Smyrna times., 1904-09-14
LITTLE SMYRNA ROMANCE
OCCURRING At LAKE COMO
SCENE PICTURED MANY YEARS AGO WHEN
THE "SMYRNA TINES" WAS YOUNG.
Story Of a Maiden Fair and a Swain Devoted
Showing How a Little Sentiment Is Rel.
ished Now and Then.

LullOE OMHhNA LINES .-Iue only
Democratic newspaper in Delaware
County, Pa, carries at the head of its
enormous column-Or did when the
scribe was q dweller in Pennland-the
following couplet: ga little of the hu-
morous now and then, is relished by
the best of men," Suppose one in
lieu of "the humorous" substitute the
sentimental, and with this as a basis
proceed to build a little story of a
maiden fair and swain devoted. The
former resided in my native town, and
the latter not league from the en-
chanting empress of his heart.
This was, remember, when the
TIMES was young and the narrator
much younger than he is at present.
Can anyone as much as imagine who
were the twain herein alluded to?
1t has been affirmed that he was de-
voted for she was ever present in his
thoughts, unfortunate, too, was he,
in that she had been in his presence
but twice. Once upon the ice-covered
surface of Lake Como, once in the
parental home.
He was scion of rusticity, a rare
product of rurality, she the imperior
belle of--street.
From their first meeting, said he,
like his hearts sun the blooming high
souled brunette shone on him.
To our young friend, maidens were
pieces of art, of celestial art, indeed,
which celestial creations he were
pleased to survey, but had little
thought of approaching. As YET he
had seen them in their many colored
angel plumage, fitting past or hover
ing mute and almost inaccessible in
the home environment. We must
note the first meeting, the formal in
PRODUCTION.
Nlture Had Thrown Her Great White Mantle
Nature had thrown her great white
mantle DER all the landscape. and hy-
perborean blasts had been sweeping
over Lake Como, congealing its sur
face, a mirrOr-like expanse uniting
shore to shore. A skating carnival
was in progress, conviviality and high
swelling hearts.
Fate then did elect that the high ce-
lestial orbit of this charmer should in
tersect the low sublunary one of our
a6mirer then and there. That he,
looking into emperean eyes, should
fancy the upper sphere of light had
come down into this neither sphere of
sorrow and shadows. All of air was
she, all soul and form; so lovely, like
a mysterious priestess IN whose hands
he could imagine the invisible Jacobs
ladder whereby he might mount into
the sunshine of her smiles, and as it
were half drowned himself in a bath
OF her tresses. In many tinted ra-
diant aurora, and by this fairest acci-
dental light -bringer, must our young
man be blandished and the new apoc-
alypse of nature unrolled to him.
Here, then, says the great phrase
maker, ''is conceded to us the higher
mystic possibility of such union, the
highest on earth; thus in the conduct
ing medium of fantasy, flames forth
that development of the universal
spiritual electricity, which, as un-
folded between man and woman, we
first emphatically denominate loye."
1t must be evident to the reader that
our enchantress has bound and SPELL
bound our rural sprig. Strangely
enough, however, months later wit
messed their second meeting at the
home. Upon the outrageous lawn.
in the balmY starlit night. in free
speech, earnest or gay, amid lambent
glances, laughter; such was their sec.
ond meeting, unhappily, though, the
fatal one.
Was 10 Presence Of His Evening Star.
He was in the presence of his evan.
ing star, all fire and humid softpess
a light ray incarnate. Former Doubt,
fed away in the distance, life bloomed
up with happiness and hope. Thus
did soft melodies flow through hi,
heart, tones of infinite gratitude ;swee
that he might love and b,
Nigh upon that hour
WbaV,