Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12
More Than One Miss Jones.
\HR HENRY ApArR GOODMAN.

1t one of the finest homes in the sub
urhs. was Rluncing over the Social
Chronicle and finishing his coffee be
tween paragraphs.
"By Jovs, listen to this. Lucy" h.
said 10 his sister Howard Carpenter
has surcumbed N last. The engage
uient of Howard Giles Carpenter and
Miss jones. of Wellington place. i an
uounvvd. the wedding 10 take place in
the autumn Next 20 seeing my own
announcement. nothing could surprise
me more"
Lucy Goodman remembered her
brothers one love story and it. sad
ending. For years no one had spoken
90 IL To Henry Goodman. II had
estrangrd him from his father until IN.
latter was on his dsnthbs,l Ten years
time heals many wounds. however. so
this morning Lucy ventured to say;
Her name is Jones. | wonder II III.
IL anyone ~. know r
Il guess not. dou't know anyone
cut that way" n Henry Goodman
thought of the girl by that name that
be knew long ago he made no sign.
On reaching his place Of business hs
found his secretary outside his private
Office.
There's gentleman inside wants
20 srr You. Hes breu here nearly an
hour. seems very much eNcitcd.-
What's the trouble. Howard2 You
seem excited" Mr.. Goodman said. when
the daur vas elus-i. Il have ibs.n r.ad
ing the papers aud ! see You are to b..
congratulated"
Howard Carpenters hand was limp
in his friends clasp. That's the deuce
ot IL. Henry. I'm in an awful mess. /
have come over - You Ia tell me " har
would better do. Henry. I'm engaged
to one woman aud love another
Il am not surprised. Howard. You
never did knew anything about affairs
Of the heart. Now. tell me about it
-I'll begin at the beginning. The
doctor told m- 10 ride a wheel and get
up for early morning rides. Well. I
tried IL and must say it was great. One
morning I was spinning along ou, the
boulevard when some one close behind
me bumped into my rear Wheri and
was sPrawiiug on the grass beyond the
curb. ami very lovely young woman
was sitting ia the roadway b.sisl. the
wreck Of her wheel iiy Jovr. How
ard. do yau know how pretty girl
looks when she is making mp her mind
to cry ! sat up and said; 1t was sud
dsu. wasn't itg Al that she laughed.
4 hope yoH are not hurt she said 1t
was 50 stupid 81 me n soon as saw
you my wheel went right toward you.'
1t won't do II again. said I. look
ing at the wreck
We took the wheel "a repair shop
and when she gave her name and adj
dress to the wheel mender made
mental nete OF il. After that We met
several times on the road aud wheeled
together. Theq she invited me to call
aud | went around aud met the aunt
She is only about ten wears ol,ler than
Lillian Miss Jones and j. handsome
woman. hook ten years older than the
aunt.
After the ice was broken | was
regular caller az the house. felt per-
fectly al rdse aud all that. but. by
love. Henry. when I thought Of pro-
posing To- Lillian my heart beat so fast
couldn't sp.ak. Vt last | wrote a let
ter and told her had loved her from
the first day. that knew she was much
younger than myself. but well. YOU
know how person will write when he's
in love.
-N hen | went to call that afternoon
the aunt was in the parlor and Lillian
was out.
IL did not tell Lillian YOU were TO
call, she said. because | wished TO
talk with you about your letter.
~ did not suppose your visits to us
bore any particular Significance, and il
had thought of it would have sup
posed you were interested in Lillian
rather than myself \ sort Of cold.
ciammy feeling crept over me. You
asked me II | think | can love Won
Now | leave il To YOU IL that wasn't
i poser. Imagine sitting opposite a
woman and having her spring thing
like that under the circumstances. All
al once | realized that had addressed
nv letter 10 Miss Jones. and the aunt.
being Miss Jones. had read IL and be-
lieved was ia love with herself.
~'I will not say that | care for you
ether than as a very warm friend. of
course. I appreciate that this is a very
peculiar answer to give TO a man who
writes as YOU do. | am dared; hard
ly know what 10 saw
Oh gasped. don't say any more
Yes said she, I wish TO tell yon
that put of siI thought of marriage
when was a very young girl | met
and loved college boy. II was not
the sort OF affection that so often
springs up between young people. We
loved each other sincerely. but his fa-
ther was wealthy and mine was poor.
His father gave mine money 20 leave
the country ard take me with him We
went TO live in secluded place. where
my father enjoyed freedom from work.
which he hated. lie put me into a con
vent. Wherever had an opportunity
| wrote TO my lover. but no letters ever
came from him. When l was 2i my
father died. ! supported myself by
teaching and after awhile made