasy
when | think of it the moar l feel
and the moar know it is false But
my god can it be SO and you did not
not tell me. it was SO or thought it
was possibil / would jump into the
lake and bid fairwell to this world of
trouble to think that you would
keep such sekret from me that
god would hear my prayre and take
all the love that L have from you
and away from me butt l shall go
krasy | believe the way l feel to
day ave not slept to hours for the
last thre nights. | love you above
all others Manday take your love
from me iff you think 1 am not
worthy off it and never mention my
name and berry me for eaver if you
would have loved me we have ad a
happy time going round the town
there is some one or other goin to
Urope, England and paris and they
want me to go with them in case 1
do just write one Kind Letter i'll let
you know in time of doing so and
give you the address. | am in the
land now L was sent a letter by the
steamer Dupray that said you could |
get along better without me.
there is no woman that can drive me
nor man iff pleasant words won't ae-
complish anything, nothing will
with me lit is so cool on this island |
and Pleasant, more so than any
Place | IEaver was in in my life if |
| could govern this foolish Love
business L would be happy hear
During the hot weather Bat as lit is
| am miserable, my whole hart is
with you today and has since
Parted with you. The gong rings
for Dinner farewell god Bless your
Soul my love farewell.


"Your devoat ELISHA"





The Chicago Post, after publish~
ing an immense mass of poetic
and other testimony in the case,
proceeds to summarize this cause
celebre as follows ..t dis.
STREAM OF LOVE WHICH DIDN'T RUN SMOOTH.


Amanda Craig
And 'LiSha Sprague, ..f.. ...


They fell in love at sight;
He liked herstyle, ...- .-....


She liked his pile,


And everything went right; ...r....


Twas bill and coo.


Ahd love you;" gs -rIu.


Ny duck my dear delight


OIL. Alaeki alasl .L-F BIO


1t came to pass


That hope should suffer blight .s


And love, which trusted


Too much, be busted -


In a breach of promise fight
During the trial extraordinary
efforts were made to bIacken and
blast the character of Miss Craig.
This appears to have signalIy |
failed, for the telegraph reports |
that the trial terminated Tuesday |
by the jury awarding Miss Craig |
100000 damages, the full amount
she claimed. There is little doubt |
that this verdict was intended more
as a rebuke Of the effort to destroy |
Miss Craig's character, than as a
recompense for any damages she
may have otherwise sustained.