The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-14
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The next day She put blue shades up.
Once. watching her from above. as
though / We're an angelic being without
wings. saw her come in from a walk
with autumn leaves IN her hand. After
ward she ironed them and made a
little wreath OF them. which she hung
up over a little looking glass The
next day bought and left at the door
some dollhouse roses
'Since you care for autumn leaves
You viii care for these" | wrote on a
card, and signed it Your Spirit
Friend. as usuah
This time she laughed softly and put
them in water. and sat and looked at
them long while Then she peeped
out OF her window again. The young
man was not at the opposite easement.
Then she shook her head, and after a
time she took damasil rose from the
bunch and put il in her hair. The next
time l sent the flowers | wrote on the
card:
You wore a damask rose from the
last bunch / sent you. VIII you put a
yellow tea rose in your hair this t3ule?"
How | watched. ! saw her look,
half pleased, half frightened. At first
she only put the roses in vase. but at
last she did take one and it was a tea
rose. and pinned it in her black braids.
| kissed my hand 10 her from my ele-
waited situation, but she did not know it.
So for al least six months / watched.
and sent her flowers and fruit and
books and little gifts of all sorts. But
as for asking our mutual landlord for
an introduction. l never thought of
that-it never occurred to me. l should
not have dared to speak to her if / had
been introduced.
The autumn and the winter passed,
and it was often so cold that / was
my peeping place to see her; but did
it, and let me assure you that | did 1t
most respectfully, and with the most
gentlemanly feelings played the spy,
but it was with the deepest veneration.
Spring came. Little green buds were
on the trees, and she opened the window
to let in the air and wore pretty, light
colored garments. Now that the win
dow was open she drew her table
farther away from it and nearer the
the wall. This was more convenient
to me.
One evening she sat down at her
table to write letter and / got my
glass and found that / could see the
words upon the paper. My hope was
that she would allude TO her unknown
friend. 1t was gratified. She did.
After some talks of persons and things
l knew nothing of, she wrote thus:
"Now, dearest Lizzie, 1 will tell you Of the
strangest thing that has happened 10 me
have no friends in the city nor have seen any
one watching me; but from some mysterious
source books, papers, magazines, flowers and
fruit are sent TO me-. l have had tickets 10
natfnees AT first was afraid 10 go 10 them:
but 1 tried it and no one spoke 10 or looked at
me Everything this unknown does is done
deiicately l really have begun to get inter
ested in him. Who can he be-? often say TO
myself why Goes he hide himself? II he
likes me, why does he not obtain an introcuc-
ton
"Perhaps he is deformed or disfgured in
some way; but il he were ! should certainly
feel that so fine q soul deserved better body.
in book know 1 shall like them. In fact, TO
confess to you trath which would admit to
no other living oeiIg. ] am half way In love
with him. How foolish Of him 10 keep his in
corUito when in 50 many ways he makes 1t
manifest that he loves me-
/ read those words with joy and re-
treated TO my room to think them over.
Having done so. my resolution was ar
rived at / seized sheet of paper and
wrote upon it these words:
DEAR madam am neither deformed nor
disfgured in any way Y~nr fat;ering opinion
prompts me 10 contradict you. l cannot bring
myself 10 Go it. Inaeed l want goa 10 think
even better Of me than you do. for while l am
wholly in love with you, you are only half way.
l inclose nv photograph. AT the same time
make you an offer Of marriage, and Will prove
20 you my respectable position in society and
my ability TO support a wife And how have
learned 50 much concerning you l viii explain
II you Will send ne a Inc to -, station -,
box 40 The line that l desire is answer TO {
my oier WIN you have re Il, on meeting, you
are not disappointed in me-:
Thanks to my glass roof I was able
to see that dear little woman write
ives" or words to that effect; and
called upon her next day, and now | no
longer dream that she Is my wife. She
pours out my coffee and makes my home
a paradise. When ! told her all have
told you she said: you ought to have
been ashamed of yourself" She was
in duty bound to say it. but between
you and me and the rose, she did not
mean it.-Loadon Tid-Bits.