The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26

...x,uz room Al Cooper UnloZ a year ar
-. 80 Bofa we're IA the nanss % srena-
- ere better part CT the evening tnsre.
- l.a.h mad Developed q preference Tor .
..,-srulsr table. A. first II was ere ioc4-
.,eu cf that table aIone which attracted
,s<m. bur In course o. time they became
..es..,orssed 10 each others company. aDa
5 .stscugh gerfees strangers. they felt ae-
.nssn.ed. and - though they met BY eis-
sesnlmeat.
1,n. was a stout old Engllsansn. with a
ard stern face-cTie Of those ssrsy faces
a.. usually &c together with an hoaest
.sd kindly heart. lie vas a wslgsreaa
~.Anaaase and bachelor and having or
nsssersstng 70 have. an aversion for women
- easIayen. hs passed his leisure hours
Sats~Y In me ssclusi0u OF his little hall
heafcon or at Cooper institute The other
sas 4 dry-taeed. b~ardiess Dane. OF &C.
rfsh bl1e eyes u Iae.Incad eIeasness. ard
- faxsn locks which adhered close 70
IL head ard Esck. II vas fns childish ard
g. Penetrating look 81 those crystalline
syss Of his whieh flrst cast 4 epeii over The
srrfY-iookins EaSIishrnan. lie could not
kssp gIsneing ut them again and again. and
a Ne tried 70 read his book or magazine
H. seemed 20 feel the.r s0lfs appealing
ease u5on himself A one n-ornen- he was
q ne verge Of quarrel bBt no sooner
lad he met the Danes eTe thar .B*raaa
IL Resentment be felt Ike asking II ha
ecgss rot be az service 10 MIN
A. 10 tss Scandinavian the crasty look
q lis ne.ghbor far fran repeissng, had a
-~-ulias sort Of glamour for him. Ard %
she two passed. ,wn or three hours al the
ssae fakIs six nights IN tie week unfFl
wssh a slight rod. then with q more de-
nozstratsve cne and finally WITH a bland
-xaad evening"
oae night a. they sat reading, the Dane
ssnded The EHgiisanIan a note which read
~ follows:
yf,esy Sir: Nv heart is ft,f tonight and
wish 70 spe2k 20 some good man. VIII
rca be ms listener Ike vou without
ksaxiag who you are. but 40 much the
tetser Would you raind having a cup 81
ssgse xtth me-"
Efh pleasure" sas the Engiishmsn's
written reply.
q 4 marble table In one az the Vienna
afr on Second avenue
me Dare spoke English with perf~c.
su<ncy. ard although his pronuneIa ton
rss Rbored and often incorrect, his gram
nsy vas IrreproaehahIs
Z beg % you. don't set ne down for 4
srsns" be began. II am tired Of being
essikd that
Wheshes xna sre ore or not. I'm no;
Esn' 70 call you name sir grunasief the
~ rather. played me trick-under
Esxf,sAnan
An right thea This Is my day Of mis-
s,. Just year ago Fate dealt me "a blow
sssh have beer squirting and writing
Tfrsxia Ia = -
~ Incident which may after all. drive me
bad By the way when YOU know me
beiisv yon NAV ard that I an no crank
a.. a. yet az least. Well. then. IL IL q
lsss story am Tosng 10 recount to you-s
kss Nary OF which ! am the unhar.v
heru II 4 rot amusing hero and vet
1sseased aid miserable. Wen some three
ysafs ago I felf In love with a poor bat
see5nnssshed sweai@h girl I'm Copenhagen.
Have yna ever heeR In love. sirr.
Iasfs neither here nor thare. You Just
e on. snsrlea the Englishman.
beg POUR pardon. sir meant no
asen<s As to myself, had beer in Iove
6czsn times before I met the Swedish
fsarr 'asy. and when I saw that | was
Mtasaaiea WITH her thought IL was some
sAiss Ike ms previous ron,ance.-a pas
soo o. week or 2 month after which
sssrs i nothing left but smoke. smoke
sHsse, as the hero of one ~ Tnrgenegf' :
sessa puts II. Arc yeu fond Of Turgeneff ;
81 excuse my impairment questions,
N-il I had mate up my mind 20 he Il
sseasior You wish 10 know why Be
sssss vas the most foriorn fool in Gre
1861 IN the first PLACE I had taken X IN
q ~ head thaf had been bern 10 fiii the
sasefse With rev SORT OF sunshine
10 ne dazzling rays Of my poetry. Ae-
sasisfsls. foF me 10 marry sad ~ both
s'Fs sish Hiie ard children and the sor-
90 details OF family lie would Ne a crime
sSAsEst TIE Interests Of humanity. tion'l
~ ssw In the second place. should
81 ttssa q my wife tefore the honeymoon
szs bali over. ard marriage wonla he eter-
~ s9FfaFe- I drew my cencmsious~do
e kaow from WHAT From The brevits
ny former passions. Was an idiot
~ s,sasest or earth
'ssFapssa him.
les. waS, l believed su the "kreutzeg
sshsta-hsve So,s rad IL think il
ssat 70 b burned. But a, that time |
asa 'ae ssre iaio,ic views as the man In
aAl sseEy- Well. the last slri fell in lnse
80 vas singular sort of woman. She
= az pretty. No I Wish sac had been
1ts should have forgotten her Ions
- ha' she Was e2od genias OF kind
&Fss-snd II goes without saying that she
s.se called crazy, She loved me DIES
sSss'y. and kuew it. and that helped -
"a all had frank exnlana tier
"a hef ana teld her liked her. bat thar
ne belonged "a humanity. on. ths
- saat was She gave rae q sad looh
s@ae re farewell and that IL the last
sN ssa az her~in Europe At least
subsequently, learned that she had
sssasee 70 America. ami chat was what
$50 NE over her. Why7 Because
@ l0s ave without her because when
tN gone became aware Of the real
Ae u ny love far her All dear friend
- Shea II was too bate that / had
!. - Ased Before, No other woman left
sssson 50 deep. 50 cruel. so .nef-
80. And the feeling Itself too, seem
ssA unprecedented - entirely un-
ssyshisg ! had ever txperie1eets he.
Is sttss there the pointed 30 MS
and Il Wal Re there 10 make LIS
ne As long a. ! exist
~ snGeaed thousand things that l
= -t~s 4ao- caHae oyrg hare IN search Of
a qelSotic search for hsr Mas Il
a.. .saAsa, seeing tAag k0ew not even ln
-. s1 sae had set;leas And yet-ani
~ Sase . taC ulos, appalling part o.
NAS71 ASt II ibis ely. ana Il, me
s--... sAAt did not, hUt 7 hope 20 CONS
Asaln although ] may d cazs-
ss.s sss.ash sunset. Rat he IL as Z, may. |
cave he ce0r8se - siye IL up and
a.. 80 10 ny home Gor 80 l enjoy q
eur rsss IN sbss city.
a. searched h'gA ana A5w Tor her IN
ss and p Chicago. where the Swets-
49, = nzuch }srger. }egs all n vain.
So seaseatast 81 Ao9~ ard WAS s,rrVfrr
So -a 10 AeaKr fhtS .-.ss1rfrx ard - ~,
- lie whole episode a. 4 romantic
800 ea2Id 2eVeF become Invested II,
aaa escoa when ,s.ls verT asv wear
aasAs sight e hsr I'm an e,svssF,,
seeoHd avenue Yes savv har
a. onen v'2dow-it MS a beau
y Septsn7h "r. ike as E,4t -
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