The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-16
a MEDLEY OF LETTERS.
A society Fad and the Trouble It
Caused

He writes at his desk, In dIngy Of
ace, his eyes lifted now and again 70
glance longingiy ont Of the wide win
dows toward the low-lylng meadows Of
the Savannah river. now broadencd by
spring rains. He Is . comedy young
person, and the bright April morning
b cloudy In comparison with his sun
shiny personality. There Is an elastic
ity about his fingers Us he acribbles
along, no typcwriting machine for
him, n you please. when writing TO
Miss Mazda Lea. Can machine IN
tcrpret blush or the trembling uncer-
tainky Of 0 liner Adriance Wintcrhoff
takes his heaviest iincn note paper and
Tho Btubbiest OF his stub pens when he
begins TO make ready, then. placing tho
aatc az tho top Of tho hrst sheet PRO
weeds 10 leisurciy manner 20 cover
tho rest Of tho page with tolernbiy
moderate worlds
49,, ca, April .. 10 MY Dear Miss
MAZDA; 4no sfnfr warm weather think hAa
- last settled enough 70 mako II pieaanus Tor .
rov on The river WIN you 90 with mo tomor.
row II tho day b clear, OF next dny--the nrst
pleasant ono, ID ghortf"
Here tho fashionable Mr.. winterhoff,
following the latest fad, turns his note
paper over and continues with growing
Ardor 70 oil up the outside or fourth
page:
my heart Il cot upon this row, m dear Miss
MAZDA, for ! have something 70 soy 10 your
something which have long waited 70 say,
something for which even spoken words are n.
adequate, and which cannot put On paper
VIII walt your ensWer with much anxicty-ah.
Y you knew bow much--'thou couidst NOT
wouldn't not shalt not coy me nay.'''
Turning bis much tortured paper now
inside out. no begins anew, and ends
the letter BY filing mp the second and
third pages,
"Whnt could b plcnsanter or more to my
wishes than z row with you on soft April day,
when we can Goal with the tide Of win, or draw
Into sornc shady cove 70 restf wish could
make y irresisfihia DO grant mo this request
~ the least and believe me a. ever, faithfully
yours. ApR1AHoE wINTERHoFF.
Will call for you ct any hour you win name
In tho afternoon"
This letter reaches Miss Lea tn the
usual course Of events. and in few
hours her answer returns to Adriance
Winterhoffi
a.. Ca. April q I'D My Dear Mr. win.
teyhoff; Your Invitation has most tempting
sound and ! wish could lot you know how
sorry am 70 deciino Il. but tho prosaio reason
II that have engaged o dressmalser for two or
three days and ! DO not really feel Justified In
leaving her am very cory 70 disappoint you,
but trust you will ind another companion and
VIII have much pleasure In your lovely exercise.
Hoping % 800 you soon. very sincerely you're
MAZDA LEA
p g lido not suppose the masculine mind
can grasp drcssmaker, but refer , on to your
mother and nistcrA
II Il . straight-ont-from-t he-shouldeT
blow, albeit It Is 50 daintily dealt, and
WinteFhoR receives II In full force. In
his inexperienced youth, lie vows
that he will never trust another woman.
Had II been anyone but Mazda. whose
clear gray eyes look ed so bcwitchingiy
at him under her big shade hat behind
her dotted veil but there 1t Is again. how
can man tell bow girl looks when
be dare not look ut her2 And the on.
cuse, 30 frivolous as TO make o bad
matter worsel man would have said
II do not want you for row, nor for o
lifetime man would never have
pleaded dressmnkeri but, then, for
sooth, he had not addressed man.
Trouble Is turning his brain, and Of hui
one thing Is he positive+-he will 60 no.
whore lcat he should meet her WHO
goes everywhere.
Three weeks drag themselves along,
society people talk. and bccansc she
hears what gossip says Of him, and he
hears what gossip says OF her. wher
chance throws them together in street
car both ere embarrassed and the re-
suit e . formal bow from him and 1
blushing smile from her.
.Good morning. Mr. Winterhoff, Il /,