The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-16

was so angry, for Mary had gone out
and there was absolutely nothing to eat
in the house. [ had to make biscuits
and everything 1 could see by the
twinkling of Jim's eye that he enjoyed
my dismay, and that he caused it pur-
posely. However, managed tolerably,
and was glad enough that I had profited |
by Mary's teaching. don't know how
much longer l shall stay; probably
until October Now, May, write me
one of your good, long letters, and tell
me all about your summers campaign,
Your loving FAN.
MISS MABEL GORDON TO MISS FANNIE
HOWARD.
CAPE MAY. August q, .1SSl.-My
Darling Fan: What a naughty girl you
were to treat me so shabbily not to
write a line fortwo months! | am sure
that wouldn't have treated you SO had
| gone to that horrid town in your
place. How can you bear to stay there?
] know | should just die if had to re-
main there week; it must be dull as
cemetery. believe that gentleman
with the heavenly voice must pos
sess some attraction for you or you
could not think of staying until Octo-
Der. You didn't even tell me the name
of your ''sweet singer who is he?
Why in the world do you want to learn
to cook and do homework when one
can always get servants for such work.
| should suffiocate in ten minutes if |
had to go into kitchen this hot weather,
and there must be some great induce
ment to draw you into one. Has
Apollo been preaching the beauties of
domestic life and SO onp
The carriage has just come and l
must get ready for drive. Ii you
were here would talk you blind, if not
deaf, for | have lots to tell you. Do
come home before long. October is so
far of in the dim future that fear if
you wait until then before returning we
shall have forgotten each other. AT
fectionately yours, MAY
H. B. CHAPMAN TO ROBERT CLARK.
WIDEAwAKE. Colo, Sept. 20, 1881
DEAR Bob: Since l wrote you last-a
year ago, wasn't it, old boyp-l intend
ed to take q run back to the Old place
changed by desire to watch horti-
cultural eXperiment-youre remember my
old fondness for plants? wanted to
see how New York dollhouse plant
would stand transplanting to the colder
climate OF our mountainous region. 1t
is too early yet to form a satisfactory
opinion, but l have hopes that the ex-
pertinent will be a success. Have you
ever met Miss Fanny Howard, daughter
Of old Samuel Howard on Fifty-n ninth
StreetP She must have been mere
girl when | left, and has come out"
within year or two. She is visiting
cousin of hers, n James Fullerton, and
has been here all summer. Fullerton
is Superintendent Of the rising "Star of
the West" mine-a mine, by the way,
in which your humble servant is toiling
for his daily bread, trying to find out
Whist the property is really worth, with
view to future investmentif itpans out.
Fullerton, however, knows not that | am
other than seem, and has takenquite a
fancy to me, being a worker himself. /
am an occasional visitor at his home
and there met Miss II. soon after her
arrival At first thought she was ike
the rest of her sex, caring more for the
pursuit of pleasure than the cultivation
of useful knowledge; but she has devel-,
oped some qualities not often shown
by girls brought up as she has been,
and has shown considerable facility in
adapting herself to the surroundings
she found out here. She has been at
the mine several times with Fullerton,
and duringSa recent visit an incident
occurred which greatly! increased my
admiration for her She and Fullerton
| we're on horseback and had Just ridden
one of the upper levels where | was
! then looking after some timbering, the
roof of the tunnel having threatened
to cave in. just as they reached the
mouth of the tunnel few rocks did
come down, and one of the men was
knocked senseless and narrowly es-
capped being crashed. He was carried
out with an ugly cut on his. head and a
dislocated shoulder, and Miss Howard,
instead of running away, had the cour-
age to help bind up the sufferer 5
wound, insisting that one of the men
should take her horse and go after the
|
to the boarding house and she insisted
upon staying by him and making him
as comfortable as possible until the doc
tor came The injuries did not prove to
I've very serious, fortunately, or L
shouldn't be writing to you now.
There! | have let it out! l was the
lucky chap who received her kind min
istrations, and I hope to have them
again in case of need. Shall stay here
until after she leaves, and if she will
permit me shall follow her before many
cigar with you in that den of yours
before long, and know that for that, if
nothing else, you will wish me success.
Ever your friend,
HARRY B. CHAPMAN.
| MISS MABEL GORDON TO MISS ADA
CAMPBELL.
| New York, November 20, 1881
Dearest Ada: Have vou heard the news?
l hope not, for | want to be the one to
tell you. Do you remember Harry
Chapman, whose father failed q few
years ago and died soon after? Well, it
seems he went West has been almost
forgotten by his set here-and crusty
old bachelor uncle in Chicago left him
large fortune, in cash mostly. He
didn't touch it, but went to Colorado,
leaving the money in some trustees
hands. There he went to work as if
he had not cent-got to be foreman
in mine or something. Last summer
while Fannie Howard was out there
they got acquainted and they were en-
gagged just before she returned She
thought all the time, too, that he was
dependent upon his wages. Wasn't
she foolish? Now it seems he has
bought the mine and it is turning out
piles of money, and they are to be mar
ried in the spring. Quite romance.
isn't it? / knew there must be some
thing to keep her there SO long, l am
daily looking for a letter from you.
Your own MAY.
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