Evening journal., 1900-10-20
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
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Loye Of Reuben and MazIe

Love Of Reuben and Maize
AS an admirer of the fair sex there
is a beardless usher at the French
stree. station Of the p, w. & B. rail
read, who, the Wayfarer Us informed,
making a record for himself He isl
a fair haired youth with weak eyes,
but his optics are strong in sizing up
me charms Of the female sex as he
mas recently atteated by ardent words
IA iel black ink and actions which
accord with his written declarations.
Tbs fair haired, beardless youth
was recently the recipient Of a short
epistle from a female giving her name
as Miss Maize Brown. The short, but
swdst note informed the whiskerless
usher that she, Maize, had seen him
and that she was smitten with his ap-
eearance. In the letter the myster-
.ous smitten Mazie told the young
Usher that she would leave Whining
ton on Wednesday afternoon, October
10. at o'clock for Philadelphia, and
would wear a bright red rough rider
nat. and instructed the young man,
should he feei inclined to encourage
the friendly feeling she entertained Tor
him, to wear bright red neck
lie upon that afternoon.
Red is q color foreign to the taste
Of the beardless usher, but he was in
lerested. and on Wednesday afternoon
showed up at the station with q fam
ing red bow beneath his chin. Alas!
his troubles were in vain, for no req
cough rider bonnet did he see.
Next day he received another letter
| rom Maize telling him that her
mother made her go to Philadelphia
on the 1.37 train. hence the disap-
| lolntment but made an engagement
10 meet him at Sixth and King on
Saturday night
Notwithstanding the fact of a heavy
| iownpour of rain on the night in
| question, the blonde usher faithfully
Kept his tryst and stood i'm the rain
| ub Sixth and King until he was
| lronched 10 the skin which his letter
Mazis win better explain
Wilmington, Del, Oct. IA.
My Dear Maize:
/ did something that / never did In
my life before You Will see when
you get the other letter and why l did
not meet you. 1. wrote the letter bui
| put the wrong address, and Of course
you did not get it. But l was al
sixth and King streets last night bu
" course did not expect to see yot
| jut in the rain. ! will tell you whei
Il see you which I hope it will no
t9 long,) how it happened. If yol
owe me please give a time when =.
nay see you. In haste from your own
R.
In the letter to which Reuben refers
he failed to put Miss Browns name
On the envelope. He simply wrote gen
! IL rrrfNIt ia.
aame. After going through the red tap
)f the post Office department he re
covered the opistle after 80 had beer
opened by the postal authorities. II
| a properly directed envelope he agaii
sent forth the following missive and &
patiently awaiting some response iron
fair Maize
, Wilmington, Del, Oct. Il
: My Dear Love.
First OF all l forgive you for no
having the pleasure of meeting you OF
The o'clock train. / looked for yol
on that train, but saw no person tina
wore a red hat When / found that nl
such person went on that train
thought then that somebody was play
ing joke on me- but thank goodnes
it was not so.
/ always look at the trains as the
are leaving, but the sun was so strcn
that afternoon that ! had to shut m
I eyes.
After the train left, started in th
! waiting room. and 1 heard the signal
man and one of the men at the ticke
! window asking each other If they say
the pretty young lady that went u
on that train The signalman said h
J knew what he would have done if h
were not married.
was inquisitive to find out VIII
they were talking about and whe.
they told me it was a lady that ha
red hat on. it struck me that it wa
you. But Of course / did not say any
thing
Now about meeting you why o
course ! will. Do you think that afte
the two sweet letters that receive
from you that Z would not meet YOU
! l will be at S'yth and King streets
promptly at &C eek tomorrow.
OF course / mgst tel you that / an
q little lame, but hope it may be bette
: by tomorrow so that il may not pre-
vent the pleasure Of meeting eacl
, other
Hoping that nothing shall proven
the pleasure Of meeting such a lovin
friends ! am Your loving friend
r.