Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-08-20
The Parkersburg Journal prints the

The Parkersburg Journal prints the
following:
Sometimes dash of fate changes the
whole course of mans life. 1t may
be that the change is for the worse-it
may be for the better. When Fate
dallles with the inspirations of Cupid
the sequel is generally found hidden
away in the courts Of Hymen, where
Cupid YIELDS bonds SO strong, so thor
ough, but withal Sc, attractive that one
would oftimes prefer them to the free
dom of single blessedness, even though
the latter state of existence may have
been tried with success until the life
is on the sun, set slope, when the mel
low gold covers everything with a
radiance that naught but the tinglins
of the warmer passion can touch.
A few short days ago at. Asbury
Park, away off in New Jersey where
the pleasant breezes blow, the summer
through, there occurred the beginning
of the end of a romance that is replete
with the sweetness of long enduring
love-of love wherein constancy to
the first idol Cf affection. may end at
the altar. The happy man, for he is
happy, is one of the city's we'll known
and prominent bachelor ATTORNEYS. He
mas friends here by the score and of
late has been resting on the pinnacle
OF fame through his connection with
the Ellis Glenn case. About his lius
there ever hovers a smile for friend
or foe and many are the humorous
incidents that have occurred during his
life in this city, that have brought to
him the army title of Colonel aud
friends who, now in his hour of nap
piness, stand ready to grasp his hand
and wish him all the happiness that the
future can possibly hold in store for
him.
Years ago in the town of Houston,
Texas, this man lived and in the town
of Austin three hundred miles away,
was the home of a winsome brown
eyed las sic. who claimed the heart of
the man. Distance lent the enchant-
ment and every Saturday night, with
the cares of his business thrown aside.
found the man on the way to Austin,
where the lassie with brown eyes wait
ed impatiently for him. All, the pleas
ure-pain sensations of those trius.
Eagerness coupled With love that
knew no ceasing, the trip of three hun
dred miles seemed one of thousands.
But the hours that followed-never in
all his life will he forget them Years
may pass, eys grow dim with age, but
love tinged days grow less. Day by
day the love of the man for the brown
eyed lass grew fonder. firmer, more
steadfast, then the climax came.
Shakespeare knew whereof he spoke
when he said "The course of true love
never will, the memory of those. sweet
never did run smooth" The ripples;
appeared on the surface, one calm sum-
mer day, far away Texas, and the
man and the lassie quarreled. Trivial
tho the cause it was destined to brine
to them both misery that. could they
have looked into the future, would
have brought the tears of repentance to
the eyes of brown and words of sorrow
to the lips of the man.
The man and the girl were driving
when, over some slight matter. words
of anger sprang to the lips of the one
and the hasty retort to the lips of the
other The remainder of the little trip
was unpleasant-no word was spoken
and when the man handed the brown
eyed girl ont of the carriage at the
door of her home. each said goodbye
with a GOODNESS that was not felt and
without a whisper of the long weary
years that were to intervene before the
warm hand clasp should be felt again
and the words of sorrow and forgive
ness would be spoken. Out of the life
of the man went the brown eyes and
the sweet face of the girl and out of
her life, save in memory, went the
pleasant smile and the big warm heart
of the man.
This break in the tranquil current of
existence of the man and the girl oc7
CURED on the Goth of June. 1898. The
man returned to his home in Houston,
and on the second day of July, three
days afterward, started north and in
this city, with painful memories,
builded about him new friends and a
new home.
After time his memory went back
to the little girl in Texas and he found
that he cared more than he knew.
Time and again he wrote to friends in
Austin and Houston for knowledge OF
her whereabouts. but all in vain. lie
was informed that she had moved to
Chicago after the death of her mother
but careful search in the big city in the
west, failed to discover any trace of this