The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-05-17


finger on through all time and space. till
the days and years Of bis life shonld lie 70
more.
Five years bad passed away with their
lights and shadows, aud on brilliant
night OF the opera season, all the world
OF n northern city WAS packed IA the tiers
ofboxes unier The countless lights Of the
chandeliers. and the eye could detect Do
vacant place.
Florine Grey was ,her-. but no longer
the little Florine, that Offered up such
fruiiless cries, for the divinity her child .ov.
had set up with car iu hands. in the most
sacred tabernacle OF her heart, hut wo-
man, iairer and grander than our Scul ptur.
Ell dreams OF beau,iiui lie. Surrounded
as she Was 10y crowds of the rich and .reai,
heHrlf An honorei IN IN ner. -ne - wholly
unconscious OF all around her, aud again
a trembling child che stool alone, aud
waited for the curtain to rise for the bal
let, at the Little Adelphi. Again sne saw
that mighty sea OF human faces he silent
pit, the brilliant tier OF boxes, and could
hear again the soft words OF her friend
Miss Harrington, rs ehe paused To wills
per some reasshring things; again the per.
tune oil the flowers she wore on her ileecy
dress were heavy with the memory OF the
friend that had been all in all tn her In
those days OF her sad. sad childhood and
the hands were convuls;vey cla>prd in
the tfiOrt to keep the tears from her ewes.
as she remembered it all. That the great
'-tar' had faded from her life, and III.
world knew her no more But Flnrne's
heart kept its vigiis OF love tor her dead
friend, that in life had never Ceased her
care aud watchiulness Tor the comfort OF
the litlle wait
When Frank Armitace had hidden her
adleu, -he had fully meant to enter soon
again upon her duties at the the,irr but
destiny had woven it, threah- Tor her, and
like Gerters Una, she followed the net
work of spider woos until it had led her
to the fields OF peace that God had given
her to call her hnme.
Miss Harrington had noticed an adyer-
iiselnent in the Times: Wanted heir.
ul Henry Grey, formerly Of New Orfeans
Report any information To the Office OF
Brandenherry aud Son, No - Cedar
street and the two friends h 81 together
appeared before the stern faced barrist.r
to answer the summons, and Flurin, wa,
no longer a wanderer toll ani or wned
child.
The elder brother Of her father had thus
sought to find the child or chl,irr, of hls
brother, aud was willing to forgive them
the iaihers sin--a marriage with the pea
nyIcss daughter Of scotch minister. No
more care Tor the whereof she might be
clothed ter the bankers adopted child
ana heirs, and he strove to forget, and
cause her to forget that she was once "a
ballet grl-worSe than mendicnnt he
thought it, and had eatro the bread ..
Servle work Clad in robe q; lavender
velvet, with the splendid adofnmrnt, lew
eI- IN tiara band OF yc.Iow rel gold above
ne brow, and on the rounded arms. sh,
scarcely looked the ialteiug little protco,
oi Frank Armitase ana Mis- Harrington
the beautiful Comedy queen. Bu. the
sunny gold oi the well poised head wat
just the same, and fortunes smiles had
not bertiI her face of the rniirne., truth
that bad made her early days 20 charm, y
to Frank Armlta:e. the J,.u1c aud some
what JAase man OF the world, aud nothing
had wrought change in the ,iolet eyes
nor detraciri anything from the mobile
curves OF the small rcd mouth. bat five
wears had rounded her beauty 10 comp,et,-
ness, aud contact with the sorld Of ell
ganrc ard grace, with the goo lly sun az
kindly home ties around her, had fash-
ioned her into something hker IN the wo-
man that l'uh,n- Aus,lmo painted. and over
whose beauty the world run md She
SMILED very qWe,ly, AMI perhaps patlct,-
caIIy. - she sax the singer -ioop tn rather
a bunch o. yIoirt- that had been thro~r
her 10y strangers hand, aui iu.uuctiy,i,
FIorne reached ;orh for them. but
quickly "it'drew her yesrnu. hand.
abas"cd at The childish act. but q tavny
bearded man in distant parquctte bad
seen th'- with'hi- jryelcd lo-gnrltc and
marvelcd much within limsclf NJ the sim
pie deed. His face was brouzci with ~
,lo~ of foreign SUNS mud be sat long and
'nrnesfiy scanning the face uf the rol,l.-