sible in the meantime. Tell me of your
health, your amusements and your affections.

Remember that every word you write will be a comfort to me.

Unchangeably yours,
WILLIAM MILLER.

To Miss Kate Martin,
Dawson, N.D.

_15.--A Declaration of Love at First Sight._

Waterford, Maine, May 8th, 1915

Dear Miss Searles:

Although I have been in your society but once the impression
you have made upon me is so deep and powerful that I cannot
forbear writing to you, in defiance of all rules of etiquette.
Affection is sometimes of slow growth but sometimes it springs
up in a moment. In half an hour after I was introduced to you
my heart was no longer my own, I have not the assurance
to suppose that I have been fortunate enough to create any
interest in yours; but will you allow me to cultivate your
acquaintance in the hope or being able to win your regard in
the course of time? Petitioning for a few lines in reply.

I remain, dear Miss Searles,
Yours devotedly,
E.C. NICKS.

Miss E. Searles,
Waterford, Maine.

_16.--Proposing Marriage._

Wednesday, October 20th, 1894

Dearest Etta:

The delightful hours I have passed in your society have left
an impression on my mind that is altogether indelible,
and cannot be effaced even by time itself. The frequent
opportunities I have possessed, of observing the thousand acts
of amiability and kindness which mark the daily tenor of your
life, have ripened my feelings of affectionate regard into
a passion at once ardent and sincere until I have at length
associated my hopes of future happiness with the idea of you
as a life partner, in them. Believe me, dearest Etta, this is
no puerile fancy, but the matured results of a long and warmly
cherished admiration of your many charms of person and mind.
It is love--pure devoted love, and I feel confident that your
knowledge of my character will lead you to ascribe my motives
to their true source.

May I then implore you to consult your own heart, and should
this avowal of my fervent and honorable passion for you
be crowned with your acceptance and approval, to grant me
permission to refer the matter to your parents. Anxiously
awaiting your answer,

I am, dearest Etta,
Your sincere and faithful lover,
GEO. COURTRIGHT.

To Miss Etta