The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-03-30

once rein Closed to the printed address on
the corner OF the envelope, adding merely
these words:
Il return your letter and contents with
out opening Any further communication
of whatever nature from you, Mr.. EChringr
will meet with like return.
LILLIAN STArFoRTH"
Now, on the leyening when Ethring had
declared his love, Jack, who had entered
the room unobserved, heard go odly share
Of what was going on, before he had pres
ence of mind enough to beata noaseless rs
treaB
He Was an honorable. manly boy, and
kept his kn0Wiedge to himself That Eth-
ring had written. bill at the expiration OF
the appointed time filed his heart with
exultation. But when'he knew she had re-
! tuEned the letter uHOpened,. jack felt that
something wasWrong. "a Is
What, he had conee TstCIi Until ate 1p
the following winter Bobby AerrieS hap-
pened III conversation to spsals@ OF Mr.
Ethring's marriages And being nasty sort
of boy, alluded in a haunting sort Of way to
the fact that folks said Lii Stanfo GRID YERa
breakin' her heart over ftsee
. l am happy to say that 3 Tack adm nisteRses
a thrashtng then and there to Young Merrick
which he refne mb cred fer many day. And
then, boiling over with wrath, Jack went
home and up 10 his chamber. Then he con-
cocted the following epistle, still preserved
int ha taIllly RrchlVes:s
8EE 4sSsksE atAPLEroN MAY "a, 1888.
Mr.. ROBT. ETHRING: Sir, II you Are gen
tleman you wifi eiv NE satisfacshUn so from
one gentleman to Another for the elite you
showed. my Lii by going OF and Marrying the
Rose girl when you AS good AS pronlfst LII
YOU Tovd her for i Herd you myself by axt
dent. If Lin dies you viii BE to Blame and she
looks Like 3eth sometimes now. let Ne here
from you at once. a" JOHN STANFoRTH. j.
In reality this was more a scape valvefoI
Jacks anger than soberly meant as a ct1al4,
llenge Stfll it served tile purpose. t.saira.
| Easter Sunday, witha suggestion OF spring
flowers in the breezes, and popnets brought
forth by the morning, had arrived LII,
liready dressed for church, sat down at the
Iipiapo. to- run over the new qnu 51lIl Une
II choir were to render ..4.s..s 1911
Il Suddenly Jack. strangely excited dashed
Il into the room . .,.s az s,-s4 -.s.
Il ssIill-oh, Lii, . he breathlessly exclaimed
4"it wasn't oar Nh. Ethring that was mar
| ried after all and dashed out, closing the
| door behind tall handsome young man,
/ at the sight of whom LilI uttered a little cry
| and pressed her hand against heE heart
/ "Lillian-my love, Lillianl-thank= God
4 oh. THANK God!"" And in Sf1other II1oment
she Eqs qlagpeq tQ 4 r 10 i9ysFH heart cart ..a
Service " as. over It was remarked ith-t
Miss Stanforth had meyer, rendered TIA
! ton with such beauty and power. Her fac g
| was, so to speak, stransaguEedr and sboqe
| with new beau5y--the beauty Of perfect
| love. for LilE if sanity in spirit, WAS very
| If11TlaTl vritha1 s.fi 81 ai@s 5,ias;a4a8f ,s.sI
aRobeft Ethrfhe, the broker, is one man;
| Robert T. Ethring, banker, quite another, ,
the young man Explained. And Tam by
no means a millionaire, he said with a
smile; though l have enough to live
on and support q wife I'll seemed that
mis- losses had been greatly exaggerated
from the first - Then the ascending book
keep " as arrested ana d geodly part OF
ths ssolsa finds o 3 Jg F ersnf.
! ing his love. --
@And when Won sent back my letter with
| inclosed photograph"
fEY0ur photograph and thqughtit -avaG
yourVeddfhg Cards, : cried IhH. @Can you
ever forgive mefgf1s. .le.t-s4 or
4 think l can" was the quiet reply.
And he.pl Feed bheJloEeES sea Flif fqrg tYeness
Oh the Sweet Hps 1iaH uptrtfh I'll II meet his
6wh ana this * owhy eHoBer4} AsIlthr ing
often speaks of his wife as his Easter
Lilly -FRAEK' CONVERSE