P. S. I do not ask for the balance of the $100 until after
your marriage, and I have caused the lady to place in your
hands or under your control a goodly portion of her worldly
possessions.
EDWARD MORRIS, Attorney-at-Law.
Chicago, Ill., Jan. 23, 1905.
MR. GEO. FERLIN,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Dear Sir:
Your favor at hand with enclosure accepting my proposition.
Now, I wish to assure you that everything you write to me
will be treated in the strictest confidence, and I will say
that it will be necessary for you to follow to the letter
the instructions which I will from time to time give you.
In order to break the ice, I would suggest that you address
a letter to Mrs. Lucy Kline, in my care, briefly setting
forth the fact that you are a friend and client of mine,
and that as you are matrimonially inclined. I have advised
you to open a correspondence with her. You can say to her
that I have favored you with her photograph, and that same
meets your approval, and that you would very much desire
her acquaintance and what it may lead to. I have already
taken up the matter with her, and she is expecting a letter
from you, and in reply will send you her private address.
I would advise you, after receiving her reply, not to
write too often or too long letters. In other words, do
not appear to be too anxious, for it must devolve upon me
to bring you two together. The correspondence you may have
with her is simply a preliminary introduction leading to
the establishment of congenial relations and eventually,
marriage.
Important business prevents my writing a longer letter to
you today, and in order that I may be prepared to take the
matter up, I suggest that you write your letter so that it
will reach my office in about one week from today.
Yours truly,