The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-23

been practicing, and he knew that photo
graph must be forthcoming SO he decided
ugon bolt stroke. In the room of a Ban
gor artist he had seen the photograph OF
prominent Young society man of the city,
Fho is some ~ hat noted for his a tractive
personal appearances, and he thought that
it would suit the fastidious taste OF the Lynn
maiden. lie therefore bribed o Of the as
sistants in the room of the photographer to
get him the picture, soleu1nly promi ing that
neither lie nor the SUI Ject would ever hear
IRON it.
The photograph was duly mailed, and in
the next mail came letter from Lynn full
of the most profuse thanks and expressions
Of delight. The letters at once commenced
to grow warmer, and the B ,ngo" MAJ re-
GREETED having sent the pictu O. Then there
came earnest invitations fors Mr.. Davis" to
visit Lynn, which mr.. Davis, +" for obvious
reasons, was obliged to decline ION ac-
count Of pressing business" while all the
time feeling very guilty and unoasy.
About this time a Bangor girl was in
Lynn on a visit, and met the Shoe City giq
who had fallen SO deeply in love WITH letters
and a photograph. She was urged to cal and
when she finally accepted the unusually
pressing invitation she found herself con-
fronted, in the handsome parlor into which
she was shown, by this photograph. The
Lynn girl lost no time in referring to it by
saying:
You will notice that 1 have the photo
graph of Bangor friend here"
Yes said tho caller, "lknow DIR. -
very well Where did you meet himW
"But that is not MIR. -" was the re-
ply. "fhat is Harry Davis"
II beg your pardon but there is no Harry
Davis in Ba gor to my knowledge, and that
is certainly Mr.. -. l do not think you
can bs serious"
The Lynn girl contended that she was
perfectly in earnest, bat after realizing that
her caller knew the young man she ex-
planned how the picture came into her pos
session AID told OF the correspondence. The
Bangor girl listened eagerly to the story,
and then said Mr.. ----- had no doubt been
writing under the assumed name. She then
went on to tell all about him, dwelling, Of
course, upon his many good Qualities, so
that when she had flaished he ha already
been forgiven by his fair correspondent,
who was more smtte than ever. She i'm
mediately wrote him, addressing the letter
to Mr.. Davis as usual, saying that she had
found out all about the deception from Miss
- of Bangor, and he would be forgiven if
he would continue to write over his true
name
When the Bangor youth who had been
doing all this work received the letter he
knew that the game was up, and he never
wrote again.
The Lynn girl could not understand why
no response ever came to her letter, but
while on her way to Bar Harbor with her
family week later she stopped for day in
this city and visited MIR. IS place of
business. Size fully intended to send MIN
note from the hotel but her courage
failed. Neither did she dare to introduce
herself, but she saw that her crush" in
real life was fully equal to his photo
graph.
home from Lynn, and meeting Mar. -,
said:
81 saw your photograph at Miss IS in
Lynn. Size is a beautiful girl and you
should go and see her"
"Why, do not know any Miss - in
LYNN" said the astounded you man.
land you certainly did not see my picture
there. No person outside Of Bangor has
one."
Now, this innocent will not work.
You know you have been corresponding
vita Miss - under an assumed name, and
have sent her your photograph. But sue
will forgive you gladly, will guarantee
that"
The accused would do nothing but pro-
test that he was guilty Of no such act, but
the earnestness of his questioner convinced
him that there was some ound for her ac-
CusdOiOu, d u uo pIOCcodcu W AHNeobIkaVo.
He went directly to the photo yrapher's and
asked for the picture which he knew was
there, and it was missing. The assistant
was made to confess what had been zone
with it, and then the young man who had
been enjoying the correspondence was con-
fdential and told t whole story, showing
Mr.. - the young lady s picture. He was
more pleased than angry, and Immediately
wrote to Lynn exploiting the whole matter
and asking if he might now have the pleas
ure of correspondence such as had been
accredited to him.
The permission was granted, and the two
are now taxing the United States mails to
great extent. He goes to Lynn in few
days on visit, and there are rumors Of
the early announcement of an engage
ment. Possibly stranger things have hap
pened, but they have been very few and far
between