Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-03

sial locks from the elements.
81 was now sufficiently disengaged t
find out something about the place whic
| had so unexpectedly visited. 1t con
sisted of the railroad station and on
store, which was unfortunately closed
the agent informed me that its owner wa
attending campmeeting six miles away
questioned the agent again about tn
party L had pursued but gained no fur
ther information. l telegraphed to tn,
conductor on the train l had left to tax,
care of my effects, which he was kint
enough to do, and after twelve hours il
this neglected spot, spent sitting on
barrel, realizing my ridiculous conduc
and bemoaning the loss of my ideal,
took the next train and finished my jour.
ney in safety"
well, that is quite story" said
Mrs. Henderson, "and you have seen
how | have enjoyed it. Who but you
would have fallen in love in such way,
and it is too bad that you lost her. But
it cannot have gone very far even with
you, and you will soon find some one
else.
"We shall see about that. | don t
know whether it is love or not, but | be-
lieve that shall find that girl again some
day, and am not going to marry until |
do"
Two years passed, during which George
had been true to his resolution, and used
often to say that he was waiting for his
ideal. Then he was transferred by his
house to the West and took up his abode
in Texas.
Not long afterwards Mrs. Henderson
received from him letter giving the fol-
lowing account of his experiences:
81 have another story to tell you, and
as before, l think had best begin at the
beginning.
"Hempstead is nice place to live in,
and have had pleasant time here and
have made many friends. You know
that | am not a society man, and steer
clear of the professional four hundred
which we find in every city. But the
larger class of cultivated people l like,
and go when | can to their occasional
entertainments. Three months ago |
went TO one-it was given by musical
club, and combined programme of the
best amateur talent with social features
that j am likely to remember. For
one of the last pieces was sung by "Miss
Ethel Lyndon" 1t was well sung; /
noticed that, but my chief interest was
in the singer-in whom | recognized my
ideal. traced the resemblance in each
particular, and tried to discover whether
she was the woman | had seen in Ten
nessee; she was so like her thought she
must be the same, though l could not
determine, but there was no doubt about
her being the woman in your picture, and
so my ideal.
81 asked my friend about her and dis.
covered that her father was a prominent
business man of Hampstead, and had
lived there for years, and that she was
very popular among those who belonged
to her society, so much so that half the
young men of the town regretted her an
nounced engagement and approaching
marriage to "a gentleman of Dallas.
81 was already in love, and you may
imagine that this was discouraging in
telligence. But my motto has always
been nothing venture nothing have and
l Immediately determined to try the for
tune of war, knowing that had nothing
to lose-having SO completely lost my
heart already-and that l might win.
So when the musical programme was over
L was introduced by my friend. l cannot
tell you our conversation, or what she
thought of it, but if can be entertain
ing was then; and found her all had
expected her to be from her face, and
became more in love than ever. | told
her that was stranger, having recently
come to live here, and she was kind
enough to invite me to call.
81 had no time to lose-I could only
attempt to take the fortress by storm,
dangerous thing TO do, but there was
no opportunity to try the safer plan of a
masked siege and stratagems. | had
one thing in my favor, was on the spot
and the other fellow was away.
81 soon availed myself of her invita-
ton to call, and spent very pleasant
evening-one of those moments of de-
light that are at once so sweet and so
painful to remember in less happy
times.
What made it especially pleasing to
me was that Miss Lyndon seemed to en-
joy it as much as | did. | remember that
you have often laughed at love at first
sight, but | think that my experience
demonstrates its truth. And that even
ing suggested another question which |
endeayored to solve but could not; | will
ask your opinion. Not only did feel
pleasure in being with the woman
loved, but | had also feeling of being
thoroughly en- rapport with her, as if she
felt the same pleasure and there was
some subtitle and mutual sympathy be-
tween us; now was that feeling a creation
of my own brain, Independent of any
similar feeling on her part, or was it what |
it seemed, and could | therefore know
because | experienced it that she was
similarly impressed?
I" 1t would tire you to read the details;
it is enough to say that | made the most
OF our acquaintance. | called as often
as possibly could, oftener than had |.
any right to; met her at receptions and
any other entertainments where she was
likely to go; went with her to the theater
and to the Beethoven Club, at one of |
whose meetings had first made her ac-
quaintence-in short, | took every oppor-
tunity | could find or make Of seeing
her.
FINALLY went with her, her father
and party on an excursion in private
car to new city where he was working
up real estate boom.
Son our return l seized favorable
opportunity, and told her that | loved .
her-how did it | cannot tell even YOU
and of course | received the reply |
that she was engaged. But she said It
very sweetly, and made me love her bet. |
ter than ever. Then | said, How |
wish had known you sooner and she
said, Il wish so, too.