Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-01-04
ALL ABOUT A LETTER
By MARIE GOLDEN.

| If Charlie Sidcot had proposed in per-
son is doubtful 1t is tolerably certain
that he would not have been so elo-
| auent as he was in his letter. He
would never have had the face to say
what he did about Miss Dury's counte-
nance and graces of person.
The letter was tender yet digni-
fed hopeful but not self-assured, poet
ical almost but free of anything like
maudlin sentimentality. His course
was justified to an extent by the let
ter that Miss Dury wrote in reply.
She did not adopt a light and friv-
olous one at least. Here is what she
wrote:
NV Dear Mr.. Sidcot-Your letter was a
! surprise 10 me, for had no idea that the
feeling YOU entertained for me was or the
nature which it expresses. WIN you lot
give me if I say that am sorryE am
moi insensiblc to the honor you nave paid
, me: | prize your friendship hlghly ana
I trust that l may retain it in spite or the
fact that I cannot become your WIFE You
viii thank me for it some day--when you
have found some girl more worthy OF you,
for ! am by no means the perfect crea-
tllre YOU seem TO imagine me. BE assured.
nv dear Mr. Sidcot that | have not made
tthjs decision without reflection and that
having made II nothing can alter 1t. Your
true ana S'i''e'e = E5lR7NEsTINE DURY.
Having concluded this epistle, Miss
I Dury read If over two or three times,
pensively chewing the end of the fate
| full pen.
| She put on her hat and Jacket,
walked briskly to the mail box at the
corner of the street, dropped the let
fer therein and closed the slot with
resounding slam.
"Therer she said.
Why she said 1t in that vindictlve
way is just as much of a mystery
as her bursting into tears when she
regained her room. Her sister heard
her sobbing five minutes later and
threatened to kick in panel of the
! door and rouse the household II she
were not admitted
"Wen," asked the sister when Err
nestine unlocked the door, whats all
this about?"
"Charlie wrote me proposal and
/ I've just written refusing him-and
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ny ol coVt'7p' YOU e"h' repileu
tiie SiS'ei mere you IdSi pol.'e your
! eyes ana ! II SheaN dpHh 10 tne teie-
phone ana c''li up 'he posi- once
Nile came PACK m leW minutes
1t > an rIN"'' SH' Salu. ViiiS you
nave 10 :" 'o"h 10 the posi- once
yourSe'i una N'%l an "piHcalloh' us
III room I"''Ne'
( Miss Jury ,''ue her record tiihe
uI'SslIiE Tor uo"HIo"I Trip. IN room
L VI 'l'e post once puilulhE sIe Iouhu
NICE, heheVoiehtIooSlhg Ola gehte-
man VINO asked her why she Wahteu
70 S'op lhe letter ana theh, plying
her confusion gave mel, blank 10
sign ana tola her 10 make her nina
easy-that the letter would he
S'oppeu
4 MISS Jury departed greatly COMFORT
Vu anu Oh ''ie way nome began TO out
me ano'her letter or a ditierent tenor.
inc next morning she awaited the
arrival OF 'ne poStinan with more than
ordinary eagerneSS and her heart sank
Wneh she 1ouha thot her letter was
not returned to her Still, 1t might
come at noon 1t did not, nor did it
come on the -FOUR O'Clock delivery. she
was naturally worried, but after all
the great thing was that the letter
was us, stopped.
WY they wont return 1t to YOU
you org goose said the sister. You
nave to call for it. He told me that"
90 carry IN the morning Miss Dury
niue announcer "Trip to the post office.
iier pehe'oient friend was not there.