The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-23
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
(Beli Syndicate-wNU Service.)

NILS week had two letters
that said the same thing;
L one from Nancy, a girl of
16 in Los Angeles, and the other
from Anne, a woman of A in
Boston. Each one was fooling
herself and each one wanted me
to go on with the fooling.
It was the old question. 81
know he likes me better than
anyone else; he was unmistake-
able in his attentions and inten-
tons for months, but something
has happened-he was away, or
I was away, and now for some
weeks he hasn't telephoned or
come to see me-"
The girl of 16 is quite desperate
about it.
81 wrote him twice." she writes,
land then I returned book he had
loaned me, and telephoned him to
see if he had gotten it. He was as
nice as he could be, and said he
would telephone as soon as he was
free for an evening, but that was
a week ago, and I'm just sick about
it! I hear he is going with another
girl, not seriously, but he has taken
her out twice, and it makes me feel
just heartbroken. I will never like
any one else as well, and I seem
incapable of getting any interest in
life except thinking of him."
Older Woman's Case Sadder.
The middle-aged woman is less
despairing, but after all, her case
is sadder, for at A love-affair
bites pretty deep, and one is not
at all sure that there will be an
other coming along in year or two
to heal the wound.
81 was unhappily married more
than 20 years ago." says the Boston
woman'S letter. "The marriage
was a mistake from the first, and
after seven months of it we were
divorced; my daughter was born
some months later. This marital
failure was bitter experience to
me, and for years took no interest
whatever in men, devoting myself to
my child and my profession. I am
department head of a preparatory
school for girls. My daughter, now
20, was married few weeks ago.
She has been the one great interest
in my life until recently, when I be-
came extremely friendly with doc
tor, widowed, two years younger
than I am, and in every way the
man I have dreamed of all my life.
He is successful, good-looking, popu-
lar, music-loving; his daughter, an
only child, has been with us in the
school for year.
"Billy began paying me real at
tention last spring-a happy time for
me! We took both daughters on
little trips, he dined often at my
little apartment, sent me books,
flowers, telephoned every day and
finally asked me to have a photo
graph taken especially for him,
which I did.
Her World Stops.
''Then, quite suddenly, just three
weeks ago, everything stopped. I
was stunned. No message, no tele-
phone, no dates; it left me feeling
scared and blank. I wrote him,
tried to resume the old easy tone,
but felt that I failed. After some
days he did come to dinner, but he
brought his young office associate
with him, making the meal three
some that was an utter loss to me.
II made luncheon engagement
with him, knowing that something
must be very wrong, and determined
to be quite frank with him and ask
him what had happened to break up
our friendship. However, on the
morning of our luncheon he tele-
phoned the Office to say that he could
not keep the engagement, but would
get in touch with me soon.' He has