The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19

>~ "'"f ~NtAr Louise !. The tE<lr
b with her beauty and power j. 70
conqncr-'N. T.. box 81. Buffalo. \.
f.'' And Edith laughed merrily.
swell. l agree" said Louise. and
although ! have not had much cxperi.
ence in letter writing in viii h the scale
OF affection gradually asccndx I think
that with Tho aid Of you two I may he
able 70 write 70 this Buffalo romancer
the words that burn
During the afternoon the three girls
put their heads together and the west
ern train that evening bore 10 Buffalo
the result OF their conference and work
In the form OF the following letter:
MI. X. y: WELLESLEY. In \, ,so
DEAR sm-A spirit OF curiosity. which cur.
rent belief asserts always dominates the tcmi.
nine mind. has led me 70 write 20 you. I wonder
why q young gentleman Of means Is put 10
The necessity % advertising for affection. I
have no intention Of panierins 10 your love OF
romance, but II you wish 10 write "a me I am per
frctiy willing that you should. for 1 consider II 4
Psychological experiment. Ny own mirror tells
me ! am . beauty: my friends call me 4 vii.
and my eakness In writing 10 you shows tnat
! am q fool. q conclusion which you sin doubt
less confirm when you receive This letter from
An unknown woman.
ISFIDELIA ANORAIa Smith.
Address Miss l. a. Smith. Welleslcy. Mass.
Whatever X Y. may have thought OF
this strange note. his letter in answer TO
II treaching Wellesley the end Of the
week. contained only praise for his fair
correspondents style and an ardent
wish that the correspondence might be
continued The name be gave was
Richard Grayton. The three girls were
delighted with the charming STYLE OF
the letter. which evidenced a high Gull
tivation on the part OF the writer. He
was manifestly q gentleman. for none
but . gentleman could have written
such graceful sentences lie ~as prob
ably some young lawyer or an artist
with an innocent love Of romance and
fun II an artist, perhaps he was At
this very moment trying 70 picture TO
himself tho face OF the unknown Miss
smith; perhaps he gave substance to his
thoughts in the form OF a delicately-
traced head on snowy canyas. and gazed
as rapturousiy at il as did Michael An
geio at his half-completed Madonna
These fanc.es and thoughts aroused all
the latent romance in the three girls.
and quickly . reply was SEN 70 Mr..
Richard Grayton. asking for his photo
graph In due time came Mr.. G~rayton's
second letter. more ahectionate than
before, and inciosing the photograph Of
a handsome young man with q dreamy.
far-away look in his eyes. At the close
Of the letter, Mr.. Grayton said: Il have
sent You my photograph as you asked
and shall, Of course. expect yours in re-
turn shall eagerly await its coming.
for ] know your face must be as beauti-
full as your letters are witty"
There. girls. what are you going 10
do about that?" exclaimed Louise. as
she gave the letter 10 her two compan-
ions to read and gazed earnestly at the
portrait Of Richard Gray ton I'VE can
not bonorably keep this picture-and
he is q handsome fellow-wifhout send
ing him one, and whose shall il be-: II
we were to send him one Of our own
photographs. this little affair would be
sure 70 be found out BY some one who
knows US ], for one. don't wish to
send him mine"
-Nor I mine." said Edith. But. on
the other hand. we don't want 10 stop
this correspondence
II have it, exclaimed Christina
we will send him q composite photo
graph Of our class. the separate graces
and beauties Of seveniy-nine girls blend
ed into one"
'.Thc very thing replied Edith and
Louise together. ..for the girl in the
composite picture Is pretty and has 4
romantic appearance which | an sure
Mr.. Grayton Will greatly admire. BY all
means let Us send him the composite
photograph"
So the composite Photograph was
sent. and in his very next letter Mr..
Grayton went into rapturcs over il 1T
IS the face Of my Dreams he wrote.
and the face OF my waking moments
II is the face that ] have long pictured
TO myself as the ideal and now I find il
a reality. How much / thank you for
sending IL and how l thank Fate for Civ
ing me 50 fair a correspondent
This letter excited much mcrrimen.
on the part OF the girls. Poor fellow!-
Christina would say. what . misfortune
is his to love . dream. l believe ! am
beginning TO feel sorry for him-tor he
Is such a handsome man.
As the weeks sped BY, the letters
from Mr.. Grayton became more and
more ardent, and. II truth must be told.
the interest Of the three girls in him
became greater and greater. They all
admired his face. for there was .
dreamy. romantic something about it
which attracted them. They even re-
GREETED sending him the composite pho
tograph and allowing him to fall in
love with a shadow. as IL were. Thus
time went on until one day in the early
part Of June a bombshell was cast into
the camp Of the girls-Mr. Richard
Grayton wrote them hat he could no
longer live without seeing his aiored
Miss Smith and announced his intcn-
tion Of coming to Wellesley the follow
ing Friday. This vas indeed startling
news. What was 70 be done? II Mr.
Grayton were to call and ask for Miss
Smith. he would be ushercd into he
presence Of the professor Of English.
who was the only Miss Smith in col
lcge. Surprise and explanations would
naturally ensuc, then an investigation
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