Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-23

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trayiag n0b.,iy's cond is1e.s b1t II p~oPlS
-ili t4lk - lssad Ia railway train toss
1hs person behind can't hslD hearing ~ho
= . blame r lhs story eomss cut. Il's
ds-lsasial ilgis Romance, .ad l8y synIp.
thiss are -holly ~ir4 ths yoaag pe0pls- !
fssl s..Its aks saying ~0od bless yous nv
snil4Ess.7 p aad ssnsiiny thsas 0n their ~ay
rejoicing. flsTs - pretty -ii staying
here a. one ~ tie ieaiinx hotels. she came
from oas ~ ths large inland critics, AMI
~as oroaght 70 Oil Orchard ia hopes th4s
tie sayety aad sntl e change ~ scene
mixhg make her forget an attachment
which sac bal formed sgaiust tns ~isaes
0f aer paTsHIs- Nobody a. OIL Orchard
kne~ thi. and syery body wondered vi hY 50
young and % pretty a xiri sacuid sem -
little interested Ia the gas life about Ter.
Her beauty broaSht her aimirers. She
showed COO plainly that their attentions
bored Ger, aad she ~as soon
left alone By and by u was
whispered about thai she ~as de-
voted % her religion aud vas 70 withdraw
from the world aud Join one OF the Prot
sstant siscsrh0ods eOnnectsd with tLs
Episcopal Church But tue truth 10, that
While ago, she was visiting some
fgiends Al distance from her home, she met
a young man with whom she fell deeply In
love. The attraction vas mutual and the
young pair lived blissfully in their new
paradise. The young gentleman, although
a fine, manly fellow, with a good profess
sion and promising future, Was not
blessed with worldly goods, while the
young lady was helress TO large fortune.
some Officious friends wrote 20 the parents
II the girl. sn1 they hastily summoned
her home She was forbidden TO write 70
her lover. aud was told that be would
never be allowed 10 visit her or 70 see her,
not because he was not worthy OF her love,
bat because his worldly position was be-
low her own. Ia vain she pleaded aud in
vain the lover wrote 10 her parents, telling
them OF his love for their daughter. They
pretended 10 laugh at the whole affair. and
Whisksd her of TO the sea-shOre.
She has been q model II behavior; /;
she has not written 70 her lover nor
defed her parents; but has trusted to time.
A few evenings since as the evening train
from Boston came in. there stepped from
the car tine- looking young fellow. who
looked about as though in search Of some
one. As usual the platform was filed
with promensders, for it is the saying here
that II one wants TO see any person IN Old
Orchard be has only TO 20 10 the station at
train time, and as the blue eyes flashed
over the crowd. they met pair of brown
ones; there was no recognition, only the
lifting II the eyebrows and fash of un.
terstanding from one 10 the other. No
body noticed il, and 1 should not, had
ridden behind the young man with the
blue eyes aud heard him tell the story 10
bis companion. lie said as he finished the
narrative: Il will never give her up;
will make her parents love and respect
me, and win her fairly II can; il not she
viii come back with me in spite of them,
for she knows well as | do that we are
both being made victims of a foolish social
pride, aud she will seek her own happi.
ness in mine. So, old fellow however il
goes, promise 70 keep Christmas with me
and my wife" So look out for a romance,
or It may settle down into a well organ.
ized courtshiP, guarded by elders. We
will see.
am watching with interest, and I was
very much amused the very next evening
after the arrival of the hero of the story
on the scene, 20 see him presented with
due form % the young lsdy's mamma and
then 10 herself. The last l saw of them he
was whispering in her ear as they danced
the Newport" Mamma in the mean " bile
tanning herself complacently and talking
20 the next neighbor. quite unconscious Of
what was going on under her pstrician
nose. Isn't IL funy | feel as though | were
behind the scenes in a play, OF had got in
among the wires of the mariOnetts.
suppose | oughtn't TO tell you all this bul
| am so sure that the young man will wiz
the mamma that I already look upon il as
a f0regons conclusion, and feel sure that
no mischief can come of it.