The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
CUPID AND THE LAW.
The story of Boston Love Affair
That EVcntuated in Mexico.

The story of n Boston Love Affair
That Evcntuated in Mexico.
BY John Forbes.
"Good-by. good-by; yes, Wen write and
tell you all about It and perhaps send you
some of the drawn work"
And with these and the other usual mes
sages the train carrying the big excursion
to Mexico pulled out of the station
1t was a common, every day sight to
the station hands, and they gave 1t only
passing glance. But 20 most of the trav-
elers 1t was a novel experience and they
looked ON ii as only the beginning of days
Of sightseeing IN the land OF the Monte
sumas
There were two passengers I'm one Of
the sleepers who attracted some attention.
One was a woman of co. tall and straight,
with carriage like a queen and who
seemed as young aud gay as the youngest.
The other called her mother and was
about %, a beautiful girl Their son and
brother had come to the station to bid
them good-by, man of 30 we'll groomed
and well-made, the typical American man
of that age
He had provided them with everything
that his affection could suggest, and told
them to be sure and let him know day
by day where they were and If they were
well.
''And you will look after mother, Alice,
won't your"
AS he spoke two young ladies turned
and looked at him-his sister and a young
er woman. about %. She turned involun-
tarily and the pretty bush that covered
her cheek showed that her name was Alice,
too.
Robert Duncan glanced at her and was
struck with her beauty. But she saw his
look and turned away and busted herself
with her baggage. His mother and sister
both noticed the coincidence also and
smiled.
80 we will have two Alioes along" said
his mother. Il hope we shall become ac-
quainted with the young lady. She looks
very pleasant and very nice"
Just then the porter shouted "All
aboard" and Robert jumped from the
train, As the car passed him he looked
i'm vain for the faces of his mother and
sister. But he did see the face of the
other Alice looking at him with some Gu
riosity.
Then he returned to his office He was
the junior partner in prominent law firm
in Boston and had a hard afternoon Of
work before him. There was a brief in a
case that had puzzled both himself and
his partner. But try as he would TO con-
centrate his mind on his work he could
see nothing but the beautiful face at the
car window and hear nothing but the
droning Of the car wheels.
At last he became so nervous that he
threw down his pen and telling the boy
he would not be back till morning, he
walked up across the common and the
public garden to his home
The evening at the theater did not help
him. and he was rather horror-struok to
find himself no better in the morning. This
was a new experience for him. No woman
had ever before come between him and
his work This was silly. He never saw
the girl before, and he never would see
her again. He must nave dyspepsia.
So on his way to his Office he made
call on his old college chum, now a prom
Using young physician. He did not tell the
doctor what the most prominent symptom
was, but was sure he needed medicine for
dyspepsia. Accordingly he felt rather fool
ish when he was obliged to say no to all
the doctors questions as to whether he
had certain symptoms inseparable from
gastric trouble.
The doctor laughed and gave him some
harmless powder ana he went to the Of
flee strong in his resolve to finish the
brief. He made fairly good headWay, but
still the image of the beautiful grin would
come back 10 him, land as the day wore
on, more distinctly. Late in the afternoon
he got a telegram saying the party was
at Chicago, and signed s"Alice" and that
started il all over again.
Then he became alarmed and feared his
Aiitiu was SOlilS4 t VI lie WAS not a OeltCN-
er in love at first sight" or hardly in
the grand passion itself"
Then he found himself with an almost
resistless longing to take the first train and
follow his folks OF course he did not adj
init to himself that he wanted to see the
other Alice
That afternoon one of the firms best
clients came in. He said he contemplated
purchasing some thousand acres IN Mex
leo, with the idea of establishing a coffee
plantation there. He was not satisfied
with the title 10 the land, and felt that
some one ought to 20 down there and look
into the matter more closely. He could
not spare the time, and came 10 them
thinking that possibly some of their young
men might have enough knowledge OF
Spanish TO make the trip.
Robert Duncan regarded him as an angel
and said that as the office was not very
busy just then he thought he should like
to make the trip himself This was better
than the client expected, and the matter
was soon fixed up
Perhaps you will meet your folks down
there" said the senior partner.
why perhaps l viii" said Duncan, as
IL he had just thought of it, But he told
his partner that it was hardly proba be,
as he was going down on the lower table
lands near the coast, and the excursions
usually kept pretty well upon the higher
plateaus
That night before he started he got a
letter from his mother, and in il she said:
alice Chambers is lovely and we enjoy
her so much" So that was her name
Chambers.
II.
The next morning he started. His jour
ney was q tresome one. and after several
days spent on the train he found himself
one glorious afternoon climbing a little
mountain path on the back of burro.
Duncan had told his folks by wire. of his