Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-17

Beng respec'huie WluoW lany, ana IN
toJd rcumstances. pnd my family be.
ing small, consisting Of myself, two
d diughters and Que son. and being al o
quite pleasantly located in the mot de-
iigh fal portion OF the city, shall be
m st happy to have yoi cdl Very re.
% ctfully. ALICE DuSMoRR.
"Well, I'll declare" continued
Charles, mo one Gun tell mo that
/ don't know the wriier OF that
charming note. l wonder, too,
il she resembles my long 10 t
Alice Spencer, pretty Alice, with
whom 1 used to 30 ackberrying
in the olden time. BIT, pshaw
what a fool son are. Chr es re
We're. to be going on At this rate
- ibont q WON AZ. too. you never
SAW woman you don't know; |;
hut III 6nd out this very night" :"
s1l @ aarles kept his word.
Alice Dunmore W as still a love-
" woman; the lapse Of years had
only served to hight. n her
charms, and she would still have
passed for twenty & e.. 1h.rs
she sat. her merry laugh was The
del ght Of the household. CHARLES
was announced. Gracefully ris-
ing fiom her seat. Mrs. Danmore
selurueL his polite bow in a
somewhat formal manner, evil
dsutly not recognizing that tall, +,
handsome form He was the
Hrst to speake. "Alicep'
There wa. a pause. a very brief
pause. "Cha,lesl" and she faint
ed in his arms.
Alice" said Charles, "I've
bsen looking for you thirteen
long years; travelled from city to
city, but all in vain"
When quite q. young man,
Charles first business experience
was in the capacity Of salesman
in the large mercantile establish
ment OF Davil Spencer, who was
the leader Of all the m srchants in
the thriving city of Ithaca. Mr..
Spencer had but Que child,
daughter just blooming into wo-
manhood. the belle Of the city,
aud many suitors had already
worshiped at her feet. Her name
was Alice; she was then sweet is,
and Charles ~. Thrown often
into eesch oth,f ~ society, they
loved with a fsi vency that knew
no bounds. But Mr.. Spencer,
sensible OF the great disparity
between his daughlsr's coming
portion Of his vast wealth and the
comparative p0vtfy OF CHARLES
Do We're, could not think Of his
idol wedding . poor salesman,
aud when Charles made known
his passion to the father oi alice,
hs was discharged from his situa
tion. and commanisd never to
let bis shadow darksn that thrss-
holi sgain.
The sequel is soon told.
Charles WAS too proud to sus for
fav +. and left the irate parent
wi hout further ado. but not with.
out a ,sufing Alice that he would
wear her Image IN his heart
wherever he wandered. GJing
E .ss. he succeeded in securing a
lucrative 70 .ition as head book.
keeper ard cashier ia a large
manufacturing esta 'lishmeilt,
where he. rose. step by step, un-
til he wits admilted ns partner
For the afst yesr he recsivsl q
few letters frou Alice, but fnally
they ceased to arrive, and, for al
he knew. for the bext twent,
years, b might be .dea,i al,
gons." he WAS MT howe yer, t.
be discouraged, but, withdrawing
himself from the 6rm, he j. ,rne,
ed from city to city. and after I
long aud tedius scar. b, he learnet
one day, Incidentally, that bis de
.ired father i.rlaw had del son'
ten years. previous. aud th,t hi
daughter. with tue ren \ sut o
Ler fathers property, had movsc
to New York. Aud Nv. sfter
separation Of twel y one ga $
the cruel pairing H. me &c Inl,