The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-03
THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER
That Was Addressed to ''The Pref
test Girl IN Sedalia."

Recently letter came to the Seial,s
postof6ce sddreseedIo "ihe prrtiie-t girl ia
Sed alia."
The clerke didn't know what 10 do with
il; thst ia, each one OF them knew what e
do with it, but taken collectively, they
could not agree n TO what young lady
should receive the letter.
Charlie Parker said: Il know the girl
it's intended for; let me take IT,"
Frsnk Shuliz said: Charlie, that
thin. know vho the best looking CARL
in town is. She IL 40 far AHEAD, all other
girls are di-lanced."
Another clerk says: "N~iiher Of you
are Judges of beauty. l know whsi Cir i,
wss intended for" Just then POstm .-ier
Parker came in, and listening 10 the wsr-
like racket for . moment. said: well Jus,
-et that letter mp in the window and let
the girl Who thinks she IL the best looking
of any IN the city take the letter"
The letter vas set up among the un
claimed irtiers
Soon a dashing. saucy -looking young
miss Is yeafs of age came IN, read the
address, began grinniny, said To her com
psnion, II wonder why some one
don't come and take il ?" then examined
the letter closely, and left the officr, look
ing back st IL with longing EYES.
Then came in q clerk Who wanted the
postmaster to give j; to him tor his girl, he
vOwing with the most ferocious Osihs that
she wss the prettiest girl in the burg.
Then IN came . sour faced yOung lady,
on whose features vinegar aud gsil -irovs
for mastery. She read the inscription
The dawn Of q smile wss for an instant
visible in the wrinkle OF her face. but il
hastily Ind on the approach of an old time
frown, and she snapped out. 1T xin'i Tor
me" and went wriggline out Of the cffice.
An old lady read the address and hur-
ried out saying, "I'iI just aend NV gal
Harriet up and let her gobbIe thst letter
ne her'n, know. That's just like some
Of her tesux, TO write "a her in that way"
4 young lady about II year. Of age.
with dark hair and eyes. wearing a -maIl
hat stuck on the aide OF her head. looked
ct the letter and said, Il know !! am the
one intended, but I'll never give my-eii
away BY asking for that letter. I've got
too much 'culcLah' Tor that. and don't v"u
forget it,"
A tlne-eyed, styIishly dressed mise look
ell At the letter closely and said Ia n isdv
with her: ut looKs like h,s writing.
wish they had just -ent il TO ms and nol
stuck u up that Say in public place. In
never get II nos, aud two tesr., each abou:
the sise Of No. 1 bird shot. poked their
foreheads up above the lower ~ys-winksr
Of each one Of her eye-, and Il small -iEr.l
sigh escsp~d from h-r ~ wi'h much sgila-
ton che swept out of the Office.
A hevy of young ladies came in ard
reading the address. they stood around un.
der preiense of reading the advertisements,
on the wail, for . long time. each hoping
the Others would leave 40 they could gel
the letter on the sly. They finally all ie.
parted together il disgust.
Several hundred letters have been ~.
ceived BY the clerks FROM divers yours
ladies who requested the letter should he
sent 20 them, many Of the letters contain.
ing stsmpe.
Blu, the letter s,i'l stsys there. Hun.
dreds Of young l.di-- have looked ri il,
None have asked Tor il.
Modesiv always was characteristic O
Sedaiia girls.