The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-29

One Sunday-it was the first Sun
lay. by the way. after my first inter.
view with the old man re the Heiress
II was over in Long Island City and
discovered my lovable lady sitting
right opposite me in street car. At
least she looked to me as if she were
lovable and could be loving, and So
With the best Intentions In the world
! followed her home. at tiiscreet dis
lance, needless to say. and made a
note of where she lived. Subsequently
learned. through discreet inquiries.
that she was an orphan and that she
worked in shirt factory not far away.
&C what did do but start for Canada.
sr.tch off to Long Island City. doff
ny identity. take on the name and
status of one Tom Greening, and 20 to
work in the same factory at the
rrincely honorarium of SIS every six
Gays.
Laugh at me IL you want to.
vas hard hit in the neighborhood of
lie mitcal valve from the first and
af,er had had myself introduced to
her, | was harder hit than ever. In
TACT, | was SO hard hit seemed to
have had the whole cardiac region
Knocked out Of me. valves and all.
Being in love, Jack--reaI. honest In
jGn lore. | mean-is queer feeling,
Fave you ever experienced 1t? But
there. mustn't become idiotic.
Where did I I've. you ask? In a
small hail-bedroom in boarding
loase presided over by a widowed
lazy. who didn't exactly seem to grieye
oyer the demise OF her worser half.
vito. believe, passed on in blaze OF
wlat | gathered vas alcohol; it GER
ta,nir wasn't glory At any rate.
lived cheaply, saved my money, worked
hard. learned what it was 10 have hon
sss sweat on my forehead and honest
caiiouses on my hands. and above all.
learned that the lady Of the trolley car
was as loyable as they make them. cer-
talnly in this world Mars or Venus
may produce finer type, but I'll have
10 he shown
So that much rds settled She
tcds loyable. Now, was she loving
or, rather, could she be induced-no.
| won't use that word, for reasons
which will be obvious later-could she
come naturally to love me? And right
there my troubles began.
" lad no suspicion OF it at first
and she allowed me to cali on her ar
her home several times before I
learned that she was engaged to fell
low-workman Of mine III the factory. q
Young man of about my own age, John
Joyce. by name. He's not bad Eel.
low, either; at any rate, I'll give him
tie benefit of the doubt, and | don't
Know that he has been any more jeal.
ous OF me than. would have been OF
him II our positions had been reversed
Well, what was to do when |
learned about joyce? | suppose some
strict constructionists, as John C. Cal
houn would have said, Will rule that I
should have promptly raised my lance
and my vizor and retired from the
ned. | actually thought OF Going 30
myself for time--I assure you did
Old boy-but when it came time to do
the retiring, | simply couldn't. Don't
chide me. Jack. You hauent seen the
9iri, you know.
Not that | did anything that was
really dishonorable, trust and believe
| cid try to make my admiration a
little less evident. but continued TO
call on her and, to tell the truth. she
didn't exactly beg me to stay away.
And 1t was about this time that
joyce began to get troublesome.
learned afterward from her that he
had conceived deep distrust of me.
and. indeed, he had some grounds for
suspicion. was evidently a gentle.
man, That being so, what was I do.
ing working in factory with my
hands! ! seemed to have plenty Of
afraid was careless once
'r twice about concealing my true in.
,ome; where did get it? And so on.
So saw something had to be done
and did it with promptitude rather
osreisn to my nature. quit the shop:
men. in order TO keep up the illusion
With them th-especially for his
'ake, for foresaw that he might take
o trailing me some MORE went over
o Manhattan and got work in a SINH.
ar factory on the upper East Side
gave up my hall-bedroom. too. and tool,
rather cheap apartment not far from
ny place of business. furnished II
veil however, for I'd gotten rather
ired. AZ you can guess. of furniture
'uch AS generally obtains in hall-bed.
-ooms
Wen, things remained in statu ouo.
or some time after left Long Island
;ity. Then she broke off her engage
nent with Joyce. Honest and true
JACK, had nothing to do with it,
u course, mean, directly.
said earlier in this lonr.w,naea
'pistie that was no longer working