Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-26
No; it's over, and l shall never be
good for anything again"
He seemed to mean it.

No; it's over, and l shall never be
good for anything again"
He seemed to mean it.
"She's gone to Washington, >" said De;
"and they say an old Senator is mixing
love to her. She'll marry him; l know
it is out of spite, but she'll do it.
"Go after her, and cut him out, said I.
II start tomorrow for Mexico-a
business engagement, signed and con-
tracted for. I'm to do the sketches for
a work on a certain part of the country,
and 1 hope Pll never come back" said
Frank.
l never saw any one look so desperate.
"Frank. said, "if you really are as
mad about the girl as you say you are,
I'll promise you to go after her myself,
force her to be reasonable, and coax her
to make up with you"
"It's impossible to do anything of the
sort" he replied; "but if you could
nv God if you could, would lie down
at you feet and worship yOul"
LAS I'm not japanese idol, or any
thing of the sort, sha'n't ask you to do
that" said !. 81 owe you little debt
of gratitude, remember. I'll go to-
morrow, and you can depend on hearing
good news
He shook his head.
"Youre a dear, good fellow" he said.
~ don't believe any other fellow living
would do so much for a friend; | don't
indeed. Aud, Jack, look here, l shall
be down in Mexico soon, you know
Write to me, but don't mention her uu-
less you should perform miracle. Then
-then-oh, good heavens! telegraph to
me; send me those words, 'She wears
it, and I'll fly through fire and water
or, blood, to her side!"
"Wears what, JACKIE" | asked.
ooh" said he, ~ felt as though you
could read my thoughts. This ring;
take it with you. If she ever says, I'LL
forgive him, say, then put this ring on
again And when she docs"
"All right" said l.
And he kissed the diamond, and put
it in little box and transferred it to
me.
And DOW her name and address,
ocYou don't even know whats" he
cried.
| did not tell him that he was desper
ately in love with another girl when we
last met. He was in real trouble and |
did not thiuk it right to joke with him,
and he wrote the lady's name: "Jean-
nette Donald" and the hotel where her
people were stopping on a card, and
said again:
"No use, Jack, no use; she said she
would never trust me again. She meant
it,"
A week from that time l was in
Washington, and Frank on his way to
Mexico, aud had called on Mr.. Donald
on a business matter, concocted by my
father to help me out.
Dear old dad was as deeply interested
as |. and had thus been regularly in-
troduced to Miss Jeanette.
She was beautiful blonde, with
golden hair and violet eyes, and the
sweetest smile, aud little, pensive way
tina. made me fancy that she regretted
Jack.
But | was very artful. laughed and
danced with her, and walked with her,
and talked with her, and made her ac-
quaintance very thoroughly before ever
mentioned Frank. At last one day l
said
"You know Frank Ludwig, do you
not, Miss Donald9 I've heard him speak
Ct you"
81 was once slightly acquainted with
Mr.. Ludwig" she replied.
Her tone prevented me from saying
any more just then; but as time went on
| was more and more determined to do
what l had promised.
The old senator had been in the field
when 1 arrived, aud l had been obliged
to-well, to appear to be very much in
love myself, in order to drive him away,
aud he had said some very bitter things
about "young puppies before he van
ished. But now he was paying his ad-
dresses to a young widow, who appeared
on public occasions dressed principally
in bugles, and leaning on his arm iu the
tenderest fashion.
In fact worked hard for Franks sake
to keep other fellows away from Miss
Donald, and to make her like me, and
feel that was friend, and had just
got myself firmly into her good graces,
when with horror which l have no
words to express, l suddenly discovered
I that | had fallen in love with her myself
Ycs-in love, and in what | had once
/ laughed at as the "Amanda Rosamanda
style" 1t was not joke, but serious
truth that felt that "the world would
be desert void" without Jeanette
Donald. You see it was the first time |
had been so much alone with beautiful
girl, and she had been so sweet to me,
and she was the realization of my ideal
of womanlY beauty, with her golden