Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-05-17
PSYCHICAL ROMANCE.
Above Story.

o-- material OOStrucuOnS were
Hfsrenc from the Intangible
f, barrier which now confront
~ and caused an abrupt stoppag7
...ts eager woOing.
Dad IL been a flesh and blood rival
,-s.m he was called upon to cope,
..- u-r,d have marshaled his forces
.-.-sr-i 20 rouc the enemy In
en- ,-fe~. bu- this ETHEREAL presence
.3 him and SET az naught all his
--...-rs experiences.
Inn So very sorry John, Out you
..-..-1 acw IL u.s. Dorothy said.
-.- did rO- understand and Sald so.
r.-,.-v assured him that she liked
.- rs-sr than any earthly man, and
-ra same breath informed him
was impossible for her 10 marry
ta.aus, for thousands Of years
.f braD spiritually welded 10 Or
er- lived i'm the next higher plane.
.--uries she had been gradually
Serving nearer 10 OrYon world, ana
st.- her pr5 sent earthly life. she
rf by living singly here, progress
*, wonder common-sense, practical
r was puzzled
And you mean TO say that YOU in
.--. never TO marry ln-er-well-thls
.-- eXs.ence2 % John asked.
T-
.9. impose YOU had not found out
.- this ether world fellow. YOU
r-. have kept Your promise and mar
-f ne John inquired.
r- rv had made several attempts 70
~.t. clear her position, and this time
-,-~ vas determined 70 understand IL,
----.s rs much as his ordinary intellect
v permit.
Dorothy pondered upon Johns last
Question. then answered, slowly:
.Ya,. I suppose so. To would have
tesa error, bu. then all mortaIs COM
mn errors
John smiled grimly. then rather
-rE ,v said.
r. seems 10 me that if Orvon had
SEN Kind enough 10 wait for you so
rrg no certainly could no, object 10
vrr marrying me- f0r do not expect
90 live one century.
.O1. John, How can yOp talk so?
Y~ have already been so sensible. l
thought YOU would surely understand, -"
c-ei Dorothy. IN a hurt voice.
John made no answer. He fingered
ts la- silently for a few minutes, gaz-
ing earnestly az the makers name in
bore Of inspiration. At last he rose.
Dorothy glanced at him furyively.
There was @ suspicion Of tears in her
great blue eyes.
"llust YOU go2" she asked timidly.
John looked down at the golden mead
thougl.fully.
-hi1k I might as we'll"
wish YOU compromised me be,-
-- Maybe YOU would If you should
rad This, and she held out Marie Cor
ras Romance OF Two Worlds"
should think i- would take years
c. reading and thinking on all abstruse
sciences TO reach Your fate John re-
Piled, burt he took the book
'Oh, no, No at ALL It is so .uple.
II YOU would only become one Of us you
would be much happier. and perhaps
perhaps YOU migh- find Your twin flame
was waiting for You and then" Dor
q. -y spoke eagerly, but John interrupt
e' her.
NO, Dorothy. 7 might study from
row until I were an Odd man and I
ID believe ,l8t h. was prcOrd1ined
-r3- Dorothy Wilton was 20 be my
wife, he spoke lightly but his ewes
we're grave. But, good-by. Dot. I'm
going back 20 San Francisco to-mOr-
-v and he held ont his hand
Not so soon she cried anxiously
.f1l said YOU had come home TO STAY.
n,-r go Let's be friends as we used
be-"
Why 90 an women insist upon re-
.'c1g r5je ed lovers as friends. I
word To- John asked.
Bu- you have always been my hes.
friend John. I th0ugN YOU would up-
hold me- I'm this. When father and
mother objected TO my joining Prof.
lars-s class, Z always said Won would
e77ove. ! even thought YOU might
''2 u.s. The las, was spoken in a
Questioning tone.
believe I will join the old humbug'
c's Gcod-by' and he was gone.
ID Dorothy John only called Prof.
-t'- a humbug. bat in his mind NJ
n'1 to him an the opprObrious
terms 1o could recall.
was hard on John. John
..- as.1 in love with pretty DO. Wilton
~.s2 only boy When he left Boston
school and went West 10 make his
as Dorothy had prom SD to be his
Nr and Ms Wilton shook their
's au. thinking thar as both were
s and were likely 20 be separated
some time that time would ei,hsr
,l1. their affection was but a
enc. of that. standing the best
vars and separation. would prove
"rg. did not interfere.
Ten years John came back u
Girl sweetheart grown 20 a
woman. Shortly before his
Dorothy had Joined a class i'm
lll nd societies for pSvchic7l
i-l- she had become thoroughly
with their principles and was
convinced that she like cara. i'm
h'u3uce of the Two Worlds o."
t1ed % go through this life
and guided by her spiritual af-
g. Q~gca.
Wilton besought her daughter
,' peculiar and John exhaust
ais powers Of reason and per
a But Dorothy was firm. hap
The belief ,ha. Orvon. taking cog
Or her heroic struggles. smiled
-''a. and spoke words OF encour-
10 her In her dreams.
attended the class regularly.
--.. Vas rewarded by walking home
Dorothy and dining at the VIII
me-. The distressing question of