Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-05
MS FIRST LOVE

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IS the y4~'"'/>SN
aIon go~, royrTY passenger stood on the
IL thu ,,,man9dp deck Of the Deutsch-
Half ~ and as the great liner cut its
the Uni ,5rorgb the stormy waves of the
the cha ,,+, He seemed lost in thought
eat no /, s+ood leaning against the rail
ate ran. ,,7Dg at the waves which broke
continl r,rrps into seething foam against
sle Of the vessel
aong snenIy a young girls sweet voice
eohsH ,,od him from his dreams.
allu 81 "a here you are, doctor! If Miss
'11''n Y s knew that you prefer listening
eoill Is waves instead of to her sing
8, Asn VT would be all over between you. :"
! Il, laughed a delightful silvery
s 49,, NIB and her pretty little face looked
,,,,.,,s .ss1sIy at the doctor, who evidently
a mot to meet her eyes. 1t was a
snsll before be answered:
II Ton asked me today. Miss Lingen,
tFas only longing for my old home
nder rib takes NE back TO Germany after
rarS in America. At that time l
Is yald your questions. Now l feel
serves R telling you what drives me back,
efits. vu do not think it will be too tire
tached NJ, ia rston to story which ia
1871 2abI! Of no interest to you"
nacn 40 am sure your story will inter
= s''e Gne DOCTOR" she replied softly.
Twas seven years ago. l had just
-. 10 graduated from college, and was
5g hospital service at Berlin. AS |
4lght myself the son Of a wealthy
liter enjoyed life in full measure,
t8E thinking Of where the money
wv come from which 1 so reck-
Sc T7ept One eTening 1 accepted
Irritation Of friend to be his
~ pest at a supper in company with
~ fle chorus girls from the Thalia
e5|E, I5ater.
.ALSA Ule Of these, a sweet, quiet girl of
.E7Il4 attracted my attention because of
Nk13 liHifed behavior, which was in
w lAed contrast to that Of the others,
" 900 were anything but conventional in
-st manners. She seemed to me the
@oIImant Of all womanly beauty
al virtues. I soon found out that
@ bad gone Oh the stage only to sup
WI LeF mother, who was an invalid,
~l mat she was anything but happy
-e life behind the footlights.
porl 10 make long story short, I fell
= y E'lF in love with her with all the
my "'oF OF my a years. Then my IA
~ -'' ued suddenly, and instead of
80 "'uAe left nothing but debts. This
S .sSS. al! my plans. I saw that from
=. ~, On must rely only upon myself,
z 80 u marry a poor girl under these
= ~,a.>lanceS appeared to be wholly
ns |% the question.
he "ouId not give up my Paula,
.fies .,'ser' but told her that we would
j b '.s " postpone our wedding, and she
It ~ ,,-''Seu 10 wait for me. She had left
It Il 4se when we became engaged,
ulai -. 10" took a position in an Office
I'd miserable salary, while went to
-''Iva 10 seek my fortune.
IL he beginning, we corresponded
'wn .al Three days, and every steamer
ID ,tss lie long letters from her, but
NC 'oFelgn country my love seemed
orr 'Sne, and soon l wrote less regu-
art s Any, and at last stopped entirely.
., ,'sl ner letters to me told me of
"a despair at losing me.
y, ana at last her letters also ceased.
= s+,' uau become convinced of nv
!. -'eSSneSS, the tie was broken and
raj Hat "' Aelt 1t as great
,,o su' one evening. about 10 months
s.. ~ was called to the deathbed of
al es.. 'Vung girl who had taken poison
sd h, " uer lover had proved faith
es.., never shall I forget the terrible
i d. Lungs hs Of that poor creature. When
a h. 1u uleo and l went home / felt
aG N, murderer in my own eyes-I.
spoon n1u behaved in the same out
q bad Nallner to a sweet girl who
d VI of ~ WIN all her heart. The mem
,y h. Pau!o followed me everywhere.
af In 49, ,V>' urove me insane, and now |
II ts,e Dly way back to try to find
: ,, Be had finished his story and the
! liz : on s!Fl' who had not interrupted
= teR nora remained silent. After
. Fav vuents silence he said softly:
us IT, | lost your good opinion,
9 as AZ "Sen: Will you now think of
Niped +b ne fart scoundrel, who has
She I onT NE Of an innocent girl?"
i eent NM SNeu INTO his eyes for mo-
Il At At p mS.s said, evidently deeply touch
j IN wat she had just heard:
] ho sn \, uoctor. AS see how much
SoQ ba re' now l cannot condemn you.
kDe five made grave mistake. but /
you will not find 1t too late