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Show IWEBCEO AFTEH THinrY YCAIU. A ni.r; of IIhI tir. In WI.Mi ri.ntct III . luirr lh. .,tr I .m.. "I lia.o aean dreerlpUotn of n good many awrll weildlug.," eald the rolinel from lrlnla ' but I waa preaent nt a quirt almpl,. rerrninny o.er In (Irorgo. town that w to thoMwho knew about It n griinlno rotnanro The inarrlag. of tl e Iter llr J Henry llirli and Mha tnule A Hunter at ( hrurt church, In tJoorR. town liytlio IU. l)r Plow nrt I. no fairy tale tj.rr thirty run. ago nnllfunter wi ii pnltr ml , hwkod maid, 1 I '."., I. i. w. kntmn Vlnnnln tin ili I Inn wiu, Inforc tlw war w!n th. Ii pitibl. Virgli.L. plain,.,, k,p( .. u lion nnd h"n a hnnw lull ol liiin.ta waa nn every day oecumnee Aiinio llmr. r Ii.hhki.I to be .kiting at I n hou noflirrlioaoiii frleml tluring i a 1 r. ilntrnui ron.mtlon In tho .It l Inge 'I he tultiUten were m-alleretl nlut ot the different houm. and uniMiK the gncata nt tlua iarllciilar ii u.M. ii r.n-, i, young theological .tu nt ..In, l,n j,t iwoil hi. , inmln.v tl nl.-ilH-iniii.4rv nnd III. I . ' at.ey . i i I i .niiilniitlni, nn. tlw lu.lt uf the !' 1 criinirj rnitid ubtmt. Ife waa 1, mil, .tnr aa m w , bright, J , I in ilnnl Itmg rnoitall to beroino ipilte I fa., mat.. I wiUi pretty Aniila Huntci nmirorhirfrirniltulxi greally tii'.en Mlth him Neither of thcee facta wat known, Ixinnver, until later "A weik or mi alter liUdrpniture Annie Hunter rerrlred i. Inter from the young mlnl'ier It wn. u great aurprlw to tlw girl, for wlulo It did not contiJn a propoul osaetly, it wua av wonleil aa to mean thai. If replied to In n ahnllar afdrit. It took Miea llnu tjr only alwnt tno day. to reallte that l wna renllj In love Willi tlw hand ronie young man, ant alio proceeded lo write a reply 1ill. engageil In the pleaaant taak lier linhnnlo friend ru lered Annie a nam. 'Oh, jou are wrlllnttn letter, An tiler ahn mhl - oil, I'm going to the . Illago and will mail It for joo ' 'Kever mind,' eatd Annie, ! won't Ironble you, but will rend it l,y Mm Kt boy "Hut her frleml Inalatad, and the remit re-mit waa tliat tho ttlr letter writer aeaJa.1 lwr tnlaalro und Inlnittod It to her friend', enre "She know alwut what da) toct Jiert an anauer, nnd when that day Imd wil and no letter eame, mil then month, followed weeke, the arlrl Alt mtirh c hngrlneil, but berjirlileprerent i'l her from telling any one of her trouble Mho cndearoml to lnul.li the memory of lur lleklo I .ver. Tlw win h. thing waa a errret for ae.eral "ira, ttlietin mutual friend told the dUan IIntr gi, that the letter had l. en ilatroyed by her buin ooinpauloti, to nhoui alio Imd Intruatnl It. Annlo rouM not and would not Ulie.o Ir. but llUMurul)iu-a later tlui Minofil-e Wend tin-vented wliat would ,0 la-en n happy niarrlairo Willi another eultor .ho could ,i0bt no .iin r. 'Who ueiet'loldlwra-ef r thoiijh, and II wa. ojlty y,ara (mrw.nl that the fjtnlly km w the etcry. Tho youiii mlnl.icrwairallMton tlfhbtg clt), liecaino prominent and jiopular, and In thocourreof yrara married. All thl, Annie Hunter heard from I line to time. andiouUiK.tb.lp thinking whnt her lot might lia.o la-cti. cdw waa Mill tcry nltractl.o, an I la-fore aho reoche.1 luld Ilo llfo nwlietl niimen.ii, olT, ra of marriage. Hho wa. enjrwed more than onre, but tho iiigugeintnU all enmo to llutllill, "11k re waa it I'mhyterUn conren-lion conren-lion In Wlnrhmtrrioeently, which waa ntlendcl by tho lte I)r I)., n more thin mlddlongeil mlnhitcr Ilo hoard In miiio ti) that Annie Ilunt.r nalnthoiwlghborliuo.I and wrote n Hlle note aaklng vriuU.liMi to call to n new on old f rlentUhlp. Tlie rtxiuct waagraiiie.1 The mlnWer t-nm lla did not Hit I th. prell) girl who won I.U lamrtuter thirty era ago. but hla old lo. wat reawakened Annla thou learned for the lint thm. that 1m wn. n wldoer, and he learned for the lint time of the loll, r tliat i.o.er came. It didn't take lung fortheiu to can tnan uitd.iwandlng "--Waahlugtoii Slur |