The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
THE GIRL / LEFT
BEHIND ME-. /"
She Pleased the Boy the Way.
She Always Wanied to DO.
BY JOHN BRIDGES.

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Holyoke together. ard the boys bar
been az Amherst and bad graduates
} In The same class. Holyoke and Am
herst are not far apart aphically
and % walks about the Connecticut
valley The -four had fallen into com
pany Afterward there had been twe
weddings and The two new homes
we're established In the same western
city. The heads Of the families went
into law practice together and the
0rm has lasted until this day. more
than twenty Eve years.
When the children were born it was
quite natural that the boy should have
been named Arthur selden Hamilton.
after his fathers partner. and the girl
Angela Hamilton selden. after her
motner's schoolgirl friend and com
E'aBion Arthur was almost year
older than Angela. and rear is long
time IN the ages of youngsters.
When. after their high school days
Il was decided that both should go to
college they left home on the same
day n charge Of AngeIa's mother and
Arthur's father and journeyed east
ward 70 the Connecticut valley.
Angela took her mothers old room
at Mount Hoyoke and Arthur became
established IN his fathers old quar-
tiers at Amherst. Somehow. though.
after few friendly aud rather home
sick calls. Arthur fell into the athletic
spirit For the four years that he was
In Amherst and Angela was AZ Mount
Holyoke he saw her but little. She
seemed 10 him 70 be the same little
girl he had known when they played
together on rainy days IN the attic. 10
Arthur. Angela had never grown up
Afterward Arthur went abroad for d
years. study. and Angela went to visit
some friends at an army post farther
west when Arthur came home and
found Instead OF the schoolgirl he had
known a beautiful yonng woman he
was scarcely prepared for the change.
II was All foreordained, While he had
seen pretty women abroad and at Am
horst had almost proposed to a girl at
commencement time. he had been prac.
licaly heart free. This vision of love
liness who kissed him frankly as a sis
Ter might took his breath away. When
he left the SeIden home that night it
was with the intention OF winning An
geia Selden.
All that winter he saw much Of her
AT the parties they attended. at the
theater Of wherever he could make an
excuse to meet her he was her de-
voted cavalier In both the families ii
was regarded MS a foregone conclusion
that there would be another marriage
70 link the two families yet closer TO-
gether
One evening Arthur called at the Sci
dens' determined to ask Angela to be
his wife.
'She must know he thoughr. how
much love her. If she will have me
III take the governors offer and 20
into The business with him right away
Then we can be married IN the spring
and spend June in the Connecticut val
ley"
Arthur climbed the steps which led I
up to the Seldens seranda. On the
veranda sat Angela aud man ia uni
form.
''AIr Hamilton" said Angela. 'Ict
me present my friend Lieutenant AL
ierton"
They shook hands. Arthur said
something about being glad to see
Lieutenant Allerton Lieutenant Aller-
ton said something about being charm.
ed 70 meet Mr. Hamilton.
There was some music. and Allerton
sang He sang well. and Angela ac-
him as only a sympathetic
musician CAR Arthur felt lovers
"Why couldn't he have stay
I'd away till tomorow?" he thought.
When Allerton rose to go be said,
Then mother and may expect to
meet you on Tuesday in ChicagoT"
Yes" replied Angela, "and tell your
mother that | shall give her great
ieai Of trouble before we reach Leav-
for ! am going to make her
ELL me everything about her boys at
he fort You know ! fell desperately
II love with every soldier there last
Arthur stayed for i few minutes aft
r Allerton had gone
Are you going awayg" he asked ia
lismay.
"Yes," she replied. "AIrs. Alierton
las asked me to visit her for month
i Leavenworth The colonel is the /
learest old man that ever lived. and /,
sn't Lieutenant Charlie just the hand I
omest boy you ever sawf''
Arthur said goodby hurriedly and !
walked miles into the country, smok.
az strong cigars. !
What fool aml' he cried why !
idn't know about these handsome /,
older boys that she says she fell 50
esperately fl love with Z But what
ool was not to tell her after Alter
on went away IN 80 out again a. !
borrow and tell her al about It ana \
iake her choose between US. She 4
lust tel. me which she cares the more \