Show J e ii AU C Ill t PlEA NEA UC iV I J num A ALien ALICH II TO TO Pt TO 10 S L IN Ls Rl 1 PARIS Oh My Dear Betty Detty I am dm quite In hopes that I shall be able ablo to persuade dad and moth moth- mother mother mother er to let me como come o 0 o oer er and nd SO sea ou ou although I 1 think for tor the sake bake ba of our no 1 no el all OU should be oil au thIs side aldo of the Atlantic ocean at present I 1 am surle sure surl no se are all sitting on ont oni t volcano that may blow blo up any minute I ha hate hale e tol toll J this to Karl Whitney und and h he saId Id n ld as he ho patted patt my shoulder Jut Just tit sIt It tight tI lit lit- littie lit little tie tle girl and don t try to cro cross sour Jour brIdges until iou OU ou get gt to them Int ho he clever I hn o ha 0 been bern learnIng a 1 j lot men mn since Leslie got married ith what bhe the writes to mother dad doLd J end me mo about Jack and w n hit sho doesn't write and h whit t I nad the lines and hat Kirl tells mn me about him spit and some of his friends I 1 am becomIng a regular Momon oman n of th orl The more I 1 see ice ee of Kin Kirl the mo I cin n t understand why shy Le Leslie lIe ro- ro refused re refused fused to mirry rry him n He lie persuaded cd ed mother mothr the other night to let lot me go 0 with him to a dance at the tho Countr club and although I ws w's the girl there he never nver left trl mo nio an instant to talk tAIl and flirt with the other wo and and and it wasn't because he lie didn t have L chance either cither But to got get ot hick bick b ck to LeslIe's pearls I can roo t tl think of or anything cIte fe very er ery long or so 0 many peculIar peculiar lar situations may y crop up of which al hal and I did not dream h 1 iho ho he gao o 0 00 0 them to me to present to tober her ber Hero foro is ono one that has hILI alread Jack came caino near knock knock- knockIng knocking knocking ing down a man the other night at LeslIe I more moro thai thal Jick J thought he ho should Leslie re felt lt ho lie was sas looking at her pearls p Of OC course he lie vas sas lie He probably sas as a gem cem expert Sometimes I 1 think my plan wasn t so bright after nil all Suppose Jack had really knocked I the man down the then n epry 0 ev e everything pry thIng have hao had Iad to hn hao been explanations I m scared to death dath now for tor fear Leslie will break tho the string That be a I I cin just hear Leslie in her grind h way wv saying as thoi tho t tao 0 thousand dollar bead roll around Tin the tho floor Oh OU net nev- nevI netI nev-ci nev I I Ci mind it is just a string of bel s that tb my sister Alice gaio gae t I ml me and it doesn t matter It if you yoa youdon I don t find them all I nd nd then when she takes therm to tho the je Jon Jeweler clr cier t ta bo be Oh oh my-oh oil my- my my I It If that thing has haM got to como come comaI comeI I hope I shall lio le in Europe sith Ith IU 3 ou I Do O ou suppose Leslie's the thee pearls could be made a Karli us for I asked Karl i about it the other night ind nd for Cor t I little while I 1 think he lie felt quite uncomfortable I hen what do you suppo suppose e he lie said 1 I wish little girl I 1 ha hail had given them to vou ou instead I 1 I was so 0 happy holPP I 1 threw my arms arm around his hla neck ne ne k rind ind kissed himat at the ilie cry Cry thought lI II lIot IIo rot yot ot all rC red and ami queer quer and said bald I 1 think Ills Miss Alice it is time for or little girls like vou ou to be ot at home 1 expect to be bl over there t ery soon ind nd 1 III II toll tell iou ou all the new now i Will lit cable as soon as the f consents to my s g il S La P b S Karl Karl i Whitnes sass sais au lio ho IS I going to this ls summer |