Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-19
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n CL1 {, lN3.-My Darllng-l am
all SO lonesome tonight, dear heart
for you that cannot sleep, though
1t Is now past one o'clock, so l have
just slipped into my dressing gown
(the white one with the blue silk down
the 'front.' and put on the little white
slippers you always say my feet look
so pretty in, and am going to write you
all that is in my heart.
am sorry l let you go away alone,
and yet, when | come to think of it,
sweetheart, l don't believe you urged
me very strongly to accompany you.
Was it because you thought the jour
ney would tire me, "big man." or was
1t because you wanted to have a trip
alone, as in your bachelor days.
Well, in either case, am here alone
and lonely-and never wanted you so
much before in my life as do tonight
and somehow l feel sure that you.
sweetheart, are just as lonesome for
me.
am quite sure tonight that you are
wanting your little girl just 'drefful
bad'-just as sure as though you We're
here to tell me your own dear self.
The house all seems so big and emp
ty tonight. l never knew before that
one person could make so much diff
ference in a place; but you know. dear
heart, that this Is the first time l have
spent more than day away from you
III all the eighteen months we have
been married.
| met Jack to-day, and, as usual, he
was full of enthusiasm about some
new scheme he is trying to patent
This time 1t Is a toe weight" l don't
quite understand what it is, but jock
eys use it when they ride horses. |
suppose it helps to hold them down.
| am so glad l am not married to a
man like Jack, though to be sure, he
is dear, good fellow, for l am sure
wife would always come second in
his affections, and he would be apt to
call her "a neat little filly" or high
strung racer" or some other horsey
larly affectionate.
went up to Mr.. Reeves Office to-
day, as you requested, to ask him to
attend to that insurance matter, and.
do you know, he quite annoyed me. l
always thought him so nice, but, real
ly. | thought him quite commonplace
to-day, not to say vulgar.
He joked me about your being away
alone, and said he would bet you were
having roaring old time" in town,
and | am afraid | was rather rude to
him, for l told him pretty plainly you
would be utterly lost without me, and
that you were not like some men
know. who could only have a good time
when away from home.
let Sarah go home, this morning to
stay few days, and tonight 1 went
down to the kitchen and cooked my
own dinner. | rolled up my sleeves
and put on big apron, and | felt just
as | used to when we were first mar.
ried and you did not have all this
money. and / had to do all the work
in the little fiat myself.
lust the same, those were happy
days, weren't they, sweetheart? Some
times | almost wish they would come
back again, for | had you more tC
myself then, and you did not have tC
be worrying about stocks and bulls
and bears and things as you do now
Do YOU remember the time | made @
ME for dinner and put two crusts or
it and you ate it and never said WORD
about it. though | know 1t must have
been awful, for l forgot to put in any
milk or eggs either?
Oh! and | must tell you what l die
to-day. | am sure you will be pleased
You know your golf suit that had the
little hole torn in the knee that yor
were going to take to the tailor to have
mended?
Well. / just felt so lonesome all day
that I thought it would comfort me-
somewhat to busy myself doing some
thing for you. SO l mended that hole
and Frank, dear, 1t looks fine. l die
it so. neatly, l am sure you will bt
proud of me when you see it.
| could not find any cloth like thu
goods, so l cut a little piece our o.
your cap, because you can get the tai