Telegram-herald., 1890-06-27

accomplish by thas I @ not recouect. I
aaYe an h1a. EaoEgh. thaE rne dear girl
tor Snoa Z Eas ~ carve ogt a blabber
foEt1ze szs - la8lru 1e - one GeaL,
hat ! ~o1l3 Fstgrn home bronzed aa4
be4rded. indulge IN vass quantity q
nautical taik iueognito, and in TIE end
disclose myself zs her long lost love"
/ smiled sttne cath 9s IAN With which
Tradalss reooan ted the details of ais
boYish romance, - very Ike cersain
nleuories OF my own; but he merely re-
hghFed his refractory cigar. and with
bis head enyelOped in fragrant blue
cloud and bis voice IN voluntarily taking
on = geusler tone, resumed
For some reason now cut OF mind
the whaling expedition was abandoned,
and the oblect OF my hearts alteration
as sent away 70 ! bosrding-sehooI
saw her put on beard the train, G1l, as
she vas whirled into tho distance,
every roaring iron wheel ran over nv
heart. / remember that she had on her
trsE long dress that DAY, and | can still
see the crystal tears that stood on her
eheeE Eks = hen she turned on the platform
and moved her lips Ia mute farewell 20
me Oh the letters ne exchanged |
viii not trY 70 tell you what sc wrofe
In that long separation. She was 4wty
one whole year, and when she retuFntd
1 vas gone from the village and had He-
gun my tussfe Ith the big world.
There were 10 mote whElers in it-1or
me; no gold lace, no romantic AID
magical acoaisitionlOf fame and wealth,
but very earnest steadfast aud plOd-
ding devotion 20 a Very prosy and COM
n0nplace apprenticeship At intervals
the old dream recurred with painful
fidelity. and, now and again, l was
seized with spasms OF unrest and dis
content.
chaotically with other grand schemes,
one OF which involved writing a book
and sending a copy OF IL 70 my girl
lover, with the authors compliments
on tho ny-leat. But that and all my
plans for similar grandeur. were re-
iected one by one in the press OF i'm
mediate and hard necessity; and when,
az the end OF my apprenticeship, l
went back 20 the old home for brief
visit, almost the first person | met was
the original OF tho image | had carried
in my heart during six mortal years"
Dear me" | found myself saying
(for the story had wrought upon me
greatly, what came Of your reunion?"
IL am coming TO that" was Traddle's
reply, with the rapt manner and tho
far-away gaze Of one whose vision is
alight on the rainbow that always bonds
across the morning sky OF life. ''She
had finished her school course, and
been home i think about six months.
When / spoke 70 her OF our past and
looked at my coarse clothes with kind
OF sad humiliation (of which / am
ashamed) she adroitly changed the sub
iect- | saw her at church a few times
after that, but-well, our story had
been told and the volume was closed.
The next time | left the village it was
forever. About a y0ar later some
thoughtful friend sent me a newspaper
containing an account of her marriage
70 tho handsome son OF tho village store
keeper, whom | remembered as a lad
CuAcuy OJ bIc lAab
always had his hair dressed with some-
thing agreeable that we less favored
youngsters were unable to achieve"
Have you ever met her SINGER" 1
asked, with genuine solicitude-
Yes, once, he replied. "She chanced
10 be passing through the city in which
was living and stopped to spend day
with one Of the companions Of her
boarding-school time. That was some
thing like twenty years after l left the
old home. called on her and found a
fine, matronly and most comfortable
woman. -Four sturdy boys hung over
her with a fondness that was beautiful
not unlike the picture Miss Mulock
drew OF Edna Kenderdino and her sons,
all proud of their mother and as careful
of her as If they had been lovers. l
loved those lads Of hers, and told them
so. much TO their wonderment."
But the mother: you surely-oh,
Tratdlesr'
Il merely exchanged a few conven-
tional and quite unmeaning common
places with her. There was no word Of
allusiOn 70 the romance that glorifed
our youth and TO this hour tinges my
life with sweet melancholy, in which
IS more pleasure than pain. Good night"
-SiCnor Mac, in Detroit Free Press.