News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-10
An Ingenious
Courtship
By WILLARD BRAKEMAN

and that she should marry good man.
Edward Sawyer was the person on
whom Mrs. Martindale had fixed her
intentions for her daughter One day
she said to him:
Edward, / have noticed that you
seem pleased with Gwen. | wish to
see her settled before leave her. If
you wish to marry her l will help you
to win her. If not, | shall try to make
match for her elsewhere"
"You have not been deceived in my
partially for Gwen, Mrs. Martindale.
but l don't see that Gwen has any
special partiality for me-"
Gwen is romantic and needs to be
won by romance. That is why l fear
for her. Some worthless fellow is LA
BILE to appeal to her in that way and
marry her. value that which is prac-
teal in you and wish that you might
sink it temporarily, be a bit senti-
mental. catch Gwen and marry her
After marriage l am sure your good
sense and wisdom will hold her"
Mr.. Sawyer sat evidently turning
something over in his mind. then as
sured Mrs. Martindae, that, although
he would be glad to win her daughter.
he feared that he was too matter of
fact to please her.
One day Gwen received note which
put her in a futter. The writer de-
cared that he had known her for some
time; that he had loved her from the
moment he first saw her; that he had
forborne to give her the slightest ink
ling of his affection because he had
not observed any predisposition on her
part for him. He was believer in
love from the beginning. He knew
the woman he wanted the moment he
ed him she would know him. While
he would not make himself known. he
could not refrain from telling her that
he loved her.
In Il few weeks came a second letter.
In it her correspondent said that he
was impelled to write to her, though
he had no information of himself to
communicate. He had met her once
since he had written the first letter.
but had observed nothing in her greet
ing to give him any reason to think
that she had chosen him as he had
chosen her. Nevertheless he had
faint hope that there might be some
subtle medium of trarsference which
would enable his love to kindle its like
in her.
Whether or not this medium existed,
Ovens heart went out to this I'M
known lover or, rather, to being
whom she created. She was troubled
that he did not enable her to make
even a written reply by giving her an
address. But one day she received q
letter in which he said that he was
i'll and was pining for a word from her.
If he did not get it he feared for the
result. An address was given, but
she was assured that she would not
be able, even if she desired, to trace
him.
Gwen did not find the difficulty to
be expected in writing a reply, be-
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own fancy. She did not intend to
write a loving letter to an unknown
man. She thought she merely ex-
pressed sympathy. But sympathy is
SO nearly akin to love that the eX-
preston of the one will often do for
he other.
The stranger having given an adj !
lress where letter might reach him, Z
quite brisk correspondence sprang
Up between him and Gwen. She sug- |
yested that he make himself known !
hat if they could not be lovers they !
might at least be friends, and she |
Onged to do something to show her
of his preference for her. |
To this he replied that he was sure
hat when she knew which of her ac-
luaintances he was, that he was a
)lain, ordinary man, she could not re-
rain from showing her disappoint-
nent. Nor would she believe that one
he had known could have so long
oncealed the love buried away down
n his breast.
To this she replied that such a dis
overy could not but interest her and
night turn the scale in his favor.
Ifter much urging and the expression
f many misgivings he consented to
make himself known. He agreed to
all upon her on a certain evening.
When that evening arrived she spent
luch time before her glass arranging
err costume, and when she heard the
ing of the dOorbell her heart leaped
lto her throat. she went downstairs.
with anticipation.
"Why. Ned Sawyer
Sawyer shrank back as though fear
lg she was about to cast a blight
pom him.
"Can it be-" Gwen added. a slight
Dior rising in her cheeks. that you
ave so long lived near me, have seen
he so often and yet have been able to
Dnceal what you have expressed in
lose lovely letters?'
ooh, Gwen. tell me, are you-do you
fish l had turned out to be some one
SCI"
why. Ned. do you mean to tell me
lat you haven't known that r.
He clasped her to his breast. mo; I