The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-06

lou must get Qultc IN luSiS IL iuS
the affairs of this neighborhood, saic
to her one day. handling so much ID
its correspondence"
"'Yes,' she said. 4 know good deA
that is going on Icannot help it Many
of the letters which so through ny
hands tell thei- own story without
opening them. 1t is all stamped on the
outside. get very familiar with the
handwriting of these people about me-
and this fact often reveals TO ne some
plots and schemes which the writers
fancy are profoundly secret
-'You interest me greatly said.
"Iawyers, doctors, newspaper men
and business men have their secrets
she went on, and pest Office officials
have theirs also. think, however, ouars
are guarded the best. because the law
compe,s us TO keep our mouths closed.
There comes q girl now she ex-
claimed, as she looked out OF the win
dow down the street. Now. just watoa
her when she comes in. She Will carry
g. very anxious look on her face until
she sees there is letter IN her box.
then just notice how her expression
changes. She viii go and peek at the
letter first, and when she sees 1t is from
him-from the young man-she VIII
give one little subdued exclamation or
Joy. and ask me for it with face
wreathed with smiles. See if have not
described her actions correctly.
''Of course I was deeply interested,
and secured point OF view where i
could observe the young woman closely.
True enough. she came in with most
preoccupied look on her face. as if she
were debating whether she dared TO
hope for letter; she went directly to
the box which interested her, and when
She saw the letter it contained little
smile rippled over her face, which
made me feel both guilty and envious
as / watched her from behind the
scenes. Then she raised herself on her
tiptoes, screened her face with hes
hands and carefully examined the di-
rections on the envelope When her
heel touched the floor again a look OF
such ecstasy swept over her counten-
ance that was for going out and con-
graduating her on the spot A man
feels like throwing up his hat in the
air and shouting hurrah when girl
beams like that, no matter IL the lucky
man Is miles away. But the postmis-
tress frantically motioned for mo TO
keep quiet, as she went to the de-
livery window to wait on the young
miss. Up walked the girl as big as life,
her face radiant, her eyes full OF laugh
ter which told the entire story, and
her whole bearing that OF very sat
isfied girl.
1.-THE postmistress handed the letter
to her demurely enough, but it was
pounced upon as if it were the rarest
treasure on top of the earth. 1t went
into her pocket after she had given it
one loving glance, and then the girl dis
appeared down the street, walking as il
she was as happy as a queen.
"'She gets letter about every day
explained the postnistree, and she
seems as anxious for every one of them
as il it were the first in years. And
when she expects a communication
from that youth and it does not come.
her face is a study. Every particle OF
10Y seems to leave it. You coticed
how triumphantly she svaggered down
tile street just now, / presume.
eff YOU could see her ON one of the
days when the coveted epistle does
not reach her, you would hardly be-
I;eve it was the same girl. Slowly she
Grags herself along. her head down
cast, her eyes almost in tears. and you
fairly hear her exclaiming out of her
heart full OF woe: ''Oh. why dfin' 4 he
write? What is the natter" Not SO
very strange, either. 1 used TO feel
that way myself once upon n time.
Therewerc lots of Joy and SORROW many
heartburns and little quarrcls but
after all II was very sweet TO me-those
wears long ago when he. was young
and 1 thought there was no ono on top
of the earth his equal. It couldn't last
forever, could it? He turned out bad,
and has paid the debt, but"
"'See here" said one of the party,
the skies are clearing. and it is time
we were all going, before you go any
further in the affairs of the postmis
tress. It is quite scandalous the way
you are telling her secrets
"Yes, / have given you enough foI
to-day, but there are a number of char.
scters which saw through the eyes 81
the postmistress, and some other aft.
ornoon 1 will give you another ono Of
them"
And the party broke up with The I'M
Outstanding that the next story from
tho lips of the postniStress should not
be CT love, but something more blood
cur,lling - Rochester Democrat AMI
Chronicle.
One on Jenny.
~You say you have been engaged 20 be
married three times" said Gus De Smith
10 Jennie Chafie.
"Yes, that's so"
"WeH. don't think there viii be any
Use of me making an engagement TO
go 70 the theater with you tomorrow
pight?"
"Why not?"
because you don. appear 20 keep
your engagements" -Texas Sitter.