The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-25
A BRIDE FROM THE SEA.
ny FRANCIS NJ. LIVINGSTON.

Ecmotrius Green was a travelling saleg
man. lie had the reputation Of being
the bcst-inforned man and Of selling
more goods in his line Of business than
any man in New York. The causes for
this were few, but amply sufficient. The
first of these was natural ability: he had
keen eye TO business, and when he had
anything TO do he permitted nothing to
interfere with it until his end was nc.
complished. He was man of good an.
pearancc and address; and. lastly, was a
man of good habits. lie was in no sense
n aladies' man, +, + ne had never cultivated
the society OF the gentlcr sex, perhap,
from lack of time. perhaps f.om want OF
inclination.
He had been with his house four years
when he took his i.st vacation. He had
never asked for one, and he did not ask
Tor this one. His employers freely offered
1t to him and insisted on his taking three
weeks. so, in the month of July he
ran down to Patchoguc, Long Island,
intending to pass Il part Of his vacation
with married sister who was spending
the summer there. His sister was an at
tractive young woman, fond of society.
She introduced him To- several nice girls.
and what with boating, bathing and
strolling on the beach. Demetrius found
that there were other things in life which
he enjoyed as much as selling canned
goods.
By far the most attractive gil among
his sisters friends, Dcmetrus thought,
was Lydia Hartley. She was not par.
ticularly beautiful, except that she had
the beauty of youth health and inno-
cence; but she was modest, sweet TEN.
pered, and a thoroughly nice girl. She
was from Brooklyn, and had come to
Patchogue with her aunt for the summer.
More than this Ecmetrius's sister did not
know, as she had never met the IIarteys
before their seashorc acquaintance. AS
for Dcmetrus himself he did not ask to
know any more. At tie end of week
he had settled in his own mind that he
would be u happier man if he were mar
ried. He had also determined that
Lydia Hartley was the woman to make
him happy, if he could gain her consent.
Though his mind was thoroughly made
up on this point, he resolved 10 wait
another week before speaking to her.
Caution was characteristic of the man,
and as he was to be in Patchogue two
weeks longer dor he had resolved to
spend his whole vacation here, there
was no need to act on the spur of the
moment, aud Demetrius said to himself:
81 shall wait until next Saturday"
On Monday there was "a boating party.
When the ladies' were seated in the boat
DemetrluS noticed that LYDIA rose aud
gave her seat in the stern to her aunt.
"She is thoughtful and unselnsh," he
said. When they were coming in a
squall sprang up, The boat pitched great
deal aud there was more difficulty in
making landing. Nest OF the ladies
were greatly frightened, many were in
tears and some in Mysteries. lydia
alone, although little pale, was per
fcctly calm. "She is sensible and cour-
agcous, " said Dcmetrus.
They landed without an accident and
Demetrius held an umbrella over lydia
as they ran to the hotel. Miss Hartley
followed wrapped up in his macintosh.
The ladies were none the worse for their
wctting, and they had a merry party at
night in the parlor of the hotel.
Demetrius sat smoking his pipe for a
long time before he went to bed. He
reviewed he events of the day, trying to
recall all that Lydia said and how She
looked when she said it. lie thought
he had never seen eyes Of such n beauti-
full blue rs hers, or hair of so pretty a
brown. lie remembered how her hands
looked as they dipped in and out of the
baskets in preparing their luncheon, such
deit and competent hands as they were,
as well as pretty hands. lie thought of
how she had bright smile and pleas
ant word for everybody in the party,
Iavoring none aud forgetting none. All
this and more he recalled, then he laid
down his pipe, slapped his knee and
said "She is asplendid girl i love her
and I'm going TO marry her :" which was
q very enthusiastic outburst for Deme
trius. Nevertheless he added: "Ill
wait until Saturday.
Saturday morning dawned bright and
beautiful. Nothing had occurred to
change Demetrius's mind in the slightest
degree, except that he was more in love
than ever. There was nothing "oa" for
that day, and Demetrius and lydia
found themselves strolling quite natur-
ally on the beach together They had
walked almost a mile neither having
| spoken for some minutes when Deme.
trius proposed that they sit down on the
sand al have something to say to YOU,
Miss LYDIA" he began.
A faint blush rose to Lydia's cheek,
but she made no reply.
''During the two weeks which I have
known you l have grown to feel deep
regard for you" he went on; "you are
the first woman have ever loved, and if
you can care for me in return want 10
make you my wife. am, as you know,
q travelling salesman. My salary is $4,000
Q year, with perquisites amounting to
$1,000 more. My sister, Mrs. Jackson,
Is the only relative have. Ii you marry
me you will find that | will do every
thing man in my position can do to
make you happy. have not arrived at
this decision suddenly, and | will not
press you for an answer if you wish to