Show SLA fk- Ii I LETTER r rHO nun nun-ivE 10 JO W y IB 11 R TI CO coals coal's Lr I have havo ne never er in all my life Wal- Wal Walter Wal Walter al ter been ben In Iii such a a position as a I tm em now Strange as aa It II may scent I thInk that thit Leslie Lelle 10 loses lovea os sery cry devotedlY Between een you an and nn me dear he I Is a von sort or marl man Leslie and h he ht ho however hoever ever are not friends as you iou ou and I 1 are and upon friendship man lago lage ress res's upon mote mOle solid ground than upon love loveI I wonder it If you ou eV ever r re lIze how near to hate I Is love I thought I 10 ed Harry Ellington I guess ues I Idid Idid Idid did 1 I am sure that this wont won't hurt you now because 1 I loot Got dl 11 0 oser cr er loving him and hate hale hatel I him mot most effectively long before ho left m me and I never In all an list th time a was friends friend with him him Ve c had t nothing In common that m Ie for friendship One asks 1111 S i so eo pomuch I much more from a friend that tha ore or salts asks from Crom one s i lover One Ona must court be so much more to bo ho i a trim I Ithan than one must be to be a ver forone For Forone or one Is never blinded by any mo erno- cino upheavals You and I my dear thank God Godare Codaro are aro fi lends It If we e hadn I t been heen I could never have written you this lett letter r Some time in the future per per- perhaps perhaps per perhaps haps Jack and u Leslie may be befriends befriends friends nd although I am they theyne ne neer er v III ll be I- I has all nil the qualities of ot a 0 a friend but Jack JaLk has none of ot them themI I think Sally Atherton sees this I know that she ghe lodges ledges hl ids fascination and between you IOU ant and me I think she fights ig It being a decent woman oman and fond of Leslie Lolle You see Its it 1 la s an awful ful ne ful the whole hole thing I wish Ish 1 I it hal halcome ha come to a a head before Mr Ur Hamil Hamil- Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton ton died Then Leslie would have only had herself heiselt hel and her C Cn n hap hap- happiness happiness happiness to think of The worse of It all I is my dear that John Id Alden n Prescott is ls not riot a a bad man a as m men go f 0 lip lie Is 13 just JU L temper k i u i k and selfish I don cIon t t think he is null ouM knock Leslie down I dot dol t t think thit he would go out of ot hl his way to be unkind to her In any tiny av v avIn In feet het the things which no ItC does which seem to u Leslie are only things that are lire tho lIot- lIot lesa less on his hia part and he would h ha much surprised It If hee ho he se ve-e ve e e told I that she had been hurt by then ther 5 1 v ou see sec he never recognizes the I fact tact that she has a right to beI beurl be I hurl url He Ito only Insists that whit hit Int I h hI undoes does hurts her because she la Is s un- un un unreasonably I reasonably sensitive sensitise e eI I eI 1 I don t know why h dear heart I hate ha gone Into this analysis so deeply but perhaps I want do down don dode n de deep p In my heart for you vou ou to sc seethe the woman oman s side Ide of it and to write rite me what hat u Leslie can do In the mat mat- matter matter mat matter ter I Oh Ob I wish this tills minute Walt t that I was with you vou 1 0 and folded by byI your our arms secure e in tile the e no nol l- l ledge I edge that I always have Then v hen I 1 Iam Iam am with you ou that with Ith my hus hus- husi hus- husband husband husband i band I have been extremely bloc bloc- bled st ed ed In acquiring not only a devoted loser Cr but a Ii loyal friend I I 10 love lose e you ou always dear then some sonic H Copyright 1925 InS NE xu lee Se Inc Letter r from Mr Mr- Mr Prescott to John Al AI Allen len Prescott |