The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
LOCAL Talk.
LONG DISTANCE RoMANCE.

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LONG DISTANCE ROMANCE.
There is an interesting young lady visit
ing in the city VINO short time before
| leaving her eastern home played a highly
| exciting role in a decidedly sensa tional
| drama, and without her very earnest or
eager desire either. In her town there
had been young man who had come
there from a distance, and al once upon
his arrival tooH the village by storm as
TO the gay Lothario act. He was hand
some, stylishly attired, genial and a pro-
fessional heart crusher, ana soon ne had
all the girls in town in his wake even for
one smile from him. But ne ignored all
save the one Vho is now trying to forget
her modification by a visit away from
home
Just before she left, the young man an
nounced the painful news that ne was
going away and would go into business
elsewhere and probably never return. The
two were supposed by the whole town
to be engaged and probably were, but
the grand finale ripped a big tear in the
canvass and let out the initiation and now
they are not engaged. He was TO take an
early afternoon train and invited the girl
to take dinner with MIN al the hotel. This
she did and the dining room was crowded
and she the gazed upon of all the host.
Waiting upon their table was a pretty
and nice appearing young girl. sister OF
the head waitress. She was all through
the repast very nervous and evidently dis
turbed, with a ghastly pallor ike unto
approaching collapse. When they had fin
ished their dinner the young man went
all over the dining room shaking hands
and saying goodbye, as he had became
very popular and admired. This over he
rejoined his lady guest, and offering his
arm the two attempted TO leave the hall.
At this position in the affair the second
scene commenced and il was one TO make
angels weep with pity and the supposed
affianced 10 weep with womaniv morcifica-
ton and chargin. With a wild scream
the dining room girl flew across the room
like the wind, and with one piercing hys-
terical yell, threw herself upon and into
the arms OF the debonair affection wiring
er. Then she would not be comforted and
moaned and sobbed like her poor little
heart would let go its hame-strings. All
efforts Of her sister. the young man him
self. and the proprietor were unavailng
to get her untangled and Ioosened from
the now blushing and thoroughly discern
fitted youth. AS fast as one taperins arm
could be unwound from her neck Of the
hapless youth her other would only
tighten the more, like the loving embraces
of a back yard clothesline which one
merges into in the dead of night All
through this vitriol colored scene the young
lady who was thought 10 be engaged
stood by in a dazed and terribly en-
barrassed condition wishing nay praying.
that the floor would be kind enough TO
open up and let her into the cellar or some
other secluded spot far away from the |
eyes of that entire room fun. OF course
it fell upon her hardest Uf all II was
ten minutes before the exhausted and |
weakened girl could be pried away from |
the man who was the cause of ali her |
grief. He was profuse in his explana- |
tons Of innocence, declaring sosmnly that |
ne had never spoken a word to the girl |
other than to give his orders three times |
a day and had never encouraged by even |
a look the growing affection of the girl |
and Of which ne never dreamed up 10 that |
moment. She had simply become pas |
sionately infatuated with him and was |
suffering in silence, but when he came 70 /
go. her suppressed emotion overcame her /
and she was sick for three days from the |
Mysteries. The engaged girl went TO the /
train with the leading actor of the dra
matte affair but she walked in moody |
silence and declined to promise anything
and when a week later the young man
wrote her a long glowing letter in burn
ing passionate declarations of his undying
affection and his profound regrets over |
the last unfortunate act, she quietly filed |
i; away in the stove and never replied. |
Now they are not engaged. and it is said
as though in fitting close Of the tragic |
affair that the unhappy waitress is daily |
fading away and more and more thin
and hfeless is approaching slowly the last |
of the decline