The Irish standard., 1903-12-12
[t.o!,ciuded.l

death. How surprised | was to find
one who could speak my language
and so perfectly; need | say how
happy was to find her girl, and how
thoughtful | was when | perceived |
that size was approaching woman
hood. The round, full hips disclosed !
this secret and when | gazed into
tlose luStrous southern eyes there |
was the light of womanhoud and not
that OF childhood there. The raven
black curls felF in abundant locks |
about t..e >hapely shoulders and were
tied fast against the oval well-coloreu
face by sstreamers from the broad
Panama she wore.
This attractive little woman was
Blanche O'i.alioran as she informed
me with true Yankee simplcity: the
uniy daughter OF stephen OllaIloran,
WHO had gone from an American
medical cu.iese to practice in Cuba.
The mother WAS a.Cubau belle but
knew that dear before you told me,
Then you brought your mother to-
camp 10 visit me: thought she must
be Your sister SO much alike did you
seem. We sat late into the mnnnlit
night, just oui side Lees tent. listening
10 the tales OF love and war he told
in his nimitaI!c way.
Then you remember the ball in
the Tribunal with all the s~noritas
nf r,,,;nn. thnr,, >h s,,.h an ARRAY
of beauty never hope to see again.
/ stood Vn ,uliussod in one corner
n.cs,.... I'm ". NO, ,uouub spnnisb
,r.. f., demon. via, mo nut Won
,.an. IL, nm, ,rti.f ca oler like, mt
,hn frs, .,',sr,uujtv hv sepliup yorr
soryan, To- offer your partnership.
Nov. sweat # ven and hn>y bnpnv
,,n r..ay ,. WAS fine Eapnirst
man in e,.rl,,4u,.um i,ist then. We
danced and e4N Gle lovrliyAt in
YOU, eyes. hlt narlniiS vuu have now
forgotten l}tr usp.gruMu lieutenant
who WAS u!u,, an ;li,i .u Lee: hope
not for have rri4l,,nt,rrrh YOU con-
~tuniIy and with hope that | trust
may be realized! SONG day.
I'm closing haze but to ask that
Won in >our "rncj;,,,s way will deem
these intnLrrpnt rumEIinns worthy
reply; Just two or three lines win
suffice in which to say You remember
me, and that have not mistaken the
understanding between lis at that
inc of war, p"stilrnce and oye-nuk-
ing. aud | shn! be happy in my days
of waiting Blanche. for you.'
Ionr DAVIS of ;mnnti.n,c followed
the mailing of This letter, which was
nosted about the same time as the
one to DOROTHY. in which he had ta-
ken occasion to ask release from the
.nnarpme,t. vet, in closing he had
whimsirajlv l,opcd she would some
t!ay come to lie phiIippines to be his
wife. Most men. while in love, arc
inconsistent, and Murray WAS no OK
ccption.
lie waited for three months with
considerable fortitud, before he com.
menced ,o c>ppr, u reply and his
anxiety wos manifest only ON arrival
of the mail bv pack train Tho sol.
dicrs tn thn man n.yer failed to nct
a letter: but there were none fo1
Can't Murray lat is none from Nev
York or Cubn-un,l all others didn't
count
Tho cuntoin finally cave mn all no,,
Of hn,r;n,, r.nn, nnr,,,h>. and ..';,
,,;+l rn,,[r., +h,t .,o h,l ,.,onto,
his forms. n.rhon. ,b,t very ti,in,
was what shr had wished and ever
loneed for. Then the captain.
thoughts turned to the little southern
beauty in the far-oiI Antilles and Ii,
wondered what her answer wnul,
be. Surely the scnoritn would no
fail him. Sennritas didn't receive
offers of marriage every day from
Americans and csnrcia,,y Dopua
captains i'm the army.
In his ,lrnnms h. ro,,ll soc n doint
ncrf,,mcd ruycIonc brori,~ tLc Cuba
nostm,rl, aud containing an rndeo,
mo lrtinr nerh,ns in snonish fo
that yos ,hr nn,i,r lup",,,~e of fin
seno,;t, dnSnit, hor Enu1ish cd,c:
t;on and fin, nativity Of hcr s;r,
In This letter she would tell him no,
grateful she WAS for his recollection.
his admiration and his love. Bnt the
folks say that dreams are alwav
the opposite when produced in rca
ity. Anyway two letters. both az
dressed in refined. feminine hand.
arrived for Capt. Murray just fou
months from the day his letters wer
mailed.