Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-10-12
An Unhappy Nan. !.

and chatting IS friends Will after long
separation One of them was : merchant
Of the metropolis. the other returned
CalIfornian. Who had been absent from
New York for six years
Ii would be hard so imagine 5 strong-
G. contrast than these friends presented
10 each other Tom Bayley. the ner-
chant. was slight. dapper little man,
with blue eyes and blonde whiskers.
whose faee was the very Improvisation
Of good nature and frank kindness His
companion. tall. dark and heavily beard
Sd. was eT1dently bowed down by some
bitter sorrOE-saue deep. ever present
grief. that eIouded his large. dark eyes.
and made even his smile sad and seldom
seen
And now. said Tom. as they called
for wine. .steIl ne someth1ng Of yourself.
1 hear you are to De congratulated upon
Legacy from your uncle. Of Al odd half
million or So
Net quite 50 much Is that. Tom i:
four hundred thousand. if you want the
figures
/ Quite enough for eongratulatioas, -
was the smiling reply
'-Congratulations !" said the other.
/ bitterly Il an no subject for those. if
y0u knew all
Tom Looked sympathetic His friend
had been away 50 long that he scarcely
knew how or where To- bestow the condo
lsDee evidently expected 50 he only
looked sorroEfuIly into the sad face be-
fore him
~You never knew nv wife. said
Ralph Weaz. after moment Of silence :
s'ou meetings were generally in business
f quarters. and Ellie was not strong, 50
never bothered her much With company.
When the crash came that swept away
NJ business and credit. We had lovely
home IN Harlem and vas the happy
father Of tEO sweet little girls. two and
three years old Ny creditors were en-
titled TO al.I possessed. and Eas try
ing 70 find . situation IS clerk IN ) drT
goods house when ny uncle and god f.
ther wrote NE from San Francisco, that
be would start NE IN business there i
! would come OUT alone He was sav.
; age old baehelor. and Eanted no women
and children around him. though he gra-
cioasIy agreed 10 their eouing Ehen !
was sufficiently welI-estabIizhed 10 have
home Of ny O#u- Ellie and l held
many sn anxious discussion before I de-
eided TO leave her. but finally resolved
TO 20 for year. leaving Ellie II her
mothers in Philadelpbi=
For year al went vel. and ny III.
Gle consented 10 allow ne 10 start houe
for nv wife and little ones l wruse tC
Ellie 10 uees Ne IN New York. and pru-
posed TO sail By the Labrador The day
the steamer left was seized with naIa,
riO1s fsEer- and lay f1r weeks At the
point 0f death. When l recovered. ths
first news | heard vas the tale Of the
Ioss Of the Labrador. with ali On b.1ard
Il Erose 10 Ellie sE eoee, and four6
that during ny Illness she had writer
NE Ii answer 70 ny last sayIng 81.
would meet ne. and telling ne Of tht
sudden death Of her mother
No answer came % NY letter. ane
a. s0on Is l was able I sailed f9r New
York traced ny wife fron Philadel
phia 10 Z boaE3Ing-h9use here. where
was informed that she had had the small
poz, and Was taken 10 the hospital III
children were ssHt away, nobody eouIc
tell where.
Tom l never knew any more Mon
ey. inquiries advertisements were a
laFishe3 IN vain The records 0f tn
smallpox hospital show the death IF tEt
women named Wenz- - there seems Lit
tie doubt Of poor EIlie's fate 1: but abou
the chiIdren | e0ald learn B0thing- Ev
cry steamer brought ne urgent recall
froa ~ uncle. and finally Iresarned t
San Francisco Ny uncle i dead l an
rich There Is the story Judge If mil
Iigns Of money can make ne happy r.
lit Is Tg sad But now yoa aEe fre
and wealthy You nay yet find you
little girls"
. ALAS I fear they are dad per
hzYs begging in the streets They wg
sscb babes. Tom. such mere tables r
: There vas deep siIence. when ther
rOss IN The cIszr. frosty air tie music q
= chime 81 bells PIzgmg Christina
| hymn
.Chriztnzs eve" said Ralph. sadly
.Christ1zs eve" echoed his o0Zpan
: ion- .-Cona Ee have fni=bed dinner
: Suppose We take stroll up Broadway
and spend > dollar q t#o On The beg
CARS Come
> Arm IN am they szuntered throug
: the street talking earnestly. til the
4 found themselves N tie brilliantly light
: I'd quarters where the retail stores E@r
doing thrIFing business Crosds wer
: hwying in AL directioa=- Dast-zete
1 shopkeepers were trying 70 make on
! uair q haE1s ID he vsEk q ten Fam