The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-21

| WHO "iote Ills love letters under the
beautiful name of "Lela Sinclair. !"
This is the way his "ads." read:
Young lady, striking brunette, vi
vaeious, "a years, $4,000 business in
small Western town, desires to meet
young man, tall, handsome, educated,
property preferred. Object matri-
mony. Send photograph. No tri-
flers.
Leila Sinclair.
Picture Leila to yoursclf-a DASH
ing young girl Of the golden middle
West, with a thriving business. prob
ably a fine dresser, a brilliant CONVEX
satlonaist. a rcSourceful woman, ON
whom man could rely as a partner
to help along his ambitions-and
with resources. too, ten thousand dol
lars as good cash
Picture the youg farm hand who
reads this advertisement. to whom
print is a gospel and photography in
fallible. All spriccd up. he looks
into the glass and asks himself if he
Is not young. and tall. and handsome,
and ehlact1d. and wcl1-to-do enough
for any woman-ioo good, indeed,
for the lasSicS Of PoIunk who have
SET their caps for him. lie replies.
After Il decent time. this is what
he gets from the village postoflicc:
My dearest Hiram:
'Ah. | knew ! would find you, YOU
who nave always known lived some
where in this world For me. AS I
"azcl for the first time into your
true noble eyes, it seemed to me as if
had known y"u in another existence
who can tell! | said 10 myself:
'llcrc Is the man have always pic
turcd I" myself as the father Of my
chlIdrcn. and now. sweetheart. that
we will have no friends who are not
lovers. but keep our own sweet stvrc:
to ourselves.
lllram never before received let
ter like thiS--pruhably never will
agnin. II he does. he will be old
enough 10 suspect that voting ladirS
Il" n"; picture even their real ~wrr.-
hearts a> ,hr " fathers Of their child
rrn: perhaps old enough To know
that, "Wc will have no friends who
are not lovcrS' is playarized clas-
sic.
Rnt if Hiram is the right sort Of
Hiram, he has already kissed the sill
yer print in the letter about seventy
six times. n Fifth avenue photo
graphtr with 4 Gibson model could
not nave done better work. LEILA s
picture almost makes Hiram forget
about the ten thousand dollars. When
he remembers it. he makes tire kisses
an even hundred at least. No French
Count could screIadc American Sc
curillrS more Swcctlv.
50. III" hillin" and cooiny by mail
""cS "n-woNkin" up to the time
when Leila will do the billing for Il
trouSS2au. 1t is not rs sudden as
than however. They arrange To meet
in Chicago on Il certain date 10 Get
married and Leila announces that she
has at last found purchaser for her
drrSS-makln" business and finally
sends pnyful word that SHE has the
cash. Then she is having her dress
O. made-and better yet. paid for
and meanwhile. has entrusted the
money 10 her rich uncle in the real
estate business.
The happy day approaches. Hiram
has about throwA up his job, and
d:Awn his money out Of the FIRST
"Naiional' bank without causing Il
serious run on the institution.
Then comes thc Snrrowful letter.
The rich uncle in the real estate bus
mess has tied The money up in Il
piece Of land, immensely valuable.
indeed: but twenty thousand dollars
to be realized two weeks hence will
not pay fare to Chicago day after
tomorrow. Couldn't her loving fu-
turc husband. to whom she is bring
ING all. just pay her fare to their
Hretna Green and a few dollars more
to satisfy clamorous tradcspeoplc7
SO clever is this letter that the
Swaln--already gallantry pcrsonificd
has reached a point where he would
marry The Gibson girl, if the money
melted away like a chocolate smdaa
in July. One hundred AMI fifty dol
lnr
Several complaints to the postof-