The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-08
CONFIDENTIAL.

tidante. The business beginning as far back Us
the winter ran down to Aunt Hallys Il
receive my birthday-party of sweet or plt'el
sixteen as will appear.
Ralph Romer was the FIST 10 spread lil'
news of my arrival in tho village among 'h'
girls of my own age. haiph homer II wa;
Who had hrayed the danger OF "brier ano
aIon IN find the bright holly.berries with
which Amt Hally had decorated the CHEEKY
lille narIor for the occasion; and ii was witt
Ralnb Romer | danced the oftencSt on thai
famous night.
"Wouldn't | just step out on the porch 4
short little minute" he whispered as he came
around in the rear of Aunt Hally to bid me
good night, ending the whisper, according to
the STYLE of all boy-lovers, "lve got some
thing to tell YOU
The door stood open and conveniently near,
and supposed | wanted to see how high
the snow had drifted since dark; and, bet
ter reason still, couldn't let Ralph take my
hand off with him; and so had to go out on
the porch Just long enough to get II Dack,
while he said Elite Moore says she loves
me, and we are going to correspond When l
go back to college; and as you know all
lovers and sweethcarts must have confdante
to smurglc letters and valentines across the
lines, we have both chosen you for ours. On,
w. fo 81 1 thn SNOW had driffed-wel. don't
,,oi;d nU"'iSt l,norr how many inches,
"'Ii' ho,lo mot nromised a recital of all my
auricular experiences. Enough to say, that
i T., Tina sdttIrd down into the conviction
iot - ,,.os sncciol mission 10 be the re-
na'taie Of oihcr monies secrets; and they
.edr,, I,d drtermincd to convince me that they
t6 b(il'r , so ZOO
So :" vbcn Mr. Tennent fremont came along
and became a candidate for auricular favors
IL ,radosnon who has gained the self
s liMt pG %romnd which has made him in
dia.ro,it ~ ~ cnstom.sepkinc | could afford
~ La a,tire1v indenendent nbout nivipr n
,,r.''io,I! nroi'isn 10 keen hi. secrets FOR him;
and so. dear reader, they are as much yours
49, INC
When NV brother introduced him into our.
romil,. circle we took him 10 be q Northern
rnqoae cbun mct with during his lust re-
1nrnSI from trip TO Washington; for it wa,
in ,I,osa dovs whom Southern hospitality was
os much anurrcioted as il was literally be.
slowed II was a rood time for a modest
.frauoa,. to come among new faces We were
in - fr9.or and hustle which a wedding in|
the family makes, and il cave him an oppor.
unit 10 Get used to us, and left us none to
observe him unpleasantly much.
Bnt when Tho wedding was over. and had
made mn INV week of lost slccg. and he and
NV brother had kept themselves out of the
way on "a camphunt, for my mother to do up
her wreck Of house cIeaninr-it i, here init
nur story nroner begins
As we were leaving the breakfast.tablc one
morning my brother caught nv dress sleeve
and. dr6pninr in the rear of Mr.. Tcnncnt
fremont allowed him to find fine ycranJaL
Greatly, sis don't think Won are doinc tbr
cInyc, yji,inr ani,rn
aIJnv,."
WIN in not belpiug me TO entertain nv
rriond ;
oGrftinr fired Of him so
uVo he ISM one of that kind. hut to toll
tbo trnth am foo busv inst now 10 diva hin,
me Whale Of nv time e" '''''
"Tno busv tuyninr yo,r own cakes Yes u
sco ;,
(Which +. ma more than nv, sister i. doirc
r,,,irJs mo IN COS, tI,.+ y In Ill
,,arinl, no desirnf ,o :" imf,r,,' ,,o,,
I2n, deai. a. we n,,.t M, he so ai,nrI,o3 ';'
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