The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
TEST OF HIS GIRLS LOVE.
Az AFFAIR or THE HEiRT Wyr,
4 >ERiOyS HLZiE,
A Mans Confession a. 20 th- TRACED, Nhi,,
Resulted FROM an Effort to Learn n ~.
SNccthcarts Affection Was true H.,
(haraCtcrlAnilOn OF He InlcInLnn

lie waS abort forty ,car- old prusrcro,. ,
appearance, good looking H. TO pei, ~ r,.ln-
gent of coiinicnance polished ~ 10 mni,rc-
aud IN all RESPECTS u really prr~,nin, IT, irI,r
A party OF four w'r" taking around a tatI.,n
which sat "a bottle or Two with their aro,mIarr.
ing glas,es, and there was n blue hasrrf,otmro
smoke In the room
For n number Of years, ne sald. taking ia.
lcnd IN III" conversation, there has been ,r ~
mint n question which ha, renamed rn,,lll.d
and am going TO submit II 10 you for adu,,-
ment, a. II were, have been happily mo,r,d
for ten wears and my wife j. u woman II o..
cellent judgment and good .cns". hut lg,.
r~,.raincd from submitting III" question H., her
for reasons which will appear when ,rp lays
| heard the story, When WIS % years 81. no,
lived in one of tie interior towns Of Nna Nnrk
state, and having u good position there IN n
bank, Nas considerable u n Ciri2ru. ,ncl,Iy ,
| well as ia other regards, may .av. lr,y
| without ceClism, that I wa tie catch Of o..
town Very naturally ,lcn, when the hello 81,
The place and ! began TO max" "A suc,lal,, I'd,
| each other, the cosSips laid nature vas taking
lis course, and imrledia'clr began tI,ir ,,I,,.
| lationS 0sto when the happy affair would even.
tIaie. was thinking the same wav. and reals
felt fattercd that The young woman had ole, io3
me ont of all her admirers n. IN" choice
She was unusually pretty, tail, gra,crl.
blonde a. n limlner 81 y, and with m, ucy ,uopg,
to have made her attractive event if ,lchad teen
homely as "A hrGr. fence. Like all rrcitv .II..
however, 20 CirCums tHnceG, she WAS ,uuuc,u.t
and uncertain. and the do2ons Of pdmircr, ,Ms
had hanging about her all the time iii not lend
tosteady her a great deal. wastho on" though
OF them all who received her mo-, uinrkoi
favor, and in the course Of six nOI tbs We I..
| came engaged TO he married 10 sHv thai
was pleased when ~he a'ccI ied me scarcely
expresses 1t, and yet ! was not altoat iher ,1i -
fled. Possibly II was her nature not TO Sari,l,
the heart Of a man n lac would wHnt II 10 he" ST.
isf"d by he woman who wa To b" III wife. hut
one should moi expect everything and accepted
the gifts the gods gave and let il 20 at thai "
least, did for about two months, and then lie.
Thought me, of n jlah TO test ia" woman Of Nv
choice; thought ! loved her. Pos~i'ly di
not fancy some would say did mot. or |
would not have been in such a DOUBLING hunur
= be 'nmt a T. may; ! wns determined 70 maAs
miles away lived my half brother. who vas
not anxious To have rWc marry the grl. not
wlihStanding the material advantages II iia
union, and he was willing enough 10 do hi, share
m making the test when proposed II 10 him.
She did not know him nj all, 80 when I had him
come over to my town and took him 10 cHll IN
her a. Mr.. Hart, she had no idea that he was
any other than as represented. lie was hand.
some fellow, much handsomcr than wa. and
the smoothesl chap with women 7 ever ~av,
tie was "A nne brunette, while was red headed.
ana nobody on earth would have taken H. Tor
k%inSrnen. our call WINS extended uutI after II
3"Iockl, and wnen We came ava had al"ollus
that II II had been anybody else eNcepi nv
brother ! would have been Jealous. II" lct' nj
The neAt morning, and two. days later | wfu'a
hlig a letier to Miss Blank, which i've was 10 copy
and send 10 her.
This he did. and in dive course received an
Answer, ma from that a%r"alI2r CORRESPONDENCE
grew, which very. soon called for thrnnor for-
letters a week. lie would send her answers
TO me, and ! would write an answer and send
II 70 him. which he would copy aud forward
10 her At the same time | became moro al
%tentive than ever aud began 10 insist uuou her
naming the day when We should be- married.
She Thought June was the prettipSt month iOr
a wedding and at last We came 10 an indetinl,s
conclusion that We would marry in June. Mean
llrne. my letters 10 her over the signature -
,Mr Hart became. moro intense. A. did hers 10
nm ana AZ last Proposed 10 her Now Won
man until she knew something NOR" about hir.
and particularly that she would moi when -
was only a hundred miles away and could cone
w person ana mike his proposal. but I'll la
blamed il she didn't She did IL with n wh.rl.
TOO, that almost made me DIZZY, explained
mar ! could not come. as my friend meaning
myself would suspect something. and il would
not do 10 offend him until We know exactly how
we stood She felt j'ls' as did about it, she
10 snrinc II on me and have IL over all Al once.
The oven ng Of th" day on which received
nnr ,er'"r o, acGcptanc". SO TO speak, J called
"id'ninli, mentioned Hart who. bl ,ha
WAY, had mover seen nm, of the letters she
had written aud She said, with n coquetteh
ilttle snh!e. that she didn't understand whv
n" had never "om" io APO her AGAIN. becRIs,
sh" liked him and believed he liked her '
told her ] had asked him rs q special in,...
she chaTed IN" and said ! was a 'jralor, q 4
!hing, and that II ! kept people AVA, os ! was
keeping Mr Hart, rSh" never would know any
Doui, ana q whole lot more of the same sort
When ] left her that night We had fixed ths
date OF, our wedding for four weeks from
then. which would make II on tho 18Th of June.
ne tln\t nlnTnlnU cant liar . Intt,r -.,t,y
that ! UNDERSTOOD nv friend meaning my
sell would be ont Of town over The following
sunday, and could conn over on The morn
ing, IRAN arriving NJ noon. and would call at
, clock and We would arrange for an elopo-
ment, ~ that seemed TO be the only way 10
get rid Of the old man meaning myself. 7
l"tung me know 4 my friend meaning my
sell had con" a" he thought of doing
That evening, being FRIDAY, called ~
usual, and informed her that | was called ont
of town and Would be gone from SATURDAY
eyen'ns until MONDAY noon, and would prob
rome down from his town ON n matter of bus
ness in which, We wore both Interested
told her ] w3Hld ,be glad to deliver any me-.
Hart had neglected her ,hamefull, and ,hs
hadn't any message t. send Ia him. and what
yhN more Nh" never eypect"d TO see him aEdlr.
She showed some little anxiety whom stoke
Of expecting 10 meet Hart. hut il wa. 80 i Git
ns 10 have escaped Tho notice Of any ordinary
observer Satnrda, afternoon We took a
NNlh VIM Tvs " ~ NV ~lfll'l ~ - ~ CLOCK W tfl
an" saw me of ! told her rood-by - N-
riouSly that She laughed AT me- and said was
saying II ~ II | never expected Ia SEQ her again,
and then. by JOve, kissed her and wruus
her hand again. Yon must know that / Wa
not entirely without feeling.
II staid on the train IN : O'Clock. and SOY
AZ n junction to wait for n tram that would
get me back nome about II o'rlOck. IkeTtiuHHv
room next mcrning, sending the hotel boy -
the Post ofiCc AZ noon for nay mail, m which |
received from Hart tho telegram which he
had received the evening before l. road:
I, oast clear. Expect Won to- morrow and
signed with my wv name. y little ~uhi"rfu.",
operator on of an suspicion A. ,
O'Clock was At her front door. and n j. 'De
in smaller towns, ~he ~ rned II l"T
me herself, That she was startled hy ~
presence was plain to DO seen.
oh, She gasped. J Thought
You thought II wa Mr. Hart Noi are ~
I rm SIR Har'. Hoe j. yonr
10 ne, and | handed II opened 10 her
Ssh" gazed AT me for q full minute, \ dozen
cohtendlnC emotions plainly visible in nov
lace, n the scheme unfolded itself 10 hoy,
and then her lirr tlght"n"d across her tooth
and she fairly Missed NJ me
You C~ontempiible cur
She slammed tho door IN my face ~
course: after that thC-r could he nothing Nu'
nj end 10 our apiiCAblr relations. and tie ord
anne for all time. We never poke 80 cJ,l
iiher again and the ohS-irs had an thev could
10 10 find oIt why We had broken our engage
nent. hui they never new. for she nor '"-
ny brother ever told ~" story. | nm 'rlIly
! now for tho first tU" and because | ha''
)ecn wondering all lNs'e N"nr~ whether -N"
vas right or not when >hp sad va. e ,uu-
Pmptiblc eur. What do YOU saw
Every man 81 then Wa plunged into r]rotouui