Milford chronicle., 1904-06-17
The
UnknOeen
Man BY
Troy
ooo,,.,oh, 1901. by AHiSo1
K. ". Whitehead

,ro,.v hook that he had hastllS 10
-, liz ,vov home. The sheets OF paper
,,.a,.o rnfolded. and the letter com
,,o,ced in "A way that made him thliA n
bo had as much right TO read 1t as any -
one else. 1t was love letter. uIuoU'1
adlv the whole heart of the NolI"A .4
was in if. but it commenced Dear =,
l,,o,,n Man" Before he read II ne /.
tbouubt same silly schoolgirl hau puc q
- IN Tho hook with the intention OF 7
getting up a Irritation but he re''il-' l.',S
mat it was letter a sehoolgul eo"'N :
not have written. H., {
Tbis woman was tired and disap-
nointed She had evidently expected
,,,ore tbon she had found and thro'"n
emo vvbim had written all her ulsaI-
noiptmept and heartache to the ohlE
nerson that could fully understand IL
her ideal man. .,,.,or
rbere was a longing for an under
standing and for a sympathy thHt ulc
l,no,vn men had never been able to sat
isf, stanley could imagine that she
had relieved spell OF despohueneS ~ /
nutting her thoughts on paper On .ne
same principle that he talked l" -
= doc or smoked an extra cigar tne
, thing he could not understand was si"'
,ror,on copable of such depths OF IN
+o,lact and feeling should have had SO
l. sillv an impulse and put the letter III
e n library book. - %
9 Tbere was no name or address-"'
# least she expected no reply
He pot ND from his easy char anu
v,-ou,ed TO the window. a eold' url@
1I,nc sleet beat against the pane anu
70 the electric lights from the street 'ui -
cd the night into a ghastly gray
-, His dog had followed him ana slooo 'p',
- with his fore paws on the Wihuo"
ac ledge. ,-,-- a.,
~ A sudden. furious blast striking III,
u name made the dog rub his head agalhs'
81 bis master and whine his desire loI
- compauionship and affection.
~ Are YOU lonely, too, old fellow 1W'
"a old bachelors like US, living IN n"'
-lu o,,obt NOT TO expect to be gay. Ao'
7I9 o,,cht To he glad that you are not out
,oa the storm. you ungratetul wrelcn' =
a. strolzed the dogs head ana thousnt y
,Ia 40 the loneliness expressed in the le'''
civ he had just read. o.+,o,
sly "Rv love. she knows the real ar'icr
~ Il must be the lonely in crowd zee
tue tho She seemed to be society Won
'e's the monogram on her paper dluI
Hp indicate poor girl working for her Il
of ing" nosoro r
Ieu' ena ond wondered if it would be pc
" sible for him to locate her. lie i"l.C' ..i
-. ba would like to meet her ana SUI
J,.a J'u tho woman. aided by his knoWleuse
~ her inner thoughts as expressed III
had erratic letter. his c,e
.-a .-,, suddenly he threw away ms oi5
Two ...,+, an EXPRESSION of satistacul
nIre n sherlock Holmes mi sht have soiVel
CaI- g, Ioes time. but lie couldn't n'
were 4ro,,cb+ of an easier method Ot nhu
y of thoush' u "-
the her" 49,. library
sons .,-a+,an in charge gave Stanley the
tention that his looks always "0'i -
women. -....,,,7 Inv I
"'Tbe book was last returned oy .
ss'on Papsdeu zoos Massachusetts ave.
am sure 1t will be very KIND oi
It for to return anything that you iouh'
year If Very few people would 'ro
If ST. themselves to that extent.
in the stanley kept the letter in his poo
aneral "a if his ncouaintances coulu
dered connored notes during the next
West 49, +bev would have thought ina
licate -. e,,fforing from mania that
everal - eo,,,, of nm acute desire to lea
promi- his auditor knew a certain MISS
VII RansdeI. g.. +bo
He himself had only been IN lhe
nd the fev months after an absence VI
Ugh all oral Years. He thought she must
, after newcomer. and the address given
coun- ,ied out his idea that she was
aI and among the working class.
Ger de- II ,r,s week before he met
al but .,,.I ocouaintance. Then Jim De
- 49,, Ills question: Know Miss
gcTt 2ou9 certainly l do She takes q
u 0Ni+t, nc tonight. DO you want to
Knee old MANI ..,u,, int
30. When Stanley was gettlns ~ ~
wing to evening clothes ne calilN S,,,.
Jeffries usual conversation with the uoE
.tponed. old chappie, I'm going to see
Springs night. We are going to solve :,
"a readv lom Be good, old fellow anu
roth of ao+ lonely. and I'll tell you aoo
that the when l get home" 80
He brought a rug from the p'
and put it in front of the CRATE
n, Pa. dog looked on knowingly ana u
William down on it to take the ham Dol
hot and his master always left as
ner, for 4Teot when he went out to dlnhe
blew out nrettv waitress in the cafe
le house habit of coaxing the elevator
,edy was Give the nice bones to the nice
fer. The belonged to the nice man on the
saloon floor.
here six Don beat the floor with his
o open satisfied approval while stan
Ter wom- on his overcoat, patted MN
tn man head and went out
ntingdon When he came in that night
objected. boord his step and met him
-er leI1.i' door.
ended in He put on his dressing go
slippers. sat down before the
yned. took the dogs head between !
2 o,d the nalms of his HANDS u