Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-02-12
DICK AND TILLIE.
Continued from SiEth Page.
PLEASANT EVENING RECALLED.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, April 10, 'S5.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, April 10, 's5.
Dearest Title
I have been unable to write you ere this,
for I have been sick. and am sick. For
over one week l was threatened with pneu-
monis, but ] Am going to fight it of. i
think l took a terrible cold, and that was
the cause of the whole trouble. Until
tn n, l was getting alorg nicely. I have
been confined home going on two weeks
and am tired of it. Really, / do not know
| what affliction / shall have next. / trust,
dear girl, you will not think I am always
in trouble aud sickness, although for the
Last few months l have had more than nv
share. The month 1 passed in your town
I got real good health, and felt so good
when I left. 1 often look back with re-
gret and wish Icould continue to live there
all the time. I have lost in Brooklyn and
Connecticut during the p st month six
friends with the fatal pueumonis. When
ever you do not receive an answer to
your letters you may know / have q good
reason for not writing. Will yous To-day,
to pass the long hours, l have been reading
a spiritual story, called '0utside the
Gates" and il was most interesting and
pleasing. 1t was a sketch Of the life here
after, through the fist, second and third
spheres, showing the thoughts, acts and
doings Of both good and bad spirits. Did
you ever read anything of the kind? Well,
Tillie dear, how have you been doing
since your last kind letter TO me? / hope
you have not been i'll since. Had l moi
been sick you would have had aletter from
me. Remember me to Lille. Does il
look like spring in your place yet? 1t does
not in the lesst look like the middle oil
April here. Not a bud or green thing is
to be seen. Do you remember the evening
we visited the College together? | often
think how beautiful it was on the little
College balcony, where we were seated
looking on the green, and in the distance
seeicg the bright fires ofthe gas wells reach
ing way to the sky. The scene, / thought,
was lovely that night. l only wish / was
we'll, and back again tonight. DO you
know, Lille, that with all the sorrows
and troubles we have in this life we can
always look back to some green spots in
our existence. AsI write my sister has
three gentlemen callers in the sitting
room. l can hear them chat and laugh,
l seldom join them my s~isters) with their
company, for | prefer to be by myself &c
read or write, or sometimes have u friend
to call in to see me exclusively, and have
a good talk together, as l do not like card
playing or the fashionable light talk OF
the day. suppose you will laugh when
you read all this and think ]
am getting real strange. but it is
my way nevertheless. Next Monday
Brooklyn will he all aglow, as Barnum's
great circus is TO be here for a week, and
it always makes a sensation in the town.
Has Lille been fully returned to health?
l pray she hos, poor girl. Now, am get
ting tired, and must say good night, dear
Title! And now that you have my reas-
ons for not writing You will you fully for.
give me and let your answer be soon
Again. good night, with my prayers for
beautiful dreams. With love, | am rs
ever, RICHARD
Will | ever he we'll again, think? When
| commenced / did not think l felt well
enough to write one page, hut have writ.
ten quite a letter. Excuse mistakes Of a
sick man. *