Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1913-07-31
Their Love
Letters
By EDITH " ROSS

! nevertheless the Two COHuluVhs NV
very different, and there Is no doubt
that love before marriage is like the
wind playing upon the strings Of q
harp, now bringing forth low, sweet
sounds and now the widest strains.
Il 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 at barn
dance and few at each other as II
drawn together by a pair OF thousand
volt magnets. Two days later they did
not speak 60 each other when they met
In three more days they were engaged.
Then they, living In different towns,
began that volumlnous letter writing
which never has been and never can be
equalcd by any other correspondents
than lovers The letters that passed
between them varied daily from one
TO eve, the one representing ordinary
conditions, the eve when Gus wrote
something Sara did not understand
Alas, the day came when Gus per
petrated n joke In one Of his letters
that Sara did not understand. and she
slapped his letter right back NJ him.
Had he not been proud OF his Joke the
AFFAIR might have passed like their
thousand and one other spats As II
was, Gus wrote that since Sara had
thought proper to return one OF his
letters she might return them oil
To this Sara replied that she was
not 30 silly rs to leave him In pos
session OF her letters and n he wished
his own the first thing for him 10 Dc
was send every scrap she had evci
written him. To this Gus replied that
since n great deal Of gush had beer
written by both. perhaps Il would b,
we'll for them 10 make an exchange
To this Sara agreed and said she
awaited the return OF bis "gush" and
would thereafter be careful how she
wrote any more OF II TO any man.
A number Of very short and pointed
notes passed between them as to which
should flrst return the others letters
and no Roadway was made. Then Gu,
proposed that they should compromls,
tho matter. Certainly" was the 70
ply. I'm ready for n COMPROMISED
SWELL" Gus answered. "what shall the
compromise be-" "why. you send
back my letters. Of course: then IN
send back yours"
About this time an acquaintance Of
Gus was sued for breach OF promise
This put nm idea into bis head. Hsl
had been making love TO n girl be
didn't know much about and be would
not be surprised n she should sue him /
FOR breach OF promise N she ala all
that "gush" he had written would b,
read IN open court Tie fancied the
outlaws OF the lawyers. the Jury aud
the spectators. II n very easy Tor
man 10 work himself into n panic. e.
pecially n he feels that he Il IN the
hands OF woman who Is ready &c
turn upon him Gus climbed from one
improbabllity TO another an he fan
ried tho girl he had thought he loved
wouldn't scruple 10 do anything for 70
fenge. And how could any one take
Treater revenge than by giving up to
'e read 10 the world such expressions
. my own sweetest. dearest. darling !
'usaT Ugh How could he have been
Utility OF such folly anyway
iie thought OF great many waya
, get his letters into his own posses.
lon, but there was n weak spot In All
them. Finally he proposed an az.
hange through a mutual friend
Very we'll" was the reply. even
oth give them 10 Madge Walker
nell give you yours aud mo nina
I'm no such fool" he wrote. .'as 10
lace any confidence In one OF the "a.
iaie sex. The go-between must be a
lan." This brought another check to
10 proceedings.
FINALLY Il occurred 10 Gus that ha
llsht take sara's letters 10 her ana
II MS own In exchange. Singular |
asnt H. that he had not thought OF
us beforei He wrote the girl he had
iluiy loved that he would take her
.,efs TO her and secure his own, after
n'eh there would DO a parting be.
,eeh Them that would last forever.
nc spring was coming on, ana the
iNes were beginning 10 bud. The
ocnses had already come up Tbe
IDS had begun to build their nests r.
'ese two haters who had been lovers
,eed 10 meet In wood back OF the
nome Each appeared, bringing
tile. wv y"
Don't you think you owe me an
,logyr' said Sara.
What fort"
why that horrid thing you wrote
that caused all the trouble"
What did sayT'
why you sald-you said that-I
e remember what you said"
us thought he saw a tear standing
her eye. Dropping his bundle. ha
y to her. pnt his arms about her
kissed her.
Ut the letters. so engrossed were
with their makeup that thew
Il away and forgot both bundles
N along came uncouth boys. who
ng the packages, took out ana read
Nv OF the letters. Not finding them
resting they played football with
packages for awhile then lef,