| Show 1116 6 tender passion I 1 had a colored cook who was on the whole a very good servant she had bad been educated in the tha public schools and could writ vita a by putt patting ang a copy book before her and out letter by letter those she wanted mcd lu s Th this iStOok took a 0 good deal of time but she was sensible enough to choose her times so the practice was not as objectionable as with most of them whose passion for letter writing is so great that it is indulged in at all times rc regardless ardless of duty one evening every one had gone out and letty was left to lo 10 losk the house and go home I 1 camo came home first and found on the sideboard an immense p pa a per bag I 1 knew anew at once it must have been forgotten by letty who lived at a t a distance and so thi ast my hd hand in to we eee if there vc v c in it to spoil fruit a 1 ca cires es tz fare re in it but my hand enc a lo bo such as jewelers sell h u ij is in I 1 opened it of course to know if it contained any val vai ries A portion corion of her hair had been soaked in perfumed greaso grease and braided fine and tight to the length it could be stretched tied with blue ribbon r and ca coiled ailed ring shape it rest rested ed on a piece of paper on which was written writ teu my dearest I 1 send you a lark of my hair and let not any one else lay the weight of their finger upon it I 1 read no further in the lovo love note shut and put back the box but that lark of cf hair was an interesting proof how much alike human nature is in all sorts and conditions of men and women too now new orleans times democrat |
