The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-10-24

noyed her, but I've .f~-f.f-allen in love.
with her. I'd give6a I've got to get ac-.=
;quainted with her, but I don't know how
THE absolute simplicity and sincerity
Of this reply staggered Jim.
""|'Come. out ON the common said he,
and we'll talk it over s'f"- :,
"The stranger rose with evident eager.
ness on his face, and they went out.
"Just imagine how the hearts of us
library girls were futtering! What
would the men do? 49,"
Eight? It didn't seem possible; yet
we all agreed the little man looked eager
and plucky, and Jim, the giant, some
what perplexed, though determined.
Gone girl said something about bowie
knives. and another thought the police
ought to be notified at once; but we all
did nothing but talk-which was some
thing of. a relief.
"When they reached the common they
sat down, and Jim offered the stranger a
cigar-men are such funny things-and
then Jim said: "Who the devil are you,
anyway"
I'm James Lawson, brother of Sir
Wi]frid, the famous temperance man of
England. I've been farming in Colorado
for ten. years, and I'm we'll OFF, Ills
clothes didn't look it. but some men, you
know, can shine through their clothes or
in spite of bad fits.)
"'Do you know anybody here in Bos-'
ton,' said Jim, who can vouch for the
truth of your story?"
:"Let. me see,' said the Englishman;
I've not been in Boston very often in the
last ten years, and I haven't kept up nv
former acquaintances very well.'@
"He paused in a brown study: and Jim
grew suspicious. -t,',. =:
"'Can't you think of somebody he
asked, rather impatiently.
The only name I remember just now
is Wendell Phillips 'r 49,, /
"'Wendell Phillips ..
"'Wendell Phillips!' gasped Jim, with
a look of awe and reverence. Heavens,
man, if Wendell Phillips says you're
0. K. (horrid commercial slang Jim uses)
why, you shall be introduced to that
young lady within twenty-four hours;
and if you can win her-well, that's your
funeral
81 think Wendell Phillips will rcmem-
Der me. Let's go find him right off,
"They went at once, and Wendell Phil
lips was as gracious as a prince. He not
only identified Mr.. Lawson, but, with a
twinkle in his eyes, made a suggestion to
Jim, which jim instantly brought to me.
"'Cousin Nel,' he said, rig up in your
smartest forgery and look your tarna-
ton prettiest. You and l are going to
call on Wendell Phillips this evening".
"We went. Mercy on me, how fus-
tered [ was! The great man introduced
Mr.. Lawson to me, and then, with a ten
der gracefulness l shall never forget, left
Us alone IN the solemn parlor.
MIR. Lawson made some remarks of a
somewhat incoherent character. and [ re-
plied-we were both shy as two part
ridges-that I would think them over.
and he might call on me the next even
ing, but must never come again to the
library.
"The next evening became every even
ing, and in three months we were mar
ried. What do you think of, that for an
international episode? This is our honey
moon trip, and as you're a countryman
and a dear, good fellow, I Just had to tell
you all about it and share our romance
with you. James likes you Just as much
as I do, and he won't mind my %blabbing,.
This is the tale she told me there I'M
der the fair Egyptian moon, and I still
can see as clear as then-though it was
twenty years and more-thc innocent,
girlish happiness in her gentle, friendly
face, and the moon-eclipsing glory of her
adorable red hair.
But he was her first and only love, and
she was his first and only ]ove-and he
was her husband-New York Daily Nc ws.