The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-10
MISS LETTERS ROMANCE
She Is Wooed But Not Yet Won by
Bob WaIlaeh.
Papa Letter Has Prevented an EIoDe-
ment, Bat Love May Xet
Find Way.

New York, April 1O.-The Journal today
prints an interesting dispatch from Wash
ington, as follows:
There is trouble in the Letter family.
Daisy Letter loves Bob wallach. or thinks
she does; Bob Wallach loves Daisy Letter
and is willing to gamble GA it; Father Levi
z. Letter is rich, and whether he loves his
daughter as the Venetian merchant loved
Jessica is not known; but he, having mar
RED one daughter to prominent English
man, has other plans for Daisy, and there
fore he has no soft spot in his heart
Tor Bob. But Bob is persistent and Daisy
is rebeibOus, and the IaJner sees no other
way fOf coJiidg tn lover passl0ls than that
OF keeping her within her room until he
can find time to take her abroad.
Letter is multi-milliOBaiTe, who came
mere rTOTn Chicago, and built one Of the
finest ma nsions that the city Affords From
the day they set foot in ashIngton the
Iamiiy has been prominent in society. One
or the Letter girls married George CuTzOn.
Of the British foreign office
as fate would have it, Robert WalIaeh, a
WashinstOnian by birth and breeding. az
good looks and fine figure, though the i'm
parchment of wealth he would deny, met
the handsome Miss Letter, and stTaigbtway
reil IN love IL was not one OF those kind
or love cases that is all nervousness and
Diushes- IL was an aggressive attack, and
the young man didn't care VINO knew Il.
me young lady recognized the symptoms
and was flatteTed; her family, however.
took different view OF the case, and i'm
mediately schemes were on feet ION the
abatement Of the fever
Father Letter is practical rather than
sentimental. He saw in Bob WslIach
nOthirg more than the gOOd-lOOking son OF
an ex mayor or Washington: he recognized
no marks OF trade instincts and his heart
turned against him He summoned the
family into council, and Miss Daisy was
put through a catechism. She acknowI-
edged her liking for the young man, and
was reproached for it. With will OF her
own she made il plain that Fob wanaen
would be her cavalier if she wanted MIN.
AS argument and remonstranee avaiIed
nothing, and the young lady continued to
receive the attentions OF the youth, she
was ordered to her room and the KEY
was turned against her
''-tNA4f 'N'A6 a PNh6tHANUb iONtAs Hdtl
found occasion To tell the young lady OF
that burning, fluttering sensation within
his heart, and coyIy she diagnosed the same
symptoms Therefore, when Miss Daisy
was sGnf to her room to remain under tb..
watehful eye of maid, Bob planned an
eloperieht. wIIcn was 70 be mae eiIecIve
wnen the young lady should take one II
her daily walks through the parks But
Father Letter, having heard that love
laughs at loeksmiths,' took an extra pre-
caution Of putting a watch on Bob A
detective was hired for this purpose. and
the elopement plan was frustrated before
it was ripe for execution.
Bob, however, was not deSpOndeBt
Hearn, the other evening thai his adOred
one was going to attend the play. he has
tened to the theater early and secured
front seat AS the Letter family came in
he stood up and made an elaborate bow,
which was sweetly acknowledged by Miss
Daisy. AMI thus the pledge OF cOnstancy was
More recently Father Letter has made
two other moves that are rather discon-
certing to the young lovers He has
planned TO take his family 10 London in
a few weeks, TO attend the May drawing
room and the Queens diamond jubilee.
IL is his hope 10 chill the affections by
As further effort 70 blast
Bob's chances he has caused to be
drawn a new viii, which, hen signed,
win cut Miss Daisy off with less thanthe
proverbial shilling if she maTries young
WaIlach
The Wallachs have money, but not a
great amount. As a lover Bob has en-
ergy. but in business enterprise he has
never been prominently identified, 80 there
Is no knowing what there is in him As
the case now is, Father Letter has things
pretty much his own way He has lis
daughter, has frustrated an elopement and
has arranged for "a trip to Europe. which
may end the story. But if young Wallach
has persistency and tact, he may win 0ut
IN tie last chapter.