* To Miss . Then I release my dear soul from her promise aboat to-
-day. If YOU do not see that all wluch he can claim by gratitude, I doubly

claim by love, I have done, forever. I would purchase my happiness at any
price but at the expense of yours. Look over my letters, think over my
conduct, consult your own heart, read these two long letters of your own
writing, which I return you. Then tell me whether we love or not. And
If we love (as witness both our hearts), shall gratitude, cold gratitude, bear
^way the prize that*s due to love like ours ? Shall my right be acknowl-
edged, and he possess the casket ? Shall I have your soul, and he your
hand, your lips, vour eyes?

» Gracious God of Love 1 I can neither write nor think. Send one line,
half aline, to

* Your own, own H.'

This impassioned letter, with others previously sent, induced
the following reply :

*H. lOth Dee., '76.
