The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-06-20
Their Love
Letters
By EDITH V. ROSS

1t is quite remarkable that so VIOLA
tile a sensation as love can settle into
so humdrum an affair as married life
Nevertheless the two conditions are
very different. and there is no doubt
that love before marriage is like the
wind playing upon the strings of Il
harp. now bringing forth low. sweet
sounds and now the widest strains
1t is not only the greatness of these
changes, but the suddenness Take the
case OF Gus Pickering and Sara TRAY
ers' for instance. They met mt a barn
dance and flew at each other as If
drawn together by pair of thousand
volt magnets. Two days later they did
not speak to each other when they met.
In three more days they were engaged
Then they, living in different towns.
began that voluminOus letter writing
which never has been and never can be
equaled by any other correspondents
than lovers The letters that passed
between them varied daily from one
to five, the one representing ordinary
conditions. the five when Gus wrote
something Sara did not understand.
Alas, the day came when Gus per
petrated a joke in one of his letters
that Sara did not understand, and she
slapped his letter right back at him
Had he not been proud of his joke the
affair might have passed like their
thousand and one other spats. As it
was, Gus wrote that since Sara had
thought proper to return one of his
letters she might return them all.
To this Sara replied that she was
not so silly as to leave him in pos
his own the first thing for him to do
was send every scrap she had ever
written him. To this Gus replied that
since a great deal of gush had been
written by both. perhaps it would be
well for them to make an exchange
To this Sara agreed and said she
awaited the return of his "gush" and
would thereafter be careful how she
wrote any more of it to any man.
A number of very short and pointed
uOlCo ltSStu DClNcCAl lilCill dS W W uiCll
should first return the others letters
and no Roadway was made. Then Gus
proposed that they should compromise
the matter. Certainly" was the re-
ply. I'm ready for a compromise"
We'll" Gus answered. what shall the
compromise be-" why. yon send
back my letters, of course: then III
send back yours"
About this time an acquaintance of
Gus was sued for breach of promise
had been making love to girl he
didn't know much about and he would
not be surprised if she should sue him
for breach of promise. If she did all
that ''gush' he had written would be
read in open court. He fanCied the
outlaws of the lawyers. the jury and
the spectators. 1t is very easy for a
man to work himself into n panic. es-
pecially If he feels that he is in the !
hands of woman who is ready to !
to another till he fan
cied the girl he had thought be loved !
wouldn't scruple to do anything for re
venGe. And how could any one take |
greater revenge than by giving up to
be read to the world such expressions I
as my own sweetest. dearest darling |
Pussr' Ugh! How could he have been
guilty of such folly anyway?
He thought of great many ways !
to get his letters into his own posses
sion, but there was a weak spot in all
Of them. Finally he proposed an eX
change through mutual friend |!
Very we'll" was the reply. We'll |
both give them to Madge Walker
She'll give you yours and me mine"
I'm no such fool" he wrote las to .
place any confidence in one of the fe
male sex. The go-between must be Il
man" This brought another check to
The proceedings.
Finally 1t occurred to Gus that be
might take Sara's letters TO her and /
get his own in exchange Singular, |
wasn't it. that he had not thought of
this before? He wrote the girl he had /
wildly loved that he would take her
letters to her and secure his own. after
which there would be a parting be
tween them that would last forever
The spring was coming on. and the
leaves were beginning to bud. The
had already come up The
birds had begun to build their nests.
These two haters who had been lovers
agreed to meet In wood back of the
girls home. Each appeared. bringing
4 huge bundle of letters. They met on
4 stile.
Don't you think you owe me an
ipolOgyT said Sara.
"What for?"
why. that horrid thing you wrote
ne that caused all the trouble"
What did | sayF'
"Why. you said-you said that-l |
amt remember what you said"
Gus thought he saw~a tear standing F.
n her eye. Dropping his bundle. he .
went to her. put his arms about her !
md kissed her.
But the letters. So engrossed were /
hey with their makeup that they /
went away and forgot both bundles
Then along came uncouth boys. who. /
seeing the packages. took out and read /
4 few of the letters Not finding them |
they played football with !
he packages for awhile. then left i
hem on the ground That night .
great storm sprang up. and the love
etters Of Gus Pickering and Sara !
Ira vers were scattered all over the /
county. For months kind friends were ,
them from every quarter, !
Ind every return was not only morti- |
'ying, but heartrending.