The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-07-25
TERMS. 81 90 PER YEAR.

a. is7t she did take one, and Il w2s a
tea-rg--, aud pinned in her black
arR'ds J hisanc my hand 70 he'
from 10y elevated situation, but she
Did mt know il.
50 .or 81 least siv months watched
her. and ssu' Re- flowers and fruit and
ty0ks and little gifts Of sll snrts.
Br', M fDr asking our mutual land
lord for su Introduction, : never
thought a. That never occurred tG
ne. ] should not dare 10 speak tl
her il 7 had been introduced. So the
autumn and winter passed, and II Wa
I often 40 cold that / WEs Obliged tC
zcrspe away the frost from my peep
z ing place to see her But l did IL
and let me assure you thAt / did u
( most respectfully and with the most
{ gentlemauly feelings. ] played the
. -py, but il Wss with the deepest VEN
Grafton.
Spring came. Little green buds
were on the trees and Ehe opened
/ her window 10 let in the air, and
wore pretty light colOTed garments
I Now thst the window was opened
/ she drew her table a little farther
away from il and nearer the wall
I This was more convenient for me
| One evening she sst down at her table
/ 10 write letter, and / got my glass
and found that / could BEE the words
upon the paper. My hope was thai
| she WOuld Rllude TO her unknown
| friend. ! was grstiiied. She did
| After some talk Of persons aud things
1 knew nothing Of, she wrote this
"NOW, dear Lizzie, / will tell you
OF the strangest thing that has hap.
pened TO me. / have an unknown
admirer. L have no friends in the
city, nor have seen anyone watch
ing me but from some mysterious
source, hooks, papers, magazines,
flowers and fruit are sent TO me.
have had tickets TO mAtinees. Al
frat / was afraid 10 20 to them bul
/ tried II, and no one spoke to or look
ed at me.
Everything this unknown does is
done delicately. / really have begun
10 be interested in him, who can
lie be ." often say TO myself Why
does he hide himself II he likes
me why does he not obtain an intro
ductiOn ? Perhaps he Is defOTmed or
disfigured In some way but II he
were / should certainly feel that 30
fine q soul deserved better body.
"His taste is perfect. When he
MARKS passages in q book ] know i
shall like them. In fact, to confess
to you a truth which l would not Ad-
NIT to any other living being, | am half
way i'm love with him. How foolish
OF him to keep his iDcOgnitO, when in
50 many ways he makes 1t quite
manifest that he loves me-"
/ read these words with joy, and re-
treated 10 my room to think Them
over. Having done so my resolution
was grrived at. / seized a sheet OF
paper and / wrote upon 1t these
words;
uDEAR MADAM-I am neither de-
formed nor disigured In any way.
Your flattering opinion OF me is so de-
Iightful, that though mOdesty
prompts me to contradict you, l can
not bring myself to do ii. Indeed, /
want you TO think even better OF me
than YOU do, for while / am wholly
I'm love with you, you are only hall
way.
al inclOse my photograph. At the
same time ! make you an offer OF
marriage, and will prove to you my
respectable position in society, and
my ability to support a wife. The
reason for my singular conduct is ex-
cessive mOdesty. And how l have
learnt so much concerning you l Will
explain, IL you will send line to,
Station =, box 40. The line that j
desire is an answer to my offer. VIII
you have me, II, on meeting, you are
not disappointed in me ?"
From my blessed glass IOOf, saw
that blessed woman write yes, or
words TO that effect, and l called up
on her the next day, and now no
longer dream she Is my wife. She
pours my coffee and makes my home
paradise,
When told her all that | have told
you she said, "YOu ought to be
ashamed Of yourself" Ehe was in
duty bound to say il, bat between you
and me and the rose, she did not
mean il.