Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-02-13
A Valentine Talk.

Dare, SplnSter of forty; Miss kathlyn
Lennox, a young niece of Miss Dares;
Miss Nora Du Mark, who holds the
key to the plot; Col. lie Strange, hero.
who does not appear in person.
Scene-Miss Dare's bOudOir, Miss
Dare and Miss LennoX sitting near an
open fire by a small tea table.
Time o'clock on a winter after
noon. Miss Kathlyn Lennox (hoIding
out her cup for more tea)-Yes, I
shall send him the ugliest and most
insulting valentine l can find. He
shall no longer pose as a little tin
god on a bicycle, to modernize an old
saw.
Miss Virginia Dare-My dear, l
would not. An insulting valentine is
as bad as an anonymous letter, in my
estimation
Miss KathIyn Lennox-Now, auntie,
over me or we shall simply be
relatives, not friends.
Miss Virginia Dare-At the risk of
your good graces, Kathlyn, [ can but
repeat what I have just said Tie
person who would send a valentine
VhaI Is meant u lulI "oulu also "rlIt
leIIel lhdt lie udIeu IoI sigh
MISS haChlyh LeniloA-l thlnh you
go too far. What possible harm
would it be to take down Ray Baxter
vanity a bit? Since he was adj
mitted to the Monday german, and be
Ce',ile d Os' III cluD lllah lie IS
i'I0 0Io"9' le olilS Unlne IS 1 can
III" '"Iencine just suited 70 MS
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Il 'eriiel me otHeI way
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| NOW duhCle' you nave conIeSSed' l
9cVli' ioN9 S'oi \ hySIel9 ana d
,i'StoiS i''i pe"ll" IT, a Sooo-
! io'N,'l9 aC'i "o'l'e "0HldH IKE you
surrey coul" nave married over anG
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! 9i"5'S "i'oS7e''li0o0' Do IeH 9OuI po"i
! lnIlo'eht niece dll ABOUT IT,
MISS NiISlhia 'dIe-My NIUE III
Ilo'enI HieCe' InU7e" whose loNe
i alLoII' "ouiu iii SUNDAY paper
"no'' ID IL y ga wait " NnoW
niIoo Na'HiyH l-9hlloA-N ho Was
ne where IS ne ana why am !
al "hcleleSS orphan Il thefe IS Such
conoIt III. III NE
Miss SIllI7 lDdi our qdeStlohS
"'S ~ th9 polhI' lOu SHOuld TAKE
poSIIloll DIS reporIe' question hr@t'
VINO - ne you would not know
I Il were 70 TEL YOU lou were re-
FePo5lhg IN your lttie cradle IN th0s"
ceLIe illiIaI uaES "heh rate ana mad
"uI hll5 UNDERSTANDINGS.
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QoeStloil Se'ollu' where IS ne
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l uo lAoI hnoW'
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all why nave l no uear' deIlghtluI
| olcle TO tease ana worry
MISS virginia Dare (SIhlIlhg) y on
VIII never lack kfloWledge by modesty
III ue1fldnoIls IT, you are uncIeleSs
DIS you Say al oll account Oh Falel'-
| IlIle-ah ugly insulting valentine, OF
the same KIND you are longing to
Sehd nay just because you are Out
VIII nm @DouI IoI '"NInS YOU o"C d.
the coIlLllon the .olheF hlght.
! MISS hathlyh Lennon \iaushlhs) i
VIII IoI >" are INC pressure IL YOU WIZ
ohly uo INC colliluenCe dc'' anu I0li
me the secrets Oh Ihe hodrE past.
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