The Brookhaven leader., 1884-07-03


But about this friend OF Jim.: lie is a
perfect Apollo, and has the loveliest
eyes ever saw; and his voice is
heavenly "A clear AMI well trained
tenor. Sometimes he remains all the
evening, AMI after he and Jim get
through their talk we have n little con-
cert; YOU know Jim and Mary are fine
singers, and we make paSsable quar-
tctte. He was here recently one after
noon and Jim asked him to- stay to- tea.
| was so angry. for Mary had gone out
and there was absolutely nothing to eat
in the house, l had TO make biscuits
and everything 1 could see by the
twin ling of .Jim's eye that he enjoyed
my dismay, and that he caused it pup
poSely. However, managed tolerably,
and was glad enough that | had prohted
by MARY $ teaching. ] don't know how
much longer | shall stay; probably
until October. Now. May, write mo
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 p, lSSl.-HY
Darling Fan: What a naughty girl you
were TO treat me so shabbily-not to
write line for two months. | am sure
that wouldn't have treated you so had
| gone to that horrid town in your
place How can yuu bear to stay there?
] know should just die if had to re-
main there week; it must be dull "a
n cemetery. | believe that gentleman
with the "heavenlv" voice must pos
scss some attraction for YOU or you
could not think of staying uatii Octo-
Der. You didn't even tell me the name
of vour 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 Sut1ORate in ten minutes If |
had to 90 into a 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 on?
The carriage has just come and /
must get ready for n drive. IL 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
II. h. CHAPMAN TO ROBERT CLARK.
WIDEAwAKE. Colo, Sept. 20. ISL
DEAR BOB: Since wrote YOU last-a
year ago. wasn't it, old boy?-I intend
ed to take run back to the old place
this summer, but my plans were
changed by desire to watch q hOrti-
cultural experiment YOU 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 to- early vet to form satisfactory
opinion, but have hopes that the ex-
pertinent will be a success. Have you
ever met Miss Fanny Howard. daughter
of old Samuel Howard on Fifty-ninth
Street, She must have been a mere
girl when | left, and has ''come out
within year or two. She is visiting a
cousin of hers, 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
what the property is really worth, with
a view to future investment if it pans out
Fullerton, however, knows not that AM
other than | seem, and has taken quite a
fancy to me, being worker himself /
am an occasional visitor at his home
and there met Miss II. soon after her
arrival. At first thought she was like
the rest of her sex, caring more for the
% Ill hap a IOrl
of useful knowledge; but she has devel-
oped some qualities not often shown
by girls broughtup rs 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 during u re cent visit an incident
occurred which greatly. increased my
admiration for her She and Fullerton
were on horseback an had Just ridden
to 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 crushed. He was carried
out with an ugly cut on his head and .
di<lOcatcd shoulder, and Miss How ard,
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 60 after the
doctor. The fellow was carried down
30 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
be very serious, fortunately, or
SLOuldn't be writing to you now.
There! | have let it out! | was the
lucky chap who received her kind min
iStrationS, and | 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
months. Now, old chap, | hope to have
a 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. CHAIRMAN.
MISS MABEL GORDON TO MISS ADA
CAMPBELL.
New YORK, November 20, 1881
Dearest ada: Have you heard the news?
1 hope not, tor want to be the one to
tell YOU. DO you remember Harry
Chapman, whose father failed few
years ago and died soon after? Well, it
seems he went West has been almost
forgotten by his set here-and a crusty
old bachelor uncle in Chicago left him
n larOn fortune in oaSh mostly Ha