The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-15
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states by a womaiis AID society fot
soldiers 10 tie Philippines was carse,5
" Il sbaio aad went I.-IiiB@ OYER the
waves to ~ ltestiHstfnii pm ontr an
~ nour barrel it said to tiselt '-hug
ave got soFoefhiuis w5Liin ne Eias
El'aiI turn q man upside d9,y9
Private CeprTe Merritt Of s:e LII
I United States iufIutry SAT III liiS tent in
lac i'hliippines reading iisvel It Ii;.i
eoSFis TO :l.e ;irIny or ot,cnf'aiitu - Tia
barrel On taking ,,D Tie BOOK. Us.iols
! vas an old one bound Ia paper. lsaIf,
me cover torn or aGd aGtoerots
scpGsSes and Iesd pencil MATHS scat
sered h.ye ard there he soldier t,.gn-
ed first to The - leaf au2 rt'lst slle
I nasue-"Iusla Anita Leigh.
Ne may snap CTR Gnaers SD Soy
-'Sghat's III = naJae:' bar t5u-e ara
/ ti.1es when there il everything Ia
name. Had I'ylv;ste 51erriss reliI ~
aetai1ei Eilukcr'' there ,rouid he 10 ofs
eaSfou for this story. But 'sCuliN Arita
! Leigh WIS different = yDEua ruar
! eziIesI. as it were, in n beIs.s!ftd hand
where he seldom saw woman e.
cei1t the cOppery creatures pi the .o'lli
fry was in AZ excellent frame of fee4-
Ing to lie impressed with anyth1as sug-
Eestlve OF civilized feinininity. When
eyes tooked az him ANITA" s'r=>S,esss-
al long black. coils IF Ia.r. About
Leigh there was something esrae,'iai
" refined The whole made a very
lovely erea ture.
Private Merritt read the book II
was about a young I5T.Eiis!lrilan who
went to Australia to secE his fortyiae.
and. after many trials Ia fIis neT lf'7rie
md many complications in Engizrssd.
dSriuG which his ladyseeze was enT-
BSsatiy calling upon MIN TO come and
save lie: from certain prosecutions
she was obliged to endure. he went
back home. they We're married and die'
hD.-drlm of Sfc commenced
Sn idIeness :rrri n tropical climate. 'fsrZl-'
Ied by soft So=EtIcrn winds. one Is :rDt
NJ dream. As Private Merritt reau Fu-'
tIu Anita Leigh WIS calling upon hsS''
from every page in heartrcodinS ap
OeaIs 20. corfic sIId save her from a Fi3-
famous uncle who was trying co get f9>f
into an insane asylum TO secure conI1Os
Of her fortune As soon rs he had fcEa-
iSl1ed the boob ne took ap 4. writiaE
case aad, pIacfzs= it In his zap. wrote
letter to JuITa, .4nfta Leigh 1laDlSiaB
her fog the PLEASURE he had dertyeS
from her book There was no ineaaE
OF knowing her address except che !
11ord 'sBlythes Gorvf.'' so nc addresses
as Letter to, 'tJulia xnita Leigh
BJvthesford, u 9. A.
The United Statrs I,osEuhice- depsr6I |
ment takes great pains in delivering |
letters, never emitting - fnG an Inn
perfect Address except II the case Of.
made up stories Wherein tfie writer
wishes a complication Hctyveesz ipverS,
Miss Leigh received Private NTerritt'S.
letter covered with postoflice marks.
such Is Try New YolE.' Try Gre
son, Try South Carolia;i. She sfen-
ri it and READ that a yourG soldier
In the Philippines had deriTed pleas
ure from novel she had forgotten
But her imagination isscaniS- intramed
with a picture of :: handsome younS
fellow with pair q pistols n his
belt Il sworsr siAagIir-, At his SIDE.
rife IN the o,osS,k af ldS elbow, sitting
on camp cilcf- yvhile,tiip lsn21 played
on the i.lrad sr..ainG, thut HovCi whlch
had once been hers.
Letters by tho dozen crossed the
deep. pit ssleS each Otter cesstbcInd and
westbound The tone Of tbe Erst few
was Subdued- but 4 WIG. not bong be-
FORE, the troptcaI warmth OF tEs' Philip
pines began TO C=aIiveu tiluec going
west yy;ir:1 Efndlinfs lie Dire. IN repliet |
going eastward. = picClre q Il str aQ-
ping Young fellow III az uiiG-cSs llEai.2 |
Uniform went wsstNNitrI and passed |
one of u pretty ;sruuekte, IL, silk ass!rs
going eastward.
Then came ths.. welcome news that
the til ilfantcS, WIS Ocdcred hOLaa.
Private Merritt packed his lSir aud |
TO thts slip, tisnt was 20 take |
him to the EiEia whose 9etters lie lad |
in place. or her who hy.iI writ
ten them. julia Aaitn Leigh ..tNxaited |
with palptaeiRG Asarf the man whose /
aOble. sentimsRts, rs expressed S,a pa
per she regarded WoatlIy Of tss, generaA |
IN chief of thR-arhy
One Sunny 2o1ninE Miss lsaASh wan |
h4DSlSd a lard S&ith Jhe nnLae, on Il OF
GeOrEe, Merritt An in * tIatter. size
went down,lptGs the drawing room, ana
there sat. OF. rather. rOsc-ass, she enteR-
ID. a .yoGng. Enha IN citiZAnis dress fec
Merritt; had been discharged. For. the
6rst few, moNAeats they did not sctSpla
to ogIe- each Other to satisfy themselves
that, 9leN were not disappointed. us
two children who have been just IL
stand and SapR ut each other.
Each saw that the ether was not disap-
pointedISAlSed. was much pleased. !
Then they sat dowh,and talke1;it over.
There was no vsltafnOus UNCLE in tina
ease. Indeed, thare was no, need f0r. !
enc. These distressing persons are for
lovers who feed. on while the match Ia |
being touched - the tender passion. |
Once st is alahta. they are as useless as |
q dOh to woman
There was an uneve0ktuI cOlGtshIp
between Mr. Merritt and Miss Leigh
They were social equals, financial
fauais-Indeed. equals In every nRrtfct-
lar There was not the slightest Objec-