Life — November 8, 1900 — page 15: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

RECONSIDERED. He: you X&uD NOT PEAR. I SHALL DO NOTHING DESPERATE JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE REFUSED NE. “THEN, DARLING, I REPENT. IT WAS ONLY THE THOUGHT THAT YOU MIGHT DO SOMETHING ROMANTIC THAT MADE ME REFUAE YoU."