The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-28
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ing he was gone. He was really
most agreeable and so sympathetic
about poor. dear Archie. He agreed
with me that such a nervous tempera.
ment as Archie's suffers much more
from ~unkindness. l could see, in spite
of his assumed h~opefulness, that he
shared my fears. He has met quite a
number of our friends. He may
Through Mr.. Keatcham) be a most
valuable acquaintance. Didn't you tell
me, once, that Keatcham was the lead.
ing benefactor of the university?
He (Mr. Atkins got his vacation on
account of his health; and he is going
to southern California. / don't won
der. l have never suffered more than
in this land of sunshine! 1t is not so
much the cold of the air as the humid
ity! Do pray be cautious about chang
ing to your summer underwear. Don't
do it.! / nearly persisted, in the bleak
wind yesterday, when l tried to visit
a few shops. Be sure and take the
cough medicine on the second shelf OF
| our bathroom medicine closet; don't
mistake rheumatism liniment for it.;
they are both on the same shelf; you
would better sort them out. You are
so absent-minded, Melville, | haven't
a peaceful day when I'm away from
you; and do for heavens sake try to
bow to Mrs. Farrell and call her by
her right name! You certainly have
been to the presidents house often
enough to know his wife on the street;
and l don't think that it was a good
excuse which you gave to Prof. Dale
for calling Good morning, KATY" to
Mrs. Dale (who was born a Schuyler
and is most punctilious) that you mis-
took her for our cook!
l miss you very much. Give my love
to all our friends and be sure to wear
your galoshes (your rubbers, you
know when the campus is wet,
whether it is raining or not.
Your aft. wife,
M. WINTER.
THE SAME TO THE SAME.
The Palace Hotel, March. 25, 10
P. M.-My Dear Husband: What do
you think has happened? am almost
too excited to write. Archie is backi
Yes, back safe and sound, and abso-
lutely Indifferent, to all appearances,
to all our indescribable sufferings OF
his account He walked into the par
lor about six or a little after, grin
pjno Iily4 On ONO DC IL To 6iSa nnnar
from the face of the earth and come
back to it were quite the usual thing.
And when we questioned him, he pro-
fessed to be on his word not to tell
anything. And BERTHE upheld him in
this ridiculous position! However, |
was told by the detective whom Der.
tie employed, rather a decent, vulgar,
little a that they (Bertie and he)
had cornered the kidnapers and
called their bluff" as he expressed it;
but I'm inclined to think they got their
ransom from our unfortunate, vic
it, and that they probably managed it
through Miss S.. l know they
called up the room to know if the boy
was back; and l puzzled them well, /
fancy, by saying he a l may have
saved our poor aunt some money by
that; but 1 can't tell, of course. Mel
vile, I am almost sure that Miss ].
S. is at the bottom of it, whatever
the mystery is. l am almost sure that,
not content with Matchmaking an0
%plundering auntie, Miss S. is now
making a dead set at poor, blind, sim
ple-hearted BERTHE! l have reasons
which l haven't time to enumerate.
BERTHE will hardly hear a word of
criticism of her patiently; in fact, !
have ceased to criticise her to him o
to Aunt Rebecca-ah, it is a lonely,
lonely lot to be clear-sighted; but
noblesse oblige. But often during the
last few days I have thought that Cas-.
sandra wasn't enough pitied.
Your aft. wife, M.
ITO BE CONTINUED