Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-16
Their Love
Letters
B. EDITH Y. ROSS

II b EDITH v. ROSS iii
It II quits remarkable that 20 VIOLA
tile q sensation as love can settle into
70 humdrum an affair as married life
Nevertheless the two conditions are
very different and there is no doubt
that love before marriage Is ike the
wind playing upon the strings Of a
harp, now bringing forth low, sweet
sounds and now the widest strains
1t u not only the greatness Of these
changes, but the suddsnness- Take the
case Of Gus Pickering and Sara Trav-
ers' for instance. They met at barn
dance and few at each other as If
drawn together BY q 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 nve, the one representing ordinary
conditions, the ave 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 his letter right back at him.
Had be not been proud Of his joke the
affair might have passed like their
thousand and one other spatA As It
was, Gus wrote that since Sara had
thought proper 10 return one OF bis
letters she might return them all
To this Sara replied that she was
not 90 silly a. to leave him 10 pos
session Of her letters and II he wished
bis own the Arst thing for him to do
was send every scrap she bad ever
written him. 70 this Gus replied that.
since 4 great deal OF gush had been
written By beth. perhaps Il would be
well for them to make an exchange.
To ehis Sara agreed and said she
awaited the return Of bis "sush" and
would thereafter b careful how she
wrote any moro Of II to any man
4 number Of very short and pointed
notes passed between them as to which
should first return the others letters,
and no headway was made. Then Gus
proposed that they should compromise
the matter. Certainly" was the re-
ply. I'm ready for . compromise.
"Wen." Gus answered, what shall the
compromise ber' "Why. you send
back my letters. Of eoursei then ~
send back yours."
About this dime an acquaintancs Of
Gus was sued for breach Of. promise
This put an idea into his head Hl
had beeh making love tp a girl b
didn't Know much about and hs would
not b. surprised II she should sue him
for breach OF promise. II she did all
that .eush" he had written would b
read In open court He fanded the
gu6aws Of the Awyefs. the jury and
The SPECTATOR. II u very easy for 4
man to work himself into q panic, e.
peeially II he feels that he u In the
hands Of a woman who IL ready. te
turn upon him. Gus climbed from one
improbabiiity 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 q
greater revenge than BY giving up to
be read to the world such expressions
as my own sweetest dearest, darling
Pussg' Ugh! How could be have beer
guilty Of such folly anyway?
he thought Of a great many ways
to get his letters into his own posses
sion. but there was a weak spot in all
Of them. Finally be proposed an e1,
change through 4 mutual friend
VERY well" was the reply: "We'll
both give them 70 Aadga Walker
She'll give you yours and ws mine
I'm no such fool. he wrote. '-as to
place any confidence In one Of the f.
maiS sex. The go-between must be a
man This brought smother check 70
the pyocesdineA <-A44~ =
Finally II occurred to Gus that be
might take SaIa's letters to her and
get hia own In exchange. Singular,
wasn't It that be had not thought OF
this beforel He wrote the girl he had
wildly loved that be would take her
Letters to her and secure bis own. after
which there would be a parting be
tween them that would last forever.
TAs spring was coming on. and the
leaves were beginning to bud. The
erocuses had already come up The
birds had begun to build their nests.
These two haters who had been lovers
agreed b meet IN q wood back Of the
girls home. Each appeared. bringing
. hinge bundle Of lsttsrs. They met on
Q st1lA
Don't yea think you owe me- an
apolegyr said 6esa.
what forr'
why. that horrid thing you wrote
NE that caused all the trouble"
What did sayr'
why. you said-you said that-l
can't rsmsmbef what Jon said"
0us thought he saw q tear standing
IN hsr eye. Dropping his bundle. he
went 10 her. put his arms about her
and kissed heG.
But the lsttsrA 30 sngrossed were
thsy with their makeup that they
went away and forgot both bundles
Then along came uneouth boys. who.
seeing the packages. took out and read
Q few Of Tie letters. Not finding them
H~k.~.~A&~~ Nhnv s,I~vnN (on<haI1 xya<b,
he packages for awhile. then left
them On de ground That night q
great storm sprang up. and the love
lettsfsl q Gus Pickering and Sara
Tfaysss were scattered all over the
eosnty. For months kind friends were
rueurning them from every quarter
and evsFy return was not only mortj-
eyiAG. bot .hsartSsodlno
Resi- Nice Nsiohbsrs
u ofIn06o cOuDiA haA m0veA IN tha