The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-19
LOVE AT
SECOND SIGHT


''pm about sick Of this place, re
marked Bobby Dawes diseontenied
IL ia tue snos Glad mountains 10
nnorrcwgI shali pack up ana g
The snow clad mountains Soiieh'
safed no reply and Bobby DaEes
Twin thst feeling 81 satIsfaetioF
(which the taking of amy Tuition
g6ods 'orsbsd. engend ers rose 70 4 Il
feet and sauntered along The bal II.
! ,ing: like Side walk of Lugano Baek
70 Ills hotel; ING NJ, 4. 's,,,s
There was no installing Bobby
Y Dawes nationality as he strolled
id1y along under the trees. Tail.
!: fair. well turned out, q gray sui,
Panama nat, an irfeptoaehgbfe tie
he 1ookedthe possible hero Of many
amatory adventures, although few
\ had ever fallen to hfs LOT, Amatofy
adventures require reciprocity, and
Bobby Dawes had rarely, II ever,
reclproeated. s,.t, .s..
Arriving at his: hotel. he COM
municated his decision to the stout
head porter. That astute individual
declared himself "desolate,' and ex-
pressed bis disbelief that Bobby
could have adequately inspected the
numerous lions of the locality in 50
short a time. Il,
He speedily ascertained that M'steu
had not yet visited the local noun.
tain, San salvatore.
1T was imp ssile," he said decid-
eddy, with a shrug Of his massive
shoulders, "for M'sieu to leave with
out ascending the famous funicu-
lar And, before Bobby could protest
effectpally, It had been arranged for
him to postpone his departure by at
least one day and to ascend the
mountain BY the first funicular In
the morning. q.
Thus It was that an early hour on
the ensuing day. found Bobby Dawes
reluctantly ensconced In q corner of
an ascending car, thanking Heaven
ferventlythat modern inventions had
relieved the traveller from the. pain
full labor Of mountain climbing.
He admired the. usual view, ais;
liked the usual wind, bought and
DISPATCHED the usual postcards, i'm
hibed the usual book, and, honor
being satlsaed-honor is easily salts
fed in that climate prepared to
descend, sysss
A simple act enough, but fraught
with the most momentous conse-
quences to Bobby Dawes.
Suffering acutely. from chatterlng
TOURISTS, beleaned. well out from his
corner seat WATCHING, the other car.
as 1t approached. wondering idly
when they would meet and pass, Il
was some twenty yards of when his
eye was caught by o white and friny
hat. And, by George! as the car
cherries. s.,
A rather SMART that lie Thought
Iazily to himself. AZ decidedly smart
bat. 2ndsa s6y George! - 4 the car
drew, nearer that q lovely girl!
He gased at her spell bound.
bound, moved to the very depths EEtfF.! Of
his being
What glorious yiolet7blue-gray
eyes!" be mutmured to himself.
i'What a wealth Of softly waving |
golden brown hair! What q perfectly
Indescrlbable air Of ipdescribability!"
he went on lncoherently. 4
Their eyes met for a moment-to
him 1t seemed an eternity; the car
passed on and she was gone.
And Bobby began to realize he
had met the only woman he could
ever love on the car of a funicplar
railway, while he was going down
and she was going up. Every mo-
ment cruel fate-represented by
wire rope-was dragging them fur
Their apart, Bobby fairly danced
with anxiety ON his seat, straining
his eyes uselessly after the departing
car. immediately he reached the
bottom, he purchased another ticket
and sat In the car. possessed with a
fury Of impatience, until It COM
menced Ito downward journey.
He was even obllvious Of the ap-
proach Of the. other car about to pass
them on It's downward Journey,
CHANGING carelessly at 1t his heart
stopped beating. For there, appear
ing over the back Of the car, was:
the cherrytrimmed hat.
~ shall have to reascend and re.
descend this wretched mountain be-
fore I can ever hope to see her
again." he groaned to himself. |,
When no finally reached the bot
tom station thirty minutes later,
naturally all trace Of the cherry
hat was lost. He haunted
the railway station, he haunted the
steamer landing places. He had
tea at every confiserie in the town
sometimes Ave in an afternoon-but
all without avail. Il
Bobby Dawes, became embittered, 4
and laughed discordantly at the
snow-clad mountains. ut is exact !
ly what I have always expected" he
remarked to Monte Rosa. There Is