Year: 1859

ed the parlor with a calm smile playing upor
my features.


Ny friend, Miss Kate Bradley, Mr.. Tim
mins''


We met quietly, undemonstratively, Kate
radiant in mazarine blue silk and her owl
lovcliness quite bore me beyond myself Ellen
in dark, rich brocade, with real pearls in he
hair darting about, now here, now there, evel
with the same joyous laugh and bird-like ca
rolling voice smote my susceptible heart with
fresh agonies and for two mortal hours I was
| in continued conflict of mind to know after
all, which did like best sometimes the scale
seemed turning in favor Of the golden, then Of
the raven haired one, and was for the Iwenti-
eth time at least, deciding for the latter as she
seated herself at the piano. l FASTENED to her
side and volunteered to turn the music for her.
She selected a popular air and executed re-
markabiy well and then picking up a new
piece, with which 1 was altogether unfamiliar,
she fixed her wicked black eye upon me and
begun TO sing On this wise:
80 We have finished 1.-THE letter, that will tell


him he is free,
From this time and forever, he is nothing more


to me-


It will teach him that when courting he should


never court but one,
Our hearts are lighter, gayer, since the deed


is DONE


1t will teach him that when courting he should


never court but one."


Here / stop to stimulate myself with a lit
brandy and water.)


The next morning early l spoke for board
at the - Hotel and commenced settling my
affairs, making ready for speedy departure to
a more congenial cline. On receiving my
mail the next evening the enclosed letter ap-
peared among others.


Here Kitty took the following niissive from
a worn envelop directed to Robert Timmns,
Present.


"DEAR Mr. TRIMaINs:


We havs considered
the subject in all its bearings and cannot see
how you can conviently marry both of us
Did you design to hold yourself liable to pen
itentiary offense, or were you thinking of 60
ing to Utah Neither of US fancy the latter
idea and the former would be extremely en-
barrassing for us.


Perhaps you thought to secure one of MS
in case of the others death, but as we both
enjoy good health and earnestly hope to be
permitted to lengthen out our earthly pilgri-
mage to three score years and ten, we respect
fully decline any conditional arrangement
The letters You have written US you can have
by calling for them.
In the accompanying little box tou will
find the bracelet given to K. B. some months |
since and turquoise ring yoa placed on E.
WIS finger few weeks ago.


Very Respectfully,


KATE BRADLEY,


ELLEN WooDs
P. 8: Are you troubled now at all with I
dyspepsia? f. W.
Il hate womankind. Eve, mother of the |
living, brought untold sorrow upon us, and her !
daughters are the cause of most of the woe we
men must endnre in our stay here below.
don't think I am going to live a great
While, l have presentiment that ere long all
hat is mortal of me shall be laid low in the
lust, and if is my earnest request that no wo-
nan may minister to ne in my last illlless. |
wouldn't have one about: and that when the
cd shall cover my devoted head, not one shall
'e permitted to shed single tear where ]
ie."


Reqnescat in pace, poor Mr.. Timmins
But think he was anticipating Il little, for he
we'd to have still more adventures, all of
Fhich, oh, patient reader. you shall know.