The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-14
Loves Ways are Aye the Same,


They were two happy ghost lovers, and
they had slipped down TO earth again to
see how it Jared with earth-bound low
ers now.
Does it not seem strange, dearest,
asked the girl ghost softly. as they
fioated along, hand in hand, just above
the busy, material city of Chicago,
that we were once bound TO this mar
row earth, and had to depend upon mere
words for exchanging thoughts and op,n-
ions?''
DO you remember my darling" was
the eounter-question of the man ghost,
how We once quarreled and were es-
ranged and unhappy for many months
because We depended upon mere words
for communication and misunderstood
the meaning OF the tricky things?"
Poor children, How silly we were,
and yet how helpless" sighed the girl
ghost, pityingIy things are easier for
US in the Land of Shades
IT wonder do other mere earth lovers
have the same troubles now?" she
unused, a little later.
Yes, dearest, always" was the man
ghosts smiling answer I'VE may be
sure Of it. Loves ways are aye the
same"
If we find any of them in trouble let
US help them,' said the girl ghost, eager
II.
II could be unhappy and sorrowful
now-if 1 had not forgotten how-to
think of what and how we suffered dur
ing that terrible estrangement. Dearest.
What should we have done, how should
we have borne il, had not some one help
ed US TO understand each other. 1 could
not have waited until we-came up
here!'
There was no need" said the man
ghost, tenderly, 'our love was too strong
to let US stay apart
And for a moment the shadowy lips
and arms met and were mingled, just
as though the earth still bound them,
while the shadowy hearts beat near to-
gether. For loves ways are aye the
same-for ghosts and humans.
They were floating over a pretty su-
buTb-the suburb where she had lived,
and where they had made love together.
On the same veranda where this had
happened-ah how long agoi-other low
ers-earth lovers-were sitting silently
and little apart The ghost lovers read
the unuttered thoughts which kept the
girls eyes stern and yet fearful and
the mans lips tense.
IF he had really loved me he would
see that l am not cross. but only trou-
bled, and he would comfort me with low
ing words and caresses.'
So ran the troubled meditation of the
girl.
IF she really loved me she would see
that I am worried to death over bust
ness matters, and that l need just lit
tie soothing and comforting myself"
SO the man was thinking. nloodily.
ST think I will say goodnight" he
said aloud, a moment later, and his
va oOl6 q +ha ri Of rvin
Must you go so early?" and her voice
vas just as cold.
He rose Immediately and had gone half
way down the steps. without uttering
any farther farewell, before the ghost
lovers fully realized all that was hap
pening. Wrapped in the varied recollec-
lions called up by the little scene and
the surroundings they were standing, mo-
tionless but hand in hand, still, just be-
hind the earth couple, thinking, think
ing. Now they started forward, sinful
taneously, and whispered in the ears of
the unhappy misguided earth lovers.
once, long time ago, acted as you
are doing, and my heart nearly broke in
consequence"
Thus the ghost man to his Garth
brother.
Once. a long time ago, I~iet my lover
go lightly, as you are doing, and l was
sad for many months"
This from the ghost girl to her earth
sister,,
Think! What if you should never
come together, really, truly, in heart and
soul, again.
So whispered both ghosts, earnestly.
The earth lovers turned suddenly and
gazed upon each other.
Dear heartl What is the matter with
hot
Next moment both had taken a step
toward the other. Another instant and
their hands were clasped, the ghost low
ers gently lifting and pushing the half
reluctant fingers into place. When the
girls head went down on the mans
shoulder and the mans arm went ten
derby around the girls waist, the ghost
lovers looked at each other and smiled
happily. For loves ways are aye the
same, in all times and places.
kiss her, kiss herr murmured the
man ghost to the masculine earth lover.
Say something kind and loving
whispered the girl ghost to the other
maiden.
Then. after their soft commands had
been obeyed, all unknowingly, and all
was well between the earth lovers, they
joined hands once more and floated off
sweetly, their shadowy hearts beating
close together.
''They are happy" said the girl ghost,
half wistfully. as they scared upward
so are We" said the man ghost. soft
", and they drew even more closely to-
gether
Then they looked back and the lovers
were embracing
Loves ways are aye the same" said
bcsA ghosts, smiling.