The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-09

"FAltlllu 10 lin, Dul liOL 70 lhe.
JaerS flce showed she did not under
ittand this. ap,
"Yes,n said Grace, bitterly, you are thu
real cause Of my marrying AIr, Coventry
whom don't love, and never can love
There, read that. I can't speak to you
You look NIL candOr and truth; but
know what you arc; all the women In thal
factory knew about you and htm-read
that" She handed her the anonymous
letter, and watched her like an eagle.
Jael read the poison, and cOlored u lit
tie, but was not confOunded.
dDo you believe this, Miss CardenS" q
n did not believe 1t, at tirst; but too
many people have confirmed Il, Your
own conduct has confirmed 1t, my poor
girl. This Is cruel ofme." ~
"Ncver mind" sud Jael, rGsOlutGly.
1--WE have gone 10 Ear TO stop. My cOll-
duct! Whit conduct, if you plcaseg
"Thcy all say that, when you found he
was no more, You attempted sclt-lcstruc-
ton" h''
"AhT' cried Jaet, like II wounded hare,
"theymust tell you that J! and she buried
her face in her hands ....,l.
Now this was q young woman endowed
by nature with great composurc, and q
certain sObriCty and weight; 50, when she
gave way like that Il produced q great
effect on those who knew her.
Grace sighed, and was distressed. But
there was no help for 1t now. She await
cd Jael's reply, and JaGl could not speak
for some time. She conquered her agin.
ton, however, ut last, and said, In II low
voice Suppose you had q sister, whom
you loved dearly-and then you had a
quarrel with her, and neither Of You much
to blame, the fhult Ivy with third person:
and suppose you came home suddenly, md
found that sister had lel England in
trouble, and gone to the other end Of the
world-wOuld not that cut you to the
hearty
Indeed It would. How correctly you
speak. Now who has been teaching yOll:"
Mrs. Little"
"Ahr Hana"N'.t. Hl. aHrf
"You haS u tiltllcr. Suppose you LETT
him for a month, and then came hack and
found him dead and buFied-think Of that
buried Ps-i' i..'F'..'' j. 'Ea1 b 'sSa'.4a.o
"Poor girlF' a-H .y ~
"And all this 10 fall OH II poor creature
lust off q sick bed, and scarcely right
In her head When I'of0uRd poor Mr..
Henry was dead, and yGi nj Deaths door,
crawled home for comfort, and there l
found desolation; my sistGrgonc across the
sea, my fhther In tho churchyard. Ivan.
dered about all night, with my heavy
heart and. diStrOuGht brain, and Ut last
they found me in tho river. they may say
l threw myself in, but It Is my belief |
swO0ncd away ind fell in. ] wouldn't
swear though, for remember nothing OF
1t. What does 1t prove against me!
mot much, indeed, by ITSELF But they
oil say You were shut up with him for
hours" t
"And tint Is true; ten hours, every day.
He was at war with these tradGs, and his
own workman had betrayed him; Ike knew
! was rs strong as a man ut some kinds OF
work of course can't strike blows, and
hurt people, like u man-s0 he asked me,
would help him grind saws with his
machine on tho sly, ClandcstinCly ! mcan
We'll, l did, and very easy work it was,
cllild's play to me that had wrought on a
farm; lie gave INC six pOundsa week for It.
That's ali the harm we did together; aud,
as for what we sud, let me tell you II tirst
rate workman, Ike poor Mr.. Henry, works
very silently; that Is where they beat us
women. Tam sure we often ground
dozen SAWS, aud not word, except upon
the business. When We did talk, 1t was
sure IN be about you. Poor lad, tic very
last time wo wrought together, mind lie
said, We'll done, JAcl, That's good work;
It brings me an inch nearer her. And |
said all the better, and I'd give him anOth.
or hour or two every day II lie liked.
That very evening ! took him his tea al
seven o'clock. He was writing letters;
ono was to you. lie was just addressing
Il. Good night, .Iael,' said he You
have been d good friend to her and me" q
"Oh! did lie say thnt2 What became
Of that letter"
Upon my soul he did; ny, and 1t was
his last word to me IN this world. But
you IRE not Of his mind, II seems. The
penplc in the factory I know they used
TO say We were swecthearts; you can't
wonder ut that; they didn't know about
you, nor any .of. our secrets; and, Of course,
vulgar folk like them could not guess the
sort Of affection 7 had for poor Mr.. Henry;
but q lady like you should not Thy their
lights. Besides, I was always open with
y0ti: Once | had different feeling for him:
lid I hide It from you? When found he
loved you, set to work 10 cure myself;
| did cure myself, before your very eyes;
and, AFTER that, you ought TO I've ashamed
Of yourself To go and doubt inc. There
now, have mldc her cry"
Her own vQicG faltcrcd moment, and
she said, with gentle dignity, "Well, ]
forgive you, for old kindness INISt; hut l
shall no sleep under this rUOl now. God
bless you, and give yoll mnny happy days
yet with that gentleman you Are going to
marry. Farewell
o She was actually going; hut Grace
caught her by The arm. mo, 10, you
shall not leave INC 50" ~
"Ay, but l will" And Jael's eyes, so
mild IN general, began TO. sparkle with
anger, at Icing detained against her will;
hut, generous TO the last, she made no use
of her great strength 10 get clear from
Grace. ,EJL.
"You will not go, If you arc the woman
youwere. believe your words, ! be.
lieVe your honest face, implOrc your for
givcncss. lam the most miserable crca-
turc in this world. Pray do not abandon
me-" .e.-=sI Ir.
This appeal, made with pitcOus gestures
and streaming eyes, ovCrpowered Jael
DGnCe, and soon they were seated, rock
ing together, anti Grace pouring ont her
heart e 4 4, - ,'r, ,.a,ss
~ Ja0l then learned 10 her disnay, that
Grace's belief in Henry's talsehood was
main CAUSE Of this sudden marriage.
Had she believed her Henry truo, she
would havemohrncd him, US widow, two
years at least
The unhappy young lady lamented her
nhecinitAtiOn and the fdea of marrying