Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-27

! another fellow has decided to 90 sim
ilarly circumstanced 1 resolved to
| consign my profession to the deuce
and to seek new pastures in America.
What proposed should be plan of
campaign in America is not Mt this
| date clear to me, but | remember it
seemed to me then a most desirable
and practical step to take, and not
! even Micawber departing for Aus
tralia felt more confident of "some-
thing turning up" on the foreign shores
than |.
OF course Amy wept and was DESC
late, but we had been engaged now for
nearly three years, and firmly and
with a business-like lucidity on which
/. | prided myself remind myself most
| strongly of the Micawbers in retrospect
! toni showed her that it was the
! only course for us. 1 said that Eng
| land-I called it the "old country" al
| ready-was playing out. In the United
| States. I observed energy and youth
! had chance of coming to the front.
To cling to a sinking ship-the "sinlI
| ing ship was The bar-was n coward
| ly and disastrous thing, l declared, and
| finally I paintea picture of my ris-
| ing TO dizzy ht 'yhts in the United
| States and her coming across to me In
4 twelve months time to be my wife.
The pictures of making her home in
| the United States did not seem to at
tract her, so l altered that part, and
| in the amended version | returned
after twelve months with my pile in
my pocket and we settled in London.
Besides Amy and her people, who
regarded me as perfect hero and
gave me keepsakes to think of them
by In the distant land, the only person
to whom it was necessary to announce
my intention was maiden aunt of
mine who lived in DorlSing. She told
me frankly that l was fool.
AS she looked at me with a certain
admiration, however, l was inclined
to think that in her heart of hearts
she was not without sentiment of
approval for my action, and l was
firm once more and reiterated the argu-
ments with which / had favored Amy.
My relative gave me an excellent
| lunch, and, after wishing her an afTec-
tionate farewell-for she had always
been very nice to mel went back to
town and commenced my prepara-
| tionS.
My furniture, consisting of a desk,
an armchair, and few dilapidated ar
ticles which l forget, l disposed Of "at
n sacrifice" l ordered a couple of suits
Of clothcs-clothes l had understood
We're dear in America-and L booked
a passage by the Germania.
Having put my affairs in order, and
having received to my surprise, n let
ter from Dorking repeating that l was
a fool, and inclosing n check for $50,
paid last visit to Threegates, folded
Amy in my arms and sailed.
l enjoyed the voyage immensely.
We had fine weather sociable people
on board, and | was eXhilarated by n
consciousness Chat l was doing n noble
and resolute thing. l smoked my pipe
with satisfaction and looked at the
ocean in the moonlight and Amy's
photograph with pleasurable sentimen-
tality. SO much for the trip.
arrived In Kew York with the best
part of f100 in my purse, thanks to
my aunt's liberality, and l went to a
hotel and thence removed to a comfor-
table boarding house, in order to give
myself time to look around.
No immediate prospect Of making
a very large fortune presented itself
and my money dwindled rapidly.
, When | had been in New York a few
months l was glad to forget my anx
iety In reading.
, l mention this because it led to an
important event.
! l learned that there was an admira
, bic public library near blythe public
, libraries OF America are better thar
ours-and one day 1 strolled in there
to see what OF the newest fiction
could procure.
: 1t was n huge building and in the
, upstairs room to which l was directed
l found the attendants We're all youns
women.
? The book l asked for was "out," bu
, I was supplied with another. 1 reat
l 1t and returned it the following after
noon, when the book l most desired
= was "out' again. This went on fo
@ Il week-I always missed it-and | ex
= pressed my annoyance at last rathe
emphatically
e AS I was doing so my eyes fell OF
e one of the girls behind the counter
4 who riveted my attention in the mos
i extraordinary manner for an engaget
man. This girl cannot find n prope
I adjective to describe her-wei1, sh
J, was peerless! Her hair was positivel.
e the most glorious color l had ever seel
h un woman, there was just soupcol
of red in it-only soupcon, though