Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-05
A WHISPERING
ROMANCE
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take her abroad to get her away from !
| Dexter Sherman is very long story. |
There was lot of trouble during Sher- |
mans attentions, a lot more when he |
declared himself and a perfect ava
Ianche of distress when Isabel declared |
| that she would marry him willy nilly. |
The truth is that Mr.. and Mrs. Reese
wanted their daughter to marry to suit |
them instead of herself.
'1'll take you to the sources of the
Nile" said Mr.. Reese, ''if it is necessa-
ry to get you away from this whipper-
snapper"
Now, Dexter Sherman was no whip |
persnapper If he had been, he might !
have been easily discouraged, thus
avoiding the necessity of taking Isabel |
abroad. When he learned from her
that the Reese family were preparing
to- sail for Europe, he made his own
preparations to do likewise. Isabel |
gave him a clew to their route, and he |
| followed in the next steamer. But the |
foxy papa had purposely given his |
daughter a route to mislead her lover,
intending to change it as soon as they
reached foreign shores. When Sher-
man supposed they were at Nice, they
were at Dresden. When he supposed |
they were at st. Petersburg, they were
in Paris. However, he had taken the |
precaution to give Isabel certain adj
dresses where he could be found, with !
instructions to mail him duplicate or
triplicate letters, as the case might re-
quire, and it was not long before one |
of these missives informed him that |
the Reese party were IN Florence, |
Italy.
He knew that the parents would keep |
sharp watch over their daughter and |
not permit her to stay away from them
long enough formny one to communi-
cate with her secretly. Isabel had |
warned him not to write her. as she !
was not permitted to receive letters |
that had not been inspected. All he |
could do was to take up his abode in |
Florence and wait an opportunity.
The first time he caught sight of the
Reeses was in one Of the galleries Of
pictures and statuary with which Flor
ence abounds. He came upon the par
ty so suddenly that he had only time
to change his direction, dart down a
side corridor and out Of the building.
Luckily he was not discovered by the
parents, nor did Isabel see him. Then
he came upon them strolling by the
river ArnO, but this time they were
sufficiently distant to enable him to
beat an easy retreat. After these two
meetings he began to fear that he
would surely run against them with
out an opportunity to escape. If he
did, the daughter would be taken away
and watched so carefully that she
might not be able to give new ad-
dress.
One morning he concluded to watch
their hotel, observe when they went
out sightseeing and follow them with
the hope of communicating with Isabel.
He saw them get into a cab and drive
to the railway station, taking a train
southwark He boarded the train, and
when they got out at Pisa he got out
himself. He Swallowed them till they
went into large building and up into
great dome. He stood on one side
Of the dome while they stood on the
other. Presently the father and moth
er strolled to little distance and were
looking down over the railing; the
daughter was leaning against the wall.
Suddenly she beard her name spoken
softly:
Isabel"
They were in one of those whisper.
ing galleries" which are peculiar to
domes. 1t did not require much time
for Isabel to recover from her first
start and come to the conclusion that
it was her lover who spoke.
Dexter
Glow can we elude your parents and
secure an interview"
Impossible! There is no time. We
are to go to London tomorrow. l will
write you-where? oh, dear, what
shall we do? l have it. Go every day
next week to st. Pauls. In the dome
there we can whisper as we do here.
Papa is coming"
This ended the interview. Sherman
went to London and for week hung
about ST. Pauls. On the last day be
saw the Reeses coming and began the
ascent to the dome. Half an hour later
he saw Isabel in the gallery alone, but,
fearing that her parents were near By,
stood off and, placing his lips near the
wall, called to her:
Isabel, am here"
papa and mamma are below" she
replied. They were too tired to climb
up. I insisted on coming. You can
safely join me-"
Sherman made his WAY around the