Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-03-07
LEnOiNE's LOVE.

his pipe and contemplating the elegant |
painting critically. "Would you care !
to hear it, Wharton?"
I'll should indeed" said the friend, |
sis il dramatic?"
"Well, rather, but you shall judge !!
for yourself. During his wanderings |
some years ago an artist fell in love |
with very beautiful girl. the most
| perfect woman he ever met. They |
were betrothed, and there seemed to be |
| nothing in the way OF their being mar
ried.
one day the lover was called away
| 10 distant city. You may have no.
ticed spot near the river in the pic
ture, dark, damp nook. Well, the
night before he went away they sat
\ down on log on that spot to exchange
a few words OF farewell. They were
there two hours, for tho night was
glorious and they were loath to say
| good by. Her heart was almost broken
ut the parting in the morning.
Two days subsequently to his arrl-
val in the city, as he was sitting IN o
room alone, thinking OF her he loved,
he was suddenly startled by the ring
ing of telephone bell. He knew
there as no instrument there, If, in
deed, within the building. He listen
cd and the sound WAS repeated, yet
not wire was within sight. He went
down stairs and inquiry proved there
were none within, passing over or
near the building. Returning to his
room he endeavored to dismiss the
strange fancy from his mind rather
than to account for it, when the ring
/ ing Quivered upon the air still more
loudly, prolonged and impatiently."
"Was your friend believer In any
Of the forms Of spiritualismr ques-
tened Wharton
Mot in the least. He was not
given to theosophical speculation to
psychological philosophy, had never
even seen an experiment in phreno-
magnetism. The lady of his love had
been his Art, the shrine at which he
worshipped Fame, to the exclusion of
all other things"
, "You are certain he was not asleep
} and dreaming2"
II have ample reason to know that
he was as wide awake rs you arc. The
third ringing was followed by mes
sage, short, but clearly voiced, rs II
' he had held receiver TO his car. "
il, "Are you attempting to practice
!, upon my credulityr'
/, ''If the picture you saw was reality
a and not myth ot the imagination
then what am telling you is equally
So"
"What were the words, and who
uttered them"
"Tell me first If there is any diff
Guilty or uncertainty in deciding will
regard to IL familiar voice when list
nj 4 at ielcphoue'"
Not in tho least "
"And there was not then. Thu
voice was that of Ethel Scott, and til,
words were, Love, am dying; conn
quickly"
"Impossible under the condition
you have described"
$50 argued the STARTLED listener, an
ianciej he must be going mad. Sub
sequent events, however, proved L
the contrary"
"Yet he must have been keenly sen
!, sitive 10 all that followed"
II And pervously alert had nc
friends called, changed the current G
his dreams, and left him few hour
later la the best of spirits.
"Well2" questioned Wharton j
4 disappointment.
d "Unlroubled because unthinking
Ia the strange episode of the day, he pre-
pared himself tor slumber. turned OF
The gas and retired. Scarcely, how
IF ever, had his head touched the pillo'
before his Enclosed eyes were daze
. by peculiarly bright light. 1t wa
y diillused over the room at first, The
p assumed shape, distinct letters, oil
u tinct words"
rs And they were2" interrupte
Wharton. with nervous anxiety.
p "These: Love, why don't va
l. Gomez am freezing, dying."
"Nearly the same as before"
ayes, and the instant he had T
n. pca,ed them aloud they disappeared
And you--the MANI l should L
deed have gone mad"
= "He arose, lighted the gas, al
- carefully noted the hour and minnt
as | should have told you he hi
= done when he received the spiritd
u telegram can cali it by no 9th
! term. He saw that by haste he cou
catch the train, did 30, and in Il
gray OF the moi ming stood at the DO
OF his beloved. 1t was open and q
house in confusion. lie met The I'll
tracted mother, the agonized iatht
"a the aiirighted aud useless servant
From their incoherent stories
learned that Ethel had been We
sick, dclirious, had escaped during
temporary absence OF her mother, al
b'a thus far search had been ia vain"
s can "And hey" questioned Wharto
Of carried out of himself by the intensi
Of his interest.
"Waited To hear no more, but r.
with all his possible speed to
eta. trysting place by the shelter
II stream"
- "Why thcreT
Z. "Somethiug-.it was as intangible
XIX his other wsrnings-told him u
~ there she would be found.
"And was?"
ayes, and Just as painted. benea
men the lily pads and bending sway
%. reeds she lay in tho shallow whu
70 with her arms thrown back @aru
hes her hands clasped beneath her hei
Her pale face was toward the SKY,
,ely wet night dress clinging TO the gloo
Gus form, but so tern ana wash
aside as TO reveal much OF llmDs Il
arms aud bust whittier than marO
. pen and shaming the work OF any CHS
But l need not describe further. 4
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