Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-07-25
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i5 Nellie Rlake was 55;l yerS nice girl.
The only trolib Levitt Il her. sa trouble
conlmonswith jnostfi & INV hose parents
al'eH;lbundantly ab Be to su pport them.
was that she hadn't enoug to do to
keep fher:3 out Of mischief. having fin
,ished her Ed ucatiO IN. there seemed moth
ing more for&her Il I'D but to wait for
her affinity and BE MARI :.s3t This was
not to$ her5 taste. and she proposed to
her father ito ! study vel 1. something,
anything, 10 that II she should he left
without * ri; 4! 3S5
NJ Nonsense Il said the fither: .I'Il
not permit anything Of the kind. .'' '.s55s
lE Then Nellie consi dered nlatrimony ].
The only man who wanted her. 80 far
as she knew. was Fred Langley, But.
Fred was too ma tier of fact He was
e plodder. He Ind $plotided at college.
H.at the law sc hool and was now piOd-3
ding In his prof ession. She thought
over i number Of others. but they all
had something u bout them unsuited to
her taste. She gave ilp the matrimo-
NAL pro blem. { but one day |. on reading
u matrimonial advertisement. Just for
\ fun she thought she would ad vertisej
/, for "a husband and see what kind of
answers one receives in such cases. f
Sitting down at the desk insEthe II
#brary. she wrote In q g large hand ther
own was ~ cry delicatel Il with stub
pen and very black ink q communica-
/ ton, ,4n the usual form. Then lest
some one should find out that she was
so absurd engaged she took it to the
newspaper office herself. s3i3 5f3 is s3E33
"a correspondence sprang up between
Nellie and an unknown gentleman who
called himself Alonzo Courtney, Nellie
writing as Clarissa varian. the letters
growing In length till near the end an
! average letter covered twentyfour
pages. Nellie had expected to have a
I good laugh at her replies. She was
mistaken. The first was so delicate
and deferential that no one but q thor
oughbred could have written it. All
denoted ex treme refinement. Then the
lEoriginal and attractive ideas the man
| had !. HI And how those ideas appealed to
her IL was marvellous that, one who
had never seen her should hay We such
4 AN insight into her most hidden feel
ings His letters became more and
more impassioned till at last he begged
for a meeting 4, 5
| i, Had not Nellie Blake fallen in love
with a soul she had seen expressed or
paper she would not have granted slct
4 an interview. AS; it was. taking ad
vantage of an evening when her par
4 ents would lie out. she wrote Mr.. Court
Eney that she would receive him at Il
O'clock w hen the hour arrived. sht
! was In the drsl wing room in her. mos
4 becoming costume. w hen the doorbel
| sounded. her heart went up In he
Il throat Then came the card Of 1 Mr.
! Alonzo Courtney. and while he wa!
1 getting of his coat and hat in the nal
she thought she should faint III
drawing room door was pushed open
and in walked the matter Of fact Free
Langley. 333 .iE. Ia n.
TO say that Nellie was angry give
no idea OF her condition. She was to-
enraged to say any thing for few mo
/. ments. Then she Missed 81 a. IF i
j .Imposto N III
is. 1t an imposture for "a man It
4 transcrihe his inner self in words Z
one he loves r. E5sa ~.
How did you know that \ adyertis
ed 2. FIJI.
Zone morning, doubtless soon afte
you wrote your advertisement. I Gale
on you when yOll were not at home
The maid. who did not know that 20
were out. showed me into the iibrar
and went upstairs to deliver q mex
sage from me While waiting for he
return II noticed some large black lei
tiers In reverse on the blotter on ia
/ desk. amused myself decipherin
what made an excellent puzzle and ta
nearly finished before 1T occurred I
me that was reading secret. u F!o
this ] must apollo ize, Will You f 9,
give me II
And then r.
It occurred TO me that yo1 had writ
] ten the duplic 1 wanted to discoy
4 er under cover what Of strength q
weakness. good or evil. there might b
In you. watched FOR your advertise
ment and answered it, HID
Had you q right to do so n, s8s
No. One has never the right TO U
4 Fin %concealment for q friend. Yet ha
4 II not been your friend 1 should hay
had a perfect right girl who advel
tises for husband Is open to al th
world Would you deny me the rigt
you had given millions be strangers &
Nellie WINGED
everthel less. Us he went on. the |,
discretion has broug ht a rerelati 4
me. Ind no idea Of the depth of fee
ing there Is In our nature. your mob
conceptions and especially your desir
to be something more than a drone. u &
4 He could ha Ye sal II thing ths
4 Rouid hive 50 well pleased her. Sh