The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-15

womans decided objection 70 ms SUIT
entirely baseless, he was painfully
aware. II was simply case of mu
tual antpathy, which is rather more
common chan love at first sight.
But though one pair Of eyes had
frowned upon him, the younger smiled
approval, and to Ditmar Smoor the let
ter that had not come was an actually
that would some day make clear the
reasons for its long delay Still, three
years is a long time to wait for let
ter especially when the happiness OF
ones life depends upon it, Unless she
were an actual prisoner, could she not
have written at least a line? Per
haps--
Suddenly all speculations were set
at rest for the time by a communities
ton in Smoor's morning mail The
unstamped envelope bore the return
card Of the dead letter Office, and con.
tanned an unsigned, typewriter
sheet In Enthusiastically feminine terms
the writer stated that she was the
clerk who, three years before, had
handled a dead letter which the
most casual reader must realize would
be highly priced by its addressee, 1t
had been mailed on train, its envcl-
ope bore no return card, and It's
writer had given no address, signing
only her first name.
The anonymous clerk then proceed.
ed to say that though ii was her bust,
ness to read thousands and thousands
Of miscarried letters every year, and
she never paid any attention to I'M
usual names, yet in this instance the
peculiar name of Ditmar Smoor had
dwelt in her memory in connection
with the language of the letter Itself,
which, she added had impressed her
as being the most tender and beautt
lul composition she had ever read.
This odd communication concluded
with these words:
ITO have preserved the letter would
have been a violation of the regula-
tons governing this department--and
a dutiful employe does net disregard
an employers rules.
The young mans heart sank as he
reached the conclusion Of the eXplaua-
tory letter that did not explain, but in
| the manner of man searching his
pockets for something which he
| knows cannot be found, he again me-
chanically looked into the long Off
cial" envelope, and drew out some
| thing which made his sinking heart
bound with delirious joy, 1t was a let
! ter in her wellknown dainty hand,
/ though written with a pencil stub on
| the back OF his own letter-the one
to which he had so long awaited an
| answer.
It said all that he had longod for
! and more.-and he blessed the sympa-
thetic woman clerk upon whom the
touching words had made so fortunate
| an impression. But while it set his
heart at rest concerning the most inn
| portant thing, another mystery re
| NAMED for him to unrayel, for Byn
| sees affectionate letter gave him also
] vrtocn cause for annrehcnSinn. for il
| told him that the girl so dear To him
was probably immured beyond his
reach, and that he must end2ayor TO
come to her rescue.
Mother will not divulge our desti.
nation, but feel sure that | am to be
placed in the Ursulne academy at FL
PasO, and that means virtual impris-
| onment. Come TO me as soon as you
can
He lost not moment in taking a
train for El Paso, cursing his own stu
pid observation-disclosures the while as
his own letter had revealed TO him the
cause of the whole unfortunate misun.
| dCrstanding:-l had inadvertently
given Byrnsee the address OF Houston,
where he had been Intending to sto"