Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-07

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5 via: .Wealthy cahnn-s1sh-pso
spnahly pnaophistieated = wants -
Anerieaniss himseh. and - = srsnA
preliminary step he wants N AnsEi-
e. wifs. She must Be yo0ng. handr
soma. refined. and 80 On Neney ne
essential Address zsnAgA box q x.
w. o6ee. In conndsnoA' believe
IN answer Il; huge joke. yeu 80"
Here the colonel locked duo1euA
ssPsFhaps ~ can work NJ senething
stunning one at this tor the GewA
Who knows3s
The eolo.ss hsiehtsned sstAsaiastis-
ally.
.sReiehA yss are" said ~ ''Dst n
win take exceedingly sAreit nanipals
ton. me boy
Fred oonsidered ths matter. and thea
indited modest reply In flowing
feminine hand. signing hinaelf (ths de-
ceitful rsscaD Miss Nellie Jsrdine
The colonsl heard Il read with admire
ton.
"a roigAt tsndor and eircumspect re-
joinder. II wouldn't surprise ne now
Il 70 wasn't born novelist. after AL"
I'm give samnis . pointer. % he'll
know when Tie replies come In. said
Fred "He's - pliahle - wax ever
since We doomed him for The oflce."
"Sammis knows where his bread 10
buttered." returned the colonel, but
don't let him In too deep He'll APP
prayciate tho surprise Of the joke al
the moro when it does como ont"
So Sammis. the postmaster. wss
posted. not too wisely, however. Fred
mailed his letter, then carelessly
waited further desslopment& In duo
time came . reply. Our Cuban ex-
pressed his surprise and pleasure ct
hearing so sssurinRly from Miss Nellie
Jardine, and said that. out Of . scorc
! Of answers, hcrs was tho one that
pleased him most She alone. he con-
tinued, with sropic ardor, was tho ono
woman for him. He felt it. his heart
told him so, ond thus on, through sew
eral pages Of blind infatuity. He con-
Guided BY hoping. praying, imploring
that she would at once reply and ex-
change pictures with her adoring
slave.
"Begad, sisI'' said the colonel. '.you
are In for it. / behold already the con-
summation. Yen be DOMINIC petit
coats next, and the rcportorial de-
partment of the News will feel an
aching void. that ID. when you're OF TO
Cuba. me boy"
Fred laughed. Had he not, in his coll
lege days, correspondent with i've young
ladies at once, three Of whom he had
never seen? In tho tenderly nmative
epistolary line, he felt Is strong -
Ajax dcfying the lightning. Revers-
ing tho sex was bat . change Of names
with moro of concession and less Of i'm
portunity To rown ina mere bagatelle
to man whose pen was - ubiquitous
as . Chinauan's cHopsticla
Several letters On either side were
sent. photographs exchanged. Fred
sending that Of an extremely pretty
girl he had met at Cornell during his
college career. He was beginning.
however, to tire Of tho tender monot.
ony, when. one day, he laid upon the
coloners desk . neat package, which
on being opened disclosed . pair Of
earrings and . brooch set with garnet
and pearls Tho colonel examined
them critically. Frcd seemed moro
dismayed than amused.
They're worth hundred dollars,
me boy-if they're genuine. What does
the fellow say about them7"
why, it's q present, he says. and
hints of more to come, and that We
must arrange for q meeting-all this
with the widest protestations of eter-
nal love and fidelity. Hang it! This
is getting serious. Incvcr thought the
fool would 60 SO far. Some of tho boys
have got hold of it. I'll be laughed out
of town If he does come"
write him that the sudden death Of
ono of your uncless cousins or aunts
calls you OF to California instantly,
mo boy. Hint Of great riches falling
your way, Of family mystery imposing
silence. Tell him to possess his soul
in patience, and that he will hear from
you In month or SO. Then you can
return his COMPOUNDED jewelry and
break mp the affair somchow-any-
how"
The colonel felt himself sagacious.
yet his conclusion was misty, too
misty. it seemed. when. two days later,
Fred rushed into the sanctum with an
open letter in his hand, his eyes dilated
and his hair disheveled.
Colonel" he said. I'm ruined.
devastated l must leave, obliterate
myself, and the News will have to get
another man. Read that"
He dashed the letter down upon the
desk and fell 10 gnawing his nails
nervously. Tho colonel looked up
wondcringly, thcn read the note. After
few passionate. devotional interjec-
lions It wound up by stating that this
fond lover would run down to Rosevillo
on the following Friday TO SEQ his
''adored one," his queen"
isn't this daisy of . predicament?"
exclaimed Fred. - hischief eat tapping
the arm Of the editorial chair with his
blue pencil. and his eyes fixed reflect
inRly upon his assistant Can you
make me an advance Of forty dollars
or SO? I'll get Meigs to take my place
and Zee to some painless wilderness
for awhile, until this infatuated for
signer receivers his rcasop."
FIRED, me boy" said the colonel.
sagely. II know trick worth two ol
that Write me . touching obituary.
notice of Miss Nellie Jsrdine's very
sudden demise. A congestive chill.
spinal meningitis; anything OF that
sort will do. Well just insert that lit
tie notice and have one copy struck OF.
Have IL marked and sent 70 that poor
fool of a Cubau. torether with the lew