The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-18
4 Will Send Her.


honors at college. having a fortune at
his Disposal. buried his talents In
napkin. In other words. instead Of Civ
ing them to mankind he kept them for
his own occasional amusement Once
and only once during the ten years fol.
lowing bis graduation there was
chance FOR his reform. At Nice one
year during tie carnival he met cir!
who might have awakened in him an
ambition. There was a love affair, bur
In its lncipiency the girl was taken
westward by her parents. while Aler.
riam went eastward. As soon as they
had separated Merriam knew what be
had lost. Why he had lost her he never
told his dearest friend. 1t was sup.
posed her parents had other plans for
her.
Bnt he did tell his dearest friend OF
his disappointment. Strangely enough
that friend was an Alpine guide. Mer.
Ram spent many summers climbing
the Swiss peaks, always with the same
guide. Herman Goertz. The dangers
they passed together, the solitudes In
which they camped. brought out con.
adence that could have been ELECTED in
no other way. The guide had occasion
to love his employer On one occasion
Goertz slipped, hung by the rope over
a precipIce and was pulling Merriam
over with him, He called on Merriam
to save himself by cutting the rope,
but Merriam was made of sterner stun
and hung on till the guide got a grip
on the ice. and they were saved.
The two parted at last in a snow.
storm. An avalanche began to move
slowly. taking Goertz with 1t. Merriam
could not see him, but heard him say:
Herr. farewell. will send her to
YOU" A week later the guides body
was found thousand feet below, head
down in the snow.
Returning to America. Merriam tried
to amuse himself. One day while at
the seashore. strolling alone on the
beach, a fog came in from the ocean
and enveloped him. He was walking
slowly. guided by the sound Of the
breakers, when a form doomed before
him and in another moment resolved
itself into woman. She stopped, and
Merriam stopped.
''You here. he said under his breath.
YES, and your
81 supposed you were in Egypt.
was told by friend that he saw you
at Cairo not three weeks ago."
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week"
"Strange"
THAT we should meet in this way?
l should think so. How small the
world is after all! But there is some
thing stranger still. Do you know that
l felt premonltlon of meeting you
here?"
l"ln the fogT
"Yes."
THAT is remarkable" Then he add.
ed musingly. "A premonition that you
would meet me-in a fogr'
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