Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-12
8EgzS8aRHS
81 s--sszssssss--~
&c &c of 4 Love LsTTta.


aara Hsartsa Cosspositoss wake pfssry
over tss E'a.sts.l sf a E.spofter.
One of The Herald men Is in love. HIS
nans il withheld for rs&sors which ap-
par later On. Soms three weeks ago be
wrote letter 70 biz inarnorstA twas
9 long. warn. tyteWrietsn ittteF. taking
I'D about eight of ths big sheets that are
ussd On the writing machine. Being
suddenly called svEy on hurried a.
Exnnens. be left hts scresd. rather care.
iessiy Of course. face downward on the
desk q . brother reporter.
This must have hspFened At shout 10
D. m, for the brother reporter came IN
from another hurried assignment st n
.. IA and found some copy paper laid
out before him awaiting the marks Of
his genius. BE forthwith wrote out
What be bad 70 write and sent il in,-
and il APPEARED in due course IN the
morning paper. The portion Of the les-
ter that be innocently used included the
Signature OF the ioyesick swain
Wow this brother reporter noticed
that there was something typ@wTitten on
the back Of the paper, but assuming that
Il was dad news be summary ran
bis pen down the page 10 inEcste that
only the other side should be used Then
be put away the remainder Of TIE paper
IN the drawer ready for the next story
On the nex1 day he used some more Of
the paper for s'cOpy.- As before. he sim
ply ran his pen through the dead copy
and never took the pains 70 read IL One
Of the comps up stairs who got take
from the batch did, however. glance At
the dad copy ard got 50 Interested
that be rad it through.
II was rich Vows Of undying deyo-
tiOz. words Of burning affection and
amOrous, clsmO-Ous, altitudinous rhet-
oric filed the page The writer was eYi-
IDENTIFY hard hit, and he wanted the loved
one to know IL The hardened comp
could not keep such good thing to him
self. and forthwith he read IL aloud 70
his ease mates
They enjoyed il, Of course, and there
was ~ once an alarm sounded TO read
alOnd the reverse Of AL Of Jones, the
brother reporters, copy. 1t does not
take long for such bright fellows as
comps are to fx things Within two
minutes OF the first alarm all of the IN
teresting copy was assembled. the pieces
were placed IN consecutive order. and
the FIVE sizzling typewriter pages, reek-
ing with love. were read to q delighted
group Of hstsnerA A few favored
friends from down stairs were called
in to share the fun, and everybody felt
what . lot some men miss IN this world
through not falling in love.
Alas, there was one. thing wanting,
Jones, il viii be remembered. had sent
up the page containing the signature the
day before. That page, then, was prac-
tically gone. although, as the old copy
is kept for a prescribed time. pertfna-
ciOus seeker after facts could have found
If. Nobody but Jones knew when ths
signature went mp TO the composing
roOm. and he would not tell BE no
sooner heard Of the racket up stairs than
be made for the opening pages, where
the address was. These he burned. after
assuring himself that there was nothing
important on them. Nobody. therefore,
save Jones, knows who the writer Of
that lovesick epistle is.
The secret Ia sacred There is Q girl
somswhere-pOssibly reader Of this
page-who is wondering where that let
ter is. She may know now.-Boston
Herald