Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-25


quite a success in this direction.
This letter was given TO Mr.. B L
Jordan by Miss Johnson being the first
she had ever received from Eastman.
The sub heads are ours.
Oct. 3, '02.
Dearest ,One:-
Doubtless youiwill be surprised TO
receive this letter and I assure YOU that
I would not take the liberty Of writing
TO you, but for the fact that much as
have tried. 1have never yet had a chance
TO talk with you any and / can tell you
that had much rather be near enough
to look into those sweet, pretty eyes,
and TO be in hearing of that sweet voice
than TO be 90 miles away and have TO
satisfy myself with writing,
coLoR&D FELLOW SeRxRED Hum.
tried to see you when you were up
here, but it seems that it was not in
tended that / should / thought surely
that1 would get chance To talk with
you that Monday afternoon when you
went down to the store, but you brought
John Taylor back with you and i just
had time to get out of the way when 1
saw him with you. / think yen, treated
me real mean.
You just brought him back to keep me
from talking with you and he bothered
me that other time when passed you
in the wagon and don't Like him any
better for it can tell you.
LEFT TOO SUDDENLY.
| What made you leave up here so>sud-
denly? / had heard that Won were going
TO stay until Christmas and did not
know any better until the day after you
left and then / heard that you had gone
and / hope that / will never have to
feel that way any more. 1 never had
anything to hurt me as bad in all my
life: thought Iwould never stand il
Iin the world
| WOULD GREEvE HIMSELF TO OEATH.
thought would grieve myself to
death anyhow and I don't feel much
better yet.
Josie darling, sweet little Josie, love
You better than anything ON earth and
that's the truth IL j ever told it and /
do wish that you would let me come
down there and sec you, wont you dar-
ling?
| no ONE WOULD EVER KNOW.
! Why not, no would ever know it and
hate it 90 bad, that have known you
all Of your sweet, little life and yet I
have never had any chance to talk with
you any.
Though ] have loved you so long, ever
since last year, and you are "prettier
Ethan ever this summer" If such a ching
is possible. do know that you have the
tsweetest, prettiest eyes, ever saw, and
1.-THE prettiest hair and if any man can
look at you and not love you he can do
what cannot do, for I love you all I
know how, and that's lot can tell You.
I PLEADING FOR TEE MEETING;
Josie, precious, sweet little Josie,
wont you let me come down there to see
you? Say yes, wont you, darling? I am
coming down to the Horse Show this
Tmonth, but don't care to come unless
you will tell me that may see you and
II you Will, promise ON the honor of a
man, that no one shall ever know 1t and
you can surely trust me, whether You
think so or not, because never tell any
one my affairs and l certainly dom
want any OF these boys up here to know
1t, you can depend upon that all right.
COULD DO ANYTHING.
If You willlet me see you, when ]
come down / promise you that you
shall not be sorry for It, You shall have
no fault to find Of me and you know /
can do anything want to do. Josie.
please don't slight this letter. Answer
it, wont you? No one will ever know 1t,
because l get lots of letters from Rich.
mopd and you could change your hand SO
that no one at the Office here would know
1t and write on Pain envelope, such as
men use for business. Get some man
to back 1t for you that don't know either
of us.
COULD BE no HARM TO ANSWER.
Josie, 1t certainly is no harm for you