Feliciana sentinel., 1891-02-14

of Jaclx,s mvnterfo.,6 rapture-a letter!
partly printed. rartl1 written in won
derfnl hierorivnhica but all his own
writing and composition:
..dere darltn val. fluv Z SO musb do waite till
am man 80 We Can. b marid. viii be rs
quick as car, no - a1.te pig now tav
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Now. I ann verv fond Of children. and
never HAVING, had brother or sister. or
niece or nenhevv. on little one brought
close N me nv anv tie NV whole
hear+ Vent ont II nv babv lover and
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are quite n man and Won snali aiways be NV
only sweetheart. Who could help loving such
dear pets Certainly mot your own VAL"
This addressed to
Mr. JOHN PosTIArIIwArrE, JR.
81. uson ~ eie zAsenue.
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JACK VS.. AZ sno 1Inoo ~ ~ .a 'ay
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melodies for INV own delectation in the
da,ls ,yben :. rin, came At the hell and
a minnie after the colored llamseI who
rules onr bouseholI onened the door
With.
"a pemman to see yor. Miss Valerie. -
sprang to nv feet, turned up the
gas and found myself face to face with
Mr.. .Postaethwaite. To say that was
surprised would give no idea of my
feelings. 1 could Just xsfnmand voice
enough to offer him a3eat, which he
accepted, and, as sanlssinto a chair, I
noticed that he had tNe-written note
in his hand-one wh;TS seemed fa-
miliar to me. raised my eyes to his
and found them bent on me with a
cnr1OnS n.
and. without knowing why. the blood
rose to nv cheeks in hot bushes.
81 ought to apologize for disturbing
Won at this hour. Miss Claxton." he said
he had pleasant voice, and it
sounded much less grave than usual.
.sBut am afraid I have Intercepted a
letter that was not intended for me.
am John Postlethwaite, Junior-my
I ~
saw. it all now; but, good Heavens!
could not the man understands Why
need he come to ask n,ca. His baby
could have explained
..Really,'s 1 stammered, scarcely
knowing what said. II didn't know
1 should have thought
.sOh, don't apologize" he replied, and
his eyes laughed, though he still kept
his conntenance. ..Nothinp can be said
to relieve nv disappointment. For a
moment T indulped in avid hope that
n WAS a valentine for me; but I quite
understand that / can not expect to
rival NV son. However, though neither
YOU nor he seemed to consider NV con.
sent necessarv. I Thought would inst
call up and express my entire approval
of Jack;s CHOICE
We looked at each other, and both
laughed heartily. Who, would have
Thought that the grave Mr.. Postle-
thwaite could laugh SO merrily? Then
he drew his chair a little nearer.
.sMiss Claxton, he said, 81 know YOU
n great deal better than you know me.
7 have watched Won often when Won lit
tle susnected II. and besides. NV bows
constant theme is Val, Children are
close observers. and he couldn't be 50
fond Of won without good reasons. Now
snnnose we laid our heads together.
don't YOU think we might devise a plan
by which poor Jack wouldn't be kept