The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-13
Letters Of the
Counting Period
By DONALD CHAMBERLIN


profaned depth 10 heavenly height, |
is one OF the many mysteries of love.
Ovid wrote of the art Of love. He had |
better have written Of the chaos of |!
love Here are some letters written |
by one OF my grandfathers and one of
my grandmothers when they were
counting. The first is from grandpa
Just listen 10 it.
Dearest. Sweetest Matilda-I have but
Just come TO my room from hearing you
say that you would be mine but cannot
refrain from writing you how happy you
have made me. | have met many girls,
but you are tho only angel among them
| am awestruck when l think of my hay
ing secured such prize. | only fcur that
when you find out how unworthy ! am
YOU will cast me on.
! My grandfather was In such a flutter
that ten minutes after he had left my
| grandmother to continue on paper the
twaddle he had lavished on her IN
speech he was in his room writing the
! above effusion. 1t would seem that
these young lovers never can break
| the steady How of love that pours from
their hearts. aud If they succeed in
doing SO they must needs repair the
| break in some other form as quickly
as they can get an opportunity.
And what possessed the man possess
I ed the woman. Scarcely had grand
father left his mate than she rushed
to her cScritoire aud, sitting down. took
pen and paper and continued her own
heart outpouriug in the following note:
Dearest-I know that am foolish. but /
| cannot-thouEh 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 he loved by
such man is simply ecstacy. How hon
, orahle you have been in refraining from
j, tclirs mc YOU loved me before speaking
to papa,
i OF course | can't give what must
have taken hours to write. Besides
what would hc the use? 1t is all on
+. No ,a..a hiaa & key II he was writ
inr, t. an ANGEL She was writing TO Il
end Ic' us see how the mercury
droppcd after the first spat
Dean Miss Mais.au-l must say l wa
u. 4 g.. ~t.~ a.'ivn this evening.
supposed You were above treating even {
.... n.....I. s.tt Lul4iu- of "A gentleman
e I, ..H'. o.. .t.' ne Dl lou consider VIVA
you lid ladylike2 confess that If M
j. fa... l..l.. l.iiD.set uaid who would &C
. ta".arl '4c e- Nou have done should In
' sist ON her discharge
Note the rapid fall from angel I
- kitchen maid And the old duffer-
forgot. my grandfather was the
!. young r. considered himself gentl,
= man. A gentleman to compare hl
= best girl to IL kitchen maid. But hi
act Is nothing to compare with herr
II takes woman 20 express her opii
ion of man when she's mad:
#. Mr.. Wmcheil-l thought YOU were a ger
~ tleman That Illusion Is gone foreve
You win always hereafter be classed wit
those young men who, having be.
ld brought up In the backwoods, have M
,ir learned how to treat "A lady. Since don
consider you worthy TO enter my mouse
. beg that YOU wiu never again do
Should YOU icrsecute me with your attel
tiors hereafter | slall inform nay brothe
,u IN the evening after dinner ] VIII /
Watch loose. His teeth are very sharp.
II. Noting the date Of this letter, | fiji
ld that a reconciliation was expected Il
dav it was written At any rate. he
70 are two letters. the first from grandp
re bearing the same date as the IN
nd quoted.
Ss pearost-ThanK heaven it's all explaihe
viii cali at half past to take the noble
woman In the world In my arms and 81
10 her a million kisses
an The dog that was to have been
'Se loose seems TO have lost his terr'
This IS her reply:
on nay darling. now immeasurat
-" happy ! ana that this horrid nightma
'Hi is over, Aad 20 think tlat 1t should ha
NJ Lceu about go trinmg "A matter as 70
criticlslng the buckles on my shoes
,, come earlier than half past :. We sh
At be throush dinner by half past l. and h'
le' an / wait wnole hour for You
For a fortnight after this the watt
were untruulicd; then came Hash
~" igt'nl. ,ui or clear sky. Its Y
va lence II s.os it for the ladys:
slr-l return with this. by our neF
boy sam. your ring, Considering "
re ca,-e II To- me-. he IS more than wort
,. Won wouia he happy with another girl
=. I ai NOT foel sure you would lead 2
et woman "a horrible life Return my lett
She nj once by bearer.
SUI His reply.
inh will return your l'tters when you III
air returned mine Respectfully yours. etc
or This doesn't sound 50 bad as co
!" paring his angel to housemaid, !
IL is really worse. lie mtimates II
~" he can't trust her to return his lette
ni' She having recovered her own, q
that she is liable to use them to
ia" discredit There's no further rec'
NaS about this return OF letters. quite
rap ensucs. during which they W
ne doubtless 50 much together that Il
iu' had no use for pens. The next cor
spondencc is but a few days Def
p" their marriage. This is from grand
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