The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-09-15
Stubbleville. Ky,
Aug. 80, 1891.
Miss MARY JANE,
Wapsie Valley,
Careworn Co., Ky.
My DEAR MARY JANE:
Stubbleville. Ky,

dated Aug. III, dld not appear uhIil
the Goth inst, but that may be caused
by the slow mails, though / confess
that / did suspect you of dating it
back, so as to make me think you had
wasted no time in remembering ME.
[ know you must have had theanate-
rial on hand in your notebook, writ
ten up on the spot, in your brisk, busi-
ness-like way. However, The salt air
with which it breathcd Kept it safe
and sweet.
was delighted with our descrip-
ton of the scenery along your route,
and thought Your vieNs Of The places
you visited interesting, but when l
read that portion ofyour letter which
was meant as criticism ca Mrs. E..
T. Warner, | Lad to laugh. For, if
Mrs. Warner knew you, had seen you,
or even heard Of you, She certainly
would have "a high opinion Of your
ability to take care of Yourself, or Of
anyone else, even TO your seven or
phan nephews and family of eleven
eats
Indeed, | admire Mrs. Warner for
the intuition that YOU claim for her,
and congratulate her on her wisdom
in trying TO take care of YOU, or the
party i'll your charge but il her ina
biity as a conductor is as great a. you
insinuato, would advise that she place
the excursion party, as well as herself,
under your management, and you
would lead them an extensive, If not
an eXhaustiUg travel.
O, Mary Jane, I agree with your
oft-rcPeated wish, that you, sought o
have been man." But, really: ny
dear Mary Jane, I was Indignant, and
highly SO, assure you, when | firsj
read your fine bit Of irony or sarcasm
about Mrs. Warmers "thoughtfulneSG
for our comfort, as she gave the Lee
ington party and her particular friends
the fine yestibule cars, and also had
them assigned nice rooms at the Hy-
gcia, fronting the bay" | tell You, |
was "hoppin' mad when I thought
she disseminated against you, for she
ought to have known that a 'vestibule
was necessary 10 Your comfort and
peace Of mind, and that q car with no
'vestibulc' was little better than nc
car at all.
And so | went about to investigate
this 'Yestibulc' business, and inter-
viewed many people Of your excursion
party and learned that there were
nine Pullman palace cars in the train,
of which yours was one but not a
single person could rccollect about the
'vostibules,' on could recall whether
any or all Of them were with or with
out 'vestibulcs. And l came to the
conclusion that 'vestibules' were not
such necessary things in travel. as
they did hot appear TO impress other
people as such. Yet, / am sure
that if Mr.. John Cramer, who had the
excursion train in charge, had known
that YOU "doted' so much Oh 'vesti-
bules," he would have had you one,
perhaps two, as / hear they go in
pairs. And learned in this connec-
ton that Mr.. Cramer kept your extra
sleeping car in the train throughout
the trip. for fear that you would be
crowded.. and so gave all of your
party lower berths, which, / am in
formed. are more desirable and COM
Portable than the upper ones, and, as
yet, the lexington party have not put
in their complaint at this favor shown
you.
Further investigation shows that
Mr.. Cramer, the conductors and SER
wants of the train did everything in
their power for the comfort and pleas
ure OF their passengers, while Mrs.
Warner could not, and reasonably
would not be expected to, go through
the fast-moving train of nine cars to
meet the hundreds Of excursionists.
Yet, IL lisa fact that she sent you re-
quested information, with desire TO
meet You at the first opportunity, and
at the same time she was informed
that your party was well chaperoned.
Now, .candidly, Mary Jane, just be-
tween us, don't you think this attack
or Mrs, Warneris unmerited, because