The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17

| should like to meet one that I could
| make friend of. / am only 10 years.
old, but | am my own mistress. I am
a blonde and my friends say-excuse
me for saying it, it sounds vain-that
/ am pretty. However, you will i.ave
to be judge of that, If we meet. How
am to meet you? I would like to see
you first. before going any farther, be-
cause 1 believe in Impressions; don't
you? l take walks sometimes in the
evenings, but I would like you to write
me letter first, telling me about
yourself, and if you have picture put
1t in the letter and I'll send you mine,
provided! If you'll write the letter and
| think you mean to treat me right,
III meet you on the street some night,
| say half-past seven next Friday even
ing, in front of the jewelry store on the
| corner of Main and Broadway. Wear
red rose and I'll wear one, or tell me
how I'll know you. I'll come down the
street. l am a little below medium
height and I'll wear tan co1ored dress.
Trusting in your honor and awaiting
an early reply, I am faithfully yours,
ALICE r. BURNS"
Alice, like Kathleen, fell to the second
Mack under the agreement for a di-
| vision of the fruit and again therefore:
Butte, Mont, Dec. /, 1Sss.-Dear
Friend: Pardon me for not answering
| your favor of Nov. 20 in time to let you
know whether I could fill date, but the
| fact is that I did not get your letter
| until o'clock this evening, and conse-
quently can do nothing but apologize
| at present You can see by my letter
heads who I am. Have lived in Butte
since the first of March, last; am feet
10 inches in height, medium sized, 20
years of age and as to the looks you
can judge for yourself.
AS to friends I am somewhat like
yourself; have good many lady friends,
| but not in Butte, as I am not acquaint-
| that impression has a great deal to do
| with some and, in fact, it does with
! me. | have no photos at present or I
| would enclose one.
II am SO sorry that did not receive
your letter sooner, but now, as you will
| by return mail. Any time you may set
| | will meet you at the place you men
| toned, northwest corner of Main and
| Broadway. AS to the dress, I don't
| think it would hardly do for me to wear
rose, as 1 will have to wear an over
coat; but I will wear a black soft hat,
| a dark brown ulster and have my
| hands in the side pockets of my over
| coat. My coat is long; comes in about
eight inches of the ground. AS to your
| DRESS tan colored Dress and let me
know whether you wear a jacket or
cape and the color; 1880, sharp
Hoping that we might meet soon
and awaiting an early reply, I am
| truly yours, -"
Kathleen and Alice, being bosom
| friends, were confidants also, and,
therefore, very naturally, compared
notes. and when they discovered that
their feelings had been trifed with
they took leave of the second Mack,
Kathleen briefly and tearfully and Alice
|
| out:
Butte, Dec. z, 1893 -, Dear:
You are tritler and not for me- After
writing proposal of marriage to me
you also wrote compromising letter
to my friend, Alice Evans, and several
| other friends. l have all the letters.
| I shall sue you for breach of promise.
| justice.
"KATHLEEN NJ"
Butte, Mont, Dec. Sd, 1899 My
Dear Young Man: Your letter of the
| first inst. was duly received and much
enjoyed by the boys They are much
| obliged to you for the entertainment
furnished by your pleasing condolences.
The laughter that rent the air and dis
| sipated the cigar smoke when the letter
was read aloud to the gathering would
have tickled your vanity. You should
have heard that laugh It was loud,
long and uproarious 1t was a mascu-
line laugh; not gushy, gushy, ripping
girly laugh, such as you should have
| expected from your dear friends One
fellow said you were 'yap.' The
| unanimous, synonymous and symptom
ious verdict of the gathering was that
you are IS feet 10 in height and all
| jackass. With the assistance of the
boys, will now try to answer your let
ter as we think your unique merits de-
serve. You can only apologize, you
say. You are mistaken, my dear You
can do other things-make an ass of
| yourself. You are right up to that:
you are in the front row; you lift the
rag off the bush. Yes we can see by
your letterheadS who you are, and we
all take pleasure in the fact. The SUI
preme court that admitted you to the
bar must have missed your soft spot
| We are also gratified to learn that you
are medium-sized. Your size ought to
please you, too; YOU might have been
bigger one, you know. And you are
% years old How nice. This last par
| ticular is in the nature of a plea in
avoidance; it admits you to the infant
| class, and is something of an excuse.
Let us hope you will grow wiser as
you grow older We can judge as to
your looks ourselves, can we? We
judge you look like 80 cents when you
| read this. You have lady friends. but
| they are not in Butte. 1t is charitab BILE
| to suppose they are In an asylum. You
say I agree with you that impression
| has a great deal to do with some. and,
in fact, it does with me-. This is too
lazy for us. We suppose it's what
hurts you,and will let it go at that.
We regret you had no photo. we should
like to include a portrait Of you in the
gallery of freaks at Jimmy the
Mugs Now that I have your address
you will receive my letters by return
mail. you say. Well. I don't think.
Tn tired of writing to you: I'm going
to visit the home of the feeble minded
for a change. After your letters it will
furnish an intellectual stimulus. My
dear, you'll meet me any time I'll set?
How tickled I am to hear it. All right,
Birdie. Meet me at the place desig-
mated on Christmas day. The boys will
fetch a brass band and give you a good
time. If you don't like a rose, wear
bale of hay, it will become you. We
will know your black soft hat and
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