Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-03-02
Reggie's Love Letter

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~ IRECTI.Y he saw the enyclope
| il u lying on the breakfast table he
guessed whence it came. There
was an Enthusiastically ladylke look
about the handwriting, while the post
/ mark confirmed his suspicious, and the
! pretty blue monogram left him no pos
slble room for doubt. NJ C.-Nary
! Chichester. Reginald Trevor had got
up late. his razor had been blunt. his
shaving water had been cold, and every
thing had combined to annoy him and
upset the placidty of his temper; that
dear little note with the pretty mono
gram was magic wand that suddenly
changed the whole aspect of life.
He took up the letter with thrill Of
pieasurable expectation such as only
lovers can experience; he fingered it
tenderiy, turning it over and over, and
admiring 1t from every point of view.
How delightful his name looked in the
delicate handwriting. He had never
rea ized before what a pretty name 1t
was Reginald Trevor. Esq" How
dalntily she turned her T's-how grace
fuliy she formed her RS. Reggie kissed
the pretty blue monogram, and. al
though there was no one to see, blushod
rs ne did So kissing it gave him no
very definite sensation OF pleasure, but
1t seemed the correct thing to do in the
circumstances, for love is an eyactine
divinity and demands any number of
these antiquated little ceremonies
hen In love for the fourth or fifth
time one becomes more careless ohout
such trities. but Reggie had never
WELL hardly ever-been In love before,
50 naturally he was anxious to comply
strictly with all the orthodox forms.
lie opened the envelope very careful
~, cutting 1t with a paper knife along
'iie Top SO as to leave intact the pretty
Due monoSram. The letter ran as fol.
lows:
Dear Mr. Trevor We are invitinc
ie' friends TO 90 with us to Henley on
Wednesday next, and it will give ms
mu Il pleasure if you will be one Of
'he party. ] hope You are disengayed
ana VIII be able to come Yours Sin.
cerely. MARY CuICuESTrp
10 anyone else the letter would hava
seemed piosale enough. but TO Reooia
there was Il wealth of new MEANING IN
me customary Dear" and poetry in
every word. Il hope YOU are olson.
gagged ana Will he able to come" ha
emphasized the Il" with delight and
fapturously kissed the signature ua
had understood that lovers usually lost
thelr appetites, but he was not goin, "a
follow tradition blindly. So he procaaa.
ed 70 eat his breakfast. After all ana
iuas' eat to live. and was not life now
doubly worth living?
Before he had finished bre,,,fos+ 10
khe" the letter by heart This shorIa
not nave been great strain nm III,
memory. but he looked at the po,a say.
eral times during the day IN ordar - j.,
u'le sure he remembered 1t correctly
lie ~ ours sincerely" depressed him
ittt.e at first; he could have wished II
haa been Yours very sincerely" Then
lie reflected that he had often hoard
'hat girls feelings were In lnyersa
ratio TO the warmth of their exnras
'ioh' So that Yours sincerely" obyious.
y meant more than Yours very sin.
'erely' Q. +. ID.
lie called on the Chichesters the now
lay ana accepted the invitation IN nor.
son. Mary looked more CHARMING than
'Ner' and he felt glow of proud sat.
stacton as he thought of her dear III.
lie letter nesting in lis breast coat
'oeket, N man ~ n love no y an
'asy prey 10 snpersti Il, ana Ragc;n
cultivated habit OF e,.ryins thu note
'bont with him. as II ii We're snaries
II taIsman.
Love hies fast when on golden wines
'id Reggie being man Of means far
ulle smiled upon his suit. SO that il was
10Y lohs before he found an opportunity
y putting the momentous question
Is II not strange how fate throws
'eopie together and gives them that ,
seedtul opportunity? Quite bv chance
mamma happens to suggest thar FL.
WIN might like to look al the cnrr,,.
'ushes. or the rabbit hutch. or tha now.
'araen roller, or anything in faet tb,,
most people would find thoroughly nm. :
interesting, aud OF lie gees win An.
'euha' and when they come back look. ;
ns ureadfully shy. aud Angel,na oop
eases That Edwin has told her how