Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-09
Welded His Ideal,

We'll, old fellow, 1 need hardly
say how pleased l am to see you again.
When did you come back?"
only last evening. You know
that l have no immediate friends or
relatives to be anxious about me, so
/ thought l would stay in town for a
few days on the chance of coming
across some one l know, and, as
luck would have it, l have met you"
Just in the nick of time to fulfill
your longmade promise"
What was that? For l must plead
guilty of having forgotten it."
Il am going to be married next
week, and you know it was always a
bargain between us that you should
support me on that occasion"
Yes, l recollect Well let me Of
fer my hearty congratulations Who
is the lady?"
"The eldest daughter of Sir John
Graham, and the dearest little girl in
the world"
"'Cela va sans dire" laughed
Charles Medcalf.
And her name is Enid" con-
tinued Capt. Lane, without needing
the interruption. I'VE have only
known each other six months.
met her first at my godmothers.
Lady Martyr, and | think we both fell
in love with each other at first sight
There, you have the whole story.
Madcalf had just returned from
South Africa, where he had held a
lucrative appointment, being a
junior partner in large firm of en-
gineers.
Have you succumbed during your
travels to the fascination of some fair
one, or do you still hold the sex in
adherence" asked the captain.
Scarcely that" replied Medcalf,
flushing a dull red beneath his bronze.
But l have never come across my
ideal, except in picture"
''Ah, l always said you were a ro-
mantle fellow, Notwithstanding your
boosted stoicism. / am curious to
know the story"
at was three years ago-just be-
noon in Kensington gardens. l was
with Jack Dunmore-you remember
him? We had been sitting there
some time criticising the multitude.
when Jack left me to speak to an
acquaintance he recognized in the
distance.
Just then my eye was caught by
the face of girl passing. 1t was my
very ideal! Neither fair nor dark,
but with happy combination of the
two. 1t was not that she was strictly
beautiful, but she had a fascination
for me that could neither resist, nor
can l describe it.
Presently ! saw Jack returning,
and at the same moment the girl rose.
She was with two others, and, as they
moved away, something dropped out
of her lap. l fastened to pick 1t
up, Her back was turned, and by
some hasty impulse, l slipped it in my
pocket. My treasure proved to be a
treasure indeed, for it was the photo
graph of my darling. Yes, it had
come to that think of her still as
that, though | left England next day
and have been away three years"
LET me complete the tale" added
Capt Lane slyly. Your task is now
TO find the fair unknown, and to lay
your heart and fortune at her feet.
Joking apart, old fellow, / fear you
will have a difficulty in accomplishing
your object. But talking about
photographs, let me show you Ends.
Capt Lone detached a locket which
dangled at the end of bis watch chain,
and, opening it. displayed a NINA
ture of his lady love. which he offered
for his friends inspection.
It was we'll that Gerard Lane. had
not a full view of the others face just
at that moment, he having turned hfI
back half round in order to get bet'
ter light on the portrait, for, as his
dyes rested on it, Medcalf started