El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-16
The Eternal Admirer
The Herald's Daily
Short Story

When may I have the pleasure Of call
Ing again?"
when? Just det me seer I thought
for a moment 1t was W edneSday.
May I perhaps have the pleasure OF
your company for dinner on Wednes-
day neXt?"
Wednesday, thank you 50 much
But let me see, today is "Wednesday
I Then I think I shall have the pleasure
OF making a short call before
When he reached the door, ne raised
his gentle, melancholy eyes. faithful
like those Of a dog, and said;
And II you write to Rosa VIII you
please give her my best regards
why certainly" I said
drew sigh Of relief. He was
handsome and surely very nice, too
but he certainly was not entertaining g.
I Then I opened Rosa's letter. 1t con-
tanned only three words; shoot him
sat down on chair quite ex-
hausted.
This was on Wednesday.
Thursday I received q box Of yellow
roses with Mr.. Siegfried Oppenheim' 5
card Friday he came himself.
The visit resembled his first one
very much he seemed very happy and
his eyes had an expression OF faith1ul-
ness, which was very touching conslo-
ering the short time he had known me
Saturday he sent basket OF PINK
roses and Sunday I met him on the
corner just as 1 was going out
Monday he called and Tuesday ne
sent lilies OF the valley. "Wednesday
he dined with me and Thursday 1
neither saw him nor hear from him.
Friday he caEed and apOlogized for
not having given any sign OF life on
Thursday, but he had been sick and
was not well now but did not think
ne could let two days pass without
calling 1 asked him never to think
Of such formalities, but the expression
of his eyes silenced me Saturday he
sent roses and Sunday he called for
me IN motor.
Monday J. met him on the corner and
Tuesday I first received flowers and
afterwards ran up against him W ed
nesday he called and men the expires
sion OF his eyes was so deIrlOusiy
happy that 1 preferred to spend Thurs
day fin bed writing to Rosa 1 wrote
1T is against my principles TO kin
q fellow creature because he boreS
me. not because do not think 1 should
be justified, but because / might get
into trouble with the police. I am
tired, nervous and have cold Call
him back
The answer came by return mail:
i have JUST recovered myself, and
would not call him back for anything.
Send him on 1 received him in the
same day"
I was lying in my bed in an ocean
OF flowers from Mr.. Oppenheim, when
/ wrote 10 him.
Dear Mr. Oppenheim-
LAS my doctor tells me I viii have
to stay in bed for quite a few weeks
and as I afterwards win have to take Q
trip south to recover. I regret not being
able to say goodbye TO you Perhaps
we may meet some time in the future.
As you have often expressed a wish to
visit Norway (he had never said a
word about III I enclose a letter which
you viii perhaps give to a friend OF
mine In Christian, whose beauty and
charming ways wiz more than make
up for the trouble Of the trip. With
best wishes, etc"
To my friend in Norway I wrote:
it."
And with that letter he left
Two weeks later / got a letter from
Christlana. Where did you get him
from? Ny reputation Is ruined, my
health broken down. my nerves shat
tered DO serd for him"
replied. send him on I got him
In the same way. Re IS used to IT.
Later she wrote she had sent him
to Sweden. from there he Is said to
have gone to Finland.
Bis further tracks are lost IN the
interior OF Russia