The morning call., 1894-09-03
HE, SHE AND 1T.

=. Yes, he was going TO be married to her.
ne was % years of age, ana had been
man since he was u. At IS he knew all
ABOUT lie, and at 10 he knew even more,
and at23 he knew so much that he fell in
love once again. BY this time be was get
. ting quite an old man, and he felt it high
time to settle down and get married.
. Now she. with whom he had fallen in
love, was maid of 90 fair to see with
heart of gold and soul as white as the
snQW. She loved him as MANY others had
done. but it was her first love, and it was
:. her life. Vino shall say how she thought
OF him In her most sacred moments? AS
AN, old man of %, think you, who has seen
i4Ete-F Or as a soul like her own, untainted,
:Rbd~shining in the first rays of youth?
r. 1t was. show shall l say it," room in
an Eastern suburb, a lonely room for DAYS
together, where sat young girl alone at
nlsAt VINO passed the time sadly and
Slowly, when he was not there. BY day il
p: WORKED in the city at a coffee house, where
III listened to the delicate and refined bad
image Of city gentlemen and answered to
the name of Annie when some senior
clerk expressed his wish for coffee ia the
usual manner of city gentleman. He
b ad seen her there, the young philosopher
: Of 81, and she-she had listened to him,
lDe young, nQt-neaueu aust.
II will give you a home where you shall
live in comfort, and | will always take care
Of you," he said.
-. 1T: CHOSE a new home in the suburbs,
away from the uXuTies and extravagances
Of the rich. Il must not be burden to
him. lit thought. Comforts it had, but it
pincHed and stroye to help make both ends
ID est. For many months he was happy
with II, aud he fancied he loved it and it
loved him truly.
But he began to tire of it. BE could not
understand: this creature that loved him
so truly..
!. Il cannot fling it of" he thought, 'ft
would be cruelty, for L really believe it
loves nae after all. But what am to do?
I'm tired of 1t. and 1 want to get married
and settle down."
twas alone more often in the long sum-
:mer evenings, for he came seldom and
more seldom. But there was something
that 20 AIDE him wonder when he came
sometimes whether be did not still love il,
who, spoke no word of reproach to him and
asked not each time for fresh assurance of
his love. : He thought il trusted him, and
:. LOT >hundredth part of a second every
month his conscience smote him aud told
hlm:he was doing wrong In leaving it.
= what. ridiculous cOnsciencel
-. 1tknew nothing of his plans, but it felt
that he was not the same as he bad been.
Some times il cried when it was alone but
.
for=It was always cheerful and loving when
he came.
Bat he was with her now exchanging
VOWS Of love eternal and Interchangeable,
and he really loved her, in SO far as he was
capable of love, and he knew that she
loved him. And sometimes he felt an un-
comfortable thought arise that ii, too,
loved. him with love that no playthipg
should possess. which angered him and he
blamed II in his mind for such an unwar-
Fantabe liberty.
How am / TO get rid of 2" he thought.
II am to be married in April and it doesn't
KnoIE.:; What will iC do when it does
7EnOWP II she should hear of it what will
fshe think If me? What am l to do?"
= And autumn went bv and winter went
by:SnQ spring came in and be had not told
! It~Qf his wedding. One evening. month
before his wedding, he went to see it. He
found il with bunch of vioets.
Es"Oh, j ack!" it said, now good Of you
TO. eOInel was going to send you these
.-Yiolets..- l know you like them"
: How good of you TO cOmep It was
. three weeks since he had seen iii How
could he tell her then? But when be had
go1le,zit found letter on the floor. The
letter: read.
-. -. Dearest Love-Only a month to our
wedding to-day. Think Of i'll All, mel
1 am. half frightened to think how good
.GIQu is tome TO send you as my husband.
Every day L pray that l may be more
worthy of you"
1t@read mo mOre-"one month t % our we'd
~d1ng-day and then it understood, An.
tt.Was very hard that first understanding.
Very bard till the tears came. 1t had a
simple heart, and in all Astounding mercy.
In, that. bitter night who shall say that its
sin:was not etfacedP
-: de did not know that it knew until he
Tece:Hed the next day his letter, but no
word from IT, He was angry and afraid
'Et VIII tell my wife" he thought. II
Inpstsee it," And be went that evening.
BQt>ft was gone. The room was the same,
everything there but it. No, not every
thing His portrait that used TO stand on
the table vas gone. And he found in its
place the words:
"'""Goed. by. ANNIE"
He was sorry for it. Oh, yes, very sorry,
Indeed: The word "Good-by" half reas.
sured him. DE thought that after all it
would not trouble him any more.
And the night before his wedding there
came a bunch of yioletS for him and a
plece OF paper with the words:
= For your bride tomorrow. From
-. ANNE"
He gave her the violets, and as il pleased
him she wore them on her wedding day.
Andzhe was very sorry indeed for Aunie.-
Topeka Capital.