The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-25
ENGLlSHMAN AND DANE.


: recognizing her, but Just as the two
trains began moving In opposite direc'
Tons, she face. about, and--and--lt was
She Excuse me- dear stranger, you
eont see NE crying, DO YOU? And there
Is no lump In my throat, either, | am
not overcome as 1 tell You thIs-G0
more, 1T least, than usual, than every
day for my poor teart Is always
crushed every time | think Of it-and
when don't think Of it?n
did you call 10 herr" the Engllshman
querlCd
did |! came near jumping out OF
the window, But she did not hear me-
at least, she did not seem TO- rushed
out OF the train at the very next sta
tlon and idiotically boarded an uptown
one, end--and have been Il wretch ever
since
81 have spent many whole days and
many doliars riding UP and down the
same road in the hope OF meeting her
once more, but in vain, In vain IN vain.
The Englishman was deeply touched,
although he tried not TO show It. He
came away with the Swedish girls full
name in his memorandum book and
with secret determination TO do what
he could for his eccentric friend Ho
thought the Dane had not conducted his
search In practical manner, and he
decided In his mind TO see II he could
not be more successful.
The Idea of discovering the young wo-
man and presenting her to his lovelorn
friend took firm grip upon the mis-
anthropic bachelors mind, and little by
little became the great ambition Of his
lonely days He had little independ-
encc Of $4,000 or $1,000 and half Of 1t he
set aside for advertisements and the
other expenses which the pursuit OF his
all-ahsorbinG object might involve,
Having learned from the Dane that his
beloved had taught French and en-
broidcry he framed his advertisements
IN the want" columns Of English and
German dallies accordingly, in addl-
tion to having personal" notices insert
ed IN the various Scandinavian weeklies
of this country.
\ month passed, another and third.
Every evening his landlady would hand
him pile OF letters. They bore all
sorts of signatures and plenty OF Swcd-
ish names In their number, but the one
name which had become his idee il%c
was not there
The two friends met at the library as
usual, and frequently took supper TO-
gcther Their Intimacy grew apacc,
though TIE Ensllshmun listened more
than he talked.
You urcu't a crank at all he once
treasured the Dane. You're queer a
little hit, that's about all. II you met
your good lady and got married you
might settle down"
'Ah dear fellow" sighed the other,
without the remotest suspicion Of what
tho other NvOa 1OiDV for him
one evening MS the mechanic sat rum
maging through his bulky mail he sud
denly leaped to his feet. "Good!" I've
got her" he exclaimed so loud that his
landlady heard him through the door of
his room and whispered TO her husband
that their boarder was getting crankler
every day
He at once dispatched letter to the
Swedish young lady, and next evening
he called TO see her.
When she heard the Danes name she
drOpnod her gaze,
What's he doing in American" she
then inquired.
"He has come for YOU"
For me?" she said. with dlsconso-
late shake Of her head
Yes; for you. Why, IRE you mar
ried?" the blunt Engllshman demand
ed. his heart sinking within him.
She shook her head more sadly than
before,
VERY well. then" her interlocutor
fairly shouted, DO yolIsull love him"
VIII YOU marry him? He will die II you
don't"
"How do you know" She burst into
tears and then pursued, sobbingly, rs
II really true, sir? Are you sure OF what
you say? Why did he not come him
self? Where Is he?
"Hc Is safe and sound: but look here,
my friend It is two weeks to Christmas
will you have patience to wait that
long? Then I shall give the two of you
the incest dinner ever ate But prom
ilr me that you'll keep quiet and let me
see YOU every once In while,
But whore is he?"
No questions till Christmas, or you
won't see him nj all
When he met the Dane a. the library
tina, evening he thrust a note into his
hand:
Would you mind having Christmas
dinner with me? Accept no other invl-
tatlons"
At last the long-awaited day arrived
and the Engllshmnn with fast-heat-
ing heart received his Danish friend In
his little bedroom.
we snail nave uinnef WIN my lhUu-
lady to-day" ne said to him, but lrst,
I want you to accept Christmas pres
ent which I have prepared for you Or u
token Of our friendship. Come, It Is in
the parlor."
With this he opened the door and
ushcred HE pcrpleIed visitor into the
presence FOR which his heart had been
pining and yearninE without cessation.
The two were married the same week
and Immediately loft for Copenhagen.
where, Judging from the long epl1tl"a
! which the TInglIshman receives from
| both, they live ne happily ns any couple
I thnt ever belicd the structures Of Toll
atols "Krcutzer Sonata"
] Az 20 our British friend, he still per-
sists In inveIghlng against married life,
but when he sits reading the endless
| rhapsodlcR on matrimonial felicity IN
| his Danish letters. his crusiy face be-
/ comes ovcrsprend with radiance and he
seems to feel as II the writer's Of the
cffusiyc misslvcs were his beloved chill
dren.
well-ISuown Thitr Captured.
!