Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-23

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iugs are at AN cud and now comes your
reward llrnrctorlh You will never know
want but pass your remaining days on
earth in duIng good To YOUR fellows Our
path> lie lIlllr apart from this time. but
| will watch over vuu. \ sense Of my
presence will always be NouChsated 10
you. and in paradise We shall be re-
united
But. | impIorcd, why must you
leave me. You have been my good
angel, my guide my savior in all the trials
which have hrsrt my path Remain ever
at my side, for | may yet fail without
your aid
1 would that it might be so. but |
fear it can not he patient In another
state of existence We can not be parted
Then let me Sc Your face once be
fore We part. \ our voice has sustained
me--Io look uPor, Your features would b,
far greater bliss
'know you not that the farc of an
Arab maiden is ever Ncilcd- Even 50 ii is
with the aug,.s when in human com.
panv If you should but look into my
eyes ,hou ! become human like your
self. then OF. rumlaniOn>hip could uevr.
end
And thai i my chief desire. was Eny
response. and Selling her veil tore it
from her face. II was not a COuutcnancr
Of rare beauty. as the world ordlE nrily
.udgcS the andIshmCut> of women, hut
it was pure. and sweet and true 1t
touched my heart ~ never had woman ;
face appealed TO II before
The great. soulful eyes looked stead
tasty into my own \ Ou have found
me after years of vain searching and re
leased me from my bondage llcnCCiOrth
am with YOU TO the end OF my life For
YOU | was created. and faithful TO You will
| remain until death. and even the grave
shall not hide Us from each other
. awUkc The lire had died away to
embers, and the room was growing cold
Long | marvclcd what such dream could
pOrtcnd. Weeks rolled by, and the face
of the arabian maiden was ever before
me the months passed into years and
still every IIucamcnt Of those angelic fca
tur"s and the expression of the deep. soul
iuI eyes remained implanted in my mem
Ory. Halt unCOnsCiOusly | scanned the
faces Of thousands in the busy streets
but among all the hurrying throng
that face WAS never CnCOun
tered Still was impressed that
one day should ind it per
downcaNt by adverse fortunes. that silent
face strengthened me. as ii had in my
dream Of the Quincy across the desert ="
had become intensely Interested, for
my friend WAS an excellent story teller
Al this point he paused
We'll, said |, IN .uiringIy, what came
Of it"
Two years ago he continued. Il
came 10 San Francisco. one day. shortly
after my arrival was standing on a
street corner waiting for a car. and in the
meantime turned and carc.c>sly glanced
at case Of photographs displayed at the
loot of highl Of stairs leading to an art
isl studio ! gave a start aS ny gaze
rested upon one face The deep, dark
eyes looking into minr. the regular feat
urc>. the very folds of the hair. caught up
gracefully over the high. intellectual fore
head, were those Of the maiden of nv
dream
Il lost all interest in the car and hast
encd up the stairway to the studio | he
photographer evidently considered me an
c-Capcd lUnatc
You havca picture in your case
he .ow-whosc i it, inquired, nrry
ou>ly
"A picture Why. there are 200
How should | know which one YOU
mean
' cry true. | did not think of that
But pardon me, sir one of those photo
graphs reminds me most fOrCihlv of an
absent friend whom greatly desire l.
ind Will YOU he kind enough TO lend
ne your aid in the matter
Certainly. sir Your manner when
you first came in led me to doubt your
sanity However. am now treasured
and shall be most happy to serve you
t" His kindUc>s a,aiIcd little The pho
.ographcr cou'd not tell to whom the
picture belonged He concluded that it
must be the order of a transient visitor to
the city the negative had been destroyed
and so ! del larted in a more disturbed
condition of mind than before
Il had intended 20 pursue my profcs
sion in southern { alifOrnia a. close at.
tcltion to work had induced a pulmonary
complaint from which in this mild climate
hoped to obtain relief. but all my cner
,,ics were now directed towards finding
the original of the haunting cvasivc pho
tOcraph.
Il secured an engagement upon the
staff Of an evening newspaper Where
ever wcnt-in church, theatre. or upon
the streets my whole soul was absorbed
in searching for what majority OF
persons would call an Illusion In
the fulhlmcnt of my duties | was scul
10 furnish a report of the commencement
exercises of women, college at Oak
land. ju>t GCross the bay Some strange
impulse moved me 10 send down nv re
port and TO accept an invitation from the
president of the faculty to attend an even
lug reception at the college ball This
was Lot in ConsuuanCe with my ordinary
habits. for ocular and sometimes un-
pleasant diffidruCc led me to avoid rather
than seek public a>semb ages of the kind
The night was warm, and the ladies
sought the pleasant balconies over.
looking the bay 20 enjoy the
refreshing breeze from the IaCi c
As | sauntCrcd up to one of the windows
| observed Young woman. vino in some
mysterious way did not impress me ~
stranger. gazing ahstraCtedly into the
AIRY depths overhead Thinking il WAS
some one to whom had been introduced
during the evening aroused her from
her rCvCric by a commonplace remark.
As..shc turned her face towards mine our
eyes met | started back in a>tonish-
mcnt | had met the lady Of nv dream
Pardon me but We have met before
| believe ! said half apOlOgctirally. as
soon as | could collect my scattered sen
Sc>
l do not know, sir; there is certainly
familiar tone i'll your voice She spoke
in the same sweet and Lewitching tones
20 deeply fixed in ny memory In my
confusion quickly added
1t must have been in Arabia
The eyebrows were archcd in sur
prise
1 think not, sir-I have never Travelled
IN the east.
"WclI to cut my story short lasting
friendship Was formed then and there
/ gu have met Mrs Manchester : he has
proved all that my dream foretoId 1t is
true that she has no recollection of having
bee my companion in the DIES rt sands of
africa. bul am none the less convinced
that she is the 'Tacwin from whose lovely
face | sualched the veil
Along the Fac fl shore.
Tactic coast Letter
The islands along the north Pacific
coast are mostly the tops of suukcn noun