Year: 1876

Alexander that, having to settle up his
business and travel about good deal,
he should not be able to write for some
time, but that as soon as he could get
ready he should come on to be


MARRIED TO HER.


In two months from that time he did
come on as above related. To show
what an uneasy Benedick this man is,
he was no sooner in Portland with his
new wife than he began writing to an
aunt of Mrs. Gould Aldrich that he
could not tell how dark, gloomy and
comfortless his life on earth had been
for all these weary months since his
separation from his dear Emma, and
asking where she was. These letters
SO imposed upon the credulity of those
who had been accustomed to hold him
in their esteem, that they wrote to the
deserted wife in California of these
loving phrases, and very nearly were
the cause of deceiving her into recon-
ciliation-she still being ignorant he
was guilty of the crime of bigamy. A
letter from her, inspired by these rep.
reservations, telling him of the birth and
death of their child, and asking him if
he had


OBTAINED A DIVORCE


from her, coming to the Doctor after
his flight, was the first clew that Miss
Alexander was able to get at of the real
facts in the case. She now writes from
San Francisco that she is in possession
of four letters from him since the
flight; two written at Victoria, B. C.
One of these precious epistles runs as
follows:


DEAR EMMA-Yes, can truly say, dear
Emma, for, notwithstanding all that has
past, you are very dear to me, and since /
last saw you, the world to me has been but
dark, gloomy spot, and my life blank.
OF all things could wish for, there is moth
and she has not q truer one; and could I
know that your whole individual love, your
whole self, was mine in every sense Of the
word, would not care for what people may
say, or what may have or has happened in
the past. II you will come to me, pet, I
will see you as soon as you can come, and If
you wish to be mine only, you shall have
your wish gratifed as far as in my power.
Come at once. WELCOME.


This man is, at the least, obliging to
give himself up SO easily to q lady
wishing to be his only. Supplement
this letter to a deserted wife with one
to Miss Alexander, written three weeks
before his illegal marriage with her,
after having solicited her to be married
at once, without preparation or notifi-
cation to her friends:


LONG-LOvED DARLING-Our little diff
ference Of thought this morning shall not
make two lives forever unhappy, for have
loved you too long and well to give you up
so easily. Had you consented to marry me
this morning, and knowing your wish to
wait until your school was out, 1 could not
have been so unkind as not to have gratified
your wish, and I already had the thought
in my heart when told you that in less
than tweaty.four hours you would be glad
that you had consented to become my wife
this morning. did not wish to be married
until could be with you all the time, and,
my dear girl, believe me, it was not my
wish to marry you this morning, but much
wished to know how much you con1ide in
me, and that your love for
sacrifices, though small, for me. You
can not be more cautious in this lifelong
affair than am and have been, for we are
both old enough to know some of the conse-
quences Of mistakes in such things. II I
remember right, you said this morning that
you would not object to be married the
evening or morning after your school is out.
SO particular as to the llay; but. my darling,
am, L must admit, anxious to know you are
all my own. will go to Conry to-day, and
will you write to me at once? Will you for
give me all that said that is or may seem
unkind or hard to you, for assure you my
greatest interest in this world is your well
fare, and If thought it would not be better
for you as well as me to become my wife, /
would not that we should be married. l
will come to claim you the day your school
is out. Will wait until the end, and will
hope to hear from you at once. Write me
this evening, and may God bless and keep
my darling. WELCOME.


What letter to write, with . young
wife weeping for him in California!
DIR. Aldrich is about 33 years old, me-
dunn height, broad-chested, erect,
slightly bow-legged, a large head, re-
markably fiat on top, with lively dark
eyes, and a cheerful, easy style of ad-
dress. He is in the habit Of carrying
his bank upon his person, in the shape
VI JAchoI Wcll-StuAcu Will SO1u uOtcSs
which, it is said, adds little to the
thickness of his waist. It is pity he
got out of the way of an arrest SO easily;
but the public have it in their power to
punish him with a just indignation, and
the scorn he deserves, until under the
Providence of God the proper retribu-
ton overtakes him.


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