Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-10-11
A.
Love Letter
By +. A. MICHEL

NV boy said Thomas Bracket to
his son. Tom. Il congratulate you with
ali my heart on this engagement of
yours to Adele She IS a lovely and
noble gin. ana am delighted to wei
come her into our FAMILY circle am
glad Il be with YOU at this time. 1t
IS very Important to YOU and Adele. l
consider marriage the most important
event ia oue's life II is, unlike birth
and death. controlled. ! trust you and
Adele VIII iykc it seriously. and. above
IN Things. do not fam into tAat sickly
scntimeutalism 80 common among low
ers Love letters, So called. filed with
gush are especially ~ bc avoided
Write plain common sense 10 each
ether, with g0ur plans for subject mat
ter ConGue yourselves in the Begin
ming 20 dear Adele and 'dear Tom
Think h0u stupid it viii seem TO you
later ou 10 como across dearest sweet
est Adele. She viii be then thou
sand times dcaror to You than She IS
today. bat you win not show it in any
such ridiculous way
"Didn't YOU write love letters TO ma
whom you were engaged, dad
~ don't remember just what ] wrote
your mother" replied Mr.. Brackett
trying to think back 10 a period when
he was twenty-one 81 was considered
matter az fact chap. and / am quite
sure 1 never INDUCED in lovcy-dovey
nonsense
What Tom and Adele's 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 tue
garnet 10 gather such effects as he
wished to take with him n his new
home and destroy what had lost its
original value. Rummaging in nm ola
trunk which contained various family
effects. he came across a bunch OF old
papers Untying n bundle OF letters
bound together with faded narrow
ribbon IN lieu Of tape, he examined
them. noting that they had been writ
ten nearly a quarter Of century be-
fore. lie read n number Of them, then
selecting one OF them rebound the rest
and put them back whore ne had found
them.
S The evening before the wedding the
bride and groom 10 be dined with th'
: BRACKETS. When the meal was finish
!. cd and coffee was brought on Tou
took a letter from his pocket and sale
. 20 his father
/. Dad. YOU gave me lecture when
lott tor
which made deep impression on me
u I found the other day while rummas
II ing among old papers one OF thos
y ridiculous epistles written by some fel
- low who must have had the lover fevc
very badly. Ii has convinced me tina
YOU are right. If reading such docu
mont produces such contempt for III
writer. what would I think OF mysel
Il M reading such letter written by my
~ self twenty years from now"
Il Tom handed the letter To his fathe
4 who put on his glasses and perused
Ii read as follows.
Ny Angel-Don't think that cxaggera'
in calling YOU an angel do so becaus
you are purcr. better. nobler than any ~
IS / have ever known. ! only WISH I WEI
r. with Won now and could tell you so instea
OF writing It, | would take YOU IN III
arms and give YOU million kisses.
=. looked for letter from you by "
= early mail. but IT did not come, 40 SUI
pose I'll not get it till noon l have res
the one received yesterday twenty time
I nut Il under my pillow when / went
bed that II might lead me TO dream OF yo
! IL did I dreamed that We were sitting
n garden OF roses. but no rose rivaied u
pink OF your ear or the vermilion OF yo'
lips.
Mr.. Brackett threw the letter ON Il
table, in disgust.
Go on" said Tom.
Go on replied the father. Go
through the twenty pages OF such sic
cning stun. The man who wrote
should have been tarrcd and feather