The Irish standard., 1889-07-13
4 MODERN LEANDEERs..
e1nigue But Rather Damp Court
ship OF Ii Romantic Pair.

ship CT Ii Romantic Pair.
a. few evenings ago, as J was walking
down WAn street to take the ferry fol
Brooklyn, my attention was arrested Dy u
young gentleman going the same way On
Tho other side Of that tilor0ughiar3. His face
TWAS haudsomer than common, his step was
s.s graceful! as Il young fawn;s, his hair,
which was long and inclined to curl, gave
AIn rather q picturesque look. lie wore
suit OF dark blue which fitted him perfectly.
Eut these were not tis things which caused
axe to keep my eyes liked upon him. 1t
dashed upou me as [ sighted him that his
dark blue suit concealed anothcr OF an I'M
usual sort. There was that in the way he
carried himself, notwths landing his spring
ing step, which suggested some concealed
panoply l conjectured that he might be
bound fer Brooklyn to attend 81 masquerade
party, and that having thrown aside his
s,;ue suit in the dressing room he would
appear in the drawing-roorn as Richard
Cnur de Lion Or Que Of the knights THAI
fought at Ag;ncourt. While ] was thus
specializing the young fellow and reached
the wharf. But he didn't enter the ferry
glouse; hs turned and walked up the dock.
So dismissed him from my mind, Bought
sny ticket and went on the boat. Pretty
soon there was u commotion. Something
in the water arrested the acten zion CT
passen gers whose eyes were sharp. Gag
ing where they pointed beheld the young
fellow fcoin whom I had parted few
minutes previous Justify swimming out in
che direction Of Brooklyn. He was perhaps
one hundred feet north of the ferry-boat;
hs took q lcng, slow stroke and it must
have 2een evident even to The dUl!est OBJ
server shat le would have resented any as
distance. noticed that the men who were
LII charge Of chs boat seemed to take but {,
aanguid interest in the spectacle. One
might tav. thought that man swimming
from New York to Brooklyn was al every
uay sight 10 them. Addressing the one
w21o seemed the best natured, [ inquired ii
ho knew who the swimmer was, II ne mad
ever seen him before?
"No," u.ss the reply, II don't know vine
Tie is, but for The last few weeks I've
several times seen him going to Brooklyn
shat way
tsPerhaps, - / suggested, she is g. profess
SIGNAL diver whose work takes him into the
North river but whose home is in Brooklyn.
Sy swimming across the East river he
saves fer1jage."
4sHc ain It no diver" remarked 1py COM
panicn, in decided tones. "lf you get
close LOCK- at him you'll see that he looks
banked s.ght more like g professional
iUGe.'
by this time the boat was entering the
slip on the Brooklyn side My curiosity
.tlawing become Thoroughly aroused, deter
.Enined, if possible, to find out VINO the
swimmer was and what made him do it.
Accordingly, leaving the boat, took my
position On the Ha,ghts just above the fer
ry-landing waiting for the bold swimmer
50 land W hen reached the Heights he
seemed to be about half way over. Pres
entity the shadows gathered over the river
and lost sight OF hisn. [ had gone to Brook
syn for two objects, one Of business for the
Tribune and one Of pleasure Tor myself.
siayiug transacted by business fastened
to e reception which was being given at tue
house Of one Of my old friends on ---- ave
uue. hadn't been long i'll the house before
L noticed an immensely pretty girl. And
when glanced obviously INTO the face of
she young fSlSow upon whose arm she was
eighty Leaning, lsaw, tony amazemenE, that
he was the,swimmer whom / had lately lett
ID the East river. Naturally. / lost no time
In getting to nay hostess to find cut who this
mysterious norman was, and why he did it,
and all about it.
The particulars which Mrs. ----- impaired
10 me were so novel and interesting tnat
T urged her to allow NE to print them. at
first she s1cu1ly demurrea, but finally con-
scented on my agreeing to suppress names.
This is sutstan TALLY what she told me;
s,ive her own language, as far as can re-
call it:
svo,.he Young mans name is Richard ~--.
He lives On Madison avenue, New York. he
rraduarei. at College, class OF 1884
K YOU are familiar with boating matters,
you will recollect that he pulled the stroke
s,ar in the crew Of that year His fondness
Tor all sorts Of athletic sports would seern
TO ,e as great to-day as it ever. was. Last
summer be met tho Young lady with whom
WOW saw him this evening. Never mind her
nau1e-wc'N call her Juliet. Her father
was at one time professor of Persian litera.
sa1re in an English college, and am told
was essentially a dreamer and mystic.
Flor mother, the daughter Of afamous prlma
Gonna, was born in Franco, within sight Of
she Roueu Cathedral.
sJuliet, herself, was born at Patmos.
From his earliest youth her father had
yaarned for 1he opportunity Of visiting the
island wherein the apostle had had his
sublime and magnificent vision. His imagi-
aation xindled whenever he thought Of the
sied life he spent cruising about the Grecian
Archipelago, with headquarters az Patnsos,
a.moug the simple fishermen.
''Perhaps it is not SO strange, considering
her parentage and her birthplace, that the
girl should be such a romantic creature.
OF course all nice girls are more or less TO
znantic, but Juliet has as positive a passion
Cor romance as---well. as Edison has for
acentitc discovery.
s.Her mother has been a widow Tor a
number Of years, and it was while mother
and daughter were sunlmering on Cape
Ann, near Pigeon Cove, last summer, that
Richard became acquainted with them. He
fell IN love with Juliet-all the young men
rho were on the Cape that season were
wild about her. But it was by no means SO
certain that Juliet loved Richard. He must
have looked romantic enough, to be sure.
with his brilliant eyes and his long hair.
But Richard is not what might be called
rounantic talker; his conversation lacks
frescoes and his profession Che is lawyer)
is not at all suggestive Of romance. have
sometimes suspected that Richard might
have won her directly after meeting her
cad he hired a vessel and borne her forclbly
away; from Cape Ann without stopping to
l,.1, n,oiniOn Of Sl1Ch