The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-27
A Happy Result

luS Is IN the aScenddnL-3 une-lOoking an
weIl-dressed young man was. with aowe
head, vending his way toward Warning
a thriving New England village when h
heard some one exclaim:
We'll l decIare. had no thought O
thus meeting your
Raising his head, he saw not far ava,
a young lady-no one but her-and knew
that she must be the speaker and tina
he was the person addressed
A mere glance at her was sufficient L
assure him that she was an absoIu:
stranger. As he drew nearer she smiling
~ remarked:
Though I easily recognize you of cours
you do not know me. My name is Haiti
Ashton, and I am glad 10 NEE: your ex
tending her hand toward him.
Confident that she had mistaken him fo
another person. he immediately decide
not TO correct this impression, cordially
grasped her hand. and said:
And l am pleased 10 meet you
Are you stopping in this town.
Il am not. I have been 1o- week II
an adjoining town, and this afternoon
thought I would take a walk over hers
and pass the night with an old acQuaint
ance, John Story
HIS home Is nearly four miles from
! here. and judging from that" pointing
TO 8 black cloud. there will be q shower
before you can reach your destination
-Four miles from here?'' he observed in
a tone of surprise. He informed me that
his home was only five miles from where
I was staying. and 1t seems 20 me that
1 must have already covered thar dis
lance
From what town have you Gomez
Gordon
You probably took the wrong road. two
miles from here. where four roads meet"
Il remember such place, and there
took the road which, according 20 guide
board, led 10 Warning Village
That accounts for 1t. The one at the
right of that which you took leads d.
rectly past his home, quite distance cast
of the village.
During this conversation they had been
moving along, and now She pointing TO a
pretty house, said:
That is my home. and I think you'd
better wait there until the shower is over
and then let father convey you to your
friends"
Il shall be pleased to do SCAT least to
remain there during the shower. which
promises TO be here soon"
They entered the house. where she in
troduced him TO her parents and account
ed to them for his presence. AS the two
sat by themselves a few minutes later he
said
Il deem it incumbent upon me, as a
matter of honor, to inform you that my
name is not Borden, but Andrews"
''What?" fell from her lips in q tone
that it would be difficult to describe.
And" he continued, 81 cannot compre-
bend how you could have mistaken me for
another person, as 1 have never seen a
man who resembled me-
please excuse me for a few moments"
she observed, rising from her seat and
leaving the room. Returning thereto, she
extended a photograph to him and asked:
Isn't that likeness of yourself?"
Most assuredly. How came it in your
possession
Il can easily account for that. Three
years ago, while at school, four of us
girls, as one person, advertised for gentle
men correspondents, for the fun of it,
agreeing that each of US should have an
exclusive correspondence with any gen.
tleman according to the numerical order
in which his initial missive was re-
ceived."
Among those whose letters 1t devolved
upon HE 10 answer Was d student at mar
ward, whose name, supposedly at least,
was Frank Borden, and he sent me this
photo, which I naturally presumed was of
himself. asking me for mine. But before
| could comply with his request our cor
terminated"
After laughing heartily Mr.. Andrews re-
joined:
Borden was my chum at Harvard, al
ways full of the old Harry. I was aware
IF his correspondence with an incognita,
md remember that he informed me that
he, not having any photograph of himself,
lad stolen one of myself and sent it 10
Ter. AS the base act has led to an ac-
luaintance with you, 1 will forgive him
,or It."
AT this juncture her father entered the |
Dom and she acquainted him with the |
acts of the case. causing a smile to rip |
lie across his countenance.
THE shower does not seem to material |
re, and l think I'd better continue on |
ny way to Story's,' Mr.. Andrews OBJ |
served.
Certainly not until after tea, which I |
anne here TO inform you and Hattie was
eady," said Mr.. Ashton.
And. after tea, he was easily persuaded
hat 1t would be best for him to remain
where he was over night
When he started for his friends the |
GLOWING morning he had promised her
arents as we'll as Hattie that he would
all upon them again before leaving Cor
on.
He did so several times. and when they
eparated for the last time before his re-
urn to his home in Boston he placed upon
Iattie's lips the kiss of an accepted lover,
ccepted with the hearty sanction OF her
ather.
Today Mr.. Andrews ranks high among
he legal fraternity, and a happier couple
han are he and his wife could not be
Globe.