The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-26

It's face that has the tint OF lily room.
And the has reliefs rs cameo or bisque.
Shes as handsome as "A rose in early June,
This fair and lovely woman of the moon.
A mystery's this portrait on the moon,
That was craven by the Master hand above;
'Tis mystery as deep as ancient rune,
And perlexing the woman that we love.
She is fairest In the autumn nights high noon,
This pure and lovely woman of the moon.
1t was erst man we pictured in the moon;
Ii Is better that woman should be there,
With the roses and the lilies round her strewn,
And 'he light of heaven shining ON her hair.
When the one we love il absent we may Groom
To the lovely woman craven on the moon.
'Why, that's good Jim. how did YOU
come TO do IL? Are you moon struckY'
"Moon struck or course / avn moon
struck. So would you be- X YOU were in
my place. There's little story connected
with this, old fellow, and II you are IN
the mood to listen l will tell IL To You"
''All right, jim, spiel away. How long
isitW
"Oh, about one COED cigar. I reckon
That's Just the right length. for Julie
will expect me in an hour.
Julie will expect your Whereg'
"At the Union depot.
SAT the Union depotY
"Thats what 1 said. +"
well, say, Tom, you've got better
story than mine. Tell IL 10 me. lease,
and i II tell you mine afterward. "
Il don't mind. My story Is only about
four whiffs, If that, and If you will cut
yours that much we can get them both in
before 1 have TO go. Mine is simply this: :
met her at Hotel del Monte when l got
there in June. the sweetest woman ! ever
saw. Her name was Winthrop. Julie Win
throp, and now IL is Julie Jones and that
is better. More alliterative. you ses. OF
course, fell in love with her. and in
dead hard earnest. l am in the habit of
falling in love with attrt ctivo women, but
toe coupe d'amour, If may he allow d
the term, was never Knockout until this
one.
"Jule didn't seem to reoiprocats. and
u tell you the truth don't believe she
loves ME. even now, as muoh as she does
some CtheI fellow that l don't know But
she viii nsver see HIM eRain: at least she
never Will except by accident Well, she
married me. 1 intended To bs so good 10
her that she will forget the other fellow
in time. and pretty quick time at that
I've were married in September and
came across the continent, to st. Louis,
arriving there about the 18th. / had some
business in Louisville that would detain
me few days and then L w anted to run
up here and see you, so she decided TO
visit some friends while ] was doing
Louisville and Chicago. She is to meet
me tonight. and we are going on home
together. That's my story. Pretty good
one, isn't it?'
Eyes, quite to the point at least. Have
you told your Julie anything OF me-that
Is 10 say, Of our friendship:"
'No, my dear fellow, I've been saving
you for dessert, so TO speak l want to
spring you on her later. The fact is |
am courting her yet. and | don't want
her TO think that l care little bit for
anybody else in the world but her until
l have won her love good and certain.
Then | want you TO come and see us up
there on tho Hudson and stay till you
just have 60 come back to town to attend
60 your knitting. Why, what's the mat
ter old mani Are you illf'
NO. it's just the pipe. It's too strong.
Often does me that way. l must quit
IL"
Good idea never could stand a
story? I've told mine. "
''It doesn Z amount To much, and since
come To think, 1t IL hardly worth telling.
But 1t may be of some advantage to you
one OF these days, SO | will tell it:
Il have been in love with woman all
my life. We grew mp together. Our
homes adjoined earh other In the Ken,
oucky village where We were born and
dsed. ard we have been sweethearts since
% was y and / H. Even before that |
g. ckOD, Dut We were U1O young 10 KNOW
a. Now she is 20 anu / ain 30 and We
we're TO have Eeen married last spring.
out a financial affair prevented end we
,ut it off until next winter. / had about
$4,000 saved up, but my sweetheart s
father who was "A very well-to-do man,
wanted TO use that amount in a scheme
OF some kind and | loaned it TO him. He
invested it with large sum of his own
lin a land deal, he said, and-well, he
hasn't got IL back yet.
That's Just like you, jim, you can
paint, but YOU haven { got as much busi-
Ass sense as monkey.
"Thank you. but you IRE using up
time. / must finish my story. y
Have you got any security for that
money
"IIave you got anything to show whora
IL went toY"
"Yesh -
"Sell, that something
II think IT'S worse than nothing, hat
/ will show it to you directly. l have
not seen my sweetheart since last spring.
She and her father went away on q trii
together. and when we parteu we agreed
tn think Of each other at O'Clock every
evening and talk as il We were talking to
each other.
"To catch my train had to bid heI
goodbye at that hour, and Ii happened
that the full moon was shining. i out
lined to her the face Of the woman on tin,
moon. and showed her how much the face
was like her own. Since then | have
sKetched and painted that face, and !
show you that also. Besides 1 lave writ
ten the verses above it taat l read % you
just now. The picture ard the verse.
are both bad. | know. No painter coulC
do justice to the face in the moon or {,
thet oi my sweetheart, but ] dil ID Il
when in happier mood than i am rieEt
now.
That's about all there la to IL, Tom
except the recent for INV mcnev am tn
porirait i spoke Of. But the rcc'ipt is il
the shape OF IA letter, and ! won read II
10 you unless you agree not to tsk m,
what it's postmnrk is aud tho nam,
signed to IT. That is another man Z
secret "
"All right. old man. whatever you 81,
goes.
Here 10 is
My dear James: I have not onl,
gamblcd away all Of my own money an
all / could raise on my property Lut