Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-25
gypsy GIRLS LOVER.
3, MATTHEW and Loretta Net After
Years Of Separation.
q SWEETEST KISS FOR NE.
-, tinker Lad Asked IL In His
;" -.e. and tho Lass Kept Her
Tromise To Re True.

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CHRISTMAS morning, not many
, under great patriarehal trees
81 ..,tsc river Wharte, which winds
che Yorkshire wales like a gleam-
...as. ribbon of silver, not farther
..-,ne mans voice could reach
g. ,..s.s.ni old hamlet OF Ilkley. was
~ Yorkshire gypsiss. who were
t..ak camp All set sail for
tae gypsy haven beyond the
ar,s In this wharfe-side camp
e.. u.El broker.
v.s Matthew'S
....v was a gypsy lad, orphaned
..- tovorty-stricken nawken or
rar tinker. TOO. and despised.
racer Of Gorgio books. and
o.. .r,pe on biindly for learning
..... bah shown signs OF rhymes
ma had, therefore. become an
. vh bis people.
... r-., an ouicast when an ouicast
rested upon him as curse. save
o.. single soul in Yorkshire.
-.... ,1yaI him; loved him for these
... .Hncs IN him. which. TO just
.. -.man being. deiaed him.
.-.., WAS the pet Of the Yorkshire
SD. was hut dainty mite OF
.. .it 50 f,l OF Jest and wit and
rs' her presence had come
...slud peasant lives and left
.,ii dream.
...g had already come wooing
.t The spri,e had sent them all
.. longer he. lovers: simply her
,rt1hts u honor: and each fac
-r....st fol a score of miles around
aided lover, but always housed
SIS Loretta guarded by keen eyes
- ..-,.x arms but she was gypsy
could OIt-g,psy them sn.
oh Loretta"
..w0utel excitement of the morn
li, Of the camp had dis
.."' anl ION. LORETTA rang
...Hr from spae-wife 20 chauvie
tI was taken up ar<' repeated
.. ..... auI maiden everywhere.
.a We're an newer Is the
., dear little CRIB. sang out old
-v,I. grinder. bunoon. ana
...-.. .,l.r-atart Of every boy and girl
.l. land as he clustered and hur-
... .-. ana there and clustered and
@ .r.r.
......r was also missing.
..- v., th5 daft nawken. Matthew?
,. share Was Loretta racklie?
- -..n r,I-breasts. piping their
.-- carols in the hedge which
.. r0 from the highway. until il
.. -.. river Wharfe below. could
a.. --a.rel.
..--.te the calls from the camp,
lovers were sobbing their part
....- % give, my dearie; nothing
r- 90 give y0u!'
.. aa, is hit. Matthew
. -m- lines I've made toto you
-.n made EN- all by yourself?
.. .- r.r' Then she kissed him I'M
.rnocentiy.
'.m Matthew. Oh. do, do III
. en-. allus.'
- her great eyes dancing with
er pleasure. nestled her bright
eU. close, close TO Matthews.
Dag .ar glossy hair swept over his
. and breast. as the outcast
..- ohoklngly began
..-a.y, wandered. darling wandered;
r... and moor and highway DER;
part. l. here TO linger;
seek a far-off shore.
.- .! the oceans roar.
r...- tv our troth plight given;
thy hope OF Heaven,
-r.. as ] TO thee
sweetest kiss for me!
rl PASS with long hours weary;
N-.'. 40 s'eepless. sthrless grow,
... lsNk.n lover. dearie.
-.. pam Of waiting know:
.l longing. with their woe!
" Us our troth plight given;
t- thy hope OF Heaven,
D. '-i- "a I TO thee
,. t- sweetest kiss for me-
.L.-...a. racklie!-oh. Loretta"
- Who'll. camp was filed with alarm.
Switched the verses from the LADS
l ST.. showered them with kisses.
them as some priceless thing
t..r ..t bosom. Then she fairly danced
i-r -.r bewildered lover, telling him
when ~ shipboard, she would
......ly back, far back across the
..t-r- which divided them, and
O.. H tm. for him. these lines as the
.. ny Of her heart; would sing
-. the song Of her lips and life;
g.. t.t they should he TO them both
Same. OIL. until the years and the tide
....tl.ssly sweep them together
.... long embrace: and then.
Oh. dear Lords sake from the
-. -. LHah Boswell as the startled
- saw his erst merry, but now
..... y.. peer.ng through the parted
...- .f the hedge above them.
-r- dear Lords sake! Grinder
r.atsl. in horror and dismay.
.r.. I'D, Yen break a our
lt N th.s"
.,u- from Matthew towards the
.r.ul.r She thrust her round.
.'...t CLOS. into his kindly face. Then
L al him. while the clinched
.."tl-i:
.. t...v .lI.-Lijah!-hif ever We tells
.. hu KIN We, So hi will! HI
.... ,.oi him Romany-nor Romany
r. neither! Go ye back camp.
Nln afOfe yeH'
r wat a Loretta. racklieF whis-
'.. i-tcarted 'Lijah, as he passed
t.a moments later asd shook MS
OLD head. as she demurely re-
.. ts. anxious questionings and
- .r..tnss Of the querulous "oiheh
& camp -,
D. I'D hour more the camp was dis
t. and the last PARTING with gypsy
b.. t! been said. Up 70 the high-
r. .W1 over the old stone bridge OF
up beyond the ancient church
t. saints. among whose graves many
.s chauyie was resting, ana theh
,..- ,a. breezy Yorkshire hills. ana on
a.. t. tae -,aport town, had sped the
a'lr- tribe.
-... - the deserted camp, prone upon
%. "a where LOretta'S tent ma.
t, hands clutching his ba''ereo
'-..- wheel. lay Matthew.
.cr -.brs sang sweetly In the heage,
". Whail-. as for aye. flowed Softly
H.fl 10 the sea. but the broken me-
10 utterly desolate. was as one dead 10
90 t-et,less Of that winter morn. which
'r. so fun OF gladnesS ana PROMISE
g. c.l.4 only moan
loretta fackne,-Oh. LorettaV
Tan toe weary tramp began. weary
i-l a-l dr,ary life.
I-:ae rukle. tinkle'
merry tune. this. from the tnkers
rers t.l. But who shall know OF IN.
- .he hid beneath every song tha'
N. ..er sung?
in.lr tnkle, tlnklef'
Over highway and byway; over SUR
tfl meadow. through village and nam
Dr.
Lrke tinkle tlnkle"' i,
a sYrry-iooking tinker. that. indeed
'',- t.in on. clustering English "boboie!
p -r1 him one and ALL Heart OF a true
ietrt soul Of "A martyr, life OF a saint
rr be-. but form and face OF an ac'
,.'.e. aud outcast race!
Ft.ie uukle. tinkle." Ginning ever