Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-02
A CtR-DRIyER'S ROMANCE.
How He Won the Heart of Albany bell
and B"ca,ne n Popular Preacher.

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nineteen years old, was employed as 4
driver Oh 4 horse-car in Albany. Living
not far from the corner of State and
Eagle streets was a siXteen-year-old, be-
witching maiden, who was one of his
passengers almost daily. We will call
her Louise Robbins. Tbs driver, whom
we will name Henry y -tin, in order to
conceal his identity. thpugh far from pre-
possessing in appearance. had as ten
der = heart under h.S rough exterior,
and far more genuine manllnesS than
TIE majority of the city >wcllS who pa
ra led state street then Just a the dude
does to DAY J
But Miss Louise thought the young
car-drIE"r the most awkward and un-
routh -prciiG N If man flesh she had
ever set her soft, laughing black eyes
upon, She drew his portrait and pre-
scntcd il to u lad friend, and labeled
ii The Rcd I.ns.. or the Horsc-t ar
Heater Nan, Were the jokes she and
her ass ciafcS pcrrctratcd on pc /. in
offensive Henry Martin. and he was not
50 stupid Il not to know it. Yet, un-
natural "a il may ~crm, the more she
rid 'Cul"d him the fnndcr he grew OF
Miss Louise; for the awkward youth,
while fully realizing the great gulf be
tween their social stations, could net
hip wprShipin@ 4 he ground she trod on
He knew how prrpn~t TO = II was Tor
tar-drivcr to cherish ale t on tor the
daughter OF so wealthy an Albanian,
Vet her il ag,. was ever before him,
though he struggled hard To destroy his
mad love. lie a-ccrtaincd her name by
watchin" the store packages sent to her
hone. and an old Diary still in his pos
session shows the name of Louise Rob
bins on every pare
His letters to his widowed mother in
Vermont at that time Were filled with
glowing dies sr-riptions of II darll-cycd
SCHOOLGIRL whom he thought the pr,tti-
est and dearest lady in all the land -
AMI to that mother. the only person in
the world who knew the value of his
noble heat. he told the story of his 81
lent worship of Mss oui-c. Sensible
mother tina. she was. she warned hlm of
hi~ folly. which must end only in bitter
Disappointment
At last there came a day when Louise
w;iS his only passenger. With n tenn
pest in his soul and tears streaming down
his face. he >taImcrcd out the drclara-
ton that she was an angel, that h'
knew he has no right 60 talk 10 her so.
..but OH Miss Robbins. if You knew
how | love You, YOU would not blame
me, for | can't help it. LouiSe did
not scream or get frightened; she only
laughed IN his fac, and said: ''You get
back 10 that horse or he VIII run away
ana Kill us both, and don YOU dare act
like Il fool a"ain." Notwithstanding
.ouisc was still in her teens. she had
listened several times to the fearful en-
treaties of fashionable young and old
men. who not only knew that she was
Il fascinating creature, but were surely
N i-It- i,,l no al fnI
nf a very wealthy gentleman. She had
told them ali that they were very Kind
AMI she would always be thcir dear
friend, sister. cousin, or anything bit
their wife. But pooc Henry, with his
fiery head, wrather-bcaten face. b 9
hands, red and cha?ped, did not quite
fail in touching tender place in her
heart, and when she had gone to bed
that night, though she laughed almost
Historically when she thought OF the
l'.dicrouS performance,
there came the conviction. here is
genuine man, the only one OF my ad-
mircrS who means what he says, and
for the fist time she ptied man. Then
she grew angry with him for his audaci-
tv. called her father to her and told him
of the incident. but when the angry
father said he would have him dis
charged and fired out of town the next
day she pleaded that he was n poor.
simple fellow, and that he did not mean
To do anything wrong. But the father
WAS obduratc, and the following day
Henry was not surprised when he was
not only discharged by the company,
but was warned To leave the city. The
stated that the ..blear-evcd.
red headed -lullian. IIenrv Martin, had
made indecent proposals tu an unpro-
tcctcd Young passenger III hor>e->ar,
and that he deserved To he lynched-'
AT night he crcpt near the abode of
Louise, that he might possibly nave one
more glimpse of her, when Il policeman
arrested him as n suspic Gus character,
and he was taken to the lookup. While
there 4 messenger brought a tiny envel-
ope containing little bunch of flowers,
forget me nots, and 4 half sheet of pa
per. on which were these words: 'I
know YOU meant no harm. L don
love YOU and | don't love any man.
Please go away and not come back for
ten years. l.. X
To most young men this would not
have been a very cheering letter, butAto
Henry it seemed the very gate of Hea-
Ven.
Next day he was liberated on the
promise that he would leave the city.
II had taken all of the earnings to sup
port his mother, who was an invalid.
The street railroad owed him only five
dollars, which was all. the money he
had in the world. With four dollars of
it he bought bouquet and sent it to
Louise, In the ccuter of it, on piece
of brown paper, were these words: Il
shall return ten years from yesterday.
NV hair may change, but my heart
never shall think of YOU every hour
and pray for you each night. treckleS.
He found man who was shipping
blooded horse to Chicago. and by tax
inc care of the animal Henry was al
lowed free passage to that city. When
he arrived in Chicago he had only ten
cents left. He spent five cents in j
stamp and stationery and wrote to his
mother. There was no despondency IN
that letter. He got a job in livery
stable that day at good wages
Within few daVs n horse was stolen
from the stable and Henry was arrested
on suspicion of being an accomp!ice. He
lay in :ailfor ten days, when he was liber-
atei for lack of evidence just as he was
coming down with brain fever lie
was sent to the city hospital, W gre for
two weeks he was delirious. HIS at
tendant noticed strong cord about his
neck, TO which was attached pewter
locket, in which was a bunch of dried
He was mere shadow
of his former self when he regained
A kind-hearted clergy
man became an interested and frequent
visitor to him, loaned him books to read
spd when he became strong enough