The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-19
LETTER FROM LESLIE HiNIIL~
TON TO JOHN ALDEN

MY DEAR BOY:
AS you knew that I was going TO
10. / went to see your friend, Miss
Priscilla Bradford. on Friday after
noon and took her to the club 20 tea
with your cousin. Mary Alden--she
calls you Cousin John Alden"
l think my young sister. Alice,
called the turn when she said-''L Les,
they are dumb-bells."
The first word your Priscilla Brad
ford said to me was You know I
have played and quarreled and made
up with your Gance ever since We
We're young children l could tell
you much about him that you do not
know"
answered. L expect that is so.
much about his boyhood friends.
With the exception Of Sydney Carton
don't remember that he ever men
toned one Of them, either man )r
woman, to me We had so short a
time together that I guess we did
what all lovers dO--used all Of it talk
ing Of ourselves"
Sometimes, lover mine. I think per
haps that is the sweetest part Of low
ing-thjs saying when did you first
know that you loved me" and isn't
It more beautiful than We could pos
sibly have dreamed" and think Of II,
sweetheart, this IS the way it will be
forever" and all those other eXclama-
tons that go to make up the long,
long conversations Of lovers.
Have you arranged for all yoru
bridemaids." Priscilla asked THAT
name just suits herr l knew by the
way she asked 1t that she thought l
ought to ask her to be one. but 1
won't John. I'm only going 10 have
pretty girls to he my bridemaids and
so l answered-"Oh. yes, with the eX-
cepuon of my young sister here. they
are all classmates at school"
Her face fell at this. and Mary Al
den spoke up-"No bridegroom gets
much consideration at his own we'd
ding. does he? One might think that
sometimes he might want some one Of
his relatives In the wedding party"
Not in America" answered.
You see. over here it Is ono of the
times when the girl has tho center
Of the stage and no one notices tho
bridegroom except to sense the fact
that he is in the conventional black
Just then Alice spied Karl Whitney
coming In from the golf links. and she
called him over. Karl was only too
glad to come, for although L haven't
said very much to you about him.
'he has played and quarreled and
made up with me since we were chill
dren" and everybody in this town ex-
pected us to marry. AS you said %
me about Priscilla bradford 1 think,
in fact l know, that Karl would have
been glad to have had me for his wife.
Mary Alden was tactless enough to
tell Miss Bradford-'this is the man
we all thought Miss Hamilton would
marry"
/ Karl bless his heart, loyal to me to
! the last, answered, This man had no
such impression as that, Miss Alden,
although he would have been happy
to have been principal in the coming
drama instead of standing on the side
| lines and giving a wordless blessing"
1 could have Rugged him! Yes,
| John, I really could.
think that's about all or interest
that happened Those two girls never
did say a word unless l started the
conversation. knew they were
criticizing me from the top of my
marceled hair to the new buckle shoes
on my feet, which, by the way, have
high French heels and contrasted
greatly with their sensible oxfords.
Darling, I'm so glad we are not
going to live in your old home town.
l never could be friends with your
Priscilla Bradford If I should live to
be a thousand years old.
You haven't said one word to me
about whether you ever told another
girl you loved her. Snurely you did
not tell that Bradford girl that, did
you? Don't think 1t is too trivial
question to answer, John. for could
not bear 1t II I thought you had made