The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-24
TINE LOVE LETTERS OF AN IRISH LASSiE.
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Sunday evening. March 26, 49,, 900 p. m.
DEAREST FRANK II have just returned from Sunday school
and will now sndeavor to answer your loving epstle which l re-
ceived yesterday as | had anticipated. This morning Eva and
myself attended church; the singing was very good, but the
sermon did not fulfill MY expectations at all. ! have come TO
the conclusion that l need never expect 70 hear . good sermon
when l 20 to the - church while the present minister fills
the pulpit. When l want to hear a good sermon l 60 to my
church; and when ! want to hear good singing | 60 to
church. We have the best minister 10 the county as Tar 40
preaching is concerned. Our Sunday School lesson was just
grand. The more study the bible the more interesting il be-
comes. Dear Frank. do you read or make any study OF the
Bible whatever? II you have not heretofore, | hope you will
begin at once.
Dear boy, thought Of you so often lat Tuesday. In the
morning when | FIST awoke nv first thoughts were-well this is
Franks birthday. And l was almost sure you would get my
letter that day; and how l did wish l had . nice present to
send with il. l think Miss t was very kind, indeed. You
are more lucky than l have been. | did not receive . birthday
present. Mr.. Davis gave me . gold bangle with my initials en-
eraved thereon last Thanksgiving as a charm. be said. ! bs.
lieve l have told you that before. Last Christmas q lady friend,
Matte B., gave me an ee CANT gold breast pin. It is lovely, l
think, aud prize it very highly, indeed. l don't believe you
ever met her. But her and ! used to play along the creek and
river together. We often recall many pleasant reconections Of
yore, and our innocent and happy childhood, which has passed
forever to an unknown realm. But how thankful l Am that We
can recall those days even in memory it is q source OF great
enjoyment to me. Matte is almost three years my senior. l
feel so sorry for the poor girl, she has had . rough life. Ever
since she was 16 she has made her own way through this tenn
pestuous and selfish world. She has no place that she can call
home. Her married sister resides here and she wants Matte
to make her home with her, but she says she cannot do that.
Mrs. w.. her sister, is a lovely little woman. She looked SO
pretty at church this morning. She sings in the choir and
takes q very prominent part. She sang solo this morning. l
love to hear her sing. Her husband just wo ships her, they
have been n arried ten years and you would think to see them
at home that they had been married about c year. They don't
care who is around either. One evening last week Eva and |
went down to their home to call on them. We had not been
there very long until MI. W. came home from business. When
he came in he kissed bis wife and was caressing her; we'll it
made me feel too foolish for any use. He is so lively, l al
ways have such a nice time when | 60 down there. MI. w.
says his wife has q bad cough, and when she is gone I'm to be
his second wife. Ha! hal be is such a tease.
Well, l have wandered from the subject l started out on
your birthday.
Dear Frank. how | should have enjoyed that little dinner.
Your friend evidently thinks there is no one like Frank.
would liked to have been q mouse in one corner ct that hall
about the time you was taking your departure, and l think l
would have frightened your bird 50 badly that you would have
released your hold from around her waist, pretty quick, too.
Surely the occasion will long live IN your memory as . hap
rerely hope that it will be one continuous pathway Of roses (the
Queen Of Flowers). with the crown Of never fading flowers
awaiting you at the end.
Dear Frank, you spoke Of Napoleon crossing me Alps" l
never hear or read anything about the Alps, but what it sends
q thrill through me. How many times l have longed and
paint upon canvass the snowy heights, the beautiful valleys
and hills, villages and castles, the shepherd boy watching his
Dear Franz, how | wish / could find some one that would sym.
pathize with me on this subject and to whom l could pour ont
my long silent, heartfelt thoughts. When | think about it,
dear Frank. it seems to me that my heart will break and my
eyes fill with tears, and l am in such misery that l just have to
avoid the subject. am afraid my meager circumstances will
never permit my happy dream to Be fulfilled. If only had
wings that / might soar away to my dleamland, what happi-
ness it would afford me; but my cup Of happiness would not
be filled to 20 alone, l am not that selfish.
Yes, dear Frank, l remember the day in the long gone dead
year, that We met At the picnic. But dear boy, you are mis-
taken about me being pretty. am not pretty BY any means
and never expect to b.. And when you come to see me please
don't tell me I am pretty or Aatter me 10 any way. l havehad
compliments passed and been fattered until an sick and
tired, and l hate the name Of compliments. 1t has made me
very unhappy. l may tell you why some time.
How deceitful and vain this world is. ! fairly shrink and
recoil from the vaniies. l love to see . beautiful, sweet and
an innocent face just As we'll Is tho next one. am not blind
to beauty. But alas, how often il leads to destruction. l
know Of : sad case At the present time in this town Of . young
lady who c~ontemplatss going on the stage. She says if her
mother does not give her consent she will run OF. She is wild
and careless, and from what l know she spends most Of her
time before the mirror.
Yes, Frank, l remember that Sunday, but l don't remember
anything unusual about your actions. | remember you - .
very bashful boy, and l think il there was moro Of them 1t
present the world would be better. l think you wore . light
suit Of clothes. Wasn't that the Sunday you rowed out in the
river and could not get backf I always have to laugh when |
think Of that incident. I we'll remember that Sunday evening.
How hard | did coax Ma to let me 60 that Sunday. We girls
had made all the arrangements at school the previous week.
After . long time Ma gave in and I'll bet there was not another