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THE COVI.S.i.
CUPID, TYPEWRITER.
Till". I.OVI! (IOH IN A NKW OOOUI'ATION.
I
Mre. Virginia Stillwoll, of Now York, to
Dr. ThoiniiB Marlon, of Chicago:
My Donr Dr. Barton I urn writing to
express my daughter's appreciation of
tlio beautiful roses you sont tier tho day
ynu Btarted for Chicago. Sho would bo
very latl to thank you personally but
for a end accident which has deprived
her, for a time at toast, of tho use of hor
right hand. It is a burn how snriouB
wo do not yot know. Ncodlcsa to Bay, it
Ib having tho very beet of care, though I
have found niyHolf wishing tnoro than
onco that you woro a burn BpeeialiBl.
It is very painful, of courso, but I
think your roBOBhavo hoi pod hurhoar it.
With kindest regards, in which my
daughter joina mo, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Virginia Stillwoll.
II
Dr. I3arton to Mrs. Stillwoll:
My Dear Mrs. Stillwoll Thank you
very much for your kindnosB in writing
to mo. I am greatly diBtroEsod by tho
news of MiBs llelon's accident, and sin
ceroly hopo that it muy not provo sort
oub. I can fully understand your anxi
ety, and I vory much esteem your
thought of mo in tho midst of it. As
tho roses havo proved beneficial, I think
I may Bufoly lay claim to being some
thing moro than a norvo specialist, and
I shall repeat tho troatinont at tho first
opportunity. 1 am writing to Mies
Helen in tho hope of chooring her up.
Vory cordially yours,
Thomas Burton.
Ill
Dr. Burton to MisB Stillwoll:
My Dear Miss Stillwoll I havo just
had n note from your mother, tolling mo
of your pad accident. Boliovo mo, I am
deeply grieved by tho occunenco, and
amUmptcd to return instantly to Now
York. But a young man and a'Btruggling
practice, particularly in special lines,
admits of no dcBcrtion, otherwise I
should bo doing my best to make tho
hours puss moro cheerfully for you.
I havo wired to a llorist in New York
to Bond you roses every morning until
your hand is quito healed for I know
nothing moro liko a rose than my littlo
friend in New York and I hopo you will
accept them with tho best wishes of
Your friend,
Thomas Burton.
IV
MiEB Stillwoll to Dr. Barton:
Dear Dr. Barton Mamma is writing
for me, as you doubtless perceive,
though I don't know that you ever saw
any of tho scrawls I call my "writing".
Indeed I will accept tho roses with
pleasure for tho time is very long in
deed; and thoso which camo this morn
ing will givo mo a whole day of happi
ness. Thanking you for your kind
thought of mo, I am,
Sinceroly yours,
Helen Stillwoll.
V
My Dear MiEB Stillwoll It must bo
hard for bo active a girl as yoursolf to bo
kept from doing the things sho likes best
to do, and thinking of this huB led mo to
take tho liborty of providing Eomothing
for your amusement.
I havo a friend in Now York who has
tho agoncy for tho Marigold tvpowriter,
and I havo written him to lend jou a
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would liko to try it for a month or so,
and, perhaps, uflor you had lournod to
ubo it, you might wish to keep it.
It will bo sont to you at onco, and you
can writo all you plotiBO with your loft
hand. I hopo you will not deny mo tho
ploasuro of doing this small thing for
you and 1 should like to havo somo of
tho lotters you will write on it sent to
mo. Vory truly your friend,
Thomas Barton.
VI
deRo DR BaRton
Tho typowrtr hass como
nsyou(Soo & I am wRItng mt flralettor
on IT TO you... I was nor Down STIrB
yot when itcpmoBo Mamma learned how
to Ubo it FrOm tho MAN. Sho puty
tho paor in it f for mo and I writo on it
Aturn tho OranLK with my lef V hund)
ft had nO idoaa typoltlchTTing wub so
oussy and Ploa(ant i do not wondor that
bo MuNNy gir(s leafiv thoir hoOoS for
tho Tpwrltqr in OFFiceBs it i8 so siinp4o
thoro Bootnsto bo no nEod for for Bu8i
ne$8 collogosB.? My han) is much hotter
now but the Dr. Thin's thEi nm7 ha2o
to gruftt now skin on it frrrom my fred8
;Ishal iind out who my flliondss u&o i
would ONt wnnt7to bo poallod up for
vor manypooplE. I. am tirod of thoo
typowrqtor now Sso ?ood bye from your
ftJ)d.
holEn StillWollO
VIII
My Doar MiBs Helen:
I am delighted with your lottor and
shall always keep it. Typewriting is,
as you say, very easy and pleasant, und
when every ono loams as easily bb you
do, thoro will bo no need for business
colleges. I am astonished that you
Bhould do so well tho first timo, and
with your loft hund at that; yot you aro
so accomplished in eo many ways that I
Bhould not bo surprised that is, really
surprised ut anything you chose to do.
Do you remember what a delightful
timo wo had only three weeks ago, when
wo rode up tho Rivorsido Drive V Thoro
is no timo liko tho autrnn for wheeling,
is thoro? And hero 1 am in Chicago,
waiting for patients who do not come,
and my littlo friond is sundering with a
bad burn.
If there is any grafting to bo done,
Miss Holon, I will como to New York
and submit to tho operation gladly,
Binco it ib for you. Much better results
aro to bo had when all tho skin is tnkeu
from tho sarao person, and you may tell
your physician that ono person is ready
to supply it all. It is not in the least
painful cocuino, you know, and that
eortof thing and I may have to go to
Now York anyway. So please consider
that question sottled and lot mo know
when I am needed. Upon my soul!
thero comos a patient! Au rovoir.
Evor yours,
T. 13.
VIII
Doar D5 BaRton?
I am vory much touched
by You8 oiler to como to Now Dok and
boe grAFFTdiknowthoromust besome
PAi"N connte.T with tho opporation and
it is NoBLE ahd gejjorous of you to
BuBMit to it for Mo. I cannot accet tye
jacrifl Zo even iff is necoSXary for some
body to Ho cut up tho roBOB corn.' ovory
dHy and iam tnoro gratofull than words
can espreSS 8you aro tho only friond that
paOa any attejtion ( )) my Burnabd I
shall always roMomber it gratfulyO
yours gratfully
Ho??on SyBtollwel.
IX
My Doar Littlo Girl:
Nothing that I could do for jou would
bo entitled to tho namo of sacrifice,
Binco it would bo a selfish pleasure.
Thoro is absolutely no pain connected
with tho oporation of skin grufting, and
it is simplicity itsolf. If it has to
be dono to your protty, dimplod hand, I
want to help. It will bo no deprivation
I havo any amount of skin, and can
Bparo it just as well us not. FIoubo,
Mistress Holon, lot mo do it!
Yours alwajs,
T. B.
X
Doar D.UartPtn
I havo cRied ovvor your lttr
till 1 caiiny hardly boo tho typoriccbtor.
I wis bUinNINII to think I had no
frioDS? nobody couiob to Bcomomamma
Had to gO to Ab Albany and I urn all
alono oxcopt for PaPa and ho dooBsest
caRIJ how much my haCd hurtx i dojy
beliovx thaife wil ha vo to graft butt I
shall always remEMb or your kind ofTrO
I urn so loneaomo and nobS'iy caro7 and
my hoad achos.
Sinxcrylyours
HoLo? StilKJol?
P. S. Don't you thin8 I am improving
in my typwrittng????
XI
My Vory Doar Holon:
Your lottor has touched mo very
much moro than mino could po3sibly
havo touched you, and my heart ochos
for tho poor little girl who iB bo bravely
bearing hor aufloring alono. You havo
cortainly improved vory much in your
typewriting oven tho most critical
could not wish for anything moro me
chanically porfoct than your last letter.
You don't know how happy it makeB
mo to havo you toll mo your troubles
and to fcol that you truBt mo. I care,
Helen, whonover tho slightest thing
perplexes or pains you, and I would
gladly share your burden, or relievo you
of it entirely.
I am sure wo ahull be bettor friends
than over now; and won't you call me
Tom and let mo call jou Helen? Th!s
is only a note, for I havo a lecture at tho
college, and am lato now.
Devotedly your friond,
Tom.
XII
Deartom thank you foy your sym
PATHiit makes mo braver;;tho hanO
iB vory muxk jottor and thoy havvont
got to gradt, but of course itt hurts and
keeps mo awkesnmotimos I erf a 1 night
quithibo pain of it.. I dono boo what
has beccoMo of all my friond you aro
tho only ono now that gaRe8 what
4ochMMes od mo. I dont cure about
tho OtlhorcB but I hopo jou will always
LOko mo.
HEln8"
XIII
My Sweet Little Helen:
Of course, I shall always love you.
Why need you express a doubt of it?
I wanted to tell you before I came away,
but I dared not, and now your woman's
heart haB guessed it of course you
shall havo it always. I am terribly
rushed, but will write again soon.
Lovingly,
Tom.
XIV
Mr. Thomas BarTon8
Dear Sir;
It is NEadles to
Bay your lottor hap very much
istonished mo. I think you must be
Crazyiencloso yourMeTTr so you4 cau
see whaT you wrotU to a holple88((Buir
righ GI2L.
I do not caro to EVEx hear from you
AOAno. If you will ploaso return my
lttr8 and Bt8p tho ROles from coming I
shall bo Gratly indobtdo to you.
yours vory truly,
Holon StiLLwoll.
XV
My Dear Miss Stillwoll:
I huvo juBt road your amazing letter.
I do not soo what thoro is in my note,
which you enclosed, to call forth any
thing liko this. You wrote that you did
not caro for tho others, but you hopod
that I would alwuya "loko" you, and I
suppoBod you mount "lovo'1 you.
Of coutbo, I am not such a fool aB to
think you meant anything but fun, and
I wroco in tho samo spirit to choor you
up. I seo now that it waa not juBt tho
thing to writo, ovon with fun in mind,
but I was terribly rushed, and I thought
you would understand.
I return your noto, to which tho of
fending on 3 was an answor, and if you
insist, tho others will follow. But I
hope you uro too eonsiblo a girl to think
I mount an insult, and with all my heart
I ask you to forgivo mo.
Thore is no woman in tho world whom
I honor und rospoct moro than I do you,
and no one, man or woman, tho loss of
whoso friendship would bo bo groat a
blow. With ussurantos of my profound
regrot, I am,
Very sinceroly,
Thomas Barton.
XVI
My dear Tom;
After reading my own
noTo I do not wondor that you wrote as
you DiDJ and of courso I forgivo you I
Ooany to writo LIKE and I do not
wondor that yotimiso4ool.lt was all tho
fault of tho maShins bu I am taking
grut painB now to makl ml) tyPoKichT
Tng perf ect I boo now your NOto was
onlffUn.
Yours,
Helen.
XVII
My Doar Helen:
You aro an angol to forgivo mo for my
foolish stupidity. It was all my fault,
and I do not want you to blame your,
self in tho loaBt. Yot I niUBt take tho
risk of losing you.
When I sont my luBt letter to you,
Helen, I realized in a single, painful
inBtant what you aro to me. If you
had not forgiven mo for my foolish
blunder, I should have dropped my
practice and gono to New York to plead
with you, and I think, Holon, for you.
It seems a littlo thing to say, but my
whole hoart iB in it I love you. I havo
not much to oiror you, but all I have in
yours, and over will bo.
Words do not como easily to night I
havo writton tlm a dozen times and
then destroyed it. It is only this, Helen
I love you lovo jou lovo you!
T.
XVIII
My doar Tom;
J am vory muchh sur
prised but I cannot suy I am DIeplese4.
MaMMasuys I am tZo young to bo
engaGedand Sho made mo promise I
wil not Got onGugod nor givo aNNy
mai any hOpo so I mustt not till I am
22, but 11 quil NEVE" marr aifybod'y
but you.
Helen.
P. S. Can 1 kepo tho typoWRchttor???
H.
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