The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-12
THE LOVE LETTER.

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and threw herself on the sofa. "Guess,
mamma, if you can, what has just hap
pened."
"Tm sure / don't know. Perhaps
Sam and Tom have been quarreling.
Dear me, what torments those children
are!"
"No; they are both at school. Guess
again. mamma.
"Well then, I dare say that odious
Mrs. Sharp has been limiting that / wear
false hair. False hair, indeedi then,
Why"
"No such thing" interrupted Fanny;
'sten times worsel"
"Ten times worsel'' criedMrs Harper,
turning pale. ooh Fanny, tell me-"
We'll" said Fanny, sobbing, Julia
Somers is engaged"
Engaged? Well I wonder what peo-
pie will come to next"
eyes, really engaged. II there was
q girl in whom / thought I could place
perfect confidence, it was Julia Somers.
Only a month ago she joined our anti
matrimonial society. Oh, mamma, how
can girls be SO foolish! Poor Julia!"
"Why what can you mean, Fanny"
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SIS il possible that Julia is about to
marry q man unworthy of her? Who is
the dreadful creature to whom she is
engaged?"
His name is George something
Thornton, I believe"
els he intemperate?"
"Mercy, no! How could you think of
such a thing? His morals are good
enough"
Perhaps he is an ignoramus, then,
Or"
'sNo, no, no; he is a very fine young
man, as rich as Croesus, very sensible,
and SO handsomel Half the girls in town
are doing for him"
"Indeedl Then why is Julia SO much
to be pitied?"
'Why, because she is to be married."
said Fanny, impatiently .(she had, turned
an old maids corner.
'1 confess I cannot see the great hard
ship, after all" suggested Mrs. Harper.
'tBut there's the dinner bell"
Fanny declared, however, that she had
NJ appetite for dinner, SO to her own
room she went to write q long letter to
Julia, in which she pointed out the
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10 George and George fwistsd 4 int
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Months nasssd awav and FANNY Of
Julia's earnest desire. came to spend a
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BRIGHT color and the playful smile still
dweIt mon her cheek and lin az of vore
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anu ~ 10y LIZ I've .oIso.'eI Inat
InIIr W ~. = I oonels :" ner
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ba. 20 has sanses e0aieo
rWoT thonoht Forn, ar, 5o.,.
mined to have as little to do with her
husband as possible. Neta word will
T SNEAK excent when he asks ouestion
for I ann determined to hate him with
all INV heart"
To hate Ceoroe Thornton-the mar
who adored her :Inlia. who was 40 hand
some, so sensible, 80 brimful of love and
kindness for eyery living thinel Rash
resolve! In the space of one hour Fanny
had opened out her heart to the
of his thousand-and-one good qualities,
and he understood her. The week
passed pleasantly. and Fanny went home
and wrote verses.
II was very odd, 4 tnougns' ana my
Ieauer, you musI InuiA as sIe .oo t9as
oe - pelsonS :ne Iascuine Senue r
n,;v..a roaact;on. To : r.ILad .h.
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I hsr. e me %ee rs%s;n some :. 1 home Inc num- UNI
ara tbev would he thsra 70 torroant ha-.
if she read, the hero Of the novelist or
historian would take the shape of the
Mr.. Thompsons. the Mr.. Smiths and
the Mr.. Jones of her acquaintance; if
she visited, what il Mr.. So-and-so
should be there? Poor Fanny!
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s;sters ~oyd.-aS IT, .Ee ~ 49,. haJ
an offer. and Fanny herself wondered.
and reioiced-at least she said so. One
morning Mrs. Harper. and her five
daughters were seated together L the
parlor, when o violent ring was heard at
the door. 1t was not time for papa's re-
turn, but that was not paps's ring, they
were all sure. Great, therefore, was their
surprise when Mr.. Harper, putting and
painting, rolled into the room, bearing
high o his head q letter with a great
masculine seal.
"A lat+or from, a ~ontlaman aa T knov
NV the aonr;sb he has made on that great
n criad Kate stand;no on tin-toe and
letter.
ga love letter. did Won saw" cried
Matilda.