Salt Lake Herald | 1907-07-14 | Page 10 | Used Bible as Cipher

USED BIBLE AS CIPHER Verse From Solomon Told of f Mar Marriage Marriage Engagement New ew York Press When she left her home In the small smalltown town to come to New York to take up a special course of study her pet sister was fast reaching the crisis of a love affair The pet sister was a most winsome young oung lady and had long kept a goodly good I train ot of suitors Was this affair to be bethe bethe the grand aUa affair The older sister hoped so for she liked the young man cordially was just the sort to make a proper But the weeks passed and not a bit of definite news nes about the progress of the affair did the older sister reee receive e In her city boarding house She became anxious Louise she thought must not go on reck reckless recklessly less lessly trifling In such Important matters Then one night about 10 just as ai ashe aishe she he was goIng to bed came a telegram The servant brought It up The older sis sister sister ter was WIlS count country girl enough to be thor thoroughly frightened b by the pale manila envelope How ominous It looked At length she gathered courage to open it This Is what she read Solomon six three LOUISE 1 Solomon six three Whatever in the world Oh yes EB stupid it ot of course meant the Song of Solomon sIxth chapter third verse her cheeks flushed with had nd BIble There was a great scurrying about the boarding house to find a copy of the sa sacred sacred cred book The girls were routed out In vain On all l sides ldes the c cry arose hos got a Bible Just think of the sister trying to sleep that night without know knowIng knowing Ing what that verse was It would have been just like a wOman to lie down to tolie tolie lie down to pleasant dreams to know that she he could satisfy her curiosity In the The landlady gOod soul came to the rescue Sho was no heathen She had a Bible Up to her room with It flew the sister and shut the door Such a turn turnIng turning Ing over ot of pages b by eager nervous fin fingers fingers gers Solomon six three She found It she crIed Hurrah and laughed for the verse was hI 1 am my and my beloved is ismIne ismine mIne