The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-23
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Love Letter
By F. A. MICHEL

MY boy said Thomas Brackctt t.
his son. Tom. II congratulate you with
all my hear on this CpguIcincn, @:
yours 10 Adele She Is n lovely and
noble girl aud ! am dcliEhted 20 wei.
come her into our family circle. aiu
glad to be with yo1 at tbs tim'. il
Is very Important g. you ana Adele.
consider marriage tie most iE.inIjgHt
event in ones life. Il is unii!i, birth
and death. controlled. trust yoI and
Adele viii take IL ser, uSly and. above
oil things. do not fall into that sirEly
sentimentallsm 50 common among low
ers Love letters 81 called. filed with
gush are especially 10 ls avoided.
Write plain coiuHon sense 10 each
ether. with your pans for subject mat
ter ConGuc yourselves in the begin
ming TO dear Adele and 'dcnr Tom
Think how stupid it win seem to yoU
later ON to come across dearest. sweet
est Adelev She win lie then a thou
sand times dearcr to you than she il
today. but you win not show It in any
such ridiculous way
Didn't you write love letters to ma
when you were engaged. dadY'
81 don't remember just what wrote
your mother replied Mr.. Brackctt.
Trying to think back to period when
he was twcnty-one. II was considered
a matter of fact chap. and | am quite
sure I never INDUCED In lovey-dovey
nonsense"
What Tom and Adeles letters were
like does not pertain to this story.
Quite likely they were what most
young lovers write. shortly before
their marriage Tom went up into the
garnet to gather such effects as he
wished to take with him to his new
home and destroy what had lost its
original value. Rummaging in an old
trunk which contained various family
effects he came across a bunch Of old
papers. Untying a bundle Of letters
bound together with a faded narrow
ribbon In lieu of tape, he examined
them. noting that they had been writ
ten nearly quarter of century be-
fore He read a number Of them. then,
selecting one Of them. rebound the rest
and put them back where he had found
them.
The evening before the wedding the
bride and groom to he dined with the
Brackets. When the meal was finish
ed and coffee was brought on "Om
took a letter from his pocket and said
to his father:
Dad YOU gave me IA lecture when
became engaged on love letter writing
which made a deep impression on me-
1 found the other day while rummag-
ing among old papers one Of those
ridiculous epistles written by some fell
low who must have had the lover fever
very badly. II has convinced me that
you are right. II reading such docu-
ment produces such contempt for the
writer. wh9t would | think Of myself
at reading such letter written by my
self twenty years from now
Tom handed the letter to his father
who put on his glasses and pcruseG it.
II read as follows
My Angel-Don't think that exaggerate
I'm calling you an angel. ! do SO because
you are purcr, better. nobler than any girl
4 have ever known | only wish | were
with you now and could tell you so instead
Of writing It. | would take you In my
arms and give you million kisses.
looked for n letter from YOU by the
early mail. but IL did not come, so ] sup
pose III not get it till noon have read
the one received yesterday twenty times.
I put II under my pillow when ] went to
bed that IL might lead me to dream OF you.
II did. I dreamed that We were sitting in
a garden OF roses but no rose rivaled the
pink Of your ear or the vcrmilion OF your
lips.
Mr.. Bracket threw the letter on the
table in disgust
go on" said Tom
"Go on replied the father. go on
through the twenty pages of such sick
ening stuff! The man who wrote II
should have been tarred and feathered
ard ridden on rail. pity the girl
~ried him No doubt he tried
IT her writing poetry. MCM
usic, love and flowers wCuii
speaker stopped and looked at
lie about the hoard When he be-
san 10 make his criticisms G the writ
or OF the letter the corners OF their lips
took on an upward qulrk. As he pro
reeded smiles replaced the quiris,
When he reached the moonlight, mu-
sic. love and flowers all burst into "A
roar OF laughter-that is. all except
Mrs. Bracket. ON whose face there
was an expression of embarrassment
mingled with amusement.
whats the matter" asked Mr..
Bracket, nettlcd.
Look at the date of the letter, dad"
snid Tom.
The date was examined and was
found to be November. 1892.
"Now look at the signature"
The Signature was Your loving