Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-02-18

your dear mother was still sinking. but I
so asd yaS mao not aer
My darling, you will never know how
dear to my heart she is. not only for your
but God will ever know how much good
| she did me. when, at times when 1t seemed
| that my heart would surely break, she
arms nsD about G me- @ and M Kiss % me SO kindly. And
none will ever know how loved her for
Tel hsE that she will never sSs
| has done me. and the memory; Of her and
herAgentle wayasvilI ever be an untold
Dear Howard. often when I am With
you, 1 want to say so many things to you.
but feel too full for utterance. but surely
Reeds Rec SO questions. He go only ~ asked s where ere
you were, where you boarded when in the
city, IL was your assistant. and how long
return. He called again last Monday, and
acted very friendly, introduced himself to
me, informed me you had been admitted to
dress. Dearest, pray constantly that God
may be very near to all Of you in this sad.
sad hour. / realize too well what the loss
of her means to you. and can only pray
that God will strengthen and comfort you
as He alone is able. Yours ever eye I9 loyingly,
"senecaville. O.. November Is. 1892
Clever Descriptive Writing.
Scarcely letter was WTltltu ny NdlSS
Smith that was rot enlivened by graphic
and original description of some incident
met with in her travels. In letter from
Buffalo December 6. she gave clever de-
scription OF the tussle conductor and
motorman had in putting a man off
street car. When the trouble had reached
the stage where the obstinate passenger
braeed himself and the conductor laid
scream with fright and suppressed excite
ment. She thought she would faint when
the motorman ran to the conductors as
shut both eyes tight and decided not to.
When she opened them again, she saw
man in the street with bleeding face and
pick up a badly battered hat. Although
carfare, on account Of DR.. Lowry's fire.
quent complaints. was her particular bug
to enas paS thaa It
against nervy conductor.
In the next letter Miss Smith told Of go
preacher started out to be very pompous
and dramatic, and she thought she wasn't
going to like him. but before the sermon
and went away with faces looking like
boiled lobsters,' and with wet handker-
chiefs in their pockets.
ten from Rochester. N. Y, December Is.
1887. shows that Miss Smith was a keen.
sarewd business less and even took
cts in order to save. All her travelling ex-
penses were paid by DR.. Lowry, vet she
was SO bent upon helping him to make and
mized on both street car and railway fare.
The extract is: t.You can't get any
road. You can't get anything but cents a
mile straight. Not even If you buy straigh.
through to New York. Ny darling, think
first thing g. SO il a. anyone Wants te eas
when they pay their 81. can refer them to
Dun's and It will be all o. K. Keep. up
lining. and Pudge loves you so much and
pull TN after Xmas. but things are bound
seems to me I can hear you singing the
tenor ten Of that song in church. 1t just rings
This letter went still further into busi-
ness plans looking to their success and ex-
planned details of schemes by which she
Lovingly W and and 1eaI depofediy. Pudse wes signed
disappointed Mt His Coldness.
6. 1897. she expressed disappointment that
he had not evinced more enthusiasm over
a meeting that had been arranged between
them at st. Louis a few days ahead
She says: My Darling. Ny Sweetheart.
Why have you not written to me? Don't
you want me to come to ST. Louis very
much, or what is the reason you seem SO
see you. I want to talk over somethinS
with You and see what is best for me to
do"
Then she enters into some business de,
tails and closes the letter warmly and low
ingly. In a day or two she received q let
ter dispelling all her doubts:
SO now ! know. after all, that you will
to see you. You say I can come sooner II
convenient. Well, maybe will leave here
Tuesday night instead of Wednesday morn
ing, because likely can get better cut
rate on a night train. as the day trains are
probably more In demand. Whichever time
1 get there will call you up at the Plant
all night from here to Chicago and then
can pay little extra and take a chair car
down to st. Louis SO as not to be all worn
out when reach there"
This letter she closed with: "Good-by,
my darling, my heart, until am folded
once more in your arms PUDGE."
She revealed one Of the little tricks OF her