The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-22
Toll FOSTER'S WIFE.

GlinaasnsaI 80 !ow'y' jet II sCscnes 70 In
NJ --s. ,5-.
lOH FOSTERS WIFE L
rbJ is,: returned from a t&6 years
ar n Europe, and was sauntering down
Tsnopt street, in the golden September
SI9jul, when ! saw my old friend, Tom
pr,fr ret out OF u horse Cur u few steps
!, ,jysSce Of me. | knew him in a mo-
AL though wehsi hardly met since we
I,s Al Exeter Academy together, ten
yr b,lOre-roon mates and blitho com,
,ss9; until We pMtcd-I TO go to Har-
nrl lpl be to enter his fathers store, the
,JlEDown house Of Foster Il Co., Pearl
gst lie was a merry, hearty, practical
lJy. cIgsrskinnel and robust Us an
g,.IhnSn, se!ircliant and enterprising
q lev Hampshire birth and Boston
Mining could make him. always liked
Ma b., he plunged into business and |
10 study, aud 50, without meaning 1t, we
ID i!aost lost sight Of each other. lie
~ ~ only child, and his parents spent
Nj, summers at their homestead in
Gtsalind, near Portsmouth, and their
Jatn IN Boston.
Alail, knew him in u moment. He
sigOTu tall and stout, but the boy was
a-h bis face, and with u flash Of early
airg ,praHg forward anu caught him
y he Grul.
Ton, how areyOu!"
HsOlEei puzzled Tor u moment, and
a1, bursting into laugh, he seized my
..aiiu bis long grasp, and exclaimed;
fThy, John RalstOn! Is this you
TtGe did you come from? Pm glad to
N you, my boy. Why, l haven't set eyes
lyMsiICe We made that trip TO Nahant,
d yOuf Freshman year. Tho truth is
,issi vas so poorly for long time then
G&lisd everything to see to, and felt as
iAe world was on my shoulders. Ibid
Ia: though, about your college honors
Gl your going to Germany; and I've
&.:a thought Of you lately and wished to
ayo1 Why, Jack, in spite ofmy weight
=! your beard and broad shoulders, ]
aSt realize that len years have gone
ance We we're at Exeter together. We
aG talk over old times and new. When
". yol get back and what arc your
i,ia"
-Icsne yesterday, and shall stay in the
aiy, on account Of u business matter, un-
llat Tuesday. Then | 0m going home
Wei, now, this is Saturday, and yor
a2 DO nothing atler three o'clock. CONT
a!PeadSunday with mo in the country
IEntO sHOwyOu my wife"
lcu' wife! Are you married, TOMB
Married nearly aYCar,' said he with q
'Yuion't look very solemn over it."
@,tnD! lis the jolliest thing l eve
SsI ny Tile. Meet me ut the Eastern
pp! a Tour O'Clock, and III tell you al
'&,'itOnlhc way down"
NepiFtelatthe Winter street corner
pnnEoto hIs3tore, and Ito the Parkc
'loT handsome Boston has grown
I! giiHci0g atthe fine buildings ant
AVoanon, beautiful in the Scplembel
'EeIhilk hRnice town." he replied
atls with the moderate words AM
%F'ect assurance oil the Bostouian, Il
s'1 BIS city is the sum Of all excel.
M !ad delight, Remember, lou
r,'1 And he disappeared in tn
II, ION TsFFiedT | said to myself, as
y aGa along. ~ dare say it's 10 his iaitt
@SFsly ward, Clara Maitland, whom
Nv, spent the day there clever
III; ;SaaS. remember what long curl
i ~ sna how lond she seemed Of him
t y. .SsNieiay irsto Clara. | hope thougl
~. tNa gown up into one Of those del
T;, !Slls ladies', good Tor nothing bu
n, sE ..y , ne latest fashions, and waltz
s INV . w. lot!ute the pisIo. Better som
I8Mns sy GetmSn Gretchen than n poo
i \. ~, tatn' It would be a shame 70
NV ny S s.4 Bis splendid physique and Wig,
mn M VAN, 10 be tied Tor lite to such /
~ ". !: And then, turning down Schoo
az y, y! , thoughts wandered of 10 a blue
t,lI ", asa loved Tor many IL year
iass s1, S W ,h not satisfied with the SINAI
eSii ~, u Tue CEoQuet.grouud, but VIII,
sEi.,' -S ~ arrow straight home 10 Ii
n. s s ald tree as the deer's in III
sNn, ~" anu hold a steady our in gu
MI Sa Ia ltaetlyet;anl swim ashore, iFnce
M :, X, \, ana sal then, when walk or 70,
t!T. avso1'G sit down to lunch q
p;s 5,' Ia. aal breal.and.butter with a
Ii, T S,1 Atea asa young Indians after
a. sT y !; VS. and who knew how to b
HS,", ~ ~ 70, Sle kitchen and the rarest or
" n W y. '1e parlor. How impatient
'sS O,iI net, the bcwitching Made
y Al Sa0, might been proud to MAJ
SEtP,,ssa G I ! said 10 myself, as l wei
laG,o',H aouse steps; II do hoL
FssE SsII made TOOL Of himscIt M 1'f
t !ISOS.oSS found me at the static,
n, Ig Ss.H! later in walked Tom ni"' ca
4 SrS SNAS 9 filled with jersey pcscl
Y! IVY ,SS, cont grow in Greenland
va, ~SS SnS The paper down oy,
Nj W Gone this way" | IollowC
tsSsS,SsG !, had Just seated oUrseIy,
s1ISSS " IN the car when tho trsipe
esd ~ ~ The The story, Tom said l. az y
SsSI me- ~ bridge and caught tI the b %s
bud I9s ' sI, "Bu, | can ,g guess ssN b,
VHN,jSS,s:tH;jlt l you married. 1T il W "
sS., SsSa dead Iour ye aS@s soi lgf {,
s1ss W''eG Consumn,;on Iro D"'u ~ =