The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
SUES LOVE LETTER !
BY ELLIS MARSTON.
Copyright, 1895. :
BY ELLIS MARSTON.


- 'NAN AN A4NSlCO l-1l
y against the s~econd-foor windows OF
Meyrouw Ten Bruggenkate's house in
HARLEM, and Sue, looking up, re.
.Ceived an i"mpromptu shower bath on
her pretty face. Pretty would Sue be
accounted anywhere, and just then she
looked particularly so, as she laughed
back at BETH, who was looking down
at her from an open window.
Swish-this time the shower was di-
rected against the first foor windows.
You are well set TO work, Sue" said
a voice behind her. "See how YOU
have drenched my hat"
You should not go so near the WIN
,dows," Sue replied, without turning
her head.
why, l had a note to deliver to
Nina, the cook, so l had no choice.
Your mistress returns tomorrow ard
bring Mynheer Cornelius with her for
one night only; and Mevrouw desires
Nina to prepare his favorite chicken
mayonnaise, without which the Heer
hardly thinks life worth living"
Sue turned round and confronted the
speaker, a goOd-loOking young fellow,
n a blue serge jacket, wide knicker-
bockers of the same material, and a
large gray felt hat.
"Oh. it's you, JAN" she said, limo
Gently. Dag, Jan"
Dag, Sue. So you did rot know me
at ~first?"
SUES color heightened ever so little.
h1f SHn did NOT ra,I,- ,,J ,.n. .lz- -
ter against the ground floor windows
with a will
Il brought you something" said Jan.
taking a fea-rosebud from the little
basket he held; he added to it a spray of
maidenhair fern, and then with n pin
which he extracted out of his Jacket,
pinned the flower to the front of SUES
dress.
Now you look like a flower Yourself"
he said, with an unwonted poetic out
burst.
Three days afterward the postman
left a letter for Sue. It was addressed
in a large round hand, and. after mi
nutely inspecting it, she put it away in
a little locked box, where she kept a
bag of dried ro~seleaves. her best ear
rings and pocket handkerchiefs. her
Bible and prayer book. and the other
little odds and ends which made I'D tie
sum total of her treasures.
Sue and BETH occupied together a
long low room at the top of the house.
where two little wooden bedsteaGs
hung with the whitest of dimitvawaited
them after the days work was over.
At nine O'Clock both the maidens were
in bed and Betji's regular breathing
speedily announced that she was in the
land of dreams. Then Sue cautiously
lit q candle, and. stealing ont Of he'd
opened her rosewood box. and took
therefrom a letter. which she had not
yet opened. 1t was not long. but Sue
took a long time in reading it.
Respected and Dear Suze"-it hogan
THE tulips are now in full bloom. and tbe
roses are coming on apace. The orchids
also are beginning to make a show. and
l think we shall have the finest flowers of
all this year. We exhibit at The Hague
next month. and the Heer says that if he
is awarded first medal he will raise nv
wages. He has also given me a house
near Nyn Breugh, which, as YOU know. is
his country estate. 1t is small but commo-
dious, the door and window frames are
deep red, and the front of the house is
stained yellow. The windows Will look
well with lace curtains, such as my moth
er has laid by. There is a small garden in
front where flowers may be cultivated and
a larger one at the back, which Will grow
onions and cabbages. How much dost thou
think it viii take to furnish the house?
And dost thou think wall paper of bhIe
sr rcd will lnnk heSto ThaS. c,,.e.;or,
I should like answered. hope the hon
Orable lady, thy mistress, is well-Thy
friend and well wisher,
JAN vREEDE."
Sue took n week to think over JAMS |
letter, and during that time she was
rather distract, so that her mistress
had to call her to account. She brought
in the teawater several times very
much off the boil, and used the same
duster three days running, a crime ut
terly forbidden in Mevrouw Ten Brug-
genkate's household.
Then one day when Nina, the cook,
was busy elsewhere, and Betji had been
allowed out to tea with a friend. Sue
sat down in the kitchen and wrote her
letter.
tLSSpSCleu FTIeHu Jan. Inc hOQOred |
Levrouw, my mistress, is in good health
l am glad to hear that the tulips are bloom
ing and that the roses are forward. 1t is
kiso good news that the orchids will make
so fine a show. Thy mother will rejoice
that the honored Heer approves of thee,
and intends to show his approval as thou
hast said. 1t is my opinion, after think
sag long on the subject, that red paper
best with some rooms, and blue with
others. The lace curtains viii go well
with the windows, and thy mother know
will be a clever and thrifty housewife.
l look to thee to assure her Of my dutifu!
AS to the expenses OF furnish
ing l know little. but can consult my moth
er as thou canst thine.
at r~ejoices my heart to know that tulips
and roses may be cultivated IN the front
and that onions and cabbages will
grow well at the back. Thy friend and
well wisher,
SUE KLOPS."
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