The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-02-27
The Missing Letter
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| 5tnhae feferiy, barely elgnteen, had
the care of five brothers and sisters.
And lucky 1t was that Jennie was so
capable. for her mother was delicate
woman. with no faculty whatever for
managing children.
One morning the postman brought
Jennie note addressed in Frank Free.
mans hand. She was at the time pre-
pairing luncheon for the children to
take with ihcm to school. SO she placed
tie letter unopened on the sideboard
in tie dining room till a more couyen-
lent season. When the children had
been started Mrs. Poverty was sudden
~ taken Ill, aud Jennie must go for
the doctor and for lIe rest of the day
Mas in constant attendance upon her
mother The consequence was that
she did not think of her letter again
till she had gone TO bed dead tired. So
abe went 10 sleep intending to read 1t
the next morning She would doubt
less have done so had she seen the let.
ter ON the sideboard, but it had disap-
peared, and there was nothing to re-
mind her Of it; consequently. having
NOT only the children and sick moth.
Ell to take care Of, she forgot all about
"a 100. -. o,,I,, ,or az. a. ~,
- "seAe
At last Mrs. Pevery got better, and
one SatI. .day manning when the chill.
dren We're amusing themselves In their
own different ways Jennie went out to
DO some shopping. Coming suddenly
upon Frank Freeman, ne passed her
with his nose II the air, only Hftine
MS hat IN most formal manner. FOR
moment Jennie was ut u loss to ac-
count Tor inns sudden change OF man
DER: then the remembrance OF Ter let
ter rushed nPon her.
ON, MI. Freeman, she cried, Il am
SO sorry forgot
Freeman stopped, turned ana Nalteu.
u torgot-to-to-read your letter.
she blurted.
Then, he said coldIv, i must ASK
,ou not to read It. or II you do to con-
| sluSi an 'huI ehiu ~ ~ uhSuiu'
With this he turned on his heel and
walked OH.
Jennie went directly home and look
ed for the letter in the last place she
remembered to have seen 1t. the side.
board. 1t was not these. She looked
behind and under and in the sideboard,
out found no letter by this time her
curiosity was excited, and she devoted
MI her spare time to thinking about 1t.
She was soundly lectured by her moth.
er for what Mrs Poverty termed her
'arelessness, especially since that lady
Knew that Frank Freeman's father was
rich man and Frank his only child,
whereas the Poverty family hadn't
cent in the world. The poor woman
aid not know If there was anything
Of Importance in the missing note. She
only desi.@d that ier daughter should
not repel any attention the young man
might offer.
"You have doubtless missed an in
vitation to some delightful amuse,
ment," said Mrs. Poverty. It's too
bad considering that you never get
fhance 10 80 any where.
Never mind. mother" replied Jennie.
If Frank wants my company very
badly he'll ask me again"
But Franks manner whenever he
met Jennie became more and more
constrained, more naughty, till at last
Ills recognition of her on the street was
scarcely perceptible Jennie did all
she could do; she wrote him the circum-
stances about the loss of his note, to
[ which he replied that the matter was
Of no consequence. There the affair
rested.
Then several things happened In the
| Freeman and Poverty families. In the
first place Mr.. Freeman failed in bus,.
ness, and MIR Poverty, who was pro.
moter, title given one who spends his
time organizing impracticable corpora.
tons while their families are starving,
organized company to manufacture
patent churn, which unexpectedly
made him rich. A third thing that hap.
pened was that when the Peverlys
moved into mansion more in keeping