The morning times., 1897-01-24

man; at least, if there is, it does not appear
on the surface. But there is nothing par
ticulany aspiring, either II has no hint
of thought beyond trivial diversion with
some woman he is too careless or too shall
low to sound for mental qualities. /
give this letter as it is about the only one
that is serious. And its seriousness is very
trivial.
Shuffling over the letters, come TO one
that is apparently from one of my better
educated correspondents. 1t is written on
pink paper, thick and heavy, and slightly
rough. The address is printed in good
chara cters, and the body of the letter Is
written in a round, upright hand. IL reads;
My Dead Madam: OF course you are going
to nave lo0s OF answers To your personal =
oceans OF them, / ween and have puzzled
my brain until | can scarcely think at all,
trying To con1ure up something distinctive
something original ana striking, to write
TO you, so that my effort would not De con-
signed to that sleepy oblivion OF when we
read so much, and all without aVall. Sc
riously L sat for couple OF hours TINS
morning watching the smoke as III rd1tcT-
ward curled," and my cigar went out tunes
without number, but the IDEAS pos,liNctS po,.I M
refused TO flow. / might weave niue fo-
mantic tale OF how | passed last nlgiu III
automatically remember that Inc
sleepleSs speculation as to your own chaIm-
ing personality, but you would probably
was not issued until this morning, ana IL
might cause surprise, lr not actudl Susil-
CiOU, uDOn your part. so L nave lllldliN tit-
cided to sit down and write you frankly
UnaJ 1 a III barren OF ideas and ask you 70
overlook this feeble attempt on the strength
or what / promise TO do hereafter. FIRST,
mere is an introduction tfictitiouSl: Thirty
two years of age, five feet eleven, rather
slender, brown hair and mustache, gray
eyes, regular features: not eNacty hsllu
-Some, but don't imagine am ugly. toH-
ceited, isn't ii? ! have good soNefllfleAt
position, live well and dress well, but
owing to my short time or residence
toni
Washington. ] am graduate tnhlnes
leading university, rather refined III III
tastes and habits, and q $ on were ap-
pdrently cast III the same mo!d, see 70
reas on why we should not be COngcniaI
correspondents. / am afraid / am lot
very food, as a little wickedncss always
appeals o me, and, of course, have my
faults. | don't guess you are anger
hunting? However, / am OF a warm,
affect onate disposition, have the gen
cral run of passions to which mankind is
heir and YOU f you wish, may have the
exquisite pleasure of reforming Inc. Am
fond OF amuScIn entS, theaterS, etc., ana
In fact, havc always ;ooked on the
sunny side Of life, ard deCiinc TO believe
that the darker one exists except III an
agination. Now, t you think that ''yOu
and | together dear can think of enough
20 say TO each other to make the CORE
81 onGence mutually interesting, write me
as fuily as ] have written o YOU, and we
VIII try it. OF curse, you cannot expect
me o give YOU my CORE ct name ur address
until | Know you better. This is my
maiden effort in an anonymous correspond
ence, and 1t sounds rather amusing as |
read il over. If some of my personal friends
90 Id only see iti-lifc would then Ire
come unbearable and to think am sending
il TO you-a stranger-but then it's only
because yoI are a stranger that il is sent
That we may lot always be strangers
rests with YOU Very truly,
1 make no comment on this letter ex-
cept TO say, read it with the girls letter
and see which is the most degenerate g, which
Is the most abnormal, which 5 the silier.
The scientist has some letters IN his book
which | should not like TO reprint, Ire
cause the writer's have evidently seized
the opportunity of the incognito to dis
cuss questions with one Of the opposite
sex which do not care to bring up here.