The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-07-30
HAD LEARNED HER LEssOn.
oIh whs Knsw ysius q Pru-ytssss
b Lattnl. Kritlna.


- Letter WritlnG.
Ersrgbody ssiJ The top-aooF gid
vzs ihe most inf sEsiigable writer
they ever knew. AN admired Der
epistolatory indusiry, few grew en-
alons, and enc bceazne inquisitiFs.
"How DO you iind time 70 write 70
many lstisnge asked the back-parIor
boarder.
Il simply take time" /" said the top
floor girl, according 10 the New York
Times. Even II ] have TO do with
out some Of my meals am going 10
get my letters Of in time / have
been thus serupulously attentive to
my correspondence since 1 visited my
aunt in New Orlesns three yssrF ago.
Before ] vent south I told al my
friends about my intended visit, and
to each Of them / eaid: I want you
to write to me while / am away
~Of course all promised 10 DO 50,
and on my way 10 New Orleans my
upper-berth dreams we're frightened
BY the prospect Of receiving many
delightful letters while there. ] did
not know my aunt nor any Of her
family. There had been discord be-
tween them and my mother for many
years and mother vas very much op-
posed 10 my esssying the new role Of
peacemaker. However, ] found my
aunt charming. although rather in
quisitive. She seemed particularly in
terested in my social life, and when /
told her how many dear, loving
friends had in New York. she said:
Dear me, how they viii al miss you
while you are away. ! presume you
Will hear from them quite oftenF
oh, yes said J, quite often
And then i began , look for letters.
'But l did not ct any. wrote
reams 70 my friends, not only in New
York, but in Chieago and elsewhere,
but not a word did / get in reply.
My aunt msryeled az the situation.
Morning after morning when the
mail was delivered She would sort out
the letters, and when /, alone, was
left 10 eat my breakfast with
out . line Of northern friendship 10
break the monotony Of eggs and rolls,
she would ssy, with significant en-
phasis: There doesn't seem 10 b
anything for you this morning, my
dear
No. / would lnurmur, weakly,
not this morning.
Finally my aunt got suspicious.
She didn't like to accuse me outright
Of being an impostor, but she did
give me TO understand that since my
own mother would not write 10 me
! must be under cloud Of some kind
in New York, or people would not
so persistenily neglect me. The
worst Of il was, all the family felt the
same way. Even Aunt Carries
nephew, Jim, thought il queer. That
hurt me like everything. Jim vas an
awfully nice fellow, and liked him.
lie liked me, too. al first, and | BE-
lieve 10 this day il could only have
received a few Letters while there so
as 10 discredit their belief that vas
an ouiosst Jim and ] might have
oh, well, never mind about that
Anyway. / never got the letters.
At last the situation became unen-
durable. and when the crowd Of
MArdi Gras visitors rushed north
ward ! rushed with them. said
some pretty warm things sitter / got
here. Ny friends we're surprised be-
cause took the matter 20 mach 70
heart.
"Nou acre gone such a short
While. they pleaded in excuse. and
We were 50 very busy, and, be.ides. We
never dreamed that you would really
care.
~Carel Merciful fathers, why, I
suffered torture, and since then u
have tasted. curiailcl mv hours of
sleep, and even worn stockings with
holes in the toes rather than put "a
writing letters and thus take ehanoc
on making anybody else pass through
the valley Of humiliation a. did
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