Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-10-14

creation Of my own brain, independent
Of any similar feeling on herpart, or was
ID what II seemed, and could therefore
know because | experienced 1t that she
was similarly impressed
1t would tire You 10 read the de-
tails; il il enough 10 say that made the
most Of our acquaintance. | called as
often rs | possibly could, oftener than /
had any right TO; met her ut receptions
and any other entertainments where sine
was likely 10 go; went with her to the
theatsr and to the Beethoven club, at
one of whose meetings | had first made
her acquaintance-in short, took every
opportunity could find or make of see
ing her
FINALLY went with her, her father
and party on an excursion in private
car to new city whore he was working
up real estate boom.
''0n our return | seized favorable
opportunity and told her that | loved
her--how did ii cannot tell even yon
and of course Ireceived tine reply that
she was engaged. But she said it very
sweetly, and made me love her better
than ever. Then said, How | wish
had known you sooner, and she said, j
wish so too
"'Then, darling, If you do wish 1t you
need not; IL it can be that you love me
ali, you do, | see you do--you can marry
me in spite Of all
No, will not break my promise, and
| will have 10 give up your acquaintance
unless you respect it,
Ell promise:' ! was too happy at finding
| cut my love returned to care very much.
1t could not be- kept of course, and
did not think it wrong to marry man
who she did not love.
| i think il is wrong to break faith
with one who is faithful to me, she
said. and 80 would you if you were
treated that way yourself
| Yes, | know that, but rs | am the
one to profit by it | think that il is ali
right and the other fellow ought not to
care. certainly think that yon ought
at any rate to tell him that you love him
no longer
Eyes, | ought to do that. and | will;
but will offer to fulfill my promise,
though it was made principally to please
my parents, az | see now. and without
the love that could alone justify it,
This she did, and soon thereafter r..
ceived letter from her fianee, in which
he thanked her for her frankness, and
| told her that she had relieved him from
a similar embarrassment, as he had
lately discovered that his affections were
1 hftf falt
bound 10 her Such are the curious and
inexplicable workings of the human
heart, but did not quarrel with them,
for they brought me my hearts desire.
| zone day asked Ethel If she had ever
been in Tennessee.
Yes, she said: two years ago in Oc.
tober, on a visit TO my grandparents
| Were you ON the Nashville, Chatta.
nooga and 81. Louis train, and did you
get of at uxton station
"'Yes.'
| "'Then you are, as have believed, the
woman saw on the train then. Darling
fell in love with you then. aud have
been hunting for you ever since
And you are the man who stared AT
me 50 hard ON the train aud followed
me off, leaving his hat behind; recog.
nized you when We were first intro.
duced.'
we were married. very quietly, al
though IN church. just a month before
the time originally set for Ethels in.
tended marriage, AMI we are now on ON
wedding tour.
80 you see did find my ideal. and
have won her, and you will have TO i'm.
agine how happy | am. for it is beyond
the power of words to tell You. w. p
w. in Atlanta Constitution.