The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-11
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,,,nolE.AGED LOVE STORY

2 ss, % 'Is should have their prayers tina
Sa' ,, GA might be gentle with me;
b: s'Sa ~, would watch the weather, ant
ka.T u; ,Ss telegram Of tho arrival Of gu
k% 81, II I knew | was taking nothin!
.ai2' ; vi lives, and that they each woult
ton ,uS" hardly missing me; 50 II wa
aV wv Great wrench OF heart that | saw
W, s,,I n III put OF from US, and took tho las
WI saS All a, ny native shores. 500. -.
pu .!,4niy sea sick, SO sat oil tho day
.l.! ,t ~ white caps on the purple ant
is5 aS anil blue waves that mounted ant
IfsI lawn "T and up, up and down, away
e' uD ,bn t.r horizon. ! saw the shining
o D1.rIuse, loat by, and now and then =
aslI,,' If shoal Of porpoiscs, or a sail
Na'S, white and full across the water
i"S 9sI,o a good many other things
,.., 1II bS for / didn't put my eyes in my
aeSc, along With my short sighted glas,,
y. and nobody was much likely TO mind
'S S1I II woman in hood and water
poot. ,.,r,o, ,vo. . Yang Girl
nh dark eyes, and brown hair that rip
r.J I Itself into q tanglc Of rough curIs
5'.s slc took of her net. She was
NJ, 'lI % ycry pretty, nor so very brilliant;
S M h, ,bero was a piquaut charm about her
W. attracted hall the passengers before
w, '-I sr.t day was over. By the end OF tho
.. :, dsy, everybody, from tho captain
S,Se ships surgeon, and from the sur
,N N, 10 tic cabin boy, was eager 10 show
s,y% attention; and everybody was met by
M, NJ, same ,, genial smile and lively retort.
- She vol, her way at once into my
,s an by the kindly thought that led her
IN brns little relishes from the table TO
,,1p, ny sickIy appetite, md to soothc
T iSycical with baywRter and gentle
, NJ Of her shapGly brown hands,
where a great emerald gllttered, cnclrcled
h, diamonds. Very soon she got into
he habl! Of drawing her rug beside my
c1,ir and sitting On the deck leaning
.ninst me, SO that might "pCt her." as
.Ae said.
mi; was Low i! happened that my
opet out. ol,he.way corner came to be
loe centre of the llo and gayety and 70.
nance Of the whole shipbOard,
Il seemed this young girl, Rosa Armour,
WIS sn only child anu an orphan, going
% au uncle in Germany, her nearest
A,n
"Desr heart! hope her uncle will be
wise as well as loving" saidl 10 myself
ytry often; lor. she seemed to fragile u
bubble Of humanity TO drift on through
he alone. OIL
The tips of her brown Curls were light
ct than the rest; and here and there were
little bright touches all over her hair, US
though TIC sun was shining in spots on
it, One morning ! sat coiliDg these
CLEANS Of sunshine around my fingers,
and walChings flock Of Mother Oafey's
chickens skim restlessly over the restless
waters, thinking these thoughts about
Rosa, and having her soft presence alone
to myself for lew moments. Not many
however; soon, IN come a New Zealand
rrU course there was New ZealandCr,
" Ol Australian On our boat.
"YOu are very lOwly, Miss Armour"
sid he "Letmc bring YOU a chair"
~Tbsuk YOU: / prefer 10 sit here on nv
rug and have Miss Wells net me. :" renlicd
R,sa turning IN her ewes iaupuldly dThe
deck is nv GlyOrire seat If can only
have IN excuse 10 sit on II p
"Rrt van nosI comn,bSr, ovor Not, -
PERSISTED the New Xealapder going away
sad coming back directly with his own
leayy gray wTan, Then be SEATED him
self on Il low camp stool beside hcr, fold
ins the wrap over the two i never saw 40
tough a sea AS this ali the WAY from Homo.
lulu to San Francisco" said he, looking
out upon the gentle swell Of the luyilv.
mounting waves.
"Rourlw cried Miss Armour clam
sure the ocean il as smooth Ms n mill.
pondp
S0h INIT No, =. comrorod ia ,ho ID,
ciGc-peaccluI; it was rightly named, We
have never such gales on lint ms sweep
Tie Atlantic, but only the rcntlest wrster.
IL brrryp.% Tho WSrv nS9, S 49,.
Cd as he spoke, aud drew his wrap closer
over bis knees. aye have the mosl
Charming climate in New zealand" he
went on; we are never TOO hot, and never
100 cold In fact, we never think Of the
wesrh.r. And the soil is the most fertile
lathe World
PITY it is in such an out.of.the.wav
part Of the earth That nobody can iva
there, said Miss Armour.
BEG your pardon, Miss: there are seve.
raj English towns of thirty thousand in.
Asbinnts each; aud VIC never think of our.
selves as being out OF. ihe.way, but rather
ieel sorry for those Who i've so far off -"
returned The Other bcndjpr His I'M tiTnrc
earnestly forward
Rosa leaned her pretty head towards
him in aConGdipg attitude Of Interest. and
augled, ''''N
going to die with you" said sSc ' "Rn =,
What do you DO out there in The heart Of
tie univcrse?n ~ y
We dig gold for one thing, and rinse
sheep for anoiher-miIlions and mil i
Of them from thirty 10 FORTY vessels arH
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