Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-19
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I remember my first one so we'll. 1t
was when I was mere child-only II
and inspired by the romance Of worldly
. ignorance. My Romeo would not come
within miles Of my ideal now. But
then. I was 50 young and ineXperl-
I enced."
And had a heart" Sidney Graham
added
~ hearth" she repeated. "Oh, yes,
} I've heard of hearts. Men have them,
/ but women never, except, perhaps,
when they're unwise, emotional girls. "
/ She paused. Then added slowly: You
were rude 10 interrupt, Sidney. Shall
| l continue with my stOry?"
Nothing would please me more.
AS I said. was merely a school
girl" she went on. "a child, feeding on
| the romance of fiction. At that time l
I lived in sympathy with such characters
as the beautiful Lady Marion, and
dreamed Of the happiness Of dying for
a modern William Wallace. So. of
/ course. l made an idol Of and worship
ped the very first admirer that CHANGED
to come my way. And how devoted he
was. He was nearly double my age, and
a large, handsome man.
I'VE walked in the moonlight-when
I could steal away from boarding school
and when l was kept in he would
perch on fence below my window and
play love songs on his mandolin. In
fact. we INDUCED in many Of those alb
surd fOllies Of youthful lovers and | eX-
listed only in romantic fancieS. l laugh
now when I think of what a fool was,
and how / imagined myself devoted to
the love Of my life The other girls,
my school mates. enyied me with all
their hearts. especially when | would
read to them the more insane parts OF
the many tender missives that my RO-
meO sent me. I think. in truth, il was
more to annoy the other girls than for
any other reason that I gave myself up
so thoroughly 10 romantic love scenes
and sentiments"
"How did il al end?" Sidney Graham
asked. as she ceased speaking and be-
gan again to toy with the absurd little
fan OF feathers. Did Juliet finally
scorn her Romeo and did he. like one of
his successors. find sOlace in suicide?"
"Of course. I tired OF him. and within
half a year the very sight of him filled
me with wearineSs and disgust" she re-
piled. And he positively refused to be-
gone when I dismissed him. Such n
torment as he became with his appeals
and letters Ugh, men are SO selfish, so
unreasonable"
Perhaps he really loved You"
TC,,kr I tbfpl- lNx-eI y
a month or So But how brutal OF him
to be so persistent, When l said. The
farce is finished: let us part friends.
he raved like a lunatic, exclaimed that
TO break a mans heart was not TO act
a farce but tragedy"
How long did he annoy you thus?"
"Oh. for several years. she answered.
"The time seemed endless. l met him
everywhere and at every opportunity
he implored me 10 marry him. to be as
was when first saw him
And your"
Il insulted him in return. AT first
/ pitied him. but his persistence madden
ed me and I used every means in my
/ power TO rid myself Of him."
with what result?' he questioned.
He suddenly disappeared, she an
swered. Some said he had gone TO
+ India, others that he had become her
nit and was fast losing his mind | do
not know really what ever became of
him"
And did you carer" Sidney Graham
asked, earnestly.
well. cant say that did. He had