The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-06-09
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Misapprehension
q, WILLIAM CHANDLER

cOtirf OF the hiseuCt W h"N h
gone there 10 see. ] asked the CLERK OF
the hotel where I stcpped " there vas
a free library In the place. He direct
ed me 10 one Of the most attractive
little buildings I ever saw. In the cen
tor Of a grove. went there aud noscd
over the Action shelves for awhile ana
finally took down n novel
On turning the leaves a bit OF paper
alttrJ 10 the floor. picked u up and
seeing some words written on " w
pencil. read them:
Ten years today since Frank LETT US
ana I am No more reconciled 10 Tvs an
srnco than the day after bis departure
on, the Ions. LONG weary day. ...
Now. there was something IN this
that fitted me. Ny name i FRANK
Tisdale. Twelve years before ] had
accepted position In n commission
house in IIongkong aud gone out there
10 make my fortune. ! returned on
visit after eight years soIourn IN Chi
and never went back. ! was twen.
- years old when left home. and
among tie girls 20 whom ! said good
by vas one Alice Rlngold. But ] was
not aware that I was any more 10 her
than any other young man.
I took the book and the paper 20 the
librarian. telling her that I had found
the une IN the other. She said that re-
turned books were apt 10 have a vsrie-
~ ~ articles IN them. usually put there
IN lieu Of . book mark ! asked her
" such articles were returned. aud her
reply was. sometimes I requested
that N she returned the paper had
left with her TO the person who had
written II she would let me know. !
left with her a postage stamp aud my
address
Not very long after my return 10
my home ! received letter from the
librarian announcing that she had
found the Alice whose name was ap
pended o. the writing on the paper J
had discovered. The lady had dropped
II Into the book which was lying open
on a table. some one else had closed
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librarian gave the name. Alice Rln
gold.
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any prediyposltion toward me. wa
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."u'u ,ehe" my s.aus'n'Ahce Nn
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Sa"e "hu s"u 'rou Tue reoeht uAte
oI WIS., -hs $50 Wtl,'eu " was hhely
'"s' sue was m'En' se'ue nSse't ~
nome uhder tue same ad'anfages ~
pef'alned To youth. But ] must con
rive to make the meeting Appear ac
chehiAL
sue hHu nahoNed from Tue town
WHERE she hal lived 10 Acland, aud
there ] went. Having learned where
her home was situated. set out 90 Mud
her PROPOSING 60 make up story NJ
Ia how ! had come 10 know % bet
being In Acland. Just before reaching
the house n young woman came out OF
the front door aud Ia another moment
met me face 10 face.
She was Alice RIngold. Between ak
teen and twenty.slx there Ia not A.
great n difference IA ones appearance
As between tweniy-slx and thlrty.slx
Al any rate. there was enough left OF
the glrl ! had known for tue 20 recog
nize her. | stopped. lifted INV hat ana
spoke Co her. She looked al me. and
saw nj once that she knew me.
"Alice I,ingoldY' ! asked.
Yes; and you are Frank Tlsdale."
singular that you should know ma,
after - many years absence"
NO more singular than that Won
should know me-"
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