Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-10-05
LOVE IN \ CAB.
BY jULIA r. LEWIS.


ors We're at work on the route of the
read, they made arrangements to make
that place one of their principal sta
tons. They never thought that they
would be hindered in this plan, but
they did not know the people OF Engle-
wood.
There were only two classes of peo.
pie in that town. One class included
the residents who had lived in that
town all their lives. and whose chill
drcn would most likely occupy the
same houses, pursue the same bust
ness, and do Just exactly the same
thingS as their ancestors had done.
This class was decidedly averse to any
thing now. They hated improve
mcnts. frowned down every enterprise
that would change the primitive meth
oil of doing business in Englewood,
aud cndeavored to make that town the
same old sleepy place it always had
been. The other class comprised .
number of newcomers, who were anX-
lous to see Englewool improve. but,
seeing no indications that such a state
of things would Occur, We're for max
ing all the money they could ont of the
property they Owned in Englowood.
Between the two classes the railroad
company had a hard time of it. The
old-time citizens positively refused to
sell nm inch of the ground to the rail
road company, resisted all their eff
forts to seC1rc ground, AVID by legisla,
ton hnmpered the company with such
restrictions that the operating rxrenses
IN the vicinity III EngiewOod would
have Been much greater than on any
other portion Of the line. The other
class Of people, thinking that the COM
| pGnr would he compelled to tap
Englowuod, asked such awful prices
! Tor their ground That the rhilr6ad com
| pary refused to negotiate with them.
10 solve the difficulty a new route was
surveyed, and the road branchcd Oft
IN another direction, the nearest Point
to Frglcwood it touched being at Cliff
ton some four mile away. \ line OF
coachcs AMI few cabs carried passen-
gers fiom Enplewood to Clifton.
One night in September J took the
train from New York to Clifton. ] was
feeling miserable. and no wonder, for
was just about bidding farewell to
all my friends in Englewood, to leave
the associations bad grown up with
since childhood, and 60 to far-distant
California to commence life anew. tn
| to two weeks before that time | had
considered myself one of the luckiest
! lawyers III that portion OF the country.
| had good practice, splendid pros,
| nd e Il
| SuddcMly there came sorrow into my
llte that made me make up my mind to
break ell the ties that bound Inc to
EnE!c@"od and its people, aud go to a
portion OF III United States where |
waS unknown. ts vou no doubt have,
ere this, iathomcd the sorrow. might
as we'll confess and tell YOU it was a
woman that caused me to make this
resolution. She was the fairest crea-
tire il EnGlewood with rippling
| golden hair, laughing blue eyes, and q
complexion that needed 30 artificial
| embelil hmcnt to enhance its beauty.
had loved Ethel Linton for wears,
hut being one of those men whose
bravery and courage all oozc ont of
| them when talking to a beautiful
woman, ! had never asked if my love
was returned. iTue it was that Ethel
always treated me in a cordial. friend
ly way, but she did the same with all
the rest of her admirers, and | never
could tell whether she loved me or not.
AtlaSt. made mp my mind that the
torture would have to end, and !
| nerNed myself to ask the question
which would make me either happy or
miserable. For weeks | endeavored to
secure favorable opportunity, but
Ethel always seemed to divine nv in.
tentions, and on some pretext or an.
other would turn the conversation to
some other subject. ! tried III every
way possible to find the time when /
could deliver the carefully prepared
speech | had rehearSed offering her
my hand and heart, but it came not. II
/ became sentimental i'll my talk Ethel
woulk dash into some prosaic subject
that would take all the romance out OF
me. ii asked her for a few moments
serious conversation, she would tell
me that life was too short to indulge
III seriousness, and would break ont
into rapid descriptio of some gay
ball or party she had attended Al
last, angered by her seeming indiffer.
ence, L one evening called her heart,
less coquette and left her, convinced
that she was toying with my affections.
and, unwilling to stay where | would
be perpetually reminded of my love
for her, / made arrangements at once
to leave Englewood forever. ! had
almost completed arrangements for the
disposal of my practice. and had been
in New York to settle everything defin-
itely. l was returning to Englcwood
to pack my trunk and leave that place
the next day forever. As / thought
Ethel was a coquette, determined
she should not see me again, so | took
a late train from the city and intended
leaving Englewood i'll the morning.
1t was Il terrible night. The rain
was coming down in torrents. the
thunder was roaring, and the sharp
flashes of lightning made the few as.
sengers in the ear draw their heads
away from the window. 1t was the
kind of n night that would give a man
the blues" ii he had not the pleasure
Of looking forward to q comfortable fire