Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-20
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 lovers
now.
"Does it not seem strange, dearest"
asked the girl ghost softly as they 1oated
along hand in hand just above the busy,
.material city of Chicago, that we were
once bound to this narrow earth and had
to depend upon mere words for cxchang-
ing thoughts and opinionsT"
"Do you remember, my darling" was
the counter question Of the man ghost,
show we once quarreled aud were es
trangcd and unhappy for many months
because we depended upon mere words
for communication and misunderstood
the meaning Of the tricky thingsW
Poor children. How silly we were,
and yet how helpless"' sighed the girl
ghost pityingly. Things are easier for
us in the Land Of Shades"
IL wonder do other mere earth lovers
have the same troubles z" she unused
little later.
ayes. dearest, always" was the man
ghosts smiling answer. I'VE may he
sure of it, Loves ways are aye the
same"
IF we find any of them in trouble, let
MS help them" said the girl ghost eagerly.
II could be unhappy and sorrowiul now
IF / had not forgotten how-to thDk or
what and how we suffered during that
terrible estrangement dearest. What
should we have done, how should we
have borne il, had not some one helped
us to understand each otherf | could not
have waited until we-came up here
There was no need" said the man
ghost tenderly, Our love was toe strong
TO let us stay apart"
And for moment the shadowy lips
and arms met and were mingled, just az
though the earth still bound them, while
the shadowy hearts beat near together,
for loves ways are aye the same for
ghosts anl humans.
They Nege floating over a pretty sub
urb-the suburb where she had lived and
where they had made love together On
the same veranda where this had hap
pened-ah. how long ago!-othcr lovers
earth bound lovers, were sitting silently
and. little apart TIE ghost lovers read
the nnutte.pa .aua Il, which kept the
girls eyes stern and yet fearful and tho
mans lips tense.
IF he really loved me, he would SEQ
that / am not cross, but only troubled,
and he would comfort me with loving
words and caresses.'
So ran the troubled meditation of the
girl.
'If she really loved me, she would SEQ
that am worried to death over business
matters and that need just htue
soothing and comforting myself.
So the man was thinking modify.
al think | will say good night he said
aloud moment later, and his voice was
ooII 40 no Lnort Of yViufpr
Must you go so early?' And her Toice
was just as cold.
He rose Immediately and had gone half
way down the steps, without uttering any
further farewell. before the ghost lovers
fully realized all that was happening.
Wrapped in the varied recolections call
ed mn by the little scene and the sur
roundings. they were standing notion
less. but hand in hand, still, just behind
the earth couple, thinking, thinking. Now
they started forward simultaneously ana
WHISPERED in the ears of the unhappy,
misguided earth lovers.
"Once, a long time ago, acted as you
are doing. and my heart nearly broke IN
consequence.
Thus the ghost man to his earth broth.
er.
"Once. a long time ago, let my lover
20 lightly, as you are DOING ana was
sad for many months
This from the ghost girl to her earth
sister.
sThink. What if you should never
eotae together, really, truly. in heart and
soul, again
So whispered both ghosts earnestly.
The earth lovers turned suddenly and
gazed upon each other.
Dear heart, What is the matter with
us both this evening"" they cried aloud.
Next moment both had taken step to.
ward each other Another instant and
their hands were clasped. the ghost lovers
gently lifting and pushing the half reluc-
tant fingers into place When the girl S
head went down on the mans shoulder
and the mans arm went tenderly around
the girls waist, the ghost lovers looked
mt each other and smiled happily for
loves ways are aye the same, in all times
and places.
Kiss her, kiss herr nurmured the
man ghost to the masculine earth lover
"Say something kind and loving whis-
pered the girl ghost 10 the other maiden.
Then, when their soft commands had
been obeyed all unknOwingly and all was
well between the earth lovers they join
ed hands once more and tloated off sweet
~, their shadowy hearts beating close to-
gether.
''They are happy" said the girl ghost,
half wistfully, as they scared upward.
$50 are we" said the man ghost softly,
and they drew even more closely together.
Then they looked back, and the lovers
were embracing.
Loves ways are aye the same said
both ghosts, smiling.-Chicago Tribune.
His Temporary Adornment.
A clergyman formerly well known in
this city went into a down town haber-