Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-09-03

u6T 6yeS lOOhlHS uilcohly AHto luiuO'
Even in the half light every feature
was clearly discernible. There was the
soft black hair waving across white
forehead, the eyes, deep and full of
immeasurable good things, the nose,
the mouth-everything that had been
seeking for. ! gave an exclamation of
joy.
"'You see her now, sir? Does the
rings show up good?' This remark from
the astronomer brought to mind for.
gotten fact. I saw her through tele-
scope. Where was that window that I
could seek her out? had found her.
Better never TO have seen her than un-
der such appalling conditions There
she was gazing calmly at me from the
other end Of long tube. I could al
most touch her and reached out my
hand.
"'Hold on, there!' cried the astron-
omer. You'll upset the machine.
"My involuntary movement to en-
brace what was not there did indeed
disarrange the apparatus, and SO badly
that she disappeared, and where she had
been star was winking at me. As if I
cared for starsl
II paid for one more look at Saturn,
but could find nothing. In vain swept
the skies and the housetops and win
dows with the telescope and with my
naked eye. She had vanished. l went
home disconsolate. AS surely as I sit
here, Dockboy, saw her. It was not a
hallucination. She was sitting in a real
window within the range Of that tele-
scope, but where I don't know and per-
haps never will know. My ideal his
become a reality, but under what trying
circumstances. Do you wonder that
am miserable"
II surely do not, I said, "if what
| you have said is true and not mere
imagination.
"How romanticp' cried my wife.
Lieutenant Swash sighed.
"Come," I said, rising from my
chair, we will go together, and perhaps
can help you. I will have look at
Saturn"
Not long afterward my friend and ]
were at the corner from which he had
viewed his ideal in the flesh. The itin.
Grant astronomer was there, too, with
his telescope pointed heavenward in
readiness for use. He greeted my com
panion pleasantly and apparently had
been expecting him.
''Maybe you'll see that planet you've
been looking for tonight" he said.
GIVE cleaned off the lenses so they'll
work better"
"PIanet! Beautiful luminary rath
er. muttered the lieutenant, stopping
and screwing his eye into an end Of the
telescope. II can see nothing but black
ness now. Lower the other end just lit
tle-there. He began adjusting screws
with the skill of one initiated into thu
mysteries Of the heavens. While ht
searched the skies above and the house
tops for miles about scanned the heav
ems, the house tops and the window!
with my naked eye, and with my naked
eye accomplished more than he.
/ "Allow me to try the glass, said.
"My dear fellow" he cried, sit is o.
no use If cam find it, after searching
every night for weeks, you can't. There
is nothing in sight. It's only question
of patience, Of waiting until it agai1
appears.
"Let me try" said peremptorily.
He acceded to my request. With th'
4 cko 10 %l,o oc<, II \,
instrument in the desired position, fxet
my eye to it and focused it.
"Pshaw," cried Swash impatiently
"you re looking right down Broadway. ;
''Them's electric lights, sir, not plan
ets," ventured the astronomer politely
These remarks had no effect on me.
bided my time. At length it came.
"Swash, don't be excited" said
"but just fix your eye here. .
'It's she again." he cried before hi
had his optic thoroughly adjusted
"You're right, Dockboy; we've got her
! Now mark where the telescope points
to. Don't lose it. Get the direction. Z"
"Have you read what is below thu
Window" said l.
"Jover' he muttered. "'Miss Maxy
Mumps, the actress, writes, II have
used DR.. Hoaxer's harmless hair toni'
and find it perfection.
We've got her, Swash. Well spot 1
window with that sign-why, confount
it, she's goner'
Swash Strengthened up and seized my
hand.
"Dockboy," he whispered so the as
tOnished astronomer would not hear
"I've found her, thanks to you. Cal
spot her window by that sign if It'll
within ten miles. Miss Maxy Mumps
the actress
Look again." I said quietly, "ant
tell me what you see
Once more he looked, but only for ,
second.
"Confound it'll" he cried. "Am
crazy? saw girl in a bicycle and un
der it letters saying that if you blk'
you should ride Duster. !"
| Gentlemen, interrupted the astron
omer, "I'm afraid you amt seen Saturn
nor no other planet. You was looking
at that advertising canvas down Broad
way"
Lieutenant Swash has gone to th'
country for few days. st. Loui
Globe Democrat.
Conclusive.
I, A young man just home from col
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