The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-10-29
s Elett Sturp.
a MIDNIGHT TRYST.


The age Of miracles i past, remarked
Charley Ingram, giving meditative glance
to his long lons legs, As ii they were some
how responsible for the present dearth Of
miraculous occurrences aud thus kindly. if
unin,entionully. affor,lin@ me an opportu-
nifty to admire his r,7oluse profile the boy
ish FRESHNESS, Of his complexion, and other
dctajl~ that went to make = picture Of ear
nest Young manhood
The age Of miracles Is past Ravens
ur other thoughtful biul- uo longer Hy
about d,,irou, If feeding the deserving
poor must ~ 60 work
Ia other words, he must tear himself
from my eurhTslling presence and beiake
himself iu a distant State. there to embark
IN mining venture plan ot ancient
date in hls hfc, and upon which we hnilt
cur I'iaphia uG future bliss
j am -oing. Rosa. Soan
! ,uppuse locked ike Grief on a uou-
umcu, turning up her ,oSe at Patience, for
be >ald
ob, yoa' u sel along al righ, The
iu.t Il ny footsteps wont have been
blovn by the sind before Tom. Dick and
HaTry will be >PooainS here
Irf his side and walked 10 the tall
glass suspended between the end windows
Il the old parlor that had witnessed -
much oi our luve, making Il ssemed
worth whiIc % take a fresh inventory Of
my charms. IN yiev uf the jmminenev II
my can4aeSts
Was ,t Bad be u,,z-ked. coming be
hind u,e and trying to ps-s my eyes in the
mirrr loa -ce envy then--con-
found them See here, suppose you 20
into a naRnsry til ! couse back
ThARksi not even TO abligr your Sui.
,anic Majesty, | II oamprami-c. though |
sill 90 into a nanuery, if you don come
back
VII you encuuragiagly II will
give you Eve years Of graccless Freedom,
and If ! lra come back in that time. make
your vav, IN At austerc s~pulchTal tone
and. s,.,fsd and clustered pray fsr the re
pose of my RESTLESS soul. for il don come
back n wall bc very restless soul
lie brushed my check With his soii mus
iachc. which despite his assured carriage
and hi, 6crce s,,lf assertion, gave such him
4 nave, aiolssosut air
Then slipping hi- arm aruuud me and
surveying our pgcpas>ossins figures
Wha, a stTikiugly handsome couple
We arc Yaa have way of drawing me
10 this mirror To harrow my soul with that
picture
If You could only euujure this odd mir
ror-fx that image there, visible to me
ouly-l could steal in here, and, looking
Al it. persuade myself that maybe You had
NOS laid your gold mine at the feet Of
paused from deficiency of information,
not knowing whether >enoriias or gentle
sayascs grr,lomina,ei in the gold mine ne
gions
What lug, Of fun we had At this mir
rur Halloween, year ago-don you re-
member See here with a sudden
change uf manner. are yoE in earnest
about my showing mp there some time in
the future
All right | will make an engagement
will YOU let : >ee-thi> i January
say next Halloween the night Of nights.
Ii you want to see me, and you have not
forgotten NE. look in this glass next Hal
loween, and my face viii appear there as
.lre as fate
Nouserza,
Nonsense You don't know any
thing about it. Why, | had grandmother
who could do the queere>t things you ever
heard Of You just come in here on the
night Of the SIS, Of next October, Come
alone. at midnight; come in the dark, re-
member. stand here, strike match, light
the candle you will have with YOU, raise it
above your head look right in there, and
can YOU do anything ls heroic a. that z
oh. YES, If that all, | said, flip
PANTY.
An right, dance, lrt, break As many
hearts a. YOU please but if in the mean
time YOU do not join the great majority OF
YOUR sex who are InconStant-come in here
on the 3lst, at midnight, and il there Is a
bathtub in Bonneville. Chinese laundry
barber aud haberdasher, you j see me
right there (pointing), fresh a. a daisy,
aud wearing the handsomest fourth hand
in Boonville. You promise"
Il promise; but sGPposing You have not
inherited your grandmother skill in ne
cromancy
But | have; know it; | am certain
of it. You must think about me, of
course have faith, above all; obey direc-
tions implicitly. and-you see what
you Il see
II generally do, | said sapiently
\ few days after our memorable conver-
satiou Charley bade me goodbye and full
of courage and hope, and with many prom
iseS and assurances for the future, set out
on the long Journey to his distant field of
labor and enterprise, Silence fell between
us, for my parents objected to any CORES
pondence between us. | danced and flirted !;
but on the 3Ist of the following October
declined the mast seductive Halloween par
ties. in order that, alone, at midnight, in
front of the old mirror. | might keep my
tryst,
Had he forgotten me, amid strangers
and in the ardor of money getting? Had
some other woman already led astray the