Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-02
TOLD ABOUT TOWN.
The Missouri Girls Letter to Travelling
Man. Other Incidents.

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tily addressed envelope, the contents
of which the receiver would not have
disclosed at any cost. But he was
careless and dropped the missive.
which fell into the hands of an
Argos representative. The envelope
bore a St. Louis postmark. The
writer is evidently not very well &C
quainted with the travelling man
but there is no question of her anx
coquettish admiration in this little
| strain:
"DEAR TEDDY: ! sincerely hope
You are not troubled with heart dis
ease, for l fear in hearing from one
SO unexpected as I. it will be liable
to prove fatal. have tried to resist
writing to you for quite awhile,
knowing your antipathy to receiving
letters. But really could not resist
any longer. My curiosity is aroused
and cannot rest until it is satisfied.
Here is the explanations: l was out
one Sunday afternoon and while
away had a caller ON wheel ]
have asked most all of my friends
who have wheels-to ride, not in
their heads-and it wasn't any Of
them; SO came to the conclusion it
must have been my Ted. l hope
to hear to the contrary, though.
for should. be so disappointed if
had missed seeing you in your bicy-
Gle suit. for l know You look stun
ning-no joke either. Do not get
alarmed at my writing to you and
think l am going to continue, for /
am not. To err is human, dear boy,
but promise not TO do so again. and
know you will forgive me as this is
my first. How are you? hope you
took vacation. for you certainly
needed one when / last saw you.
Have not been very well lately my
self. but don't suppose my health is
of absorbing interest to you, so | will
not give you any further analysis OF
it. If you have entered the state OF
matrimony since saw you and your
wife reads this. tell her to pardon
me, as i didn't know Will not
give you description of anything
here. as they are all familiar to you
and it would be useless. You are
wondering when l am going to ring
1912 off, and as do not want to bore
you any longer l will ring off and
live in hopes that out of your exten
sive correspondence with Lilies anC
Violets you will not overlook one the
who signs herself ROSE"
1t is an antiquated gag, but the
two well dressed young ladies never
thcless bit much to the satisfaction
of the delegation of little NEEDLE
some fellows who were holding
sort of convention at the opera hous,
corner one evening. The boys mad,
a nice appearing package from SOM
rubbish and laid it on the corner be
meath the electric light. Attached
to the string with which the bundi
was tied up was another string
This the lads, who secreted them
selves in darkeued doorway, he'll
onto and awaited results. PRESENT.
the young ladies came brushing
along. One observed the packag
and paused.
Someone has dropped a package,
began one, STOPPING to pick it up
wander what it is?" Just as sh
placed her hand on the bundle i
suddenly disappeared.
MY, what's that" she exclaime
with degree of fright. Both locke
around in the direction whence tn
package disappeared, and wcr
amazed at chorus of youthfr
voices near by.
7; Wubber-wubber neck - easy
$ dead easy" shouted the lads. The
y the ladies discovered they had bee
worked by the moss-covered gag. an
a went their way laughing. thankfl
lr that it didn't occur before crowt
s ,s And the boys moved on to auothe
corner to continue the joke.
le The two ruralites had be CON
W pretty we'll organized and as til
4. shades of evening had commenced
fall they realized that it would
l. impossible to sober up sufficiently
meet their wives with straight face
before the next day, so they col
cluded to remain in the city owe
night, and manufacture somethin
| W uclSullOu. IL WAS
rather sultry night and the hote
had not yet removed the mosguit
= baffiers overhanging the beds. II
two old boys-one much more sob,
than the other-were assigned to
room in one of the prominent no
telries. After half hour or SO
!. laughing and chatting over the day
h experience all was serene. They h'
d retired. 1t was about midnight al
the gas Jet near the window was lie
pickering. The window was rails,
s and slight disturbance in the q
mosphere arose. This likewise di
turbed the gas light which was
close proximity to the mosquito-b
which sheltered the slumberil
a cronies. A sudden blast of wi
" lowered the blaze against the me
~ quito-bar. There was o fire.