The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-09-30

4 POSTAL C0URTSnIP.


old Mr.. Adderly's house OppOsite?'
Well, yes, sir, if you please" re-
turned the handmaiden. "I met theil
cook at the grocer's the other day, anC
she said that her masters name was
black-Captain Choker Black anC
that he was staying here on leave OI
absence with his wife and daughter
sir"
"Oh, indeed! Did she happen tc
mention the young lady's name ?'
q \ es, sir. She called her Miss Eva
" Eva! What charming name ~
murmured WiltOughby. to himself; and
then added, aloud: @
"That will do, Jane, thank YOU"
Mr.. WiIloughby Vane was a bache-
| lOr, tWenty-eight years old, rich, indO-
lent and tolerably~ good looking. He
| lived with a widowed mother in a
| pleasant house in the CIapham Road,
and having nothing else to do, had
| fallen desperately in love with his
! pretty VjS-0-ViS, and anXiOusIy sought
! an opportunity for an introduction.
However, having discovered the name
| Of his enchantress he determined to
/ address her anonymously by letter.
/ Having decided upon taking this
I step, the next thing to be done was to
! put it into execution; and having shut
! himself in his little study, after many
futile attempts, he succeeded in franz
! ing an epistle to the lady to his salts
faction; begging her, if she valued his
! peace of mind, to return an answer
to q w. V, The Postoffice, Chapman
| common" That done, he went out for
2 walk, and dropped the letter in the
nearest box.
Regularly three times q day, for a
week afterward, he called at the post
| office to see whethelRp answer had ar
rived for him. AS - week advanced,
| WilIoughby began to lose his appetite,
| and grew so restless aS9u irritable that
! Mrs. Vane, like a fond mother, fancied
| that her dear boy Ras unwell, and beg
ged him to consult their medical at
! tendant. But her son laughed at the
| idea, knowing well that his complaint
was beyond the doctors skill to cure.
! He was beginning to despair of ever
receiving reply, when, to his great
| delight, on the seventh morning, q let
/ Ter was handed to him by the post
mistress, written in q dainty female
| hand, and addressed to "W. V" Al
most unable to conceal his emotion, he
/ Quilted the shop, broke open the seal,
hand drank in the contents.
They were evidently of q pleasing
nature, for he read the letter over
again and again, kissed the envelope,
put it in his breast coat pocket, and
| hurried home to see his inamorate
looking out of the window Of the Op-
pOsite house, as usual.
For a moment his first impulse was
to salute her respectfully; but imme-
diately afterward he bethought himself
that, as be was still incOgnito, the
young lady would, perhaps feel insult
ed by his action. Besides, how could
sshe have any idea that he was " w.
N?'' So he went indoors and amused
himself for three hours, inditing a re-
ply to her letter, which ne posted the
same afternoon and in due course a
SECOND answer arrived.
And so matters went on, q constant
interchange Of letters being kept up for
q fortnight, during which time Mr..
WillOughby Vane spent his days run
ming to and from the postoff1ce, writ
ing letters and watching his fair neigh
Dor from the window Of the dining
room.
@ Confound itu' he would sometimes
say to himself How very provoking
the dear girl is She never will look
this way. 1 do wish [ could catch her
eye, if only for a moment. What a
horribly sOur-lOOking old crab the
mother is! Depend upon it, Willough-
by, that poor child is anything but
happy at home with those two old fo-
gies. Indeed, herletters hint as much"
And having given vent to his feelings,
he would put on his hat, and walk to
the p0stoffice, or shut himself in his
room and compose another note to his
. Dearest Eva"
At length, three weeks having flown
rapidly away iii this manner he re
ceived a letter one morning from the
young lady, which ran as follows:
10 w. .sl7z-
SIR-As it is useless to Continue a
correspondence in this manner, I think
it is now time for you to throw off your
incOgnitO, and reveal your true name
and position to one to whom you are
not totally Indifferent. Believe me
that nothing inspires love like mutual
confidence. Prove to me that 1 have
not been imprudent in answering your
letters by at once informing me who
you are. 1t is with no feeling Of idle
curiosity I ask this, simply for our nnu-
tual satisfaction.
Yours, etc, EVA.
To which Wiloughby replied by re-
turn of post: b..
DEAREST EvA-If you viii permit
me to call you so! Have you not for
weeks past observed a young man,
with his hair brushed back, anxiously
Watching you from the window of the
opposite house? And although YOU
have apparently nevertaken the slight
est notice Of him, I trust that his fea-
lures are not altogether repulsive. /
am that individual.
- Charmed by the graceful magic of thine eye
Day after day watch, and dream and sigh
Watch thee, dream OF thee, sigh for thee
Fair star Of CIaphann- I add nay own ~
To quote, with some alterations, the
noble stanza of the poet Brown? And
now I have favor to ask of you.
Whenever you see me at the window,
take no notice of me at present, lest
my mother observes it. In a few days
she viii be going out of town, and then
we can throw off all. restraint. Till
then adieu2 My eyes are ever on you.
q Your own,
" WILLOUGHBY VANE.n
To which epistIe came up the follow
ing answer:
DEAR SIR: Your explanation is
perfectly satisfactory. / may also add
that your features, are not at all repul-
sive to tEVA.n
"BIess her! What delightful little
soul she is 90 calculated. w ViIloughby.
And he went out and ordered new
| suit OF clothes, and had his hair cut.
4" Willy" said Mrs. Vane to her son
! the next morning, - wish YOU would
do something to improve your. mind,
lcandnot waste your time by looking out
j of the window as you have lately done.
1 Come and read the parliamentary de-
/ to do" ,.' 4 1-i'%ff'i.t't.'t = IS
The. worthy lady was a red hot politi-
clan, and for three mortal hours she
kept him at this delightful task; at the
av0ira tiOO of which time he CITcooodpd