Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1901 — HIS LETTER PAPER. [ARTICLE]

HIS LETTER PAPER.

The Lan Who Sent His Wifi a Sample by Mail. A man whose busipess detains him down-town so late every night that his wife never thinks of sitting up for him wrote to her a note the other day. He had received a gift of some new and very stunning note paper with which he was much enamored, and in the first blush of his enthusiasm, knowing he would not have an opportunity to show it to his wife until he awoke the next morning, he thought it would be a good joke and means of getting the paper to her in good season to write her a note upon it, and it would be delivered next day early. It was a great scheme, and he took much pleasure in it. But next morning his wife received it with mingled feelings of surprise and wonder. She recognized the handwriting instantly,.but could not imagine why her husband, who was in the house at that moment, sleeping the sleep of the just, should have thought it necessary to write to her. She turned the unopened letter over and over in her hands, wondering what in the world could be inside. What could her husband have to say that he could not say by word of mouth? It certainly was very mysterious. Could it be?—yes, she reBiembered now, they had had a little discussion the other day in which they were not both of the same opinion. Poor, dear boy! It must be that little matter that had rankled in his mind all this time. Well, she would open the letter and see. This is what she read: “Liebe Frau: What do you think of this for letter paper? Yours, I “X. Y. Z.” —N. Y. Times.