The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-06

In each of the Sweet Pea" notes
the infatuated clergyman enclosed a
sweet pea blossom. A letter from
Seal Harbor. mailed in August, a
month before the double Staying.
reads:
'oh. you dear. dear. angel sweet.
heart.
'Your DEAR. dear letter received,
and what volumes want to write,
but have just moment now. I
win write you a long letter soon
and answer your various questions.
Dearest, your letters are bless
ings to me. couldn't endure this
separation without them. Oh, will
the time ever pass! Thoughts and
longings so throng me that I can
only let these sweet peas say all
that ! want TO say.
''You are a Queen, a royal Queen
You are perfectly right-you are
wonderful, dear-more wonderful
every moment-every breath.
I'd. T. L."
'D. Z. L." Translated
ed. T. L." stands for "Deine
Treue Liebe.' the German for Thy
True Love" In the Language of
Flowers one meaning IF the sweet
pea is Remember Me.''l
Some of Mrs. Mills letters were
signed ID. T. L." which seems to
have been a sort of code message of
love between them.
Extracts from the slain minister's
diary reveal even more intensely
his fiery ardor for Mrs. Mills. He
wanted, so he records. to hold Mrs.
Mills in his arms, and wrote:
I'VE were made for each other g
arms - that is our heaven - our
| home"
July 81, while aboard the ship
Calvin Austin. bound from New
York to Boston on the first stage
o. his vacation trip to Maine. he
wrote:
Dear. dear heart of mine, they
were sweet moments We had to-
gether this morning-but, oh, all
too short-I am looking at you
set Is you turned and walked down
Huntington Street-every moment
have been with you, dear heart,
and every moment you are with
me-"
Every Breath" Hers
II was August /, at Boston, that
he wrote his first thought is of
YOU. dearest" He concluded with
'Good night, Wonder Heart-every
breath is yours"
ON August 4, after telling of his
disappointment at being unable to
get to Seal Harbor because Of fog
he wrote:
eft seemed as though love less
and less in the body and more and
more in your dear spirit"
The next day. after receiving a
latter from Mrs. Mills. he wrote:
~Darling-I did love ii sol want
letters every five minutes now
IAN a pig. pig, pig-oh. how de
voured every letter of the card ir
ahe envelope"
"Dearest, will these days ever
mass? Zach one seems weeks long
oh how l long to be with you
aRain-clasp you to me; kiss you
ali over; talk, talk, talk TO you and
inst look at you and dream ant
%ronder-what wonderful love-true
sfronr. loyal, the fire of love thai
burns up everything unworthy ant
makes me feel nobler every mo
rent. Dearest, you must be feel
ing and knowing how / am loving
you tonight
The next excerpt Is IFoin ohe y
the Lonely Boy letters. and refers
10 sour Road" Ode Russy's lane
IN brunswick, n. j., where a clan
deatine meeting was arranged, pre-
sumably for Aug 1st 25, a week fol
towing the writing of the letter b!
DR.. Hall.
chs crabapple tree, in the vicinit!
~ Phillips farm. where the bodie
\ - the rector and his partner IN
This weird love tangle were founc
Friday Evening.
"Dear heart of mine! am
lonely. lonely boy tonight; fog al
day today. ] could not get 70 Sea