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Show without a nurd of love, and a proposal of marriagt that does not propatt, and jrrt ii led it led to tin' irre.it Lincolu's m ining, j UO l.lSVOl.S I'Kltl'tl.M.ll, The Heiiiai halite Letter That Led to an i nhapiev Harrtsisja. Young Ladles fashion Baar. hraham Lincdn's offer of niarriaje was av cry e uriou- one, aim singularly euotich, it has hut recently come to light. Numerous Numer-ous as his biographers have been, and closely as thej hate gleaned for new facts sd materials, it was left fur the latest one-Mr. one-Mr. .'esse Welk, of (ireencastle to discover dis-cover this unique and charactcrstic production produc-tion of .Mr. Lincoln's almost untutored mind. The letter is one of several written pre-uinald to the lady Le afterward married. mar-ried. Addressed to "My Dear Mary.'' it resd-thus; resd-thus; "You uiu.-t know that 1 can't see you or think of you with entire Indifference and yet it may tie that you are mistaken In re-gat re-gat d to what my real feelings toward you are. If 1 knew you were not I should not trouble you with this letter. I'crliaps any other man would know enough without any further information, hut I consider it my peculiar right to plead Ignorance and your DOUUden duty to allow the plea. ''I want in al! cases to do right, and most particularly so in all ease witti woman, 1 want at this particular time, more than anything any-thing else, to do right with you, and if I knew it would he doing right, as 1 rather suspect it would, to let you alone I would do it. And for the purpose of making the matter as jdaiu as possible, 1 uow bay you can drop the suhject, dlsrois- your thoughts if you ever bad any from mi' forever and "leave this letter Unanswered w ithout calling forth one in cus ing munnut from me. And I w ill ev u go further, and say that if it will add any thing to y our comfort and peace of mind to do so, it is my siueere w ish that you should. Do not Understand by this that 1 wish to cut your acqnaiutance, I mean uo such thing. What I do wish Is that our further aciiuaintutice shail depend upon yourself. If such further acquaintance would contribute con-tribute nothing to your happiness I am sure il would not to mine. "If you feel yourself in any degree bound to me, lam now willing to release you, provided you with it; while en the other hand 1 am willing and even anxious to bind you faster if 1 can be Convinced that il will In any degrue add lo your happiness. This indeed, is the whole question wiili me. Nothing would make me more miserable than to believe j. tt miserable, no.hiug more happy than to know you were so. In what 1 have uow said I think I can not he misunderstood, and to make myself understood i the only object of this loiter. If it suits you best not to answer this, farewell A long life aud a merry one attend you. But if you conclude to write back, speak as plainly as I do. There can be neither harm nor dan-ger dan-ger in saying to me anything you think, just in the manner you think it. , Your friend. A. LlNCOLJf.,' Probably this is the queerest love letter on record and the mostreuiarkable offer of marriage ever nude, it is a love letter |