Show J OF El REVEALED IN LETTERS copy ht NIA service INC Hc Ron LESLIE HAMILTON BRIDE TO-BE TO TO O LESLIE lOS I II I am so glad I found you dear dar little secret drawer I shall keep as long as I live your one secret and I will never disclose your hiding place to anyone I am quite sure when Johns John's mother gave me this beautiful desk lesk that she never had an Idea of oC the wonderful treasure she was bestowIng bestowing bestow bestow- ing on me It Is the dearest possession possession possession posses posses- sion I have 1 It thrills me through and through to think that I have found this se secret sa- sa cret drawer which has held for hundreds of ot years only this scrap of ot paper upon which Is written I hope whoever shall come after I me that finds this hidden drawer I will make It as I have a a. receptacle of ot all aU her hearts heart's desires One of or the greatest mistakes a a. woman can make mak It to let anyone see Into the Inmost t recesses of her I Iare r r soul Yet e ye poor f feminine things I are built In to such a way that at times we must disgorge our overcharged overcharged overcharged over over- charged hearts Invariably when we e do this to mortals we come como to find disillusion and grief but this dear lear place of ot silence 11 has kept all my secrets and andI hf I know v It will v k keep e those of the next woman who finds her way to It t They tell teU me now that I am goIng goIng going go- go Ing to die dlo and so BO I am taking back i my YC confidences end and d laying them I one by one upon the for no noone noone noone one not even en those who have loved me best beat may v kno know know-as as these yel yet lowing sheets of paper could tell tell tell- that the gay little marquis as they called me at the court was beloved of or a king Who Vho was the tho t gay little mar- mar quise I do donot not know but I do know that she loved devotedly and was loved In return and d by a king In this secret drawer she laid her I heart and this silent friend she stio has passed on to me mA I Oh gay oY little marquise I am amI sorry rry rot for you tonight for both oth you I and your kingly lover have been dust for hundreds of years ears Probably Probably Proba Proba- I garden In bl bly in some forgotten FranCe Prance the tho old r trees are whispering whispering whispering whis whis- to each tach other of are when he picked a blossom kissed is It and gave above It to you land and you y jou ou placed It above your our heart Those rose trees are waiting waiting waiting-waiting waiting until you come again you and are dust Dear pear little marquise I wish you could know knew note that my y lovo has lust just begun for tomorrow I s Sll snail ll go to tomy tomy my lover to be his until death do dous dous us part part Tomorrow will begin that new life that life for tor which every woman woman woman wom wom- an feels herself born a life the fullness and bliss of which every woman dreams a life the tho loss of which Is the greatest tragedy that hat can come to o any anyone one of ot her sexI sex I wonder If it every girl on her wedding wedding wed wed- ding ln eve looks forward to the the- never ending happiness that is rs to b come como cometo I Ito to me I wonder If before my I mother slipped away from her I fathers father's house to become my fathers father's I wife she was thinking the thoughts that I 1 am thinking now It seems to me dear little marquise that no noone noone noone one not even you ou has loved and is loved as I I. I f First In this new life Ufa there therl t bo be the tho Joy of ot belonging r other womans woman's soul thrilled aa asS does w wh when en her lover whisp Sweetheart you are ready I have learned this mt mj more moro than all else ese the e d de liol possess and to be possessed t John will bel belthe belong elong to me I Ithe II the world there ther re will be no on near to him as asI I J. J When he Is I. hIj I will be happy when He no sorrow must grieve e and even If It dl should como come it will be min share J i After Arter t tomorrow we two mIl wi wll lone one 4 I Oh gay little marquise I f afraid that you never were A m happy because In the vague ague meni mess mesa that y you h have left behind h U t se set that i you ou u could not n your lover before the world il never had the delicious thrill pride In your jour our lover Only secret drawer knew that YOu w whis his and he ho was yours fl But Dut tomorrow I Leslie I-Leslie Leslie Haig Ha am am going to proclaim my l to the whole wide world am going to John before G man with pride on my brow brows 1 on my lips and devotion In InV heart Poor little marquise My tears tear falling on your our written cont I am sorry for you as I tong con conti your love your love your lover with min You loved a king whom YOU not acknowledge I love lo a man whose love fois to fo toIs Is to be proclaimed tomorrow wh all the world may hear Continued Contin to tomor tomorrow orrow row J jj |