The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-11
100000 IN OLD LOVE LETTERS.
Fortune In Bonds Forgotten Nearly
Twenty-Five Years.
From the New York World.

From the New York World
New Haven. Conn. June sod love
letters Of his father. as ne thought them,
have turned out TO represent fortune
Of over t9110oo In New York. New Haven
and Hartford bonds for William H. War
ner Of New Haven. q drummer for coffin
trimmings who has had a hard time 70
keep the Wolf from the door.
Mr Warmers father wss stricken with
paralysis In 1877 ard became childish. Mr.
Warner, who had married. took his ia
Their away from the old place to his home
and brought all the effects from the Old
nome to the new. The elder Warner soon
died. and the son was kept 50 busy earn
ing a living for his increasing family that
ne never found time TO examine all the
heirlooms brought from the old home
stead.
Antique furniture, boxes Of letters and
50 on were packed away fl the attic Of
his house Recently ne planned 20 move
into another house and told his family
to throw away what appeared TO be use
less Of the stuff stored in the attic. He
packed his sample case and started away
on a business trip.
Bflf all the time NfdE ne WIS flildAAli5
TO undertakers on the superiority Of the
coffin trimmings he dealt in his mind kept
reverting TO the heirlooms which he had
left 70 MS family TO dispose Of There
vas one box Of letters in particular that
hts mind kept reverting TO- This contain
ed lot Of missives written by his father
10 his mother In the days of his parents
courtshlp.
To save the Love-Letters.
He feared that his wife might throw
them away. and he wished 70 keep them
FOR sentimental reasons. The belief tnat
the letters would be destroyed ere ne
could rescue them so preyed on his mind
that he cut short mis- business trip ana
sent q telegram 70 his wife telling her
/ 10 z-ar until his arrival home before
! dlsposfng Of the articles IN the attic
The telegram found Mrs. Warner In
the midst Of the Old curios which she
was preparing 70 get rid OF. But she
needed the telegram and ceased her Ia
bors.
Her husband arrived few days later,
and she tokingly asked him II he haa
suddenly became bereft Of his senses
that. efter twenty-five years. he took
notion mat the old heirlooms were of val
ne
But the husband with an interest that
was as totally inexplicable TO him as TO
his wife. delved into boxes and trunks
that never had been opened since ms
fathers death. He wanted TO get the
letters his father had written TO his
mother when she was his fathers sweet
heart.
He found several packages OF letters
I'm an old hair-cloth trunk, and among
tben the bundle he particularly desired
He thrust them into his pocket and told
his wife she could now 20 ahead win
the disposal OF the herlooms, and resumed
his business trip.
He took an early morning train to-day
| from New Haven TO Hartford, the old
packaRe Of letters tied carefully with a
faded blue ribbon. just as his father
had done them up in his coat pocket
He dropped beside drummer in the
| smoking car aud the two discussed the
| state of the coffin trade and then MI,
Warner jokingly told how the Thought
! OF his fathers love letters had cut short
his previous trip
Letters Were Bonds.
Then he took out the package OF faded
yellow papers. He undid the ancient rib-
| hon. The first bit of paper that was re-
leased. when unfolded proved TO be a
| lot OF bonds of an early issue OF the New
York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad
| Company.
Mr.. Warner left the train at Hartford.
| against cutting short his business trip.
! and FASTENED to the brokerage office OF
/ u r. Bradley e. Son, in the Sage-Allen
/ Building The brokers told him that the
bond coupons called for $4,000 of accrued
interest and had a face valuation OF 500
| 600 They said that the total value OF
the bonds were probably more than $500
600 at the present price of the securities.
There were. in addition. among the odd
| Love letters" a number of bonds of the
| Adams and the United States Express
| Companies.
Mr. Warner has engaged a lawyer 10
have the New Haven Probate Judge make
the bonds over TO him as the sole heir of
| his father. ,I-I