Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-10
A MEDLEY OF LETTERS.
A SociotJ Fad md tho Trouble It
Caused.

He writes at his desk, in a dingy of
flee, his eyes lifted now and again to
glance lorgingly out of the wide Win
dows toward The low-lying meadows of
the Savannah river, now broadened by
spring rains. He is comcly young
person, and the bright April morning
is cloudy in comparison with his sIn-
shiny personality. There is an elastic
ity about his fingers as he scribbles
along; no typewriting machine for
him, If you please, whom writing to
Miss Mazda Lea. Can machine in
tcrprct blush or the trembling unccr-
tainty of line? Adriancc Wintcrhoff
takes his heaviest linen notc paper and
the stubbicst Of his stub pens when he
begins to make ready, then, placing the
date at the top of tho first sheet, pro-
cceds in lcisurcly manner to cover
the rest of the page with tolcrably
moderate words:
"a. Ca, April 8, 1so My Dear Miss
MAZDA: Tho fair warm weather, think, has
nt last settled enough 20 mako It plcasan. for q
row on The river WIN you 60 with nc to-mor-
row III Inc Jay is Clcar, or HcAb Cly-tnc lrSL
pleasant one, in short;'
Here the fashionable Mr.. Wintcrhoff,
following the latest fad, turns his note
paper over and continues with growing
ardor to ill up the outside or fourth
page:
my heart is SGT upon this row, IN y dear Miss
Mazda, for l have something 70 say 10 you
uorr,Cthincr tr1iph hny m
something for which even spoken words are in
adequate, and which cannot put on paper
win wait your answer with much anxiety--ah,
II you knew how much-'thou couldst not,
woulGst not, shalt not say me nay"
Turning his much tortured paper now
inside out, he begins anew, and ends
the letter by filing up the second and
third pages:
"What could be plcasantcr or more TO my
wishes than row with you on soft April day
when VIC can float with the tide at will, or draw
into some shady cove to rest? / wish l could
mako It irresistible Do grant me this request
ut tho least, and believe nc rs ever, faithfully
YOURS, ApRIANcE UiNrElHoFF.
will call for you at any hour you will name
in the afternoon"
This letter reaches Miss Lea in the
usual course of events, and in a few
hours her answer returns to Adriance
Wintcrhoff:
"a, Ca April g. 1so My Dear Mr. Win
tcrbcn: Your invitation has n most tempting
sound and wish l coull let you know how
sorry am to decline IT, but the prosaic reason
Is that have engaged q drcssInakcr for two OF
three days and do not really feel justified IL
leaving her an very sorry TO disGp9oint you
but trust you will find another companion ar'
will have much rloasurcin your loycly'excrcise
Hoping to sec you soon, very sincerely yours,
MAZDA LEA.
Up. g. l do rot suppose tho masculine mint
can grasp drcssmalScr, but refer y ou to you
mother and sisters
1t is straight-out-from- -thc-shoulde
blow, albeit it is so daintily dealt, an'
Wintcrhotf receives it in full force. IL
his inexperienced youth, lie VOW
that he will never trust another woman
Had it been anyone but Mazda, who's
clear gray eyes looked SO bcwitchingl.
Mt him under her big shade hat bchint
her dotted veil-but there it is aGain.hov
can man tell how girl looks whel
he dare not look at her? And the ex
cuse. SO frivolous us to make ba'
matter worscl A man would have said
II do not want you for row, nor for
lifetime" a man would never hav
pleaded dressmakerl but, then. Tor
sooth, he he'd not addressed man
Trouble is turning his brain, and OF bu
one thing is he positive-he will go no
where lest he should meet her WIN
goes everywhere.
Three weeks drag themselves along
society people talk, and because sh
hears what gossip says of him, and II
hears what gossip says Of her, whel
chance throws them together in stree
car both are embarrassed and the re
suit is formal bow from him and
blushing smile from her
.'Good morning, Mr.. Winterhoffi II