Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-21

have taken old Mr.. Adderly's house,
opposite?"
"Well, yes sir, if you please . re-
turned the handmaiden. 81 met their
cook at the grocer's the other dav,
and she said that her masters name
was Black-Captain Choker Black
and that he was staying here on leave
of absence with his wife and daughter,
sir"
"Oh, indeed; did she happen to
mention the young lady's name"
"Yes, sir; she called her Miss Eva. 3"
eva! What a charming name I"
murmured Mr.. WiIloughby to him
self; and then he added aloud:
"lhat will do, Jane, thank you."
Mr.. Willoughby Vance was a bach
elor, twenty-eight years old, rich, in
dolent and tolerably good looking.
He lived with a widowed mother in
pleasant house in Albany, and, hay
ing nothing else to do, had fallen des-
perately in love with his pretty visa
Wis, and anxiously sought an oppor-
tunity for an introduction. However,
having discovered tho namo of his
enchantress, he determined to address
her anonymously by letter.
Having decided upon taking this
step, the next thing to be done was to
put it into execution, and, having
shut himself in his little study, after
many futile attempts, he succeeded in
forming an epistle to the lady to his
satisfaction, begging her, if she valued
his peace of mind, to return an answer
to "W. N, Postoffice, Albany" That
done, he went out for walk, and
dropped the letter in the nearest box.
Regularly, three times day, for q
week afterward, he called at the post
office to sec whether an answer had
arrived for him. As the week ad-
vanced Willoughby began to lose his
appetite, and grew SO restless and
irritable that Mrs. Vane, like fond
mother, fancied that her dear boy was
i'll, and begged him to consult their
medical adviser. But her son laughed
at her, knowing well that his com
plant was beyond the doctors skill
to cure.
He was beginning to despair of ever
receiving reply, when, to his great
delight, on the seventh morning,
letter was handed to him by the post
master, written in a dainty female
hand, and addressed to "W. "" AL
most unable to conceal his emotion he
quilted the postofflce, broke open the
seal and drank in the contents.
They evidently were of pleasant
nature, for he read the letter over
again, kissed the envelope, put it in
his breast pocket, and hurried home
to see his inamorata looking out of
the window of the opposite house, as
usual.
For moment his first impulse was
to salute her respectfully, but i'm
mediately afterward he bethought
himself that as he was still incognito
the young lady would perhaps feel in
suited by the action. Besides, how
could she know that he was "W. v. ?"
SO he went indoors, and amused him
self for three hours in inditing reply
to her letter, which ho posted the |
same afternoon, and in due course q |
second answer arrived.
And so matters went on, n constant
interchange of letters being kept up
for fortnight, during which time
Mr.. Willoughby Vane spent his days
to and from the postoflice, |
writing letters and watching his fair
neighbor from the window of the
"Confound lit" he would some
times say to himself. Chow very
provoking the dear girl is She never
will look this way. do wish / could
catch her eve. if only for moment.