The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-05

THE FATE OF A LOVE LETTER.

Hard Hearted Co,npositor, Make ,:err.
Over the Efusion of "a Reporter.
One Of The Herald men is in love. H,
namei is withheld for reasons which ap-
pear later on. Some three week, ago he
wrote IL letter to his inamorata. Ii wa
a long. warm, typewriter letter, tal.ins
up about eight of the big sheets that are
used on the writing machine. Being
suddenly called away on a hurried a.
signment. he left his screed. rather care
lessly Of course. face downward on the
desk of a brother reporter.
This must have happened at about 10
p. m, for the brother reporter came III
from another hurried assignment ut II
p. N. and found some copy paper laid
ont before him awaiting the marks of
his genius. He forthwith wrote ont
what he had to write and 'sent it in,
and it appeared in due course in til"
morning paper. The portion of the lei
ter that he innocentiy used included the
signature of the lovesick swain.
Now this brother reporter noticed
that there was something typewriter on
the back Of the paper, hut assuming that
it was dead news he summarily ran
his pen down the page to Indicate thtt
only the other side should be used. Then
he put away the remainder of the paper
in tine drawer ready for the next STORY
On the next day he used some more Of
the paper for copy" As before. he SIM
ply ran his pen through the dead copy
and never took the pains to read it. One
of the comps NJ stairs who got a take
from tine batch did, however, glance at
the dead copy and got 50 interested
that he read it through.
1t was rich. Vows of undying devp-
ton. words of burning affection ard
! amorous, clamorous. a~ltitudinous rhet-
oric filled the page. The writer was evil
IDENTIFY hard hit. and he wanted the loved
one to know, Il. The hardened comp
could not keep such a good thing to him
| self. and forthwith he read it aloud 70
his ease mates.
They enjoyed it. of course. and There
was at once an alarm sounded to read
aloud the reverse OF all of Jones', the
brother reporters. copy. 1t does not
take long for such bright fellows as
''coc'ps" are to fix things. Within two
minutes of the first alarm All Of the in
teresting copy was assembled. the pieces
Were placed in consecutive order. aiG
the five sizzling typewriter pages, reel-
| ing with love. We've read to Il delighted
| group Of listeners. \ few fayurt 3.
friends from down stairs" We're called
in to share the fun. anu everybody fe.l
what a lot some men miss in this wor. !
through not falling IN love.
Alas, there was II thing wanting.
| Jones. it will be remembered. had sent
mp the page containing the signature tie
day before. That page. then, was nr1c-
tically gone. although. as the old copy
is kept for a prescribed time. Il p~ertina-
cious seeker after facts could have found
If. Nobody but Jones knew when tn.
signature went up to the c~olnppslnE
room. and ne would not tell. He no
sooner heard Of the racket up stairs .al
he made for the opening pages. wi,ere
the address was. These he burned. after
assuring himself that there was nothing
important on them. Nobody. therefore.
save Jones, knows who the writer O.
that lovesick epistie is.
The secret is sacred. There is a ,ili
so1newhere-possibly a reader of TINS
page-who is wondering where that let
ter j.. She may know now.-Boston
Herald.