The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-02-20

ucao. none seemed to know Where she
lad gone. She had left no forwarding
address at the post Office. She had told
her friends that che was going west,
that was all.
/ so for ten years thenceforth | la
bored most strenuously for money, and
spent it in searching for her. ! visited
| California, where l obtained slight
trace; the girl had been there, but had
sailed away on a boat, together with
her relatives. ! went here and there
and everywhere, taking no one into my
confidence, and of course getting no
reward. Finally ] gave up. For 20
years | have been-well, you know
what ] have been, captain; a moder-
ately successful man, as the term Is
used; a modest patron of the arts and
sciences and of the manly sports; but
to woman-adamant This afternoon
in that picture Of a New York street
gathering j saw her face, and upon her
bonnet was rose. 1t may have been
white or it may have been red could
not tell its color. / recognized the
locality by the buildings. 1t seems to
me more than likely that she lives in
that quarter of the city, and, such be-
ing the case, it will not be difficult to
find her. / go to New York Tonight.
1t may be"
The captain Involuntary extended
his hand and the colonel grasped 1t
warmly. Then they arose and passed
into the street.
at may be-" continued the colonel,
clearing his throat and throwing back
his shoulders, that / am to come in
for share of loves young dream aft
er all. | am no longer young, to be
sure, but it is the same dream. Ah-er
-ahem-captain, will you oblige me
by information relative TO the state of
my cuticle.? Do | blush?"
"You do not" replied the captain,
frankly.
us not my pulse somewhat accel-
erated?" asked the colonel presenting
his wrist to the others grasp.
Mary" returned the captain; sit is
like an eight-ssy clock"
Il go to New York tonight, at any
rate" said the colonel, a bit disgust
eddy. 81 shall write you, captain; and
in the event of my bringing home
bride | shall look to you to make fit
ting arrangements for our reception.
See to it personally that we have the
bridal suite at the Grand Union, nicely
warmed and ventilated and perfumed
and all that sort of thing, you know
And a good carriage waiting at the
station for us. And your wife and a
few female friends to smile at us when
we step from the Pullman might have
a good effect and convey heap of JOY
to the young wo-er-the brides
heart"
IL shall be only too happy to make
the arrangements" declared the cap
tain. II trust you may have your
fondest hopes realized, my dear friend.
You certainly deserve immense happi-
ness. God bless you, sir"
MAY He bless you, sir" returned
the colonel.
And then they parted, the captain
charging home at a double quick to
tell his wife the story, while the col
onel marched rapidly but with dignity
to his apartments to prepare for his
journey.
He was absent six weeks. At the
md Of the second week letter came
from him to the captain. 1t was very
brief:
"IIave not found her yet" it said.
"Ilave obtained copy Of slot machine
photograph, and am determined to
fight it out on this line if it takes all
summer"
At short intervals thereafter other
letters came, all brief, all 10 the same
effect, and the captain began to fear
that his friend was doomed forever
TO disappointment. But at last, at the
close of the fifth week. came a letter
the very outside of which shrielled
triumphantly. The captains hands
trcmbled with much violence as he
opened it, and thrice his eyeglasses
spraug from his nose.
~ have found her" were the first
words that greeted him from the has
tily scrubbed page. u have found
her, and the rose She wore in the pic
ture was white. | have talked with
her face to face after all these years,
and have seen her face dimple as it
used to dimpe, though, alas! the dim
pies now are all but lost in wrinkles
and the sparkle Of her eye is but sug-
gcstion OF the long ago. She wcpt
when she saw me, and | wept-d-n
you, sir, did, and ! am proud of it
when she told me that she had worn
a white rose upon her head every day
for 30 years. And after awhile she
introduced me 10 her husband re-
tired sea captain, comfortably pro-
yded with this worlds goods, whom
She met in California; and to her chill
drcu, Of whom She has three; and to
the five of her nine grandchildren
who are at home. She has been the
companion of her husband in his yoy-
ages, else | should probably have
found her and made a laundering ass
of myself. She has been around and
around the world-and she has not
failed for single day to wear white
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