The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-08-11

Il
/ heard from you and I have loads to
tell you.
l must first tell you about the con-
| gresham. I have little unsolicited
| news that he is in South Africa. tie
| might as well be in Hades, for I
wouldn't care. He was here two years
ago, kissed my hand-and asked if that
vas To be all. said, Eyes, think
that viii be a plenty for you,' and !
reckon that held him for while.
Well, here is the rest of my little
song of life in G minor, with a Hun
garian rhapsody finish. It is quiet
| little melody without words. l began
this letter on Saturday, and this is my
| first open date to finish it. / think,
the fox. Something so startling hap
| pened yesterday that I want to begin at
the end and tell it frontWards Chinese
| style-but I'll try and comb it out
When | first came home was just
trifle Eighty and loved them all at
one time, but have changed my pills
now and take them one at time. In
Ill -
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
/ cared for him. He was positively
lovely to me-called twice week and
took me everywhere. / just treated
/ ~, ro1 OF /, aS
but have since repented bitterly.
In August of the same summer met
1 @. T.. ". Forrest on a boat ride (boat
rides are always conducive, you know,
and gave up without a murmur. He
was tall, light-haired, but only three
months my senior (disgusting). Burr
| is 20, tall and dark. Well, surely had
| 1t between those tWo-both in the
same town. OF course there were 9TH
ers scattered around rather promiscu-
ously, but I never confide in my right
hand the affairs of my left-hence, no
conttictions with the tout of towns
Auntie fused about Forrest-so did
Burr-and you know the effect that
would have-made me determined to
keep il up If Vesuyius erupted right
then and there. imagined also that
| I cared for him. Well, Forrest was
going away in September to the naval
academy, SO l decided to devote all my
time to him. The final crash came
when | broke my engagement with
| Burr for Forrest, but didn't give a
whoop what happened. Forrest left
In due time for Annapolis and / was
left high and dry without regular COM
| pany. I consoled myself by writing
| daily punches of hot air, and in turn
received the same with interest. Burr
and | quit speaking. / dragged on an
uneventful existence-only hits and
misses-no enc cared particularly
/ about
| On Thanksgiving Of the same year
the Mssons had a swell banquet, and
| John Harris took me. He was toast
master, SO we sat at the table for the
guests of honor. Burr was also there,
| but Of course didn't see him then.
After the banquet at the dance we Were
and Burr was taking in the line, CIV
| ing them all the glad hand. He didn't
see me until he was squared right up
against me. It would have been rath-
er pointed for him to have passed on,
so up he bucked and put out his hand,
and dropped mine in it. What is 1t
they say about the thrill? Well, what
ever it is, happened, and when we
danced-Well, he forgaye and forgot all
the unhappy past
We had it rather bad for while and
he made a standing engagement for
the dances at the club. I thought /
had him, SO made him toe the mark
and rock when I rocked. Christmas.
Forrest came home. Burr and con-
tinued until went to Grafton, little
one-horse place noted for mud uddles
/ stayed a month, eorresponded with
Burr, and quit Forrest. / then fell in
/ love with a Grafton man, wore his frat
| pin and sent Forests back. He sent
a God-forsaken little note, and out of
the kindness of my heart I rekindled
the old flame to a certain extent /
then came home, broke the engagement
with Burr and sailed in with Forrest.
Burr quit for sure. Shortly afterWard
/ { sent the Grafton man his frat pin
and forgot him.
In May 7 actually had the real ex-
element Of the year. Brother Bert
eloped and Forrest and / helped them.
The eicpement was quite successful, SO
we decided to try it ourselves. Ours
was not quite SO successful, thank
/ God. We were going to Walton to
spend the day with Bert and his wife.
Auntie said NO" / said YES" She
said, You can never come back here II
you go against my will went. That
was Saturday. Went hack that eve
ming and stayed at my brothers until
Monday, then Forrest and went to his
aant's in Rockville and tried to get
married. Auntie and Uncle John
seemed to have surmised just such an
event and came walking up behind us
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/ Discovery
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