Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
The Other One.
ny VIRGINIA LYNDALL DUNBAR.

Every marriage is hazardous, but
can conceive of no greater risk than
was taken by that same handsome,
mild.mannered woman"
Judge Watson was speaking of q
smiling, elegantly-dressed lady. whom
ne hal just bowed out OF his office,
and 20 her carriage.
''She doesn't look to me like one
who had gone through many severe
trial, ia life"
Il am thinking Of the chance she
took, aud what might have been. The
story is worth listening to, although,
perhaps, / will tell it badly"
Lets have it, by all MEANS" |
said.
Every well" answered the Judge;
"take Il cigar, and while we are smok-
ing, l will try to tell you the story"
The lady who just left has twin
sister who is now abroad. When they
Were girls together il was impossible
80 tell them apart, and when they
grew 20 young womanhood they wero
literally as much alike us two peas,
and their mother was the only one
aside from themselves that could tell
which was which, when they were
abroad in the same attire. They used
to play jokes on the young men, for,
being SO much alike, this was easy to
do. They were pretty girls, and had
scores of young beaux, ready and
willing to have all sorts of pranks
played upon them, for just the sake
of their companion.
"Howard Gleason was especially
attentive 20 Maud, and he admits that
he sometimes made the mistake of
embracing the wrong sister when he
happened to meet her suddenly in a
poor light,
"Thc father, old Mr. Wardlow, was
rich and proud, and only knew that
Howard Gleason was counting one of
his daughters. Now, Howard was not
blessed with this worlds goods, and
old man Wardlow was ambitious for
his daughters; so he very promptly
issued an ultimatum. The young
man could have neither Of the daugh-
tiers, until he had made a fortune, or
at any rate, not until he had laid the
Foundation for one.
"Maud wept and urged upon her
father that lie had money enough for
both. and though the old man agreed
that this was true, he was obdurate,
and refused TO bulge from the position
he had taken.
Howard was proud and plucky,
even il he was poor; he wasted neither
time nor words. He soothed his sweet
heart, and then went straight to the
mining regions of the west, where SO
many have sought, and found the
smiles of fortune. Maud was to wait
for him, and she promised 10 be faith
full, no matter how long the time of
waiting might be.
The father had also commanded
that there should be no correspond
ence between the young people, dur
ing the time of Towards absence, and
this condition was respected by both.
The months crept by YEARLY, and
to the young man working so hard for
the woman lie loved, this time seemed
interminable. Day after day, and
week after week he toiled upcheered
by any message from the woman for
whom he toiled. Sometimes lie felt
tempted to break his pledged word,
and write TO the girl, imploring her to
send him few words, if only enough
TO tell him that she was still faithful.
And then his pride would come to his
rescue, and he would say to himself:
ono, i will not write: she can't be
faithful TO me better / should know il
now than when it is too late" So he
worked, and toiled, cheered always by
the belief that a fair, sweet girl was
waiting TO welcome him home. and
counting the hours just as he was do
ing.
Luck was with the young man, and
in little more than year he and his
partner had struck it rich, and ho