Year: 1862

and read it. When did fully comprehend
il, was nearly crazy; after The first shock
WAS over, and began TO think upon il
thought it could not be- and viii iio&
Give you my reasons for doubting IT, Che
reason is this; you gave me twenty-five
cents Of which you spoke in your letter,
| did wrong in accepting it, as you were an
entire stranger to me, but felt so bad /
did not think that by my taking it you
would not naturally form high opinion of
rie, and came 10 the conclusion that Won
wrote il to see what kind of letter Would
write to you. Maria was of the samr opin-
ion another reason was, Isaac Colby has
written homie within SHIRT time, and he
did not say anything about il, so Thought
yen did it to ,ry lne, bat riy riaslAl -taxS.,cii
deeti you, | ask you 10 forgive me; you
Will never see me in this world, for when
you read this letter shall be with that
dear one that has passed on before the
one that loved better. yes, far better than
my life.


Before the rising sun shall again gid the
eastern horizon-belore the gray streaks Of
morning shall again dawn upon the sky, my
spirit will be free, for this night will my
body lie III the canal. Yes, Daniel, shalt
commit suicide. Tonight my cup of earth
ly sorrow is tco full. Although but sixteer
years have rolled over my head have seen
trouble. My short but sad history, if you
wish 10 know it, you shall have. | was
born in the city Of Boston, Mass. had
as kiad father aud mother as any one
would wish to have. | had one brother
and one sister older than myself We lived
happy and lovingly together until was
three years old Theu the hand Of death
took from our sight that dear mother and a
little Infant brother of about one year old
My father hired woman to keep house
for Lin, but she dealt blows upon US from
morning till night. He could not see thar,
for he loved his children but he could not
keep Us together so he gave ms to one Of
my aunts, end my sister TO another


1t is now thirteen years since we laid
our mother in the grave. Two years ago
saw my father and sister, but they were &c
more to me, Of course, than strangers. She
was married at the age of is to a wealthy
/ farmer, and did not care to have me near
her, so ! came home, and have not seen OF
heard from her but once since; she ha !
parted from her husband that is all Know
about her.


Now I viii tell you about myself. A
few years ago John Smith came into oul
neighborhood / was then little girl who
had never thought Of love or marriage
4 met him at parties and danced with him.
but never thought Of him more than any
fellow till last june The mill In this place
stopped and | went home, Which is about
four miles below the city. He was board
/ ing there at the time, so we were much ui
the time together. lie learned to love me
and his love was returned Ny aunt gave
her consent, and we were engaged after
awhile. She began TO turn against him for
stories she had heard, and tried to break it
up. But she could not do that My uncle
was for breaking it up as well as she, so
III, a., aaf IL. I iaE
there soon after and went up to Vermont.
He staid three weeks and iher came back.
He enlisted with the rest as you know.
have no home the world is cod and un-
charitable, and l will 90 to dwell with that
beloved one in brighter world. But
have worried your patience ! fear, and once
more asking your forgiveness, ] will close,
trust you win be spared to come home
safe to join your friends and those you love.
From friend, SARAH i. WATSON.


The letter Of Miss Watson 10 Daniel
Emery, unexplained, is blind and liable to
misconstructon. Mr.. Emery was par
teular friend of Mr.. Smith, and was en-
camped on the Fair Ground in this city
with him. Before the Regiment left, Miss
Watson visited her lover al the Fair Ground
during the latter part Of their stay, and Mr..
Emery was present. She cried and felt SO
bad that Mr.. Smith was so soon TO part
with her, that Mr.. Emery tried TO cheer
her and succeeded in getting her into good
humor and playfully said, Don't take on
so and | viii give you quarter" She re-
Piled in the same vein, " Well. do, I'll take
it." and she did.


She thought nothing more Of it at the
time, but after they were gone, she felt bad
about it, fearing that he might misconstrue
her taking it. This you see in the length
of time she dwclt upon this point in her
letter.


she received the lett r from Mr.. Emery
the first of this week, stating that Mr.. Smith
was dead She could not believe it, and
finally came to the conclusion that he was
fooling her, and hence she wrote the hasiy
letter which she calls an answer 10 "your
Kind but sad letter. to which the one pre-
viously published is an addition: