Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-09
WHOLE NUMBER, 1 ,155.
How n Young Woman who Loved and
Didn't Know 1t Found 1t Out


Once upon a time there was far
mer's son, and once upon the same
time there was country doctors
daughter. The farmers son fell in
love with the country doctors daugh-
ter, and she, not to be outdone, fell
in love with him. He was sensible
boy in most things, which means that
he was Il most foolish boy in love
She was a sensible girl in most things,
which means almost anything. This
much is certain-she did not know how
very much in love she was. His name
was Henry, her name was Mat, which
is Matilda shortened.
There came to the village to help her
father young doctor fresh from col
lege. He was city bred, city clothed
and city tongued Mat looked at him
as country girl might, and he looked
at her as city young man was sure
to. She smiled and he smiled back
and half her smile was that of GER
tain malicious pleasure that most wo-
men have felt when they saw that
some man whom they cared for was
wholly in their power. For Henry
grew very uncomfortable when he saw
Mat hobnob with the young man from
the city. This made her hobnob with
him more industriously still, although
she had no evil intent. She was mere
ly a cat playing with mouse. But it
is not pleasant to be a mouse so Hen
~ called her to account one night and
reproached her
Mat, still ignorant of how deeply she
loved laughed and enjoyed it. But
the next morning when she found
that Henry had gone away and that
no one knew where he had gone she
grew wise and felt a fear that was Il
misery in her heart. For three days
she fingered in the village. Then she,
too, went away.
She learned that Henry had come
to New York, so she also came here
and began to search for him. But the
city grew bigger and bigger with each
days Births which the deaths did not
seem to ner to balance at all, and the
streets grew longer She became more
anxious and more determined with
each useless day. Weeks went by and
months passed, and year was two
thirds gone. Her face, with its eyes
tired from looking at stranger faces,
took on an expression Of great sweet
ness of maturity. She had to get work
to do, for her father was angry, but
she still found time to search.
AT last one evening as she was sit
ting in the window of her second
story boarding house room on Sixth
avenue an elevated railroad train rum
bled towards her and CHANGED to stop
opposite her window. She looked into
the engines cab, and there, grimy and
creased, was Henry raking coal.
For a moment she was almost
frightened. Then the train started
and Henry's face went with it. She
turned quickly to her little bureau and
made as good a toilet as she could, so
that when she went out she looked
most charming. The lips that had
been thin showed a bit of fullness
now in their tiny smile, and the
checks which had grown pale were
pink. She went to the nearest elc-
waited railroad station and asked Il
few questions. Then she found her
way to the yards"
When Henry left his work fondly
smiling woman stood at the foot of
the stairs. He started back and paled
when he saw her, but she held out
both hands confidently and said:
Il have been looking for you for
months"
He stopped and kissed her, and they
went away together, arm in arm
New York Sun.