Show O OI I THE TANGLE I LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT PRES PRES- COTT TO RUTH B CONTINUED I am am m looking for another letter leller fro from Sally very soon Jack seems to think s she e wont wont won't write me again be before before before be- be fore she comes comes comes' home but I am sure she will for Sally Is more apt to be e confident and tell you ou about herself and h her er affairs In letters than she is by bY worn ord word of mouth You know there there are people In this world like I tha thai that than n fn fact dear I think Im I'm that 1 way This is a terribly long letter I ex expect expect expect ex- ex I you ou are tired Ired of read reading g It Im I'm feeling none the worse for my dip dipInto dipInto dipinto Into the water and between us dear although Im I'm not quite ready read to die I think death when you OU are having an awfully good I time time time-a a adeath death that came sudden suddenly and Just Wiped you ou out would out would be Ideal Dont Don't sa say when you OU read this that Im I'm growing morbid for Im I'm not I Iam Iam Iam am happier than I have been in a al along along l long ng time I hate monotony and I certainly have ha been having all an kinds of thrills lately Good bye dear for this time Be sure and bring Walter alter over to see seemy seemy seemy my newly furnished house It It Is very l J. J I am going to add a little more to this letter to tell ten you about little Jack H He Just came In to tell me that theres a queer old lady downs downstairs down down- s stairs airs tho gho keeps kissing me and I ont don't want her to kiss me i. i She Is your our grandmother Jac JacKy y She used to be your fathers father's mother when he was a little boy Just like I Iam am yours now My Iy Daddy did diet not y oye her like I do you he said earnestly How do you know that Jack Jack dear Well ell no Ittle tUe boy loves a ady who who who-Is is always alwa's asking him to kiss her Tier Now I ask you dear Ruth if that thatis is not j Just st like a man Little Jack wants to do the kiss kiss- ing He Just wants you to be there ready to be kissed whenever he feels like kissing you I But nut Grandma wants you 1 0 Jt to kiss her boysIe I remonstrated remonstrated remonstrated- Well Vell I don dont doOt- t want to kiss her he answered stoutly and beside she has got an old hairy mole moleon on her chin and It scratches I knew if I opened my mouth to scold him I would l laugh ugh so I Just i kept still Dear little son Ruth I sometimes feel that If U we could only see It we would understand that everything everything- was Avas for tor the best I was ver very unhappy unhappy unhappy un un- un- un happy when I learned that little Jack was my husbands husband's child but I Iam am sure that he Ito has given me more happiness than all an the unhappiness of that time Although something has gone out of ot m my life lire that will nev never r come back into It y yet t I am sure my eldest son has repaid me for all the grief and pain he unwittingly unwittingly tt tingly caused me He has brought something Into my heart I would never have had but for him Now I must close I hear Johns John's mother talking In the hall I cannot eel from her any longer With love LES LESl IE LESLIE IE Copyright 1925 XEA SEA Service Inc Tomorrow Tomorrow Letter Letter from flom Sydney Sydne Carton to Perier |