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Show (iJUI)l OLD GIRL. How Shp Would lirrnme Acqtiainted With a A ounsr ientleman. Queer rnissiTca and bil'rt rlo'ir are often concealed in envelopes so plain as to give no intimation of their romantic and jrushinj; contents. They aremot often penned by gay and frivolous younsr cirls, but frequently by Sriddy old ones. The latter are always the bigger fools of the two. Here is a sample. It was received yesterday by a youn man who occupies a responsible position in a city railroad ofliee: lv Dearest Sns: Since mr eyes first rested on your fiio. my heart hart yearnctl to know you. 1 cannot tell hy you impress-ed me perhap it was your nonchalence, your suave and poli.-hed manner, it may have been your r-trikjiur face and expres-cive eyps. or poscibly it was1 those raven curls which linger so caressingly on your forehead: fore-head: but neverthelet-s your irua:e has hem'eged my soul and I hunt'er to fel the pressure of your hand, to hear the oound of your voice. I do not even know your nam, bnt I have watched you opening your post ofnee box, the number of which I observed and that is why 1 am sure this message will fall into no other hands than your own. And now I beg that you will mnat graciously accord ac-cord me fhe pleasure of your valued acquaintance. If you will grant this boon, send your name to Jlr. X. Y. Z., postofllce box No. . If you have not the temerity to comtnnnicate your name at present niett me at the potoSice hetwein"'he hours of 4 and 5 on Thursday. Wrar a bro'vn kid glove on your left hand; leave your right hand bare and hold in it a copy of the Kaii.t Times so that the name can be plainly seeu and also hold your other glove carelessly in the same haud as the paper. Stand near the carriers window where 1 will be. My costume will b- entirely navy-blue with a hat of the same color and in it a lit'le straight white feataer. My gloves will be of the same shade as my gown. If you are please:! with me, and feel you would like to become acquainted stand as if in a rever.o. looking into vacancy for fully a quarter of a minute and then drop yonr glove on the Ho;t. 1 will then leave the postol'ice immediately and will, eo to the northwest corner of Third South and W'ei-t Temple street where you ran meet me and X will take you to mv home. " Anxiou-ly vours, Mils. X. Y. Z. The name signed to Ibis interesting communication com-munication is' that of a well-known and wealthy widow lady, 4!) years of ac. The younii lunn swear he w ill be on deck when the hour arrives and say if he docs not pull that woman's le to the taste of a queen, it will be because he duc.-n'tknow how, and he imagines he docs. t |