The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-04-30
A MISTAKE

~ 1t Was boy and girl
ENI J attachment. and
~ .s-.., very romantic one.
The boy MAS tall. blue-eyel fellow,
with a smart waist and curly golden
hair that lay ia Thick little rings all
over his head, lie Was ~ once very
manly and very youthful in his APP
l"arancs, and II would have been hard
for girl not 10 TALL ia love with him
u lie had tried to maksher. Cora was
little brunette. with big black eyes
and good color, and he though, her
beautiful.
lie lonssi 10 offer her liis hand and
his heart, and &c; her To engage her
srlf To him before lac left home; but he
reflected that he had no right TO bind
lier by any promise until lac VA. sure
of that fortune he Was going To seek.
aud When lac gave her little forget.
menoi ring lac only spoke of It as n
token OF friendship. However. when
they parted ,hs knew as well a. he did
tina, he loved her. and looked forward
to the usual finale Of wr,ldin.
Time passed on. The young people
wrote ~ first one. "a week. then once
n month, then occasionally. "Ab-
seneo"-says tho modern poet
"mnkes the heart grow ionder of some.
body elrc."
Their last letter. w-rc very formal.
nnd VIM fifteen years had passed
aud Samuel WHdiri.h found himself
coming HON. with the fortune lac had
made after all. Il. scarcely remember
.d Cora Eastman.
Certainly Cora iii no, know linn.
The li:ht.liAlt,i youth had changed
into man of fariy. All his curiS
were gone. and hl- Head TO hi, -nr-
was n. smooth Aul shiny - billiard.
bhli. III, waist was gone too. lie
lad tie proportions OF mn alderman.
However, lie WAS r,ill what people call
n iiuc'lnokin. man.
II did not Occur 10 Mr. Wadlcish
that lie had changed much-it never
do.-- ucrur to men. lilo told Mis-,
Eastman that lac was delighted to .rc
her cnca mor-. and she said polite
thing. "a him. wonicgin: all the time
whether this cou,i lee ;hr ehnrmin.
youth WHO used to s-t her heart bent
ia: 10y touch or n slrnr--thi, very
nice person. potily. w-ll'io,do. we'll
nannrrr,l. but not in the least inter
cs,in;. She compared him uniavor.
ably with Mr.. swc-tsmil~. tho
charming ncu clergyman who had
just had call to their church. and
who had taken both her hands in li,
only yesterday nni said. What We
should do without you Ia the sabbath
school. Miss Eastman. cannot i'm.
asinc'' lie wH- charming
Tile course OF events threw Samuel
Wndlcish n grvnt deal into the society
Of hi- old low; the families w-rr con.
nrc,-i nni moved III the sHm- Circle.
liy degrees hc met small ni-c-- and
n.phrws who had been children when
he went away. nni We're nov Young
ladies and gentlemen among them n
certain little Cora. Miss Eastmnn's
niece. prct,icr than -h. had ever been.
aud with all her wi,chin: ways. her
hAlt.hiidcn dimplcs. her smiles. and
her sweet side chances.
what n charmin. girl" he said to
Miss Eastman. You over again"
younger Cora com. and talk To "h,r
old friend. MIR. WRdlcigh."
Cora had h-nr,i OF him ms the gentle.
man who Ind been her nunt's admir-.
or. and lived single for her sake. and
shc wns very nice TO him. She tel, TIM.
hc hsd romantic history, and that
Aun, Cora ought to have been NOR.
constant. and so she was, rs we have
said. very nice.
And OF all this Mr.. Wadlcieh never
dreamed. aud little thrills wen,
through him. and lac made up his
mind that fate had been very good to
him. Here was lovely young Great
ure-.Sactly 'l.c sort OF girl he nd
mir.d-smilin: on him and listening
to NIL his compliments in way that
encouraged him to pay more.
The elder Cora i, u sensible wom-
an" he said to himself. "shc has
quite forgotten old times; she has
none of those foolish little why's that
some women would have OF remind
ing me that we were lovers. Really.
some OF those first letters OF mine
were tantamount to proposals; but it
is ~ over, am quite free. I'm n
coodmatch. No doubt little Cora will
see that Mt once; and after solcmnly
celebrating the pros and cons for
three days and nights. he began to
take Cora out to drive behind pair
OF handsome horses, to send her bou-
uucts. and to invite her to the opera.
so very sensible" thought Mr..
Wadleiah, and ut last, when he had,
he fancied. spent time enough dancing
attendance ON this fair one, he seated
himself one evening Mt his desk and
wrote an offer of marriage. (Which"
lie added, surely cannot surprise
you-you must know by my manner
how | feel"
This he addressed TO Miss Cora
Eastman and carried to the house
with his own hands.
For Miss Cora" he said to the SER
want. Don't make any mistake"
Not |, sor," said old William. 81
know which lady it's for"
Now old William had been in the
family many years. He well remcm-
bercd those old days when this gentle
man was spoken OF as Mr.. Samuel,
Miss Cora : sweetheart, in the kitchen.
lie had no doubt whatever that the
letter in his hand was meant for his
Young lady. The bit OF girl" her
niece, he still considered child, and
so with slow and solemn steps he
,,,,l, bio ,yny IN Miss East n,nn's