The Washington herald., 1912-05-05
AN EGG ROMANCE.
Due to the Personal Note the Hero
ine Iatrodueed Into Trade.

Due to the Personal Note the Hero
Ine Iatrodueed Into Trade.
1t was only a year ago that q young
girl In New Jersey was the heroine Of
a real romance. says a writer in the
National Food Magazine. She and her
mother owned a little chicken farm in
the outskirts Of large town. They
had seen better days. The father had
Just died after disastrous failure In
business and the daughter had been edu-
Gated In a fashionable New York board
ing school and was united for any sort
of work The mother was brave and
resourceful and decided to move into
the country and raise poultry. She car
ried out her plan and was sufiiciently
successful to make both ends meet.
One day while the girl was packing
the white eggs she suddenly wondered
who the people would be who would eat
those very eggs. Would they be In
teresting and charming and rich or deadly
common and poor1 She did wish she
might know the future Of each egg.
Then the idea came to her like q flash,
the idea upon which was to be built
the romance Of her life; and she got
an indelible pencil and wrote across the
pure. smooth surface Of several eggs her
name, Edith Putnam. -. New Jersey.
aged 10 years. blue eyes and RoIden hair" I"
The eggs were sealed and sent forth
and the girl forgot after q time her
audacious act; then about a month later
q letter came to her in q strange hand.
1t read:
Dear Edith Putnam: The fact that
your eyes are blue and your hair golden
makes me anxious to see II you are as
charming as your neat penmanship. The
egg which you Inscribed 50 cunningly
was deyoured by me week ago at
breakfast in my bachelor quarters. I was
blue and depressed and the neat little
message brought me cheerful thoughts.
md the record Of your blue eyes and
golden hair cropping up in my mind
every little while, 90 to. get II out OF
my system am coming to find you and
see II you are as cheering as your mes
sage. I shall appear on Wednesday next
IN q red automobile with q siren toot.
Adieu till then.
MAURICE ..'
The girl was naturally IN q great nut
ter 1t was August and very warm She
starched her one white gown and washed
out a blue ribbon to add to her charms.
She was really very pretty.
She dared lot tell her mother. Of her
audacious act. but she kept out OF doors
near the country road, watching and
waiting After a time she heard a weird.
Wild sound and knew It was the siren
horn. and the blood rushed into her
cheeks as the big red automobile dashed
up with lone man in II. He brought
the machine 10 q sudden stop and sat
looking at her, smiling automatically.
The girl was covered with confusion
and could not utter word and IL seemed
ages before the man said. as II talking
to himself: so that Il Edith, and she
has blue eyes and golden hair and she
IS as charming as her writing" The girl
bit her lip, and then the man came to
and said hurriedly: ''Oh, beg your
pardon: but was so surprised" and
with that he hoped down out of the
car and held out his hand to her.
Are you Edith Putnam?'' he asked.
Yes" answered the girl, trembling
visibly. for the man was good looking
and OF middle age, and he awed her be-
yond expression. but she managed to tell
him that her mother did not know OF her
escapade and asked him not to betray
the fact He promised quite willingly
and the two went up the path to the
little house. He was very businesslike,
for several dozen eggs, and
then drove away. promising the girl to
come again. He kept his promise and
came many times, and the result was
that he married the girl within three
months. and they are now in Europe on
a grand tour.