The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-25
A VERY STRANGE STORY.
NOW OWE or BosTos's BRfLIIAST
roUya xlwYERy FELL IN LOVE
An Account Of tho Novel Methods Adopted
r.,h,rto Cure Him oftho Nal
.dy and what Es'un.d from Them

~. ., doors a snow storm was raging.
,rho clocks were striking the hour or SIX
p,acea the last piece OF my copy
nm the city editors hook preparatory
to leaving the Office for supper.
was about TO start when messenger
how came boiling In and handed me a
message. Imagine. II you can, my sur
nrise and pleasure when 1 found that II
,ras from an old and dear friend whom
T had not seen FOR years, and who had
tust arrived in the city. lie was stopping
a, NIurphy's. where he wanted me to
come and dine with him.
Without much elaboration ] started out
of the office to meet my friend. his name
IL Tom Perry Ten years ago VIC ihe'
one September morning upon tne cSin l pul
OF Harvard College, two very Bfreh anu
quilting freshmen. Four years Afterwards
when we issued from the academic shaues
Of our Alma Mater. We were bosom
friends.
When we parted I took a position upon
the repcrtorial STAFF Of Richmonds lead
ing daily, while Tom went into the law
office OF his father who intended that his
son should be a shining acquisition 10 the
Boston bar. We had not seen each other
for six years, but by continuous cor
respondence had kept ia touch with each
other.
When 7 reached Murphy's the door was
opened by Tom himself. After the first
greeting Tom suggested dinner. a prop0si-
ton which l readily seconded.
Two men-One poor reporter ana the
other the son Of q milliOnaire-sat down
20 dinner on the night ~ which ] am
writing and 20 such dinner as would
cause the most fastidiOus epicurlan 10
approve of the caterers Skill FROM inc
little Blue Point oysters 70 --e chah-
payne all was perfect.
After We had lighted our Havannas ana
slipped a glass or so OF white LaoeI
we grew reminiscent The blue sHh ~
curling about us and fading away line
some ethereal veil acted as an lhcehlisr
to our loquacity. and we began 70 ,a,S S
over what had happened since We nav
seen each other.
Two Romantic Yonnr Mem
7 confessed 10 having been in love. rom
was not more fortunate In that Iespe. -,
than myself From some rernarhs ui"i
ned Nv him prior to his confession,
gathered the following account OF hls
love affair: When he left college ne VIZ
directly into his fathers Office, ana WIN
his natural genius. combined with appi,
cation, soon took o prominent s'd t,,
an1onc, the savants of the Hun. lis
mother had died during his freshinai,
wear so that by the time he had oDtalheu
some degree Of prominence as prac-
titioner. his father had been a "luo"e'
for eight years. ~, ,-. ID
Tom was twenty-six years or age Re
fore ho awoke to the fact that ne was
I'm love. and it was not with one az BoS-
toms ultra blue-bloOds either, but WIN
the old mans typewriter. one WIS
not like any typewriter have ever heaIu
or She could copy lawyer
brief without any difficulty. was unas-
Stunning. and possessed rare amount
promptly
10 the Office every morning ana Went
directly TO work. 10 is needless 10 sa.
that the senior member or the itni Oh
Perry & Son, ttorneys-at-laW. was
more than delighted with the slilcl ',l,,
OF his new typewriter Naturally a BIuil
Old fellow. he liked the thoroughly busi-
ness manner OF the woman.
Tom would sit in the front office, tvirl
his muetachc. and wonder why the
devil the oh mau' (as he mentally -eN-
pressed iD was keeping their new eHl-
Move SD long in hts Office which was
fho rear room. when Tom was positively
certain that the old man was dong noun
inc Lgt eouvolsing with his fair Taper
Of the ivory Things went on in THIS
way for about a mnnJn r9tore Tom ad-
mitt,d t0 himself that he was I'D ioNe
vith the girl. Wnat nule matters worse
for him was the fact that the woman
Doe loved seemed tO fully appreciate that
she was simply typewriter ana con-
soauentl, rt5uisel an hls advances 20
treat her otherwise. Three months sup
ped by. Tom had made no headWay.
Asurprise Party FOR Tom.
One dav. when things seemed unusually
fsfnaI his father called him into ms
office The upshot of their converse
ti0n was that Tom took "a Trip Spulh 70
look after some property or tne old hldl
Mr. Perry gave him hmluess leats,
father had guessed his sons secret anu
he knew the effect OF change ana lfdtci
II WAS two weeks after this talk that
the junior member OF the firm was idy
reclining upon the main Nerahaa OF ma
palatial hotel the Ponce do Leon
smoking his after-dlnner cigar. lie was
thinking OF all manner OF things, Dut
particularly of face ana hgure ne s nt't
so recently left. lie had tired 10 loI5ce
her, but this was useless. lie had redth
ed the conclusion that he was the hioss
Thoroughly unfortunate Fellow Bolh5;
when his thoughts were suddenly turned
from his troubles by U telegram Wnlch
was handed him by a porter. II was
from his father.
Boston. Mass.
mfr. Thomas Perry:
"Have been married. Expect me to-
night. tAIhNi''
The telegram fell from Toms fingers;
he drew q deep sigh, while long drawn
out "Wel' escaped his lips. lie thought
Of a certain crusty widow win Whon
he knew his father had been IN love lor
years. He saw the whole thlnS az a
glance His father was afraid ne Would
oppose the match, and he had conceiyeu
the idea Of sending him away ana tneh
had stolen march on him. Ihoubhts
OF his mother-in-law arose IN ms nina
like some horrible nightmare lie cOuld
see her-the thought made him shudqer.
All at once a desperate revenge flashed
into his mind He knew his father would
never forgive him for II. lie would re-
turn home and offer his heart and hand
to the typewriter. II his father could
marry a widow OF twenty, why could
not he try 70 wed the typewriter .
II was nearly time for the northern
express Tom was impatiently awaiting
on the platform
Presently the train came laundering
I'm. All was hustle and excitement. Tom
watched for the Old man. He felt al
most az # he had rather run than speak
to his new mother. Soon he saw his
father making his way toward him. Fol-
lowing closely behind was his wife. At
first he could not see what she looked
like. but he imagined she was grayer
than ever. He stepped forward 10 meet
his father; they grasped hands: then.
with heroic effort, he turned 20 his Step
mother Their eyes met was his faith
ers pretty typewriter. J. 4. WHEAT.