Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-02
ONLY i NAME.


Perhaps because personal beauty had
always possessed for me a singular fas-
cinatlun, perhaps because of the strange
magnetic current ii oft more potent
than reason of Judgement, perhaps be-
cluse II the simple law of aflinities it
was that when NY friend, john How
ard, badc mo II hospitablc welcome to
lis home N England, presenting me to
lis wife and daughters rs the son Of an
old college friend, felt, looking into
May Towards eyes, even ia that first
hour tic mage power of loves awaken
ing.
Size was tic younger " tile two sisters,
aud VERY beautiful The elder, though
bnt two years the senior had Il quiet,
dlgnilied manner, which made her
seem much older May was tire pet
If the family. They waited On her as
though shc were little queen among
them. md she received Their homage
ia though it we're her due That there
WAS any sellishness IN this recipiency,
never entered my mind to conceive,
~ | added myself to her list If adorn-
lng subjects.
la three days my case was hopeless
yet during that time | had talked but
little with my divinity. Strange to say
il wa from her sister learned how
dear she was to them I'll her sister,
with whom spent long hours, while
size Told me &C their quiet uneventful
daily life ! dared not talk much with
May herself, lest should hctray my
self AMI betrayal, | told myself, would
drawn down only rldicule upon what |
held M sacred ills sudden new birth
III NY soul, which could neither ex-
plain nor Danish. Vet | was quiet
content that we shared the same at
mosphere. To- hear now and then her
little, ripping laugh: "a see her array
"a ike some lily uf the field, and con-
sumo my very heart III longing that
might pluck i for my own.
III tile end " i week business COM
PEELED me To make MY farewell | was
going 60 the Far West Of America, on u
mission which would bring me fortune
or reduce me 10 pennrv Aside from
every other reason, until the experiment
had written Itself 4 success, honor must
keep ne silent
Iii vain searched Mays eyes for u
glanee Ut sorrow ur regret, rs | pressed
her little hand ia utlcring my good-by.
They were bright and dry True, III
her sister darker ofbs. | read sympathy
and sadness Had dif guessed my Sc
erct3 ! felt that she had, and il was
th'l which induced me Ii hold her hand
tt4t1r.4 ,.l3G.kit. - it,,,arnI
Tray fer my return. Pray for my
success Aou know what both mean
tn ne
\ calar which made her almost beau
tlful, erepl lnto her cheek III my words.
True -he loved her sister IS well that
lie even hlushed for her happiness
! year passed. and had succeeded
beyond my hopes Wealth was iii fair
Way of pouring iI.to my golfers. and
though | dared moi leave the grounds
for months perhaps Years t. come.
though my manner ef living must M
IA measure rude and unrivilized, il
Net WIS not destitute of comfort and to
i woman Wha loved me il might have
lis charms.
! do not know whom the idea entered
my braun. or ROW i greN and grew until
! fell IL realize il would sacrifice even
my cNpcctnt fortune. Ii was this
Had gained MAYS love- Had |
wakeued enc answering echo iii her
heart u the wild crv ~ mino2 And If
Sc il she indeed loved me would She
not rather. rs il was impossible for me
q 80 u her, como Is me? We would
he married instantly on her arrival
Ter lather knew and trusted me. Such
things had been done. Why not. then,
With me WAS il not better than vast
mn the hest years Of our life apart
Something ot nh this. and more.
pnt down on tie sheet ST paper Is
which ! II last lntrusted my hopes.
addressedl Il 90 or father. felt that
Il WIS better e. give him time first 10
reason ana approve, then Is lend il tile
seal ~ his authority.
IL do net know whether BETRAYED
my scerctta you Ill. | wrote. "hut ask
YOUR daughter She, think. OWNED
4. II not recall to her my words ut
parting. Ask her 10 inteyeedc for me.
Then | went on Il state III What point
| would meet her, how immediately the
ceremony might be perform
Cd. and concluded ~ earnestly entreat-
me one whom | loved - well to Inv
ASIDE false scruplcs, and to overcome
the natural delieacv and reserve which
must arise. for which effort my whole
future life should cndeavor to repay
h or
The letter dispatched, | waited with
eagcrnCsS for the reply. Ii
came a las; came. and exceeded nv
fondest hopes Ny darling loved me
She would % Is asked. On such
day, II such auhour was IL meet her
q pomt some two hundred miles
distant from my home.
Her letter VAS IN index 81 her true
woman heart. If had not loved be-
fore, i alone would have Weakened the
sleeping god, hut, when turned to the
signature, It was signed Adele.
gazed 1T it with stnpefiction: then
that the sisters once had
said that they had nicknamed them
selves, IN childhood. May and Otto.
May, thought. must be Adele. and
Otto the more dignihed Edith.
smiled 1t the tn, ught that my
darling was already assuming u new
and laying aside the things
Of her childhood. To show my appre-
ciation of this, | addressed my replies
to Miss Adele.
In my letter to her father, had not
even mentioned her name. l remem-
bered this rs the result of accident, but
was glad now that it had been so. All.
/ little knew the anguished regret this
act of inadvertance would entail upon
me.
For three months, each week brought
me long pages. filed with record Of
the daily life she led, and showing me