The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-04
Their Love
Letters
BY EDITH v. ROSS

Iiie SENSATION as love Gun settle III
SO humdrum an affair as married liz
Nevertheless the two conditions al
very different. and there is no doul
that love before marriage Is like Ii
wind playing upon the strings Of
harp. now bringing forth low. swet
sounds and now the widest strain
1t Is not only the greatness of thes
changes. but the suddenness. Take tn
case Of Gus Pickering and Sara Ira,
ers' for instance They met at bar
dance and flew at each other as
drawn together by a pair Of thousan
volt magnets. Two days later they di
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 b.
eGualed by any other correspondent!
than lovers The letters that passed
between them varied daily from one
to five. the one representing ordinary
conditions. the Eve when Gus wrote
something Sara did not understand.
Alas, the day came when Gus per.
petrated q joke In one of his letters
that Sara did not understand, and she
slapped bis letter right back at him.
Had be not been proud of his joke the
affair might have passed like their
thousand and one other spats. As 1t
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
session Of her letters and II he wished
his own the first thing for him to do
was send every scrap she had ever
written him. To this Gus replied that
since great deal of gush had been
written by both. perhaps it would be
well for them to make an exchange
10 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
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 compromise"
WELL" Gus answered. what shall the
compromise be?" why, you send
back my letters. OF course: then I'll
send back yours"
About this time an acquaintance OF
Gus was sued for breach of promise.
This put an idea into his head. he
had been making love to girl be
didn't know much about and be would
aot be surprised II she should sue him
for breach of promise. II 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. It Is very easy for a
man to work himself into panic, es
pecially II he feels that he Is In the
ha nds of woman who is ready to
turn upon him. Gus climbed from one
improba ability to another till he fan
ried the girl be had thought he loved
wouldn't scruple to do anything for re.
venge. And how could any one take a
greater revenge than by giving up to
be read to the world such expressions |
as my own sweetest. dearest. darling q
Pussr Ugh. How could he have been
guilty OF such folly anyway?
He thought OF n great many ways
o get his letters into his own posses. /
'ion hut there was weak spot In all
II Them. Finally he proposed an ex- i
'hange through mutual friend
Very we'll" was the reply. We'll !,
nth give them to Mndge Walker. c
shell give yon yours and me mine" d
I'm no such fool" be wrote. las to I
'lace any confidence In one of the fe- d
male sex The go-between must be
nan !" This brought another check to y
he proceedings. :
night take Sara's letters TO her and :.
1T his own in exchange Singular. n
Iasn't IL. that be had not thought of "
MS before? He wrote the girl be had
idly loved that he would take her o.
'tters to her and secure his own. after II
'hich there would be a parting be- g
veen them that would last forever =
The spring was coming on. and the :
ayes were beginning to bud. The IL
'ocuses had already come up The T
rds had begun to build their nests. a
hese two haters who had been lovers ii
freed to meet In a wood back OF the u
rI's home. Each appeared, bringing
huge bundle of letters. They met on =
stile,
Don't you think you owe me an
,ology?" said Sara.
what for?''
why. that horrid thing you wrote
. that caused all the trouble" 4
What did I say?" !,
why. you said-you said that-I 81
MT remember what you said"
Gus thought he saw a tear standing Il
her eye. Dropping his bundle, he E,
mt to her. put his arms about her "
d kissed her. ',
But the letters. So engrossed were ia
sy with their makeup that they e
mt away and forgot both bundles. Il
len along came uncouth boys who. !.
ling the packages. took out and read 2
'ew of the letters. Not finding them v
eresting. they played football with = =
packages for awhile. then left "
IN on the ground That night a u
at storm sprang up. and the love b
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