The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-04
HE LOST HIS GIRL
Two Fond Hearts Are Sepa-
rated Forever.
AN ARDENT YOUTHS DEVOTION
He Purchases His Sweetheart's Treas
ures at an Auction Sale and Then
Asks Her to Marry Him.

There's young man in San Francisco to
whom the flag of the auctioneer is like
red rag TO a bull He not only hates the
sight of tile crimson emblem but he has
use for the men with persuasive voices who
knock things down to the highest bidder.
This young man tells a tale Of woe which
in great measure justifes his violent an
tipathy to the knights of the hammer.
Here is his story:
Until few days ago there lived with
her parents in a mansion out Oh Suffer
street young lady. To me she was and is
now the only woman ia the world. / loved
that girl more than / know how to tell and
she seemed TO care for me, but it's all over
now. had called at the house number
Of times, but had never mustered up enough
courage to declare the state Of my
feelings. / was making progress, though,
and in time would have come out
winner. To nv great sorrow the young
lady's parents decided 10 move 10 Los
Angeles on account Of her fathers health,
and Of course, she was 10 accompany them.
The change in residence was to be perma-
nent one. so they sold their home here.
1.-THE day after their departure for the
sunny south ] read an advertisement in a
morning paper which stated that the house
hold goods oflMr- would be sold at auction
In his former residence on Suffer street
This announcement only added to the gloom
that surrounded me because Of my loved
ones absence, and / was rapidly becoming
I'D eligible candidate for a suicide club when
a brilliant idea occurred TO me- | would
not only assuage my sorrow but prove my
devotion TO my distant charmer. / could
not think Of unsympathetic strangers buy
ing and using the pretty things made sacred
by her use and ownership. / would pur-
chase them myself and treasure them until
the fond day [ could call her my own, aud
then surprise her by presenting her with her
old treasures.
$50 on the day OF The auction sale hur-
ried out to the house. / could not eat my
breakfast. so fearful was l that some van
dal would get there before ne and rob me
of the opportunity to show my devotion. /
am not a wealthy man, and did not intend
20 purchase the whole stock Of household
goods. But had saved up a small sum Of
money, enough. / thought to successfully
bid for the articles in my darllng's partlcu-
lar apartment.
when / arrived at the house l found il
thr0nged by people who audibly criticized
everything In sight and tried all The easy
chairs and sofas to see if they were COM
Portable. The furnishings of the house had
strange appearance to me, but l had
never noticed them particularly, and as
cribed their unfamiliar look 10 my peculiar
condition of mind. But the furniture and
trappings in all the rooms except one had
little charm for me. / had never seen the
interior Of my sweethearts Doudolr, but /
knew where il was located. The contents
of the house were sold as they stood, the
auctoneer moving from room TO room as
fast as the contents OF one had been dis
posed Of
''At last my loved ones former apartment
was reached, and was the first one tn enter.
i wanted to keep that vulgar. eager crowd
from its sacred precincts. and tried to make
a private bargain with the auctioneer for
its contents. But he virtu0usly exclaimed
that the goods had been advertised to be
sold at auction. and he would have TO carry
out the bargain.
1.-THE room was crowded with gaudy fur
niture, crude looking pictures and bric-a-
brac of all sorts. Ii struck me at tie time
that it was not the sort OF bower in which
would like to have my adored one live. but
my loyalty to her banisbed all such thoughts,
and / determined to own every article there
even IL it DaDkrupted NE.
&"The first article put up for sale was q
common stained-wood bureau, w hicn the
auction called beautiful solid mabog
any piece of furniture. Before could open
my mouth 10 bid. low-!ooEing brute Of.