The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-01

sand cares she re-read some of her fav-
municate with the author became so
strong that she yielded. She wrote, but
without signature. 1t is not in cold
blood that one pens such a letter: ideas
and their expression did not fail her;
they carried all the warmth of sentiment
which animated her. This letter was
posted on the second of March 1891 but
il was only in September that a reply
reached her
We have no copy of the letter; that it's
contents must have been extraordinarily
original to have awakened the insa tia BILE
curiosity of a man who, like ST Pierre
acknowledged to the receipt of thousands
of letters from unknown admirers, is
certain The clue was a slight one. and
Paris in those days was very distant from
Lausannt. Yet the deeply moved was the
famous author that ne took every pos
sible means for ascertaining the identity
of this anonymous correspondent. He
caused an advertisement to be inserted in
the Journal de Lausanne begging the
person who knows so well how to speak
to the heart" to send an address. AS
this appeal remained fruitless (Rosalie
certainly never saw it, and st. Pierre
could hardly undertake the journey to
Switzerland on so slight an indication as
he possessed (although he professed him
self willing to make the tour of the
world to find the being wanting to his
happineSsl. he fell to questioning all
travellers from Lausanne. Acting, pre-
hn IF Of
these he eventually wrote to a Mrs.
Williams. whose circumstances seemed
to tally with the data he had laboriously
acquired. begging her. in case he is mis-
taken to aid him in his dilemma, and
invoking the name of friendship that
necessity of sensitive and unhappy souls.
which. like love. also has its mysteries. ."
Mrs Williams Immediately forwarded
the letter to Rosalie de Constant How
she had discovered the girls secret We
are not told. The blow was a severe
one To the maiden mOdesty of the love-
sick spinster. who lost no time in writ
ing to St Pierre. begging him TO burn
her foolish epistle. and to think no more
OF the matter Within fortnight. how
ever. St. Pierre again addresses his ami
Die hoSatle- TINS AltiIe utltNAlN anu as
sures her that their souls nave reached
out TO each other" But while he blames
the cruel GOODNESS of her last. the prudent
swain lets it be clearly understood that
no serious advance can be expected from
him until a faithful physical portrait.
together with a statement concerning the
more solid material adjuncts 10 happi-
ness have been furnished him. The
shock. although a rude one. does not
wholly disinusionize Resale. and she
sets about partly raising the curtain.
We must suppose from the tone Of ST.
Pierre,s answer (Rosalie's letters have
not been preserved that Mademoiselle de
edly sketchy AS for me he writes.
4 confess that it is impossible for me to
love sn ideal being. You give me TO IN
derstand that YOU are not pretty. but
you might inform me II you are tall or
short. blonde or dark. stout or thin.
young or old. etc. etc. The charms
Of your intelligence viii make UP for
those of your person. should these be
lacking. .
\ more detailed pen-picture. exagger-
ating perhaps physical and material de-
ficiencies. erectualiy cools the amorous
ardor Of Rosalie.s strange sutton. but
the correspondence continued intermit-
tingly during several years. and St Pierre
faithfully describes TO her the happiness
him in subsequent matriuon-
iaI yenInrsa