The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-07-07
Lost and
Found
Story Of a Bridegroom With
Dramatic Tastes
re.
BY CLARISSA MAcKIE

A-e-s-s-s-s-s-s-NS-s-s-s
When Robert Dwight married Mil
dred CorsOn every one said that they
would be happy II Dwight did not go
on the stage. for which he had strong
leaning. Mildred was very much In
love with him. and IL was feared that
n he WINS separated from her. 10 be
surrounded by actresses, not only
would she be Jealous, but be might be
tempted TO leave her IN the lurch.
They were married early in Febru
airy, intending 10 go south TO meet the
summer coming north A large mum
Der Of friends saw them Joined. pelted
them with rice and old shoes. and they
were driven 10 the ktfrom which
they were 10 sail On boarding the ship
they found their stateroom mass OF
towers sent to them by their friends
In two OF three days they found them
selves IN Jacksonville Fla
To Mildred Dwight. who had been a
lonely little stcnographer when Robert
fell In love With and married Der, this
lehsurely life Of the web 20 do was a
delightful experience
Robert Dwight WINS FAR from poor.
hts business was a prosperous one.
and there was no erHoInizing during
this wedding trip And. best Of all
there was whiting for them in New
YORK a tuxnriOusiy furnished apart
ment which was 10 - home
No wonder the Dwights wcrc bliss
fully happy. and IS not surprising
that on this wlnfnr morning Mildn-d
hooked from her botel window into a
summer lnDs Of trupiral flowers and
singing biris, and d"4ibsI that this
wns beaypn ihfeei
Robert had gone oUf III buy sptnc
cigars at a qucer little 'tobaccp shop
at the end q crooked street; and
when be returned they werc going for
long drive under the palms
MiJdrn gtnnced at the clock. Rob
ert had been gone over an hour. and
the moturcar was Whiting below.
Another hpir tickcd AMY ard mir
" minutes more
After the manner ~ brides. Mildred
becnroe alarmed over the kong absence
OF her lorved one. nnd. twisting white
chiffon vpil over her Itffle Int. she went
out % hook for him. She know the
V1y 10 tbe tobacco sirop. and she scon
rpnched the crooked sfrtt
Her heart sank WHEN she saw that
dDVn IT'S le1lth ueoe an unusual num-
Der q people.
Had anything happened 10 Robertt
She moved through the crowd not
darfng 10 ask for fear q the answer
she might recefve and she had nearly
re8ched the end q tho street and the
shop when something happened =
snme6hina that shattered her beaut1-
fui bubble d happiness and endsi that
most biiEsfud of honeymoons
MIldred Rav Rptert coming Out Of
the tDtncCo ship H0 paused IN the
doorway 70 light cie1rttR How
handsome be Iooked b his well fitting
white fiannelS with q white hat set
back On his dars hair. He fused The
match away and glanced mp tho street
HIS fRce heightened into radiance:
his eyes g)oved with e1citaDens and
lovers arior.
MflirSi thought be saw tPT. bUt be
WIS looking at another woman. a wo-
umn who WINS running down the OPP
pnaita pavement Nay. she WINS only
slight young girl exquisiteiy lively
and evidently In deep distress
As sue ran toward Robert be sd-
vanDed ID Deet her With oSTtstretrbed
hands The cigarette he bad tossed
aside performed a hlazing parabo,a
and fell az Mlldref's ftet Rut she did
not see It.
Her anrutsbed eyes cav Drthtrg save
die glad look In Roberts face aud the
JOY a the gfri as she n-w into his
waiting GrIns.
-YUu!- cried RUt,eTt.
MIbdred saw no more. She fed t<ls-k
abung the crooked street with wildly
beating henri and nm insane desire 90
laugh Iond
Dad any woman ever have sU-h an
odd ending 10 honeymoon;
An hour later she left the hotel with
her trunks and handbag. and what ex-
cJrse she made 90 the clerk / do not
know. but there was 10 message for
Robert Dwight when be came home at
last TO find her gone
SIX months later and It was summer
time In New England. Mildred Dwight
had resumed her maiden name Of NH
dred CorsOn and had otrained n
sponsible position I'm one Of the large
manufactures Of Connecticut city
As Miss Corson she acceptably filed
her position and won her way into the
hearts OF her fellow clerks Not one
Of them knew Of the tragedy which
had blighted her honeymoon. nor did
one OF them guess that Mildred had
ever been bride
She found pleasant boarding place
and congenial friends. In the city
were several good theaters and an oc-
casional concert.
Still Mildred was very unhappy. She
loved her husband. and. although the
newspapers had told her that Robert
was making worldwide search for
his vanished bride. she maintained ST.
lence toward those who had known her
IN the past.