Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-17
ON THE PLEASANCE.
BILL ME SAYS HE IS GETTING TO BE
 QUITE WELL KNOWN THERE.
PickPocket Meets Him In the Crowd and Mistakes Him For a Brother In Crime. Nye's Tam o'shanter and the oner It Led To.
Copyright. lso3, by Edgar W. Nye.l

Copyright, lsoo, by Edgar W. Nye.l CHICAGO, Oct. 8. l MY DEAR SoN-I thought I would write one more letter from here before we l leave, which IS tomorrow morning. This past week have been less on the Pleasance and more on my good behav- for, and this makes your mother almost | happy.
 I was much pleased with your letter of last week from New York, in which you touched up the theaters for going absolutely to the dogs, with nothing but varieties and artistes, as you call them, that kick so high, and I thought what you said, where you allude to this great Shakespearean revival of medicated fan nels, was pretty good and showed that your disgust was doing its perfect work.
 saw Carter Harrison day before yes- terday. He is the mayor of Chicago. He is fine looking man with an eagles eve. He talks freely regarding personal affairs and wears broad soft hat, but does not put oil on his hair, as many suppose. He is undoubtedly the Governor Tillman of the west. He was a great favorite with the infanta when she was in Chicago and is undoubtedly the coming duke of the West Side.
 was reminded of you the other day while mother and I were watching the big Ferris wheel go round.
 ''Branscombe," spoke up voice not far away that sounded like the thrill of throttle, or something of that kind, you cannCt-oh, you cannot, be so wild as to say those words to me here in this great gathering of people-those words which to q young girl mean so much. Certainly you cannot be in earnest thus to sue for me hand here, where the throng is thronging:'
 Aye, do l here, sweet one-here, where the great panting procession from the deserted universe has come to greet the wonders of earth and sea and skeyi. l offer to you me hond in marriage. Think how long we have known each other, MagnOia-ever since we met at the sausage exhibit. Next Friday will be a week ago. Since then have saw noth- ing else. Ipay every day to see the Ad- ministration building and the art exhibit, but do not see them. see no one but you, Magnolia; no one but you. have not even looked at the big wheel since next Friday was week ago. love you, Magnolia. and that is what is eating of me"
 'Ah, it is so suddin, Branscombe," :" she said; ''so unexpected; so contretcmps! And am so young! But l accept you, dear. accept your honest love. I take it to me heart, love. and we shall be hap py together, Branscombe, so happy, as we glide hand in hand along down the sunlit vista of our sweet united lives. Yes, Branscombe, you can pack your clothes in my trunk"
 I got over the fence and went out where I could get more air. pressed on to place where man from Quincy, Ills, had unharnessed his team and fed the horses corn in the ear. got up in the wagon and played with the buggy whip quite awhile and thought of my past, such as it is, and of you, Henry, far away, trying toscrape together money enough to get married on by writing wis iting cards in the corridor of large hotel.
 \ college education is a big thing, Henry. IL enables one to get full arm movement on him so that he can earn us much as q dollar day writing visiting cards for wealthy people who cannot spell.
 wouldn't wonder if it galded you sometimes to use your fine education and massive matriculated mind on writing cards that way for q thickset lady of wealth who has shed four (4) husbands.
 As the weather gets n little cooler, if you should feel that you need that cape overcoat that you gave me last winter, will go back to the one that had all