The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-07-17
"a long, long while from now"

a. AOll5, AOllS Mu1le from now,
And will you love me until this sep
aration comesT
= viii love you always, here and
where CO."
Il will go with you. You shall not
go without me-"
Then hand in hand we were climb
Ing the mountain had seen from the
window. We seemed to be ascending
as II buoyed by wings. Eager to reach
that cloudlike summit / had seen We
pressed on and on, but whenever T
looked up to see if we neared it we
were as far below as before. Turning
to look back, the houses beneath ap-
peared like ant hills. Then felt the
snow slowly moving beneath me-
at is an avalanchep' / exclaimed.
We were turned toward the valley
and hand In hand slid down the noun
tain. Though we moved with accel-
Grated pace, we kept our feet. We
were like two gulls soaring, then, turn
ing their wings aslant, sailing down an
aerial incline. Suddenly the snow be-
fore us began to pile up against the
base Of cliff. We lost our balance,
and, head downward, l felt tons of
snow piling on top of me.
mo bones broken" l heard a voice
say close beside me. IF there's no In
ternal injury he will be all right"
opened my eyes. was lying on
hard snow, while people stood about
me, all looking very anxious. One of
them, girl, stood gazing down upon
me with pair OF. mild eyes in which
there was world of sympathy. There
must have been something In my
glance to affect her, for she lowered
her eyes, blushed and turned away. AS
she did so she exposed one side of her
neck. 1t bore birthmark shaped like
rose leaf.
whats the matterT' I asked.
Matter! Why, you have fallen TWEEN
ty feet from the ledge up there"
I remembered passing over a ledge,
but didn't remember anything else.
How long have been uncon-
sciousT / asked
you fell this very minute. Here;
take little of this"
A party of tourists happened to be
passing when fell and among them a
doctor. From where lay could see
the Alpine peak Jungfrau. 1 had been
looking at 1t during the period of my
unconsciousness, which might have
been an infinitesimally small fraction
Of time. had seen the girl with a
birthmark only during the same space
of time.
They wished to assist me to the ho-
tel just below, at Sheidig, but con-
cluded to try my legs The doctor
gave me his hand, and l got on my
feet. One Of the tourists who stood
about me volunteered to go with me,
but got on fairly well without his
assistance.
What have recorded is the begin
ming Of love story; but, though
have no objection to telling a dream,
/ shrink from giving the thoughts and
feelings of myself and the lady of my
love. was less interested In dis
covering whether had displaced any
of my internal parts than getting on
the track of the girl with a birth /
mark. / missed her at Sheidig, but
saw her the next evening at the kur-
saal (casino) at Interlaken, slipping
lemonade. logged her footsteps for
days before / succeeded In corralling
her-that is, before could find her
lighted, so to speak, and I could get
a mutual acquaintance to introduce
me. ! finally cornered her on the Rigi,
near Lucerne, and, as luck would have
1t, my friend Jim Thompson was there,
too, and was acquainted with her.
! expected under the influence of my
dream that should have as easy
time getting her as had during that !
long drawn out enthusiastically. short !
period Instead, had a real woman
to deal with and not creation of my
own fancy.
There was no dream for her. was
to her an ordinary parsonage with |
whom neither dreams nor romance had |
anything to do. was obliged to lay
Siege to her heart and advance by reg
ular approaches. 1 made very slow
progress. Nevertheless by persistence
finally conquered, and it was not |
I'll then that told her this story