The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-05-25
A SENTIMENTAL SYNDICATE.
Marriage Made Easy for Some New
Hampshire Girls.

Marriage Made Easy for Some New
Hampshire Girls.
Il see by the papers, remarked a
New Orleans cotton broker the other
evening, that dozens of sentimental
notes have been found in the supplies
sent to the army in the Philippines.
| They come from romantic factory girls,
and are baited hooks blind cast in the
sea Of chance. / hope some may land
good fish. But what i set out to say"
continued the broker, was that the
paragraph recalled one Of the most Curl
Gus and whimsical adventures l ever
as briefly as possible In the winter of
| 1898 / spent several months on ranch
near San Diego, Cal There was a cross
| hoads store a few miles away, where
we used to get our supplies, and one
day l dropped in and bought a box of
| light cotton socks. In looking over my
purchase when l reached home | felt
something in the toe of one of the socks,
and, much to my surprise, pulled out
letter written in a girls hand. 1t said
in substance that the writer was en-
poyed in the New Hampshire factory
where the hosiery was made, and knew
that this special consignment was go
ing to California, which had always
been the land Of her dreams. She drew
a graphic picture of the deadly dizziness
of life in small factory town, and ad-
mitted with half humorous frankness
that she had sent the message in the
vague hope that something might hap
pen to relieve it's grinding monotony.
Altogether it was an amazingly clever
letter-bright, breezy, and at the same
time deeply pathetic-and, considering
the way it turned UP, it naturally made
q profound impression on my mind. 1t
was signed Barbara Hollis, After
thinking it over a few days with in
creasing interest and curiosity, / sat
down and wrote reply which mailed
in care of the general delivery, as no
specific address had been given. The
prospect of a Wotty, semi-sentmental
correspondence was very alluring just
then, for the ranch itself was not an
over lively place, and I was thoroughly
disappointed, a couple of weeks later,
to get back my letter, stamped 'undeliT-
cred My next move was to write to
the postmaster, asking whether he could
supply me with the address of the lady
named and he replied on an official
blank, giving me to understand that
pOstmasters are not required to do any
thing except draw their pay. Then l
tried the owners of the factory, and
they returned my letter with No such |
person now employed here pencilled on
the bottom With that ] gave up in
despair.
Barbara Hollis haunted me for a
long time the broker went on, but |
she finally faded out Of my mind and l |
thought no more of her until she was !
recalled by mere chance fully year af-
terward. I was north at the time, and
had been summoned by business to
Manchester, N. f., where, in looking |
over a time table one morning ! hap
pened to notice that the town in which
the hosiery factory was located was
only a short distance away and con-
nected by trolley. 1t seems rather
foolish thing for a man of my age to adj
init, but l Immediately became excited,
and could hardly wait to secure direct
ions as to the route. I soon got car,
and in less than an hour | was on the
ground without anything definite in my
mind except a fixed determination to
find and meet the mysterious Barbara
if | had to turn the whole place inside
out to do it. I concluded to first go to
he factory and make some guarded in
1uiries, on the pretext that l had a
message to deliver from 4 friend. 1t
was an immense, tremendously big con-
Germ, but they received me very courte-
ously in the office and one of the book
keepers went carefully over the pay
oils for several years back in vain
,ffort to find the name. At last he
frightened up I'll tell you what to do |
re said. Go up stairs and see our Mr..
Ferguson. He's been superintendent of
he knitting rooms ever since we start
ID, and can give you line on any girl
hat ever worked here l rushed up
stairs and found Ferguson at a roll-top
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