| Show J PItO FROM G TON TO TOTO TO WAI TEK BURKE DEAR MAN I I am sending this letter to your office In New Yo Yolk k because I know that ou cu will stay a short time there he before tore you ou come on to tomo mo You say eay to me Walter that I must have faith ralth and trust In you Havo I not always had the great great- treat est est eat faith and trust In 1 lou ou out Even before Harry carry Ellington left me and I I knew that he was becoming more 01 or less bored not only with will me but with married life lite against the tho ju judgment of ot everyone every one of ot my friends you lou ou will remember that thai I took Sour our counsel Of Ot course I know now that you loved me then bet bat you did not tell me so until after I found out that Harry Ellington was wae betra- betra Ing lug Ing me every d day of ot his life lite You have havo been the one man Walter that has never betra betrayed ed my trust I think It if you did dla I should want to die and yet dear Im I'm afraid I m afraid to marry you My mar mar- married married ried life lite wa was so BO exceedingly unhappy Un- Un Unhappy un unhappy happy that I have sometimes non on non de dated cd If It love can be bo wound about and In marriage bonds I rather distrust myself as a a wife nite Walter Vatter Harry Ellington d to be very fond of ot me when wo we were wore first married and In fact I received a letter from him the theother theother th other diy dy in which he ho practically told me that he wished he had menow me menow menow now Yet he grew tired very tired when then ho v was T as with mth me con con- constantly con constantly Wont Won't ou our Oh my ray dear dear clear my dear It Is svery a aery aery ery ery bewildered problem and Im I much afraid that whichever way I solve It I shall feel teel It Is le the wrong way I have haro been happier dear the thelast thelast last few tew months than I ever have been be on since that ft lid honeymoon of mine and Harrys Harry's and it Is be- be because because be because cause I have hate been hoen doing something that I I love to do You know that I set myself up In business but I dont don't know that I ever told you you- you In fact I do not think I ever eer told you ou or any one else that else that Leslie Prescott ga gate me the money to do this and has been my silent part part- partner partner partner ner all through the venture It has been eminently eminently- success success- successful successful ful tul and I have almost come to eel that work i Is h the panacea for tor III It gives elves one a chance to bring many contacts Into ones one's o ite at at least the kind of ot work worl I Iam Iam am doing You meet people they th y amuse they Interest or they an- an anger anger an anger ger you I at least am tm never Indifferent to them And it gives ou something to think bout about Le- Le besides be besides sides One grows so o self I and sO pitying self wh wh n n one lives much alone Until I I went ent Into this business Walter I thought Iwas I was nas a one of the tho most moat miserable Women omen in the world and now I know I m notI notI not I expect you are ar i What is Rutht writing all this to me Ino nc at al althis this time tor I rn lt dt don t know Inow dear e except that I dont don't want ant to give up this little shop and l I know you like to travel you OU like lour our wife Ite to bo be ext extremely emely brilliant to meet and lain your yOul In friends friends in tact fact you OU want ant her to be just lust wife ite I I wonder It If Ican I Ican Ican can do this I I am fonder tonder of you Walter than ot of any aTly other man I Ihnow know It would break my heart not to have the feeling of your interest and care of me In tact fact I m one of those naughty little IrIs th t hit want to eat my cake and have It too Until I see co you OU dear am going to sign myself as M Your Tour Y RUTH Copyright 1924 1324 NEA EA Service The ne TOMORROW Letter from Syd Syd- Sydney Sydney Sydney ney Carton to l Paula aula Perlor Perler 00 |
