The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
WOMAN'S PRIZE LOVE LETTER
WHAT AZ OLD DOMINION GIRL
DID FOR A CHAFING DISH.
That's All u Cost J. Y. d. CAsseil Of Rad.
ford. Va. to FIND Ont What Thirty
Wom' = Would Say 10 Him He We're
Counting Them-It's Pretty Nice, Too.

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all al the same time Ue has inst tried H.
" 'AN' i'o ''oo J'
And Miss Anne Virginia Culbertson, who
il described an a charnin0 dialact poet
Lrous 80, = -. ~. =. -. ,.,,.,
".'o"' 'i'a' she wro'e the oee' io'e 'e''e'
OF all the thirty that Mr. Cassell received,
for sha h,s a handsnn,. .,iy.r-n,o,,,ad
cbaemn d;.I namueo'no eh'o' o"'e~
Mr. Sas se 70 made p,Hss nv bis mind early in
TO pu, snap and ginger into the Radford
or so' ia,, E"ir, 20 ne wr9'e s1I. o. open
aJron mse, anu pupi's,e' ~ "a .ne ,i inuio ~.
aiu.d'ee' PROCESSING az the same ime 70
woman who should d send him the hest t re,
plv Ths con,est vas ono ~ the features
and easily the lsadiny FEATURE of the fair
,uIoei,soh PZe e..er ana ohe
other letter are published by me Rich
My In .,,,s,. t. ,tr.@ too li,,,o words 4,
m 49,, s,r shtsl n, Two w,, IT,, Toau anS
the ss"ond rrorlimn thai to ,n,. s,u are dear
'Si H b, ,.'n' , wonder h.cn TOO ,.adv IN my
responsei / thint rot TO FOR IL seems TO me a
very ySS so Of love .ha, .csss .G snn. .T
women"psrha,,s The most dearly loved OF ali
who know how TO to- do ' tSis but am not one
9tbinv 10 admir- Of he sbsSoW ~ sham or pre.
tence Your letter was so sim pie 40 direct.
70 tender iGai knew !, cA'ns direct ron tie
answer II i Ind not III, sure of mys.lf
before, your letter would have made me love
Ta,,oc, ,evor "a n, ,b,s 70 shov vo, o,.i,o
the nature Of nv love for YOU I shall walk
~" t"r ,'Io al III inv dav, nd YOU sh ,i ntl y"
,Lai vo,, Lnow ' M evspy bssrt throh hu, {,
viii not be- 50 IL measure nv love would be
as i,uro.sihla "a 70 measure the spaca that
sr;tGhsa il, a!sSt sr,xssn the shining s,srs
~, for mo rncosi,re ~ ,E,t WhicS ia me,sure
i" les cannot tell YOU how long have loved
PER- d'om m , Yss ns{ we eo m
stand By which meant that II barred my
Utmost thoughts, my highest aspiratio ions, my
inv wo"l to,,rh a resnonsIve chord in YOU
You would not mock them. for had read in
your face the nobienas. and tenderness Of
yonI n1ynr am NOV To aI IN ,S. soan
moment mo Wish nv soul to stand face to face
are sT The order OF men TO be repelled by frank.
ness 90 Your way I have misread you.
You are Of smaller calbre than had dreamed
nv W. I.,,er doc. not tell mo tina, Won think
r NV ,,'I psr .uaded Won that am II YOU
ioyed NJ. for beauty sake, ] should have
no U'v s,ourd Tor complaint il YOU ceased 10
cover in me some inner spiritual beauty,
and love me for that. | shall be sure OF your
love o long as can preserve that beauty
OF the spirit ! shall try 70 mo 'ust what
j.. ana hoiu tast Dy ~, 90 Una. yoI nxs
tn aN NM IN I'M Won only OF ali men can SEQ
thl- inner beauty whatever II is-that has
drawn you 10 me, for Ju-t a. the oriental
woman u veied AL men put htI io!u' q
shali ! Walk "tn ny , ptn'H at II !. 80 d"
mi" m,,,t ,en Won that YOU have come suing
muot ven you 'n.s s ~ ~ ,hsse uDroma,tic
70 woman; MO eysn IN NH tie nn..ih;ii,y
usyS' lI.oiouSniS ard viii he -atistied
OF, 10 sss sboula ne vcr he abe to recon.
.le my III ao 70 ,ha ca,es and cnmmonnia ces
n oS'ii nsoPir "' W. So he warned in time
o. H Inal,y W. VT wi,hstandna this tendency
OF mne 10 i',an" az ~. nature and /,
dnmeraa hat yo,, let me laugh az YOU oc-
ca ionaly was born Win , ren,s OF si hsmo nor
S INV, To- ,' iau ,,n n, time
'op Por J The rest | would be- hjust "a high as
Sour eves walkins hand in lhand your equal
ssu DdI' voyur belpm.s, in mi things, as il was
meant I -hould do.
end have barred seS ar f9T You
70, Away abe 10 reveal my,sii u syen
~, whs sp ner am Kind or cod. whether / am
sad or dad. b"lieve that through all and in
anH r Owl lsd i IN ths o ona brief nord
So, 80 IN. vo,,,o man who have or
ahmed the correspondence nave haiu
that, while they would he glad to receive
Miss Culhertson's letter, there is one other
in m, In, Oh which causes even more thrills
-, -, rod;e,o fro,n tbeir nsrvo centres than
10 i"''t ~, i,oh' - Ia -, diso,o..d
ners' Inc au' MOI ''aiiie Is mo-
She says
out from behind the dark and change able
clouds Of fear nni doubt dear heart your
love has come like the glorious sun, TO make
hricht and heautifui my existence Some
times have THOUGH, that knew your secret
sometimes | have hoped that the beautiful
frnn nd h.ra
wcr, th~ DAYS when the silver lining of the
cloud was visible and partially reflected
tho glory of the sun behind il Then again
my soul dcspaired believing that the love
lon yinSs OF nv heart had found no answering
baruonv in yours But now that ace love
unohstructed shining into my life from tha
d"rths of your noble heart ! feel that no
clouds cnn ever rise again TO mar our per-
foe, UNDERSTANDING
A haant mi story tells Of a great painter,
who was horn into the d,rt and sn,ialor Of
n ci,y ellev There he srent his childhood
in hlnpE Ignorance Of the fresh fields and
the bright sky until one dav he was taken
10 1.-Two out IN Gods opf n air and sunshine
Ioft slone in n dear old. fashioned garden
Tho chiII's snirit nvoke He touched softly
a dover harc and there he felt tinidly Of
tho green grass and patted the rough old
trecs he SOW wandering the great blue sky
untn nj last steamed in natures reality and
loycilnass he Looked up with the great CIV
Il am alive, am alive" The chlld's heart
"a H. a.. / iaan horn NOW