The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-09-07

Qyeo, ana that ne mas 0eautltul
eyes. What a pity that such nice
loodng young man should be Grim.
inal!" !
And yet once again within month
the young man with the dyed mus
tache figured in the diary. Miss Ethel
had been to the city alone again. and
upon her return she fastened to write
n the little book:
Il was walking along Thirty.fourth
street today. having Just come out Of
a store. when some one touched me on
the arm" !:
Il turned. It was the young man!
He begged my pardon. had dropped
my purse and he had picked it up"
"For moment l looked into those
dark eyes and beheld that mustache,
and then they were gone. / cannot say
that either of them we're dyed. can
not say that he is good or bad young
man. If he is really criminal,
ought to give him up to Justice" !;
And there the diary ended. 1t ended
because Miss Ethel carried 1t with her
when next she went to the city. that she
might lot down things on the car com.
ing home, and when she went to lot
she found that she had lost it. She
saw the same young man again. He
was entering an art store. but she felt
that he had been following her. Upon.
her arrival home she would have liked
to 5ot down more terrible adventures,
but her brother Sam refused to 20 for
another diary. :;
In June. Miss Ethel lugged out her
easel and other paraphernalia to make
some sketches along the river running
through the town.
An hour day for three days did
Miss Ethel devote to sketching cliffs.
and then something happened. Broth.
,er Sam had built her sort of nest on
the hillside where the view was the
finest !
4 After three days the nest went out of
business by giving way and rolling the
artist In the river. Brother Sam was
far away, and the nearest fisherman
was hundred rods of. but the man
with the dyed mustache was on the
spot. He was also there to sketch
those cliffs. Instead of sketchtng cliffs
he plunged into cold river and got
very wet and rescued very cold aud
wet girl and sent her home in car
riage. She was so near drowned that
she couldn't even thank her hero at the
time, and she wasn't concerned as to
whether the man was young or old.
1t was Brother Sam who interfered
exactly at the right time. Like q lit.
tie man, he hunted up Mr.. Claude Rath.
bone, who hadn't hesitated to get wet,
and thanked him on behalf Of the fam.
fly. A day or two later he chaperoued
Mr.. Rathbone to the house. whore the
rescuer Ieceived more thanks and was
Invited to call again.
The two artists went sketching In
company. Mr.. Rathbone was also .
frequent caller ut the Widows house.
He went away In July and returned IN
August
TO return to that diary for q mo.
meut- II had been lost in the city,
The only clue to It's owner was the
line: 1.-THE Diary Of Ethel Hyland."
The finder had not advertised It. When
Mr.. Ratbbone had first caught the
family name from brother Sam he had
! smiled and carried his hand to his
breast pocket. But he had done moth.
ing further. unless it was to nod in
satisfaction.
Three months after the rescue, al
the artist and the girl sat together one
evening. he told her of his love and
received the answer hoped for, and
when no went away he left the little
book behind him. It was not found
til the next day. Then 1t was discov
cred that some hand had written afte,
Ethel's closing paragraph:
II was not following. Your way wa.
my way"
Have never dyed my mustache, bul
may be driven to It."
"Thanks for the compliment TO m,
eyss." s
WIN cut my criminal career short n
soon q W are married"
'TAan1s that Was not arrested
"Hsase destroy % soon % read.s