Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-02

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Yes, my dear, it is perfectly true,
and we are to be married in six weeks.
You will like Billy, he is such a dear,
gay, good-looking big th~ing-though he
is absurdly young. We are just the
same age in years, bat twenty-eight in
a mani / have moments of feeling
convicted Of child stealing. Just now
! am encouraging him to raise a mus
tache. It's frightfully unbecoming,
but it makes him look less like my
on. You will come to the wedding,
of course. Billy is wild to know you.
He is a dear, truly, Laura. And wait
till you see some of my clothesl I
am having a
With love, always the same,
Pat.
Dear Aunt Flora:
/ dare say you have heard rumors,
but / want to tell you myself of my
great happiness. 1 am going to be
married on the 27th of next month to
Mr.. William Courtney Blake, a young
lawyer who has already made him
self felt here in New York. l hope
your health will let you come to the
wedding, for VIII is so anxious to
know you all as soon as possible. 1
am sure you will like him-he is very
strong and upright and manly. After
all, it Is character that counts, isn't
it? We shall begin life very modestly,
but, 1 believe, very happily.
With love to everybody,
A~ffectionately your niece,
Patricia De Witt.
Dear Arthur:
/ am sorry, very sorry, but it is true.
] am not going to answer your letter.
Some day you will see it differently,
and will write me another. Meanwhile
I am what / have always been,
Your sincere friend,
p. Dew.
I am not angry, my dear boy-only
very much grieved over 1t all.
Dearest Anna:
1 want you to be one of the first to
know the beautiful news. Mr.. Blake
and I are going to be married next
month. With your own happiness so
very new, you will appreciate what
this means to me. You will like Will,
he has such delicate perceptions, and
is so thoroughly an artist, in spite Of
being such a thriving young lawyer.
I understand now why you would not
have a large trousseau, dear Anna. I
do not see how a girl can spend this
time, of all others, in running to he
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simple things, and am trying to keep
my mind and spirit unfagged. You
must let me bring VIII to see you
some evening, and you must promise
to sing to him. He is so impatient to
hear you. With love,
Devotedly,
{ Patricia.
Dear Uncle Mark:
/ am going to be married-to the
MI. Blake you met n day. He Is
pne of the st. Louis Blakes, and his
mother was a Courtney, so you see
I am not disgracing the family. We
have taken a very decent apartment
it is just three doors from the Van
Hornes'-and you will always find a
warm welcome and a good glass of
flaret when you are moved to dine
with us. You will like Willie is a
violent protectionist, and plays excel
lent whist.
Af~fectionately, your niece,
Patricia Dewitt.
Dear Miss Pomeroy:
Your little note has just come. 1
cannot tell you how much 1T means to
me that Wits friends are pleased
and you especially, his very best friend
of all. / am sorry to hear that you
are not well, and that you are going
away to stay indefinitely. Will will be
deeply disappointed not to have you at
our wedding. He has talked of you so
much that I was looking forward to
knowing you better, for my own sake
as well as his.
Hoping to see you back soon,
Cordially yours,
Patricia Dewitt.
Dear Jerome:
1 have often wondered which of us
would write this news to the other
first. And now, of course, you know
what has happened-or rather, what
is about to happen next month. Do
you remember our promise to keep at
least our perfect frankness? Well,
then, l am offered love under very
pleasant conditions, and I am taking it
gratefully and gladly. I think we shall
make a true success Of it. I have put
away certain childish things in the
way of illusions, and I like the Eeali-
ties better. Give me your blessing,
dear ,Jeromei I am endlesSly glad we