West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-01-18
A ROMANCE OF THE BRIDGE.

A New York Times historian $50 he
says) was recently engaged i'm n little
'operation' with Frank James and
Henry James Jr.. i'm an attempt TO rob
the mail and Obta n letter which CON
tanned pointer on Western Union in
transit from Jay Gould to the Princess
OF Madagascar To effect this bannv
result the drivers of all the mail WAGONS
were chloroformed, and the mail was
hurnediy searched The letter looked
Tor was not discovered; it was after
ward asccrtained that Mr. Gould had
used postal card but the historian
found the following document which
sulhc.ently explains itself The letter
was addressed to young lady in Mil
Waukee, whose name is withheld for the
sake OF the historian 5 relatives. who are
dependent upon him for support. II
reads thus:
AsToR House. NEW YoRK. Nov. u.
MY DAILNGEsr KATE am sure
you will forgive me for WAITING three
whole hours before writing. when | re-
late tho occurrences of this mornino
II is so romantic, just like one Of Miss
Braddon's stories for all the world
Now please promise me, dear Kate. not
10 Skipdown 10 where the interesting part
al the letter beg ms. bnt read it right
straight through, or | shall never for
give YOU. You will. won't you?
Well. we had an awfully stupid trim
down here the only pleasant incident
was when fat woman fell out of a ton
perth onto the porter who was crawl
ing under our berth, right opposite. aft
or pa shoes. Pa had tried TO hide his
SHOES, You know, so rs not to have to
pay the porter for polishing them. but
II was no use. The old lady gave him
q quarter lthc porter not pal for BEING
there when she fell out There was all
soiutcly no one ON the train worth
speaking To-, and 20 ] was awfullv clad
when we reached New York n last. inst
little more than three hours AGO But
what an awful lot of things have oc-
Cured in these three hours,
Kate, 10 seem. like fate that ma
brought as with him 90 New York. Ynu
see, we came to the Aston House be-
eau pa has 10 transact business down
town, but If course YOU don't know
THAT the Astor House is down town.
after aII. But 10 u.s. though. We were
landed in the Grand Central Station
anF when pa and ma and Toby /
could just slap that child. he's sucb "a
hprrI nuisance and came out into
the 're't ! really thought Kate. fbat
those oaoucn would uut u- into their
hor-d old cabs "a had 10 pull like
everything to get Ii- yalisa away from
one Of them, and boz did look ridicu.
ions. AuyDDdy could tell that he and
na and Toby didn't belong i'm New
York. they acted so so Interested i'm
everything. butt just behaved a. If +
ua1 Away lived hcrc. only ] UiY admit
Chat thought Tho glass box they puf
inhei- Do ou the elevated railroad sta
ton was au ice-creau freezer. and asLed
pa 80 That "a man heard me. what in
tI world They wanted fg sell cream
I'r at this INC OF year. How that bor.
OF mon. That heard mc. did roar' I
con en That he had much to- Iauyb
sn0H' though Ills ovarcolt VIA
s".u.Y nllE But ! really don't
know what rm writing aU fh.s nom
cons Tor started to- VII g. about the
y 90 .yn bridge and how we went
t.To-. pa wa awuly anxious 20 see
90" bridge. ud tao -'c.u'uy.rar com
tH"l.r told Dim I.a. It was ryI. af tb.
go O.. The nnvfad railroad and .n uq
ta we % ly auFr on tnn elevated AID
80. ..d-a before we rf 10
"... w ant ui the beygage
GO
a.e .u .ar BOO 'raula.a fright
iu ..Yu. F. Is riding over .e rIr.
v.ini .ar. First Hc went ..ra
- .D oas Ger and ,heu got oil and