Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-10-24
TIE Fantasy Of a Girl
ny PAUL MITCHELL.

Dear Bess. was so glad to hear
from you, for l wondered If you had
sorgotten me- 1t has been an age since
heard from you and l have loads to
ten you. sn 2
i must first tell you about the con-
gressman. / have little unsolicited
news that he is in South Africa. he
might as well be IN Hades, for !
wouldn't care. He was here two years
ego, kissed my hand-and asked If that
was To be all. / said, Eyes, think
that will be plenty for you" and
reckon that held him for a while.
Well, here is the rest of my little
song Of life in G minor, with Hun
garian rhapsody finish. 1t is a quiet
little melody without words. l began
this letter on Saturday, and this is my
FIRST open date to finish it. think,
however, we'll get there in time for
the fox. Something SO startling hap
pened yesterday that want to begin at
the end and tell it Observation-Disclosures
style-but I'll try and comb it out
When frst came home / was just
q trifle Tightly and loved them all at
one time, but l have changed my pills
now and take them one at time. In
May, nineteen hundred and five, was
rushed by r. A. Burr (no relation to
Aaron that / know Of, and If he is he
only inherited the good qualities Of
that gentleman).
At that time / never imagined that
l cared for him. He was positively
lovely to me-called twice week and
took me everywhere. l just treated
him like dog, and mongrel at that
but have since repented bitterly.
In August OF the same summer met
G. L. v. Forrest ON a boat ride (boat
rides are always conducive, you know,
and gave up without murmur He
was tall, light-haired, but only three
months my senior (disgusting). Burr
Is 20, tall and dark. Well, surely had
it between those two-both In the
same town. OF course there were 9TH
ers scattered around rather promiscu-
ously, but l never confide in my right
hand the affairs of my left-hence, no
contlictions with the "out of towns"
Auntie fused about Forrest-so did
Burr-and you know the effect that
would have-made me determined 70
keep IL up if Vesuvius erupted right
then and there. | imagined also that
cared for him. Well, Forrest was
going away in September to the naval
academy, so decided to devote all my
time to him. The final crash came
when | broke my engagement with
Burr for Forrest, but l didn't give q
whoop what happened. Forrest left
in due time for Annapolis and | was
left high and dry without regular COM
pany. ! consoled myself by writing
daily punches of hot air, and in turn
received the same with interest. Burr
and | quit speaking. dragged on az
uneventful existence-only hits anC
misses-no one l cared particularly
about.
On Thanksgiving of the same veal
the Mssons had a swell banquet, ant
John Harris took me. He was toast
master, so we sat at the table for thu
guests of honor. Burr was also there
but of course / didn't see him then
After the banquet at the dance we were
all lined up on one side of the hal
and Burr was taking in the line, CIV
ing them all the glad hand. He didn'
see me until he was squared right VI
against me. 1t would have been rath
er pointed for him to have passed on
20 up he hucked and put out his hand
and / dropped mine in 1t. What Is i
they say about the thrill? Well, what
ever it is, happened, and when VI
danced-well, he forgave and forgot al
the unhappy past.
We had it rather bad for while ant
ne made a standing engagement To-
the dances at the club. thought
had him, so made him toe the mari
and rock when ! rocked. Christmas
Forrest came home. Burr and l con
Ainued until l went to Grafton, a littl'
one-horse place noted for mud-puddles
/ stayed month, correspondent will
Burr, and quit Forrest. l then fell II
love with Grafton man, wore his fra
pin and sent Forests back. He sen
q God-forsaken little note, and out o
the kindness of my heart l rekindle'
the old fame to certain extent.
then came home, broke the engagement
with Burr and sailed in with Forrest
Burr quit for sure. Shortly afterwar
I sent the Grafton man his frat phi
and forgot him.
In May l actually had the real ex
element of the year. Brother Der
eloped and Forrest and helped then
The elopement was quite successful. 8
we decided to try 1t ourselves. Our
was not quite so successful, than
God. We were going to Walton t
spend the day with Bert and his wife
Auntie said mo" l said YES" Sh
said, "You can never come back here
you go against my will" went. Ths
was Saturday. Went back that eve
ming and stayed at my brothers unit
Monday, then Forrest and went to h1
aunt's in Rockville and tried to e
married. Auntie and Uncle job
seemed to have surmised just such a
event and came walking up behind u
and NJ oourea VIC didn't eurooad Th