Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-11-04
A MISTAKE.

mich in love WiLi w" .4a'sasAs ~
n ,nas boy and girl attachment, and
W., W. romantic one. The boy was tall.
W., w. eyed fellow, with smaA waist
plu1 e,,rlv golden hair that lay in thick
az ,.;nps all over his head. He was at
isns very manly and very youthful in
onse and it would have been
s aprdf for a girl not to fall in love with
,a - he had tried to make her. Cora
.naa little brunette with big black eyes
W." GOOD color. and he thought her
ia longed to offer her his hand and
heart and get her to engage herself TO
hin; Nm before he left.home; but he reflected
.hst he had no right to bind her by any
nan,;se until he was sure OF that for
Irna he was going to seek, and when he
sara her little forget-me-not ring he
s CIV smoke of it as token Of friendship.
uowever. when they parted she knew
80 well az he did that he loved her, and
,ao,,ed forward to the usual finale Of a
wedding
Time passed on. The young people
..rote at first once a week, then once
month, then occasionally. Absence
saws the modern poet--"makes the
heart grow fonder Of somebody else"
yonng Wadleigh went good deal
into society abroad, and Cora had plenty
- admirers. He got into a convivial
oct where they drank good deal of
wine and had liberal views. She be-
come very pious, and rather leaned to
.rob;bition. Their last letters were
,,erv formal, and when fifteen years had
passed and Samuel Wadleigh found him
self coming home with the fortune he
had made after all, he scarcely remem-
bered Cora Eastman.
Certainly Cora did not know him.
The light haired youth had changed into
man of 40. All his curls were gone,
and his head to his ears was as smooth
and shiny as billiard ball. His waist
was gone, too. He had the proportions
If an alderman. However, he was still
what people call a fine looking man. As
for Cora, she had all her black hair and
no wrinkles, and had kept her trim little
6eure, but she had changed curiously.
He knew her at once, but she was not
the same. What does Time do to usi
When does he do it? How does he do til
II we women could but find outi
There was nothing to sigh over in
Miss Eastman's case. She was tight,
trim little woman Of five-and-thirty.
But where were Cora's smiles? the dim
pies that seemed about to appear when
she smiled? the soft brightness of the
ewes? the way of looking and moving.
All gone-vanished!
II did not occur to Mr.. Wadleigh that
he had altered much 1nore-it never does
occur to men. He told Miss Eastman
that he was delighted to see her once
more, and she said polite things to him
wondering all the time whether this
could be the charming youth who used
to set her heart beating by touch or a
glance--this very nice person. portly
well to do, well hammered, but not il
the least interesting. She compared
him unfavorably with Mr.. Sweetsmile
the charming new clergyman who had
lust had call to their church, and who
had taken both her hands in his only
yesterday and said, "What we should
do without you in the Sabbath school
Miss Eastman, cannot imagine" II,
was charming!
The course of events threw Samue
Wadleigh great deal into the societ,
of his old love; the families were con
nected and moved in the same circle
By degrees he met small nieces ant
nephews who had been children whel
he went away, and were now youn!
ladies and entlemen-among them
certain little Cora, Miss Eastman
niece, prettier than she had ever been
and with all her witching ways, he
half-hidden dimples, her smiles and he
sweet side chances. She sat opposit
him at the dinner table, and he coul
fancy all the years rolled away, and h
the boy who gave the girl he loved tn
forget-me-not ring. He remembers
her pudgy little child in white flu
walking with her maid in the park an
kissing her hand to auntie.
"What charming grill" he said t
Miss Eastman. "You over again!" An
then Miss Eastman made the younge
Cora come and talk to cher old FRIEND
Mr.. Wadleigh."
Cora had heard of him as the gentle
man who had been her aunt's admire
and lived single for her sake, and sh
was very nice to him. She felt that b
had romantic history, and that Aur
Cora ought to have been more constan
and SO she was, as we have said, yer
nice.
And Of all this Mr. Wadleigh nevC
dreamed, and little thrills went throug
him, and he made up his mind that fat
had been very good to him. Here was
lovely young creature exactly the sol
Of girl he Misunderstanding ON him an
listening to all his compliments in a wa
that encouraged him to pay more.
1.-The elder Cora is very sensible w
man" he said to himself ssShe has qui
forgotten old times; she has none
those foolish little ways that some w
men would have of reminding me that v
We're lovers. Really, some of those fir
letters OF mine were tantamount to pr
posals; but it is all over; am quite FIRE
I'm good match. No doubt little Co
Will see that at once" and after solemn
aehoerating the pros and cons for thr
Gays and nights he began to take Co
out to drive behind pair of very han
some horses, to send her bouquets, al
tolnvlte her to the opera. AS she I
SIDED with her Aunt Cora he natural
invited the other lady as chaperon. T
ma not say that, but plainly she undo
stood 1t, for she'left most of the talk