The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26
LITTLE GIRLS LOVE LETTERS.
SWEET AND PURE, But NOT LiCk-
ING IN PRACTICAL THINGS.
Twei, e.N ear.Oid Florence Merritt Loves
Her lt.Year.Oid sailor Lad and Lonseti
for Day OF WeSiding-Iier Mother
Thought lie Induced Her TO Leave Home

Her IO-Year-Old sailor Lad and LonGeti
for Day or Wetiding-IIer Mother
Thought He Induced Her TO Lea> Home
The superintendent of the Brooklyn
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Children has In his possession lot Of CORE
spondence which he might publish a. "The
Love Letters Of a Little Girl He also
has the writer Of the letters, twelve-ycdf-o,d
Florence Merritt. Of 72' Gates avenue,
Brooklyn. who is being held a. a witness
against her boy lover. Alfred Walsh.
Alfred il 10 years old and Is United
! States -ailor on the receiving ship al the
Brooklyn navy yard. Ho was arrested
yesterday on charge of having induced
Florence to run away. But he will be dis
charged to-day, for Mrs. Merritt did lot
Of investigating yesterday afternoon. after
court had closed, and found that Alfred was
good boy and Florence good girl and
that their only offence had been TO plan TO
get married a. soon At they grew up. They
are engaged as the little girl explained
TO Magistrate Manner yesterday. florence
did run away and stay over night, but
{ she went to her aunt's and Alfred didn't
know anything about it.
When he was arraigued the sailor boy
had under his blouse a pack Of letters,
one OF which contained a lock Of Florence
Merritt's hair. The society agent asked
for them and the dininutive United States
sailor refused TO surrender them. The
MAJ ist rate frowned and Florence was
afraid for Alfred's sake.
Give them tho letters. Allie, give them
up. don't care if they do read them.
! | mean every word in them"
Most Of the letters had been written in
! school. apparently. when the teacher wasn't
! looking, and there we're lots Of them. III"
first was written several weeks ago, soon
after Florence had met her sailor lover
| at some other child's birthday party. Al
! fred hadn't been in the navy long then.
| 1t was the boys first liberty night, SO, Of
course, he wore his uniform to the party.
| Florence won him from dozen other
| little girls
Here are some Of the letters
DEAN ALLIE. haven't got to rerltc again
J for hall an hour Then We have srlth metic
and | haven't got three examples hut
, don't care I'm gong to wri'e 70 Won be
/ raphy. but / love it now We've iust reCtrd
! IN It snd anew every an.wcr MAJ 90
! instead of hatins It; II you. Won, lsasu
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! m, nut. and / must stop GOOD by. allie
/ | love YOU dearly. FLORENCE.
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