The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-04

His Correspondent.
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not all ready made by milllonS. Joseph
Sanger stepped into a store where n va
riety of things were kept on sale
There were embroidered articles for
women, fancy articles for household
use and Iounging articles for men. The
latter consisted of dressing gowns,
smoking jackets, slippers and such 9TH
or paraphcrnalia.
"I'm bachelor" said the young man
"a lone iorn bachelor am obliged
to spend great deal of time In my
room. and ! may as well be comfort
able. What have you in the line Of
wearing apparel for such use?"
The shopkeepcr squared himself and
surveyed his customer with calcula-
ton in his eyes "Yes; think they
will fit you." he said at last. "The very
thing smoking Jacket, cap and
slippers, brand new, beautifully em-
broidered. got them In only yesterday.
but | will sell the lot very cheap" He
produced the articles. The young man
tried them on and they fitted him fair
ly we'll
"You say they are newY he asked.
"They look shop worn"
"Such things are made by fine ladies'
in indigenL circumstances. who usual
ly spend great deal of time on them.
l dare say they were year or more in
making That accounts for their ap-
pearancc."
Sanger bought the things for n song,
took them home and the same evening
put them on. AS he saw himself in n
mirror he thought them very becom-
ing and great bargain. Lighting a
cigar, he sat down in his easy chair,
feeling very comfortable. But notwith-
standing that he was in fine apparel he
was miserable Who can be happy
with nothing but walls to talk to?
Thrusting his hands into the pockets
of the Jacket, he ran one of them
against bit of paper. Withdrawing it.
| he read:
Tho maker of this Jacket would like to
correspond with the purchaser with
view to matrimony.
"Well, now, | like thatv' mused San
ger. "That woman has long head.
She knew there were even chances
the things would fall into the hands
of bachelor, that the bachelor would
wear them in room all alone and
| want n wife. Ny dear, I'll go you"
He wrote note and mailed 1t. 1t
came back with postmen's notes scrb-
bled all over it: TRY here. Try there.
! Try everywhere Sanger, disappoint-
! ed, threw it on his dressing case. But
I the next evening on returning from
/ business IL was missing. The maid
! told him that the postman had asked
for 1t, having found a party to whom
it might belong. A few days later n
note written on fine paper and bearing
a crest was laid on table in his room.
He opened 1t and read:
Since placing the note In tho article you
! describe prosperity has come to me-
Nevertheless L shall be delighted to find a
man who has in him the elements of a
| good husband.
There was no mention of the writ
er's age. When Sanger replied, which
! he did at once, he said that his age
was twenty-siX. Before going any fur
! iher in the matter he would like to
know the lady's age. There was no
| reply to this, and, fearing that she
might be sensitive about her age he
wrote again, giving the old quotation
with loving hearts age makes no diff
I ference"
Then came an epistle stating that the
! age of the lady who had placed the
/ paper i'm the smoking jacket was forty
! two. Sanger was much disappointed
and forthwith committed the note to
the wastebasket. He was not in need
OF marrying fortune and did not pro-
pose on any account to marry wom-
an sixteen years his senior.
Meanwhile n lady acquaintance told
him that she wished to introduce him
to young friend of hers. Sanger con
sented and met an attractive girl OF
eighteen, with whom he proceeded
straightway to fall in love. His pas
sion being reciprocated, an engagement
ensued. When he was feeling the hap
piest Il note came from his correspond
ent stating that she had looked up his
record, was satisfied with it and was
ready to make his acquaintance. San
ger paid no attention to the note. Pres
emily he received another, stating that
II he thought he could trife in that
way with unprotected women he was
mistaken The courts would do her
justice.
Sanger was troubled II appeared
that he had been drawn iuto trap
by woman for blachmail She had
his letters, though there was no offer
Of marriage in them, so he might as
well write one on two more, trying to
fix the matter up, The replies he got
puzzled him. They seemed TO have
been, written rather by young girl
than middle aged woman. Indeed,
there was something very unsophisti-
Gated in them. He finally determined
to meet her aud find out just what
kind of an enemy he was fencing with.
He made an appointment to meet at
a certain spot in the park. AS he was
about to keep ii along came letter
from his fancee asking him to come to
her at that very hour. This was unfor.
tunate. but he resolved to ignore the
request He went to the park.
! AS he approached the rendezvous