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ten in wonderful agitation, excitement, wrath, indigna- 

 tion, despised love I thought, but I soon found I 

 was mistaken. That letter was a specimen of Egyptian 

 (hieroglyphs). Written in French ! as we corre- 

 sponded. When she had read it she stood in front of 

 that Miss Jackson and said : 



Mon enfant ! Fhomme qui a ecrit une lettre comme 

 eellq-ci n'est pas un homme ordinaire ! et vous n'avez 

 pas voulu le croire, cette homme 14 sent vivement et 

 vous avez doute de sa veracite, vous avez en tort ! . . . . 



ENGLISH OP THE ABOVE : My child ! the man who has written 

 such a letter is not an ordinary man ; he feels vividly, he ex- 

 presses his emotions with warmth ; and you have doubted his 

 veracity ; you have been wrong ! 



You understand this spontaneous confession ? Com- 

 pare it with the bloody Republican ! etc., and draw 

 your conclusion .... 



Now, I'll tell you; I felt ten times more gratified of 

 that candid confession than I had been vexed, indig- 

 nant, of the calumny. In plain English, my vanity 

 was high flattered . Some other time I shall tell you 

 another historical anecdote almost similar, with a very 

 eminent man in his "sphere, at the time, in Jersey City. 

 But it was not a love quarrel, but a horticultural non- 

 sense, as we are all liable to do. 



