The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-27

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July 2s 1905.
Dear Tom
IT has been q long time since
| wrote You . letter, and Vi he z q, did q
received no answer It has been g
/ long ago that perhaps YOU have Tor
gotten all about me. I am the LADY
you came. to see al 121 Retna street
Havana, Cuba.
q should be pleased to hear from
yol, and have you come and see me
as 1 am not far from you now.
II still have coy corner in my
heart for You.
II hope you viii write as soon a
you get this, as i am anxious to heai
from you.
q am nursing for a doctor at
sNo don't forget to write.
Il remain,
"Your true friend, with much love,
ELIZABETH FAIRcHILDs,
mo. Is Nation ST.
He read the letter through two. o.
three times, and sat in wonder at the
things that had transpired since he
had last heard from this lady friends
Of his. How had 1T happened that he
had received letter from her artet
SO long a silencewhich he thought
would never be broken.
He answered the letter in such q
way as to cause her to wonder at the
manner in which It was written, fol
it was SO direct in its statements.
July 26, 1905.
Dear Elizabeth:
yours before me Of a day or two
ago. and in reply will say that ] was
greatly surprised to hear from yol. II
seems like speaking to some one in
another world.
Eyes, do you think ! could ever for
get you? No, neyer! have often
| thought Of you when / was far away
from home and friends, and thought
| you must have been swallowed UP by
the waves in some st9rm OF Cape Hat
teras.
81 hope you will write me long let
ter, as / shall look forward torit with
interest, and hope you will not disap'
point me.
Awaiting your reply with interest,
/ am,
yours with love end best wishes,
THOMAS JOHNSON.
"P. o. Box $780,"
A few days passed before letter
reached Johnson, but it was a dear,
sweet one. He was engaged to lady
in Kentucky. He had never commit.
ted himself to Miss Fairchilds in any
way. He felt, too, that it was not
right to daily with the girls affections,
Why not tell her that he did not care
Ito consider themselves anything more
than friends; that another girl had
been for a long time very near and
dear to him?
He lay awake the greater part OF
one night, thinking what he wolld
write to Miss Fairchilds, so that he
would no offend her, and yet tell her
in a courteous way that he was en-
gagged. 1t was delicate subject for
him to handle,and another thing he
was not used to such predicaments.
But he promised himself then and
there that if he ever got out Of this
once that It would be the last one for
him as long as he lived. Finally he
summoned courage enough to write to
her the following letter:
August %, 1905.
miss Elizabeth:
"Your letter at hand some days ago
you, after not having heard from you
regretted w!en yo1r letter closed.
1t seems strange for me to write to
cou, after not having heard from you
for four long weary years. ] lay
awake at night and study over 1t. and
the circumstances which led to our ac
quaintance. / some way think that
there might be something that might
cause trouble should you and ] ever
assume closer relation than that we
now hold.
"Yes, am engaged now. have
the promise Of the sweetest little girl
on this green globe, when she comes
back from New York, where she has
gone to visit relatives.
"How I wish had heard from you
before | asked her. But you well knew
that / never had any way Of finding
out where you were; so ! think am
justifable in doing as have done.
II don't think you can lay any blame
f, on any one but yourself, as you should
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