The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-06-04
WHY HE DIDN' T

He was newspaper man and poet
Still the combination worked very well.
The only trouble was that his work
rather knocked the bloom off the 70
nance of life. He found it difficult to
be romantic after chasing around after
the stern realities, the tragedies and
comedies of this mortal existence for
sixteen hours day. but he managed
to retain something of the dreamer
about him Notwithstanding. He lived
IN love. Somewhere on this mundane
sphere there existed woman whom
he should one day meet and love ana
be happy with her forever after.
She was to be his affinity, his twin
soul, and they should know it the mo
ment their hands touched. Naturally
1t was all rather hazy in his mind as
yet, for he did not have much time for
dreaming. Newspaper work on live
ly daily and dreaming We're not com
patible, and as the daily bread, also
cigars, depended upon the newspaper
the dreaming was neglected.
He had also Il rooted opinion that lie
should one day commit suicide. He
often said as much TO his chum Jim.
who always looked cynical and fell to
whistling softly with a faraway look
in his eyes. He would talk about it
quite seriously and discuss the differ
ent methods, but his preference was
for the revolver route. When he gol
tired of living or things went wrong,
he intended to try it, he said, and KEEP
a revolver handy.
And so one spring day he fell in 10y"
1t was all in one moment He was at
his desk writing away like mad whcu
the door opened. and she came ina
little, blue eyed. fair haired, childish
thing, VII Cupid's bow lips and a
frightened man nr He looked up i'm
patiently, and their eyes met.
They neither knew afterward what
they said, but five minutes later he was
his eyes and tie paper was a fair
childish face, with Cupid's bow lips
and blue. frightened eyes.
Before two days ne met her on the
street. Their eyes met again, and they
both spoke. Then he walked home
with her and carried her schoolbooks,
and all the world was suddenly fair
and sweet as n rose garden In June.
She understood his every word and he
well. he lived in n world of his own.
He walked in dream. The real things
Of life - the murders. marriages, di-
vorces. even the men and women he
met seemed faroff dream. ana only
Daisy and himself real people. He was
In love and for the first time.
Her mother soon became aware of
the state of affairs and decided Daisy
was much too young for love or lovers.
Her father told him so. and also that
he and Daisy must see each other no
more except as acquaintances. There
was nothing against him they We're
simply too young. And so SHE was to
go to school, but Gordon could call to
say goodby.
That night he went to see her and
came away filled with wonderful
schemes for the future He was to
become rich and famous, and when she
came back he would marry her That
was his plan, and from that day he
worked as lie had never dreamed it
possible that he could work Before
he worked because n certain amount
of work was necessary to keep grim
want at bay, but now he had an oh.
ject for which to work. and he threw
his whole soul into It, II was for pai-
S., and that thought kept him going.
For two years it was constantly with
him,
She was to be home IN June. but
went to visit friends and wrote him
that it would be the 1st of July. and
her dear friend, Bessie Thornton. was
10 come with her
1t was evening when she would ar
rive. and be started to the station to
meet her. Instead a telegram met him.
Daisy had been married that morning
She was not coming at all The lights
in the streets danced up and down and
be repeated 1t softly. DAISY married
His hand went mechanically 10 l.S
pistol pocket only one idea was left