Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-05
9:s Stcryette
LOVE LETTER THAN WON THE
PRIZE.

The organizers OF a district fair az
Radtord, Va, wanted to arrange som,
very novel features for their snow.
They succeeded for they hit upon the
pleasant and original idea of giving d
prize for the best love letter written
by a girl. The prize was a handsome
chatting dish. II may have been in
tended as a symbol that however well
a girl may write love letters she must
also be prepared to feed the men. The
prize was awarded to Miss Anne V!r
ginia Culbertsou for the following
charming letter:
My Dearest: In these two little
words is my answer, for the first
claims you mine, and the second pro
Claims that to me you are the dearest
of men,
Have / wonder, been too ready in
my response? I think not, for it seems
to me a very poor sort OF love that
seeks to enhance its value by assuming
reluctance. There are women-per-
maps tie most dearly loved Of all
1
one of tnem; for love l regard as toe
Shallow of Sham or pretense. Your
letter was so simple, so direct, so ten.
der, that | know it came from the
neart, and my heart shall speak openiy
III answer. Ii | had not felt sure of
myself before. your letter would have
made me love you
| expect never to be able to show
you quite the nature of my love for
you. | shall walk by your SIDE all my
days, and you snail believe that you
know my every heart throb. but 1t will
not be so. To measure my love would
be as impossible as to measure the
space that stretched last night be-
tween the shining stars and the
tnrobbing sea, so you must never ask
me for the measure of that which is
measureless. / cannot tell you how
long | have loved you--perhaps from
the day we met. For even then | said
to myself, He would understand" By
which | meant that if barred my In
most thoughts, my highest aspirations.
my cherished ideals, my most sacred
beliefs. they would touch a responsive
chord in you. You would not mock
them; for | had read in your face the
nobleness and tenderness of your ma.
ture. am not ashamed to confess nv
early interest in you; for in this sol.
emn moment / wish my soul to stand
face to face with yours, nabed and un.
| ashamed. If You are of the order of
men TO be repealed by frankness, 20
your way, | have misread you, you are
of smaller caliber han had dreamed,
and | shall not grieve for you, int for
the man thought you.
Your letter does not tell me that You
think me beautiful, and am glad your
love has never persuaded you that /
am. II you love me for beauty's sake,
! should have no ground for complaint
| If yCa ceased to love me when beauty
was gone. If yoC discover in me some
| inner spiritual beauty, and love me tor
that, | shall be sure of your love so
! long as / can preserve that beauty OF
the spirit | snail try to find just what
it is, and hold fast by it, so that you
may have no excuse for unloving me,
sir. ! love to think that you only OF
all men can see this inner beauty
whatever II is--t1at nas drawn you to
me; for Just as the oriental woman is
yelled to all men but her lord, so shall
| walk with my beauty yelled to all
men save you. ana rejoicing that it is
so.
I must tell you nat you awe come
/ suing to woman VINO even in these
unromantic days. thoroughly believes
in the possibility Of a grand passion,
and win be satisfied with not less. /
should never be able to reconcile my
self to lapse into an Indifferent anec.
| ton under tae cares and common,
places cf daily life So be warned In
time.
For the rest would Just az high as
your heart but I would glance levelly
into your eyes, walking hanG in 1-na