The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-06
HIS DECLARATION OF love.
Il went Into Various Collections and brought
Him Interesting Negatives.
From the Chicago Trioi
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The young man came nearer,
"Buenavists," he snid. with a premonitory
cough, may ! say what | came TO say this
evening""
II think you may, Mr., Yipperly," came
softly from her lips.
Then" he proceeded, 4 may venture 70
hope that i, will not wholly surprise You. May
hap, dear girl, your own heart has told YOU
already what it is"
He placed his arm along the back OF her chair,
and. observing that she did not appear 10 shrink
from It, he went ahead
Not with the holiness ~ one who feels that
he may presume upon a favorable answer with
absolute certainty do | venture TO ask the mo-
mentous question now trembling on my lips,
but rather with the dread Of a reply that may
forever blast all my hopes and drive me forth
a wanderer and avagahond upon the face Of The
earth, The issue at stake is so tremendous.
tho consequences 60 lasting and far-reaching.
| that one may well hesitate before stalking ones
all, il II may be SO expressed, upon the cast OF a
die"
Slightly leaning forward she listened with
parted lips and Clasped hands.
Therefore, beloved Of my soul, ! may have
seemed as one who
"'---eith-r fears his fate too much.
Or his desert Is small
inasmuch as | have not been entirely free from
the suspicion Of being one, furthermore,
who will not put It To the touch,
To win VI lose II all
but while endeavoring on the one hand to avoid
the imputatiOn of unmanly cowardice and on
the other the equally rrprehensibie and more
offensive charge Of ovcrveening confidence
and self-conceit, | am imre! led, by a feeling
stronger than my own will TO lay bare my heart
bafnrasypp or1a for all and end the snSlppsa
that is weighing upon me
How beautifully you express yourself" she
Listen, Buenavista McCorkle. Impressed
with my own unworthiuess rs am deeply
sensible, as 7 must be, Of the iunstimable value
Of the prize to which | aspire, | yet dare in my
tread Gentle girl. your image. possesses my
heart absolutely. Love like mine would melt
the heart Of a marble statue. For weeks |
have seemed to move In a dream. could see
your face In tho moon. Your eyes twinkled
IN the stars. The winds, rs they blew softly
through the trees, seemed 10 murmur, 'Buena-
vista, Ruennvi~ta,' The birds that sang beneath
nv window twittered, Ruenavistsl Buenavista''
and their music echoed in the chambers % my
soul The clouds, as they moved majestically
across the heavenS.-
"Oh how beautiful"
took your form and seemed 10 beckon
me and vet mock mo a. with a vision Of the
unqttainshlc. In my dreams, when sleep has
goddess and worshlpped You afar of with
drspairing, deathless devotion"
Have the conductors on tho elevated roads
as they mumbled out the names OF tho streets,
seemed to say 'Buenayista'. Bucnavista" too?"
What mean you, Miss McCorkleC
Have the frogs in the marshes, Offering their
evening prisons, breathed INTO the raptured
'MNFcc or %S" MScCCoTrkla!"'?" WIN ''''' -
why, LET me ask, Miss McCorilc, have
you let me- make such n blooming IDIOT Of my
self il YOU intended to give me the clammy
hand in this STYLE? Did YOU think | was prac-
Using for a high school exhibition"
"Oh, no, Mr. ,Yipperly. | have enjoyed II
greatly. slink taking it altogether, yours
e one Of the most gorgeous and spectacular
declarations Of love | ever listened TO. Why
did let YOU run on 30 long, Because, Mr..
Ytpperlv, ! an making a collection Of propos-
Ms Of marriage, and | thought yours would be
a valuable addition. II Is, II is absolutely
UNIQUE You don't know how grateful | am
for il as n work ~ art
The NJ, mar removed his arm from the
back NJ her chair, thrust his hand into an inner
pocket and brought forth a folded manuscript.
For fear you might not remember II in all
its majesty and beauty. Miss .McCorkle," he
said, tossing ~ into her lap, allow me 10 give
il to YOU in full, In typewriter form, You will
binding part Of IT, The peroration would have
made you hair curl
Il hope, Mr.. Yipperly. you will not allow this
q sha'n't lose an, ounce Of flesh or a wink Of
sleep over II. ! hired n literary chap who was
hard w TO write that thing for me, Miss Nc
Corkle Nc, you can keep it. I've got another
ton on five or six other girls, md IT'S Ind the
same effect on NIL OF them. I'm getting an
interesting collection Of negatives. guess I
was badly swindled We'll, ! must be going. "