El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-22
LOVES WAYS ARE
AYE THE SAME.

They were two happy ghost lovers. and
they had Slipped down to earth again 10
see how it Jared with earth bound lovers
| now.
Docs it not seem strange. dearest.
asked the .irl ghost softly as they fioated
! along hand in hand Just above the busy.
material city OF Chicago. that We were
once bound Ia This narrow earth and had
tu depend upon mere words for cNchanG-
| ing thoughts and "piniOns:
| ID" ynu remember. my darling" was
| the counter question of the man ghost.
| how we once quarrclcd and were eS-
| tranGed and unhappy for many months
because "" depended upon mere words
for communication aud misunderstood
tie meaning az the tricky thinGs?''
Poor children. How silly We were.
| and yet how helpless sighed the girl
ghost piIyinEly- Things are easier for
| us in the Land Of Shades
Il wonder do other mere earth lovers
have the same troubles now" she unused
little later.
YES. dearest. always" WAS Tia. man
ghosts smiling answer. We may be
sure OF il. Loves ways are aye the
same.
IF VIC find sny OF them in trouble. let
us help them. said the girl ghost eagerly.
II could bc unhappy and sorrowful now
what and how we suffered during that
terrible c~tralsencnt. dearest. What
should We have done. how should We
have borne ii. had not some one helped
us to understand each othcrI ! could not
have waited until wc-came up here"
There was no need" said the man
ghost tenderly. Our love was too strong
to let us stay apart
And for n moment the shadOwy lips
and arms met and were mingled. just
though the Garth still bound them. Will.
the shadowy hearts beat near together.
for loves ways are aye the same for
ghosts and humans.
They were floating over n pretty sub
urb-the suburb where she had lived and
where they lad made love together. On
the same. -eranda where this had hap
pened-ah. bow long ago.-other lovers
earth bound lovers, were sitting silently
and n little apart. The ghost lovers read
the unutterei thoughts which kept the
girls eyes stern and yet fearful and the
mans lips tense
"If he really loved me. he would see
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 sec
that I am worried to death over business
matters and that / need just little
soothing and comforting myself.
So the man was thinking moodily.
II think will say good night" he said
aloud a moment later. and his voice was
as cold as the heart of winter.
Must you go so eariy:' And her voice
vas just 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 recollections call |
ed up 10y the little scene and the sur
roundingS. they were standing motion
less. but hand in hand. still. just behind
the earth couple. thinking. thinking. Now
they started forward simultaneously aud
in the ears of the unhappy,
misguided earth lovers
"Oncc. a long time ago, / acted as you
are doing. and my heart nearly broke in
Thus the ghost man to his earth broth
er-
"Once. n long time ago. let my lover
go lightly as you are doing, and / was
sad for many months
This from the ghost girl to her earth
sister.
Think. What il you should never
come together. really. truly. in heart and
soul. again.
90 W boAh Euost-
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 n step to-
ward each other. Another instant and
heir bands were clasped. the ghost lovers
gently lifting and pushing the half reluc-
tant fingers into place. When the girls
bend wen. down on the mans shoulder
and the mans arm went tenderly around
the girls waist, the ghost lovers looked
1t each other and smiled happily, for
owes ways are aye the same. in all times
and places.
Kiss her. kiss her. murmured the
nan ghost to the masculine earth lover.
Say something kind and loving" wbis-
Dered the girl ghost to the other maiden.
Then. when their soft commands had
,een obcyed all unknowingly and all was
well between the earth lovers. they join
ID hands once more and foated off sweet
y, their shsdowy hearts beating close to-
,ether.
''They are happy" said the girl ghost,
ialf wistfully. as they scared upward.
so are we" said the man ghost softly.
md they drew even more closely together.
Then they looked back. and the lovers
we're embracing.
Loves ways are aye the same" said
10Th ghosts. smiling.-Chicago Tribune
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