Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-17
The Other One.
BY VIRGINIA LYNDALL DUNBAR.

every marriage is hazardous, but
I 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 had just bowed out of his Office,
and to her carriage.
"She doesn't look to me like one
who had gone through many severe
trials in life
'I am thinking of the chance she
took, and what might have been. The
story is worth listening to, although,
perhaps, will tell it badly"
''Let's have it, by all means," I
said
every well," answered the Judge;
''take 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 it was impossible
to tell them apart, and when they
grew to young womanhood they were
literslly as much alike as 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 to 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.
''The father, old Mr. Wardlow, was
rich and proud, and only knew that
Howard Gleason was courting 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
issned 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
foundatio;s for one.
"Maud wept and urged upon her
father that he 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 if 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 to be faith
full, no matter how long the time of
waiting might be.
''The father had also commanded
chat there should be no correspond
ence between the young people, dur
Ding the time of Howard's absence, and
This condition was respected by both.
''The months crept by wearily, and
to the young man working so hard for
the woman he loved, this time seemed
interminable. Day after day, and
week after week he toiled uncheered
by any message from the woman for
WHOM lie UOlleu. OOuetluleS lie I6lC
tempted to break his pledged word,
and write to the girl, imploring her to
send him a 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:
"No, will not write I: if she can't be
faithful to me better 1 should know it
now than when it is too late." So he
worked, and toiled, cheered always by
the belief that 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 he
was half-owner of mine that prom
ised to become one of the richest in
that country. Then he determined to
go back home and tell the girl of his
heart of his good fortune. He would
be his own messenger in carrying the
glad news, SO without word. he put
his things together and started east.
ssOf course, having no correspond
ence with any one in town, no one was
aware of Howard's good fortune, and
when he arrived at his old home he
came unheralded. He took only suffi-
eient time to brush up bit, and then