The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-09-14
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Hello, Freckles -!
VA 81 &. LOUIS RAYeoLo.

FH1T-HAT was what it began WIN
" the long love affair between
y Perry Hampton and Sally
Preston which later became so woe
fully tangled with money matters
and isolation in the wilderness ana
the Rev. Horace Crane.
But back to the day OF first
l{things. Perry Hampton, by some
queer chance, had been dumped
without ceremony INTO the Misses
Kills Select KINDERGARTEN ana
standing, small. shy, broWnhead-
ed stranger, on the outskirts OF a
magic circle, had seen extended TO
SsalEn a little inTitational hand.
ssIIeilo, FreckIes!" the dearest
voice he hat-eyer heard addressed
him. And Straightaway IN love
fell Master Perry with Miss Sarah
v. Preston who was as adorable nj
five as she was later at nineteen.
And yet II WAS when Sally was
nineteen that Perry babe her
cold goodbye. Not that he meant
II coldly. No. indeed! Only the
barrier between them - 1t Was
Perry who thought Of Il that way
ioomed to the man as insnrmount,
3able. as least until he had wrestled
Comfortable livelihood for two
som his civil engineering. For
sarah5 was scheduled to inherit
considerable fortune from an ola
and grabbed aunt who lived in Sc
ninsion up in the country ana
seemed liable. to a quick demise az
any snaofnent. And stubborn
streak Of Don Quizoteism in Per-
IN kent his mouth closed on, the
declarations OF love which sMrEet
Aiwithin him until he could back
Y.them with offerings more su6stan'
< Rial,
Their farewell conversation was
tfAEically restrained, its CHIEF I'M
portGnce-and poignancy-lyinS IN
what was left unsaid
',Yes, Sally, I'm OF tomorrow to
the Rockies"
$50 soon?" Sally bit an under
}fiip which might otherwise have
4ufvered.
s.tHhe sooner the better. returned
Perry. almost savagely. ITS my
first big iob-damminE an rndam'
liable river I've got to make
pod! ,,.,-
l-l-li WISH you luGh' f,!
Midway she checked me .,i ,9l |SnSe
ito utterSwords ~nlch Mouiu m'T
Brought Perry's arms about her IN
spite OF himself.
When come nack' FT ~, ~ Is,
#hen come oacN-l -
sWhy, OF course" said Sally in
epfprtse. "and we II ne MI't'"e
back and iortn Az me t'Ine =,
So 1t was with inc bromIss =.
frequent letters ringing m nus eaLS
that Perry t'naily ZOOS nt aiioh,
saway, permitting only ever :" E''s ~
and prolonEeh pressure u "" -"
gers to convey me EeIrhluE ~"
love with which MS hehr' we
For while letters from Sally
!, reeehetl Perry regularly re re
1sponded promptly win tonE' IN
Interesting accounts Of ms "oF"
pfosress made. the ohStaCies auL
amounted. Then without "aFh'HS'
Nth letters STOPPED
Perry, at ltfst lranllc' 'hGH sum
in depths Of gloom. plunged nue..
sly into his task until MS compIe.ion
was in sight and his return MONT
made possible, us one aeSlre wa
TO see Sally Hnt learn the eSpl"ha'
lStion OF her silence
Came the night before ms ns
parture, Sitting IN me uoorWa! o.
) the bhanty that was neanquaFte.
for the rude construction camp ~
gpied one Of the boys coming ny .ne
tfail, and his heart iesped az l"e
thought OF possible mail.
But, after Gil. what ne hsd hopeu
would be letters proved only Dun
die Of Newspapers. many DAYS ola.
suddenly, at an tnconsnicnouS llem.
his universe spun dizziIy AROUND.
I t'Married-on the 3Oth. MISS
Sarah Y. Preston to the Kew horace
Crane
m 1t couldn't be! Mercttul heavens
Ibis Sally whom he had loVed
since childhood: And yet. there II
was. in cold black and while tot
every one to read. Forcing the nm
welcome conviction OF its truth
uppn him, flashed across MS m'no
failure to write. Engaged to anoth-
er man why should she care
! whether or not her letters had
been the one brightness Of his la
h6FtGus days. Inc keY. horace