River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-12-25
AN ODD COINCIDENCE.
The St0ry of Young W life Who Became
Martyr to Biological Science.

| Paul Urban was sitting opposite to
Martha Ambary, intently regarding her.
Martha was half reclining, or, to speak
more correctly quarter reclining, on q
| Queen Anne sofa, endea voring to ac-
commodate the sinuous curve of her
spinal column to the angular piece OF
| furniture. The sofa had been none of
Martha's choosing. She was living at
hotel and had come from India, where
she had been used to tropical droopings
of hammock. Her fan lay on her lap,
for she had been accustomed to have
an attendant lazily wave it over her
head as she slipped whatever the peo-
pie sip in India. Paul said to himself:
''She is charming girl-too charming
to marry in fact Besides, if q man
marries her he would be dead to the
world as far as other girls are concerned.
Then she has that funny trick of being
spiritualistic, or whatever you call it,
and is all the time talking about 'od' or
the 'odic force and clairvoyance ami
all that sort of thing, or whatever you
call it. But then if she were married
she would soon get over that sort of
nonsense. The cares of sewing buttons
on my shirts and seeing that my linen
was kept in order would soon distract
her mind from all such nonsensicsl
stuff or whatever you call it,
During all this time there had been a
pause in the conversation, hnt Pauls
thoughts were interrupted by Martha
looking up and saying:
"a penny for your thoughts, Mr.. Ur-
bau."
"Make it two and it's bargain" said
business Ike Paul
"Agreed" said Martha clapping her
hands, as people do in Oriental coun-
tries. A servant appeared.
Bring me..a 2-cent piece, said Martha
tersely.
The coin was brought and by Mar
tha's direction was placed in Paul's
hand. Then she said:
"Now for your secret"
Paul placed the coin in his purse and
said:
"Do you know l have often wanted
to marry girl like you"
"Thcn why, for PHYS sake, don't you
go and marry one ?" asked Martha, Ian
guidly.
"Jesting as ever" exclaimed Paul.
bitterly.
"What do you mean by jesting?" cried
Martha, holly rising and rubbing cut of
her back the criek that had been
caused by one of the angles of the
sofa.
81 mean that I love you," said Paul
eagerly. "Will you marry me? Will
you be my wife? ?"
DO YOU mean it?" she asked.
II do" he answered, upon my hon
or, or whatever you call"
leave me, and return tomorrow at
this Time" said Martha in dazed way;
aud waving her hand as a gesture OF /
ismissal, she disappeared.
Left to herself Martha considered the |
situation. She was alone in the world |
since ner father died in India, and she |
was an heiress in her own right. Per- /
haps Paul Urban knew this and was de- /
ternined to sieze her fortune if he could. I
But she remembered that she had otter /
wished to test the powers OF that mys- /
FERROUS force by means of which two /
persons nearly related are often brought /
into communication, and by which one
person is warned Of danger which has
happened to the other, or which il inn
pending. She recalled many authenti-
Gated instances OF mothers, fathers,
wives and husbands to whom have APP
peared in the dead of night the forms
of their loved ones who were drowning
or getting shot OF catching cold or meet