The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-13
MIXED LETTERS

,svs 4.,.isovnoot tho next remittance
.Zsa. r..,,, win ,,,s ca cood az to
'rsstIy ia'"e'' ""' "".' ~
exc o"t my o"" har'o" 'A'oe'
, nice position ! was III LOT l''aAl''s an
Offer of marriage! Never mlhd' Leu
the world collapse; Emily Simmons
must be mine!
hepon IN write nv proposaI to Miss
s,,rr,ors hut cou,d not please myself,
-.., ,a,,, s,oo.s. ~ roto manor vera
anu '.','" 80 .n,t,an ~ srs+
spo''eo oe'o'e nav 49,. 49,.
page AL 'ens'" l e'' '"o' '"'' Wv
the pen was broad one lhere was "o
plotting paper and no f're' ana the INK
took a long time to dry.
l had not time to spare II wished
to save the post. and while l was wait.
ing it struck me that might as well
write a note to my father begging him
TO anticipate my quarterly allowance.
So put the half written letter to Miss
Simmons Oh one side for the time and
commenced the other This thought
l was going to dash off In moment,
but | did not get on with the facility
had expected.
Words require to be well chosen In
making such applications. especially to
such man as nv father so it was
some time before the first page of this
, letter was ready for the drying process.
Then took up the other again. but
here the choice of words was still more
difficult. and soon spoiled It and had
10 commence It afresh.
Then | got nervous and spoiled the
other also. and. in fact. had consumed
n largo onnnt,ty of paper and several
glasses Of brandy and water before 1
had conpleted the two letters at all to
nv satisfaction. AT length they were
finished and ! hurried Off and posted
them exactly in time, lust two or three
seconds before the stroke of the clock.
nv next DAVIS most l got REPLIES to
both my letters at once. the address of
ono bninp in nv Misunderstanding, the
other In an elegant ladyllEe hand,
which vos M douht thp autorrap nh of
49, s.,.' IT,, NV h,.r, ha,t
MISS e'uiuioia' III" IL!
! as | opened the letter. bul l"nc! my
| Consideration when saw that my own
,o,,or vos roturned sccomnauipd by
ie''o. vas
the Following snort hote'
Miss Simmons returns the inclosed
,ott,r with tho oontemnt IL merIts md
regrets that she should ever have made
| The acquaintance of person ut once
so mercenary and so stupid"
Here was settler to my hopes. What
| could it mean? $50 mercenary." l
| merccnary? !, who had positively re.
| GREETED that Miss Simmons had any
money at all? Good gracious. Was it
possible that | had put the letters into
| the wrong envelopes? Such things had
been heard Of. ] broke open the in
closure. No. it was nil right. 1t was
my letter to herself, commencing with
"Adorable Miss Simmons" In a state
Of utter bewilderment l opened my
mothers letter. 1t inclosed ElO note
and ran as follows:
NV Dear Alfred-Wbat could be the meaning OIL
that dreadful incoherent letter you wrote to you'
a'her1 we could MAKE oa' from 'us eu'" nt
.n, u ROM, ,t 'a .nvny 50 strange md incompre
hensibla as the latter part Oh. my dear Alfred
| how could you call your father charmerr lie II
naturally most deeply mortified at SUCH tern
being applied 10 him. lie Gays you must haV'
been tipsy when you wrote 1t. Your loving moth
er, JENNA PirPiNaToN.
What could nv mother mean? hat
,,. aoII,d ,,r tothor n chairman n,
ne'ei e""eu NY '".'N. u" 49,,
anything or the klnu. lie was httie
short. ullIet. high dried, matter of fact
cr,r to,,inu country attorney nm OK
SUN" '"se
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" -. ",aou.,.nS ,hn affair loo,
w., n" NV, . ~ oeror and mocha njcalI,
,a,' AZ !, ,hvorah
w ~ w. ~, .,rht rooo,,ecto,
nas sn' ,no,d ., rant On What W.,
.,ens t., ,.,s ~ mo,.a Misc simmer
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WIN CIV, n.an ,nnnrH I W ,,h "t' w,s ,HIs
n my. say" a a. "o"s n,,rt,nn " rn,s u,n
ne'. va. " ,n..udn, ~ ,,,;,a n ~
no' VIA. '"'unu 'n " m ,,a -
young ,auS' ,, ,e.o 'es.. e', ,,, "
'nat 'e''er ~ ''e t'eS.u. ',uns"
ena'' never '''s'' It, '"N 'l'"'
Adorable his' simmons can no longer eeaI
T md os,in Wv, n. have sssn # tremiIing on n
lips, when either some awkward interruption
some tu'ering Of my own heart has prevented re-,