The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20

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Carrie Lolita May, Los Angeles, CAL
My Dear Miss May: Enclosed you will
please find a letter which was writ
ten to you, but enclosed in an en-
velope addressed to me- by mistake,
OF course, with a check payable to my
order. I hope that thea mistake has
been no more serious. lind that the
check is mine But at the same time
l sincerely hope that youSreceived one
for no less a sum.
| with sincerest regards yours very
truly,
-"Herbert Roy Wallingford."
"Los Angeles, CAL, April. 1e. 1902
MY Dear Mr.. Wallingford: I beg you
to accept my cordial thanks for for
warding my letter FROM the Messrs.
Goodman company. It relieves nv
mind, for felt some nnisgivinRs as
to whether the check witch received
In letter written to YOU was nv
property or not, althoughIit was made
payable to my order, and I was hop
Ing for remittance from that house.
kind thoughtfulness by enclosing your
letter, which came withS#my check.
Il not thar the two Checks were
for the ne amount, and fear that
they have Disseminated lin nv favor
because 1 am a; woman4 Your story
Is, OF course, much better than mine.
Carrie 1ptta May"
Savannah, Ca, April ~, 1902-My
Dear Miss May: Your Kind letter Of
10Th instant, enclosing my letter from
the Goodman company, is Received. You
have my most cordial thanks, for I,
too, felt Slightly tlisturbedlest it should
prove that the chick which I received,
well - a1o&4
your property, although made payable
to my order.
II confess, however. that promptly
used 1T. It was so much easier, you
see, tosreturn the lstter AsHt tonne by
mistake than it would have been to
surrender a check sent by mistake
mo, my story is not better than
yours. Your is better than mine; much
better-of that I am sure, 7 shall sub
| scribe for the Fair Play Magazine so
as to be sure that I have an oppor-
| tunity to read yours, in which 1 al
| ready feel deeply interested. So the
| publishers have profited a little by
| their mistake. If could profit by all
of mine should soon be a multimil-
| lionaire.
by the way, pardon my curiosity
| is. the name you use in your writings
a nom de plume, or is it your real
| name? 1t is, at all events, a very pref
| ty name.
with sincerest good wishes, yours
very truly,
=. -"Herbert Roy Wallingford."
Los Angeles, April 80, 1902.-My
Dean Mr.. Wallingford: Your valued
letter of the 22d instant is received
The house of Goodman have profited
| by their mistake more than you sup
posed. I, too, subscribed promptly fo1
the Fair Play Magazine, in order that
| might read your story and mine and
| the better. Many thanks, however, for
your complimentary assurance that
mine enjoys that distinction. I dread
| to have you see it and become sadly
disillusioned.
mo sir, my name is not a nom de
plume. It is anon de guerra name
that implies war upon bad, bad people
| such as you represent yourself to be
But I know that you are Testing. A
bad man could not write such nice let
ters. I feel quite interested in you anc
hope that you will give my kind re-
CARDS to Mrs. Wallingford.
with assurances of esteem, yours
very truly, Carrie Lolita May"
Savannah, Feb. 10, 19O2.-My Dea
Miss May: What sincere pleasure
your sprightly letter of the 30th ult
gives me. But to think that you coult
have supposed there was such a person
as Mrs. Wallingford. No, indeed, ant
| alas! Perhaps ought not to sa,
alas for there may be more happines!
| in store for me than I should posses.
| did I really possess a wife-or rather
did wife already possess me- A las:
may yet become my wife-and bet
ter one than the one who has not We
so favored me. :
"No, indeed, my dear Miss May, by
the way, I suppose the Miss at leas
is nom de plume, is it not? No, an
crusty old bachelor with a bad tenn:
per and lrore or less bad habits. AnG
what is worse, I am threatened with
gout-a new kind, you know, thai
comes from under eating instead o,
over eating like the old fashioned type