The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-09
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would only confide to my bosom
friend, A terrible blunder for which
/ alone am responsible has made a
great change in my life. can never
think Of it without horror, shame, NOR
humiliation indeed, every
frghtfu emotion for which there Is a
word in the English language And
yet confess that this incident has
brought me the most exquisite happi
ness / have to announce to you, my
dearest. sweetest loveliest friend, my
engagement. Bob hns won my con-
gent at Inst. "t.t so
hut, Ilnust admit that Rob took an
unfair advantage OF me. While love
him and feel that he Is the one man to
make me happy, can never forget
that he turned to his own account this
frightful fatality to compel me to ac-
cept him. True. had all along intend
ed to do so. But you know how sweet
It is for woman to have man hum
bic himself before her, tell her that
without her he viii become wreck,
implore her to have mercy upon him.
All this ! might have had were 1t not
for my mistake.
/ had kept Bob dangling for yenr
had given him but little hope l con-
fess that his pain wns my pleasure.
When he fretted | luughed at him,
when he rebelled assumed n naughty
tone and asked by what authority G
presumed TO dictate to me, and never
after the slightest sign Of independ-
favor except he came to me through
the valley of humiliation.
Now, when consider that he not
only compelled me to dcsist from such
trenment but assumed to make condi-
tioiis; when | think that he got me, 80
to speak, In a hole. acted In mean,
contemplate, selfish, disgusting, bru-
tall ev
But l am forgetting that ! am en-
gagged to him and love him devotedly.
1t Is dangerous for me to give you this
story. for In the telling of II | am
liable to wish that had my lover on
spit roasting him before a slow fire.
However, since | must tell somebody
and you are my own true, loyal friend,
will hurry through 1t lest my indigna-
tion get the better Of me and / send
Bob about his business.
You must know that Bob and Alice
and Sue and Lille and n lot OF boys
and girls were together on the coast
Well, we came home In the same train,
making the journey In the night. Alice
and occupied II lower berth, while
Sue and Lille did the same, The boys
bunked together, except Bob, who took
n berth for himself alone. We were q
merry party on the train, talking and
lnughlng. till disagreeable old man
why are old people permitted to live
wonder?--callcd out from his bertl
that the fool killer was coming through
the train. Thinking that this NIGH
possibly he a hint for us to get into
our berths, we did so, and the car soor
wore the silence OF slumber. OF course
the silence of slumber Is different In 1
sleeping car from nursery. A mum
Der of people snorad frightfully.
In the middle of the night | awok'
with n terrible thirst. ] was In my
wrapper ard had my slippers on.
crnwled over Alice, who slept on th'
outside. went to the end of the car t
the cooler, got drink and started
back.
Now, these sleeping cars, when on
wishes to find ones berth, are perfect
ly awful. ! was lost looked Tor tn
porter, but he was not visible.
peeped into several berths, in eacl
case seeing stranger asleep. The
Il occurred to me that my berth wa
the fourth from the rear end of tn
car. Acting on this, made plunge
A figure rolled In the bedclothes wa
on the outside. climbed over 1t an
had one hand and knee on one side o
It. the other hand and knee on tn
other side, when the sleeper stretche
forth hand, pulled the curtain asid'
and the horrld lamplight shone dow
on the face Of
How shall ever get the story told
What was l doing? What frightfl
fate had possession of me? There b'
meath me lay man-not only a maj
Dul tue man WuoLi hnu bNSh PNiS'
cutting. | was getting into bed with
oh, horrors, with Bob. He was lool
ing up into my eyes. | down into his.
"NIercy!' cried and, rolling out int
the aisle, rushed back to the other en-
OF the car. There found the porte
coming IN ut the door, and lie put N
IN my berth At
or course | didn't sleep wink. Ho
could /? The next morning Bob mac
no reference to the matter by look
word till we were all at breakfast
the dlnIng car. Then he said:
Anybody sick In the nlghtT'
l knew what was coming, flushe
} crimson md gave him an implorir
look. But he kept on milking all kinC
OF innticndoes without telling on n
tin | was Utmost frantic.
Well, when we went back into o'
enr we found the berths put ava
and Bob took seat beside me. A
summg an Independent tone, he sa
chat had one more chance, and OF
only, to be his wife must decit
! then and there. If l refused to gi'
him definite answer the story mn
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