St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-23

party nlu pursued out gdlneu no LUZ
Their Information. telegraphed to tn
conductor on the train | had left to tax
care of my effects, which he was kim
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" sale
Mrs. Henderson, land you have seer
how | have enjoyed it. Who but you
would have fallen in love in such way
and it is too bad that you lost her. Bu
it cannot have gone very far even witt
you, and you will soon find some one
else"
"Wo shall see about that. I don't
know whether it is love or not, but | be-
lieve that | shall find that girl again sorle
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, | think I had best begin at the
beginning.
Hampstead 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 | like,
and go when | can to their occasional
entertainments. Three months ago |
went to one-it was given by a musical
club, and combined programme of the
best amateur talent with social features
that [ 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 | could not
determine, but there was no doubt about
her being the woman in your picture, and
so my ideal
Il 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
IN &hof hol he
young men of the town regretted her an
nounced engagement and approaching
marriage to gentleman Of Dallas.
81 was already in love, and you may
imagine that this was discouragng in
telligence. But my motto has always
been nothing venture nothing have, and
| Immediately determined to try the for
tune of war, knowing that had nothing
to lose-having SO completely lost my
heart alread y-and that | might win.
So when the musical programme was over
| was introduced by my friend. | 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.
Il had no time to lose-I could only |
attempt to take the fortress by storm,
a 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.
II soon awaited myself of her invita-
ton to call, and spent very pleasant /
evening of those moments of de-
light that are at once so sweet AMI 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 |
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 will. her, as if she
felt the same pleasure and there was
some subtitle and mutual sympathy be-
tween us; now was that feeling 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
impressed?
at would tire you to read the details; I
It is enough to say that | made the most
IF our acquaintance. called as often
rs possibly could, oftener than | had
any right to; met her at receptions and
my other entertainments where she was
likely to go; went with her to the theater
md to the Beethoven Club, at one of
whose meetings | had first made her ac-
luaintence-in short, Itook every oppor-
unity | could find or make of seeing
Ter.
Finally [ went with her, her father ]
md party on an excursion in private
,ar to a new city where he was working .
Up a real estate boom.
"On our return | seized favorable
opportunity, and told her that | loved
did it cannot tell even you
and Of course | received the reply {
hat she was engaged. But she said it
cry sweetly and made me love her bet {
er than ever. Then | said, How | {
wish [ had known you sooner and she l
aid, i wish so, too
"'Then, darling, if you do wish it
-ou need not; if it can be that you love
you do, | see you do-you can
marry me in spite of ALL !,