The Washington herald., 1912-04-07

"a Letter from Miss Myrtlla harrington to Her
Father.)
THE SEA View, CAPE MousAM, MAINE,
August |, le-.
My BELOVED DADDY.
It is very naughty of you TO sarcastic with your
only, and therefore your favore, daughter. In the
first place. sir under any circumstances is bad
form, and in this particular instance Il is exceedingly
unjust You must have gathered from my letter to you
about Mr.. Roblingtons sister-who thank Heaven has
left-that dislike above all things, and am
therefore not only panied but deeply surprised that
should indulge in ii. l afraid the heat in the city
is affecting my Daddys ordinarily sunny disposition
Why should anything have ever written either to you
or to anybody else suggest the proprety of having
printed form made take the place of my letters an
nouncing the arrival upon the scene of some "only
man or other, blanks being left be filled in later
with descriptions of the color Of his eyes, his name
age accomplishments and occupationl OF course /
haven't kept copies of my letters to you, and am
sorry, for truly loss to imagine what could
possibly have written in the past to justify any such
suggestion on your part admit that have met
eral gentlemen this summer that have admired-Mr
Pelton, Mr.. Putney and Mr. Robngton, for instance
but all the same ! have been very quick to see that
they were NOT the only men in the world, as you
seem to imply that | thought them Mr.. Peiton Is
splendid specimen of a man, something like Greek
God in hannes but he can't think or talk of anything
but golf fancy il he could, he'd eat golf balls and
II anybody spoke of the missing link he'd want
to know how many strokes it used to take to play il
before It was missed Mr.. Putney was intellectually
interesting but who could ever suppose for one mo-
ment that | could ever find permanent happiness in
the companionship of who spouts poetry all day
long and who can't any virtue in any line of human
endeavor outside of his little field Of
literaturel And as for Mr.. Roblington-we was
fond of his children-I admit that, but ready-madc
families with premium in the shape of sarcastic
maiden-aunt thrown in, are not for me, and so far
from intimating that Mr. Roblingon the only man
in the world for me, teegraphed you in the paines
terms possible that he noti Wherefore your sly
little dig, and its plain inference that am tickle was
entirely uncalled for-but love you just the same.
Most OF all, hnally let me say that | can have no
possible use for such blank form as you suggest
because blank form could ever. be devised which
could begin to express how feel in regard to dear old
Jack Barclay. l may well out with it, Daddy--the
inevitable has come j have known il ever since
was tiny child in pinafores when Jack and / used
TO play house together, and drank cambrc tea
gether from my favorite dolls tea-set cried when
he left college and West to make of himself the
splendid success he has become and cried the other
night when he turned up here so Unexpectedly in the
hotel office and told he had come East to
furnish his home his Western ranch. cried with
grief over losing him when he went, and when he told
me that the furniture for his ranch-home was only me-
/ cried again. because knew that there had been ali
along only one "ony man., and that he before me-
! realized at last that the great moment of my life
had come and It thrilled me to that he knew it
too. shall not attempt describe my sensations for
they are indescribable but happy and you needn't
bother your dear old head in the least about getting p
any bank-forms for me.
| hope you will like this news my dear Daddy, but
must add that il you don't-wel, shall be very
sorry, but it can't be helped and whether you like
or not shall always be
Your loving daughter.
MyRTuLA