Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-24
Reggie's Love Letter.

Directly he saw the envelope lying
on the breakfast table he guessed
whence it came. There was an unmis-
takably ladylike look about the hand
writing, whilst the postmark con-
firmed his suspicious, and the pretty
blue monogram left him NO possible
room for doubt M. C.-Mary Chiches-
ter. Reginald Trevor had got up late,
| his razor had been blunt, his shaving
water had been cold and everything
had combined to annoy him and upset
the olacidity of his temper; that dear
little note with the pretty monogram
was magic wand that suddenly
changed the whole aspect of life.
He took up the letter with a thrill
of pleasurable expectation such as only
lovers can experience; he fingered it
tenderly, turning it over and over, and
admiring it from every point of view
How delightful his name looked in the
delicate handwriting! He had never
realized before what a pretty name it
was" Reginald Trevor, Esq" How
daintily she turned her T's-how
gracefully she formed her RS! Reg
gle kissed the pretty blue monogram,
and, although there was no one to
see, blushed as he did so. kissing 1t
gave him no very definite sensation
of pleasure, but it seemed the correct
thing to do III the circumstances, for
love is an exacting divinity and de-
mands any number of these antiquat-
ed little ceremonies. When in love
for the fourth or fifth time one be-
comes more careless about such trifies,
but Reggie had never-well, hardly
ever-been in love before, SO naturally
he was anxious to comply strictly
with all the orthodox forms.
He opened the envelope very care
fully, cutting 1t with a paper knife
along the top so as to leave intact the
pretty blue monogram. The letter ran
as follows:
Dear Mr.. Trevor:-We are inviting
few friends to go with us to Henley
on Wednesday next, and it will give
us much pleasure if you will be one
of the party. hope you are olsen
gagged and will be able to come. Yours
sincerely, Mary Chichester"
To any one else the letter would
have seemed prosaic enough, but to
Reggie there was wealth of mean
ing in the customary Dear" and
poetry in every word. 81 hope you are
disengaged and will be able to Gomez"
he emphasized the 81" with delight,
and rapturously kissed the signature.
He had understood that lovers usually
lost their appetites, but he was not
going to follow tradition blindly, so
he proce sded to eat his breakfast
After all, one must eat to live, and
was not life now doubly worth living?
Before he had finished breakfast he
knew the letter by heart. This should
not have been a great strain on his
merlory, but he looked at the note
several times during the day in order
to BE quite sure he remembered it cor
rectly. The Yours sincerely" de-
pressed him a little at first; he could
have wished it had been Yours very
sincerely" Then he reflected that he
had often heard that girls feelings
were in inverse ratio to tie warmth |
of their expression, so that Yours
sincerely" obviously meant more than
Yours very sincerely" @. E. d.
He called on the Chichesters the
next day and accepted the Invitation
in person. Mary looked more charm
ing than ever, and he felt a glow of
proud satisfaction as he thought of |
her dear little letter nesting in his
breast coat pocket When a man is I!
in love he is an easy prey to superstl-
ton, and Reggie cultivated a habit of
carrying the note about with him, as
if it were a species of talisman.
Love flies fast when on golden
wings. and Reggie being a man Of
means, fortune smiled upon his suit,
so that it was not long before he found
an opportupnity of putting the mo-
mentous question.
Is it not strange how fate throws
people together and give them that
needful opportunity? Quite by chance
mamma happens to suggest that Edwin
might like to look at the current
bushes, OF the rabbit hutch, or the new
garden roller, or anything in fact that
most people would find thoroughly I'M
interesting. and off he goes with Ange-
lima, and when they come back. look
ing dreadfully shy, and Angelina co.,
fesses that Edwin has told her how