Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-09-21

He had never seen two persons who sc
| closely resembled each other. The
size, weight, build, complexion, color
of hair, walk, voice, manner, and, in
fact, all that was characteristic in mon,
were alike in both. Both were born in
New England, neither knew anything
of father, and only Louis know any
thing of mother.
| But they at once took liking to each
other, and during the remainder of the
time the Lucky Star was in port they
were inseparable. Capt. Bodfish con-
scented that the new-found acquain5-
ance might sail with him on the home
ward voyage, and the captain gave
both light employment.
There was but little work to do,
which gave the young men ample
tanned in the ships library, and learn
the history of each others lives. To-
gether they read the same stories, and
They talked of the law which gave
them birth, and in fact, they were lost
unless in each others company.
But Louis was the most communica-
tive. He had story of love to tell,
and in Charles Manning he found an
eager listener. His heart was free.
He had been a wanderer, and not
lover. But when the tales of love we're
told by Louis, Charles became lover
too. Every word of love that fell from
Louis lips was treasured up as price
less gem. Every imaginable question
was asked of matters that would give
Louis an excuse to talk of his home,
mother, Mary and the people of the
neigh borhood. All the incidents,
trivial Or otherwise, of which he had
been party,-and especially those
that Mary was knowing to, were dis
cussed over and over again. The
walks in the woods, the boat rides on
the lake, the remarkable sunsets, the
school days and boyhood pranlzs, the
full story of the scenes and events which
led up TO their plighted troth; the spot
was described whore Cupid met them
and hurled the darts which pierced
their hearts, and all the tales of love
were not only told twice over, but as
Louis never tired of telling them again
and again, so Charles. never tired of
being a most attentive listener
All the neighborhood gossip of years
was run over by Louis, and the charm
ing valley was SO eloquently and mi
nutely portrayed, and the names
of the people of the settlement
the men, women. and children
so often mentioned, and scenes of
any moment or interest in which they
participated, SO frequently described
that Charles became as familiar with
everything that happened in the vii
lage from the day Louis and his mother
alighted from the cars, to the time
when the lad disappeared, as was Louis
himself.
From time to time the gifts which
Mary had made to her lover. were
brought out from their sacred and
secret hiding place and the giver idol
lied.
Each little trinket and each gem or
jewel had a history, and Louis never
tired of telling every incident, no mat
ter how trivial, connected with the
gift. There were many amusing stor-
les to tell and many hair breadth es-
capes to describe.
That chain was made ofthe down of
the ducks that Mary raised, the little
hand after he had risked his life to
save Mary from drowning.
There were pretty little charms to
show and grow eloquent over in de-
scribing and explaining the circuln-
stances connected with their giving,
and there were rings and pins and pho
tographs of Louis mother and several
of the neighbors, and when the inti1na
cy had ripened into al emotion akin to
love, Louis brought out bundle of let
ters tied with what had once been q
piece of ribbon. blue at that, Or at
least had been blue at one time, but
constant handling had faded it to a
dingy white, and only shreds and raw
ellings were left, and these required
stretch of the imagination to detect
trace Of ribbon. The letters we're
Mary's and the ribbon had been tied
around them by Mary on the evening Of
Louis disappearance. So the RIBBON
had history.
And each letter had history and, one
by one, the history of each was given.
This letter was the first one she
wrote. It was an innocent schoolgirl
epistle to boy, and not boy-lover.
The rest were written two or three
years later, showing the child was not
a very faithful correspondent, which
could hardly have been expected, be-
cause, during those years, the little
people had met about every day.
The other letters were taken, one
by one from the little bundle, and
the date each was written afforded
Charles an excellent opportunity to go
over the lives Of the Lovers and give
more in detail the lovers lives.
TO BE CONTTNUEns