Wichita eagle., 1886-09-30

viously had some thought. IElade up my mind
to answer Gn advertisement by way Of a JOKE
and see what il brought forth. Who could tell
Just as thero lad been many true word
spoken in jest, SO ou5 OF a jest might como the
beautiful Rebecca of my desire. / glanced
down the sniualn, Husbands Wanted" The
very thing:
"a young lady, dark, tall, attractive and
accomplished, age 10, desires husband. He
must be young, fair, with blue eyes and af-
fectionatc Looks no object. address, etc.
The last condition determined INC. al tbs
others wanted handsome men, and l never
prided myself upon iny good looks. All tho
other conditions, however, l could comply
with, and was perfectly satisfied that if the
lady's description Of herself was accurate she
would suit me. So penned short note to
the address given and awaited results.
In two days time back came reply in a
little pink envelope. It ran: IF Fl. B.
would Ike an interview with tho advertiser,
he is requested to appoint day, hour and
place, and the lady will be there"
| / wrote back Immediately, appointing q
convenient spot, "far from the naddiny
crowd,' as bettted such an occasion, init
mating, moreover, that l would wear a red
rose in my bustonhoIe as means Of identi-
| fication
The cvcntful evening arrived, and, punctual
to the tine agreed upon, found myself at the
| place appointed looked round, but l could
see nobody there. was not surprised, for
| hardly expected to find q lady punctuaL Ny
previous experience OF the sex had taught me
that such q thing was impossible. Ny expe-
rience since las confirTned-but digress. l
had been waiting about twenty minutes, when
| / noticed two females approaching. They
walked very slowly, and were both closely
/ vcseSl Seeing no one else in sight. at once
I concluded tliat one of them was her wiso:G I
sought. Bat which! And who was the other!
! had certainly rot bargained for a couple
| As they came close to where stood gavo a
| slight cough to attract attention. To my in
! tense relief they passed on without giving me
! a look. I waited another ten minutes, and ne
enc else putting in an appearance made up
nv mind 20 wait no longer. Just as l was
about to retraco my steps, however, whom
should 1 see coming back but the two females
who had previously passed. They were still
walking slowly. After all l thought sho
might Le there, and anxious, perhaps,
for ne to break the ice" This time,
when they cot close up, coughed IS before.
Then ] thought l heard suppressed gisSls.
That decided me, and made hasty advance
toward them. When they saw my intention,
to nay estonishnent they both started oil,
running al their utmost speed. Determined
to know tie reason for such strange behavior
l followed 1t now became matter OF pur-
suer and pursued. AS soon as they became
aware that I was following them they put
forth renewed energies; but woman is No
match for man III a physical contest OF that
kind. and l gained on them rapidly. Just
then something occurred which brought the
pursuit to az abrup. and disastrous end. Sud
denly one of them tripped against a stone,
gave q stiied cry and fell heavily to th.
ground. A minute afterward l was bending
over the PROSTATE girl. She lay quite STILL
To all intents she was stunned and perfectly
hclp,ess. For al l knew she might be dead
Calling upon her companion to assist, at
tenpte,, t. r@ise her up While SO doing her
veil fell OF GId revealed her features. Good
heavens. it was Nancy Calderwood!
There was no time to waste in wonderment
Lifting her up tenderly in my arms and bid
ding the other girl follow, set off homeward
as fast as my unconscious burden would let
me. hardly felt its weight. l almost flew.
In that short time q thousand conflicting
5..u,,uTs rose within me. | never knew how
much loved that little girl till then
l will pass over the alarm Of her parents,
the doubts ard fears Of the doctor and my
agony, and say that she did not die.
AS soon as she became colvaleSccnt sho
sent an urgent message for me. She was
very pale, but her big brown eyes sparkled
and a color came into her cheeks like the
crimson flush of sunset when entered the
room.
"Oh, you viii forgive me, won't your were
thsfiIrt words she uttered.
Forgive you? What have to forgiven
"a great deal" she replied, and she went
on to tell me how, on that d:j she called, she
noticed the paper on the table, and thought
struck her and she resolved to make rle the
subject Of a little practical joke, and how she
finally inserted the advertisement in The
paper, thinking it would draw me.
"You know the rest" she added. Il am
very sorry"
Sorry? think it is who should be sorry;
nay, more than sorry, deeply grieyed, for
what you have suffered is in a great measure
due TO me-
But SIZE would not have that.
One evening shortly afterwards looked in
to inquire how she was pro3ressing-these in
quiIies were rather frequent Eow. l found
her very anirsted and happy. She had al
most rcssGiilcd her old vivacity. As the twi
light shadows deepened we sat and co!iverscd
All 81 once she said:
y want you TO answer me a question. Why
did you invest in that papers
"Wul you permit me before answering to
aslS yoi. question: responded.
"Cert2inly."
"Docs that advertisement still hold good.'
l drew little closer as ] said il and took her
hands in mine. Then, as l bent down and
kissed her upturned lips she mur1nured yes"
and l knew that my Re5ecca had come.-Hal
Berte in krkansew Traveller.
President L;rcoln's Hint to Seward.
1t was II tue dark days of rebellion, at tie
time the Aason and Slidell affair threatened
to send Englands war vessels to the ports Of
the United States 10 knock this country gall
ley-veSt The two rebel ambassadors We're
in Fort Warren and President Lincoln and
his cabinet were considerably perplexed
whether to hang on 10 them or give them up
10 England William 3. Wilson, a Harrisburg,
boy, one OF the first Morse telegraph opera
tors, ct present in charge Of the freight de-
partnent Of the Pennsylvania railroad at
kensington Philadelphia, was OH duty at the
White House, doing President L;ncolns
private work. One evening Mr.. Lincoln
| took a seat by Mr.. Wilson's chair and, as was
his fr,S+orn had the o,,ar,f,r cop,,nct with