The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-04-18
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Middle Agsd Lover Gets an
Unpleasant Surprise.

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looked into hes moonjit eye. waa
twenty. sas not quits eighteen. wa
going west t. sesk ~ fortune. Whom
l had made . competencs-l couldn't
bear to consider mors than thres
months suf1cient for til was to -.
turn and take her back with M.
.Lifegin the meanwhile abe said,
.will be one long period Of waiting :,
ut will seem an age 70 me.
''You will be engrossed in business.
That will make you forget
II shall never forget. shall lay
down thirty days for each month on
paper and each morning check one Oh.
TO zee them disappear will DO my only
comfort,
There was silence for awhile. y dis
tant clock struck II.
I'm seven hours my train will be pull
Ing ont of the station. have yet to
pack"
"Aust you go" II.
+ ."Yea. Farewell" s d N
But another hour passed. and was
not gone. The same clock struck u.
u drew her TO me. There was q long.
long Kiss. Then I turned and without
looking back hurried away.
A month Of daily letter writing. q
month Of alternate day writing, Q
month Of weekly writing-ths three
months thai I had laid out Wherein to
attain the wherewithal TO bring her to
ms-had passed. and I had only just
found i position giving me 3$H b week.
The correspondence died q peaceful
death. There were no reproaches on
either side. I had found q pleasant set
OF young people with whom I had be
come intimate. and my sisters wrote
me that q great deal was going on: at
home. In youth associations are form
ing and reforming rapidly.
Youth Is but kaleidoscope-the
same colors under different groupings.
Two years after leaving home l could
not tell who wrote the last letter. she
or 1; three years and I couldn't have
told whether her eyes were black.
brown or hazel: 1--WE years. and one
day in, r%ansacking among a lot Of rub
Dish I came upon her ~picture-the pic
ture I had dreamed over for hours at
a time. I was astonished that I should
ever have thought It beautiful.
/: She married and WENT to another. city
to live. didn't hear her married
name, or e I did I forgot II. II was
twelve years from mi parting over the
gate before I saw her again. Il was at
q summer resort I had become In
fatuated with q girl Of twenty. fresh
as q new. blown rose. aAd when .thAshot
season, camel followed her to the coun-
try. She was chaperoned BY her aunt.
Mrs. Schenck. apparently about forty;
with grizzly gray hair, a pinched ex-
preston and q sharp voice. She had
Eve children, all Of them with her. and
no nurse. Surely was not that enough
to spoil any woman's attractiveness?
I became engaged. It was evening.
and / was obliged to leave the next
morning. told my story and'was ac-
.cepted at the last moment before my
departure and as everybody At the ho-
tel wal going to bed. When I set on
for the! train she went with me down.
to the gate. and we stood leaning over
It. I without. she within. I held both,
her hands in mine and looked into her
imoonlitS eyes. assured her that 4
should look forward to her return TO
the cityswithx eagerneas. and she, prom.
5ised toEdt short hefsstas tho com
W6sheaatds dsl6comootss wh1ttlls.s I;
distant rattle. drawing nearer aud .
train stopped at the station below:
then presently the moon shone on
something white. and . woman cams
the path. s%ss
aOh. Aunt Juanitar exclaimed my
hancee ..Whereshaye you been? r. !.
starred. 1 hadacause % remember
that iiaaimae--that uncommon name--Jna-
ntta. S ;ss9$S FL ssa
III the ppos,toofface q iggst Franks let
III: he always postsS a to como on,
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sI'msl,@so glad you're here TINT ron
may congratulate asSgons our enSaagf
msnt. & onlyssoccuEsFped i few amtnutssS
no, I aaam.4aso happy s5,y 1. 81 Il
.llsrrejoice WITH my dear. I know
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