The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-20
Letters Of the
Counting Period
By DONALD CHAMBERLlN

} change their opinion of each other 81
often. dropping from an infinite heigh
to an infinite depth and rising from
profaned depth TO heavenly height
is one Of the many mysteries OF love
Ovid wrote of the art Of love. He hat
better have written of the chaos oi
love. Here are some letters writer
by one Of my grandfathers and one Of
my grandmothers when they were
counting. The first is from grandpa
Just listen to it,
Dearest, Sweetest Matilda-I have but
just come TO my room from hearing you
say that you would 10 mine, but cannot
refrain from writing you how happy you
have made me. havo met many girls,
but you are tho only angel among them
I am awestruck when l think OF my hsv-
Ing secured such a prize. | only four that
when you ind out how unworthy ! am
| you will cast me or.
My grandfather was In such futter
/ that ten minutes after he had left my
1 grandmother to continue on paper the
| twaddle he had lavished on her In
/
above effusion. 1t would seem that
these young lovers never can break
the steady dow of love that pours from
their hearts. and If they succeed In
doing 50 they must needs repair the
break In some other form as quickly
as they can get an opportunity.
And what possessed the man possess
ed the woman. Scarcely had grand.
father left his mate than she rushed
to her escritoire and. sitting down. took
pen and paper and continued her own
heart outpouring In the following note:
Dearest--I know that am foolish. but /
cannot-though you have not been gone
ten minutes-refrain from telling you how
infinitely happy you have made me by the
honor you have done me. To be loved by
such a man is simply ecstacy. How hon
orable you have been In refraining from
telling me you loved me before speaking
to papa!
or course / can't give what must
have taken hours to write. Besides.
what would be the user 1t is all on
the same high G key. Ii he was writ
ing to an angel she was writing to
god. Let us see how the mercury
dropped after the first spat;
Dear Miss Marshall-I must say I was
surprised at your action this evening. I
supposed you were above treating even a
eoachman. to say nothing OF gentleman,
as you treated me. Do you consider what
you did ladylike7 ] confess that II my
father had kitchen maid who would act
toward mo as you have done should In
sist on her discharge.
Note the rapid fall from angel to
kitchen maid And the old duffer-I
forgot: my grandfather was then
young - considered himself gentle
man. gentleman to compare his
best girl to kitchen maid But his
act is nothing to compare with hers.
1t takes a woman to express her opin-
lon Of a man when she's mad:
Mr.. winehell-I thought you were gen
tIeman. That Illusion is gone forever |
You win always hereafter be classed with !
those young men who, having been |
brought up In the backwoods, have not |
learned how to treat a lady. Since don't |
consider you worthy TO enter my house /
beg that you will never again do so. /
Should you prosecute me with your atten-
lions hereafter shall inform my brother.
In the evening after dinner l will let /
Watch loose. His teeth are very sharp.
Noting the date of this letter. | find
hat a reconciliation was expected the
lay it was written. At any rate, here
ire two letters, the first from grandpa.
bearing the same date as the last
Iuoted:
Dearest-Thank heaven it's all explained.
will call at half past to take the nobest
woman In the world In my arms and give
Ter a million kisses,
The dog that was to have been let
Dose seems to have lost his terror
This is her reply:
Oh. my darling. now UNNECESSARILY
Apply / am that this horrid nightmare
Overt And to think that II should have
cen about so trifiing a matter as your
the buckles on my shoesl Do
ONE earlier than half past g. We shall
. through dinner by half past Z. and how
an / wait a whole hour for your
For a fortnight after this the waters
7ere untroubled: then came a fash OF /
ghtning out OF clear sky. Its vio-
,nce marks it for the lady's: t
Sir-I return with this, by our negro
oy Sam, your ring. Considering who
ave 1t to me. he Is more than a worthy I
essenger. / would express a hope that I
on would be happy with another girl II
did not feel sure you would lead any !
oman horrible life. Return my letters
once by bearer. =
His reply: Z
l will return your letters when you have |
'turned mine. Respectfully yours. etc. 4
This doesn't sound so bad as COM =
airing his angel TO a housemaid. but
is really worse. He intimates that
, can't trust her to return his letters
lie having recovered her own. and
at she Is liable to use them to his ,
scredit. There's no further record
bout this return OF letters. Quite a
Ip ensues. during which they were
,ubtless so much together that they
Id no use for pens. The next CORE
is but q few days before
cir marriage. This is from grandpa:
Ny Angel-I can hardly realize that on
lursday next 1 shall call you wife
hat a lovely. holy situation-no separa-
N till the death of one OF u.s. The word
ath in this connection frightens me
hat can I ever do without you? But
ray with gloom when heaven Is so near
Here is grandma writing:
light OF Ny Iife-Isn't II lovely to think
II after next Thursday We shall be to- =
Their continuously Nv wedding dress =,