Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-08-01

some vNau2 wot. tp VAS DESTROYS sim
ply ut prN 'din& tUr>..' With Al husband.
to which she tcphvu hat II was more
pr'hahlr the ~eudrt III the hoes had
seen The aud my personality had es.
pecialty appealed to her,
Though this S0ppoSiticp battered my
vanity, was u ult disappointed, for
II seemed Ia me- that II Miss lardlry
had desired tN keep me for herself she
would not have given me reply that
would tend to nturnce me favorahiy
toward tn" unknown However her
warning AGAINST designing girls and
her tutimattng that the unknown prob
ably had sent me the luck Of her hair
because she admired me ueutra tiRed
each other
One afternoon | reached Alton from
the city at the time the tide was ia
vorahle for bathing, and MS soon aS |
could yet into my bathing suit | went
down to Join the crowd in the water
The wind was or the ocean and the
surf high As | approached the beach
saw II commotou among those stand
ing about mnst VI them pecring out
ON the water There | saw that the
Interest WAS conferred upon some one
beyond the ropes, The bathing mas
ter instead OF plugging in was trying
to get boat through the breakers
but without success
| ran as fast MS could to the verge
and, bounding over the CrcSts Of the
first few waves, Went under the next
and then, with hand over hand
stroke. by which could swim the fast
est. made for the person who needed
assistance. | soon saw that II was a
woman, and as drew near by the red,
ish tint on her head knew that Il was
Miss Yardley On reaching her | held
her up until the bathing master came
with the boat. and he pulled us TO
shore
She was quite exhausted, but not so
pick up her bathing cap, which had
fallen OF She took II from me and
put II on, though | could not see why,
because her hair was soaked.
On account OF this incident | natu.
rally found favor with Miss Yardley,
though | think had | not been there
she still would have been saved one
thing did not fancy feared this In
timacy would cause my unknown to
avoid giving me any clew to her iden'
tity. | was satisfied with Miss Yard
ley's companionship. but did not like
the idea OF giving up my romance
And between romance and reality ro-
nance will win every time. From
words | let drop to my known charm
er she inferred that my mind was on
her unknown rival Instead OF endeav.
oring to Danish her from my mind
Miss Yardley joined me in observing
the girls whose hair fulfilled the condi.
ton that would prove her the owner OF
the lock Were we perambulating the
board walk or on the beach or the piaz'
IN OF her hotel. she would on the ap-
proach of n blond girl ask me II her
hair was not the shade of the loci
had received Most OF them were quste
like II, but their number spoiled the
clew
While romance Is more effective than
reality hesh and blood are more effec-
tive than fancy was constantly
with my known and never with my un'
known The consequence was that the
former had great advantage AT any
rate. as the end Of August drew near
my constant da Willing Of evenings with
Miss Yardley tended to ohliterate my
unknown from my mind One night
the night before Miss Yardley was to
leave for bome-sitting on protrud
ing rock. the waves rolling In beside
us. strains OF music and laughter com
ing from the hotel back OF Us. forge,
the girl with the lock Of blond hair and
asked her rival to be my wife.
We parted the next day, engaged.
she to go to her home In one city. to
another. The autumn season was al
ways a busy one to me, and there was
no probability of my seeing her again
till midwinter We arranged. howev.
er. that | should Join her for the holi-
days. Meanwhile we were to CORE
spond
The ink spilled during that interval
was enormous. My hancee often asked
me II had heard anything about my
unknown and II did not still cherish
tender thoughts Of her replied that
the only thing that remained of that
romance was the lock of hair Upon
this my love wrote me to save 1t for
her She had a fancy TO keep It.
promised that would bring II to her
when | Joined her in December.
All waits have an end. and the time
came when threw aside the cares OF
business and took train to rejoin
Miss Yardley, When ] saw her on
the evening of my arrival In her draw
ing room ! met with the surprise Of
my life, | saw the same girl had
parted with a few months before at
the seashore. all except the hair. Hers
was no longer red. but blond
Instead Of advancing to clasp her In
my arms stood gaping at her, while
Tho rarnainad head bant blushin1 bur