Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-05-20
SAVED. pY STRATEGY.


SAVED BY $TRATE0V,
~ aRBnooA FoRnRs sTuRan.
"By Joye, what can tbis unnan7 In thi, a
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AND Docsof fomsfoy scared, almost vacantly,
at the close written sheet, held In his hand. He
''.d .no,.o, pom.,o,. : v,,, NJ. .noo.,,. ,or ~.
unparalleled service an about to ask Of you,
suiaos to ny that I have heard your history,
heard OF your struggles to maintain yo0rssh and
IN invalid mother, and realise how hard task
it 10 for one 10 young in the peofassion and
vithone fr;anda In the great vi,darnees NJ
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houses calico saE. Aso' permit me 70 aad'
have bean informed Of che csual blow you rs-
oeiyed from tho hand Of oos Won loved. vho
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wa unwofsny OF you; ana yes an nos eoquan-
ted with you, nor you with mo- Index, We have
never looked upon ono another's faos. Neyar-
tha,e.. 7 am ahout "a rsouess vou to do ma .
great favos. WIN 10 come to South Street
Church tomorrow evening u eight o'clock2
that which takes place there. VIM you give mo,
. stranger, lawful claim to your name, and
yet seek not TO know whom you marry7 II you
md do,isrs. psvsble to your ordsr a ths Citv
Bank, ~ soon - the ceremony 10 over. Trust
ing thas the money will be . temptation to you
shall anxiously await you At the appointed
tme."
That was all. There was no signature-noth-
ing to give any clue to the writer's address or
abode. Indeed, 1t was 90 terse and 20 unfemi-
nine in ;ts details that he WA tsnptsd to b.
lievs some Of his male friends were playing
ioke on him,
II Win not go-1 will not bs fooled /" he said
to himself.
He dung tho misaivs down, then he picked IT
up folded it carefully, and thrust 1t in his pock-
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and vent outbu everywhere the contsnts Of that
etranso letter we're ringing in his earv. He then
went 70 $50 his mother. bhe WAS suffering even
more than ususl. and = pumber of dunpino bills
hsd bsen lefs for his earliest oousidersaon.biiis
which, he had not the most remote idea how he
wa to meet. He threw them down and buried
his face In his handa
"Poverty 10 8 curse, mother I" he sroaned.
She tried TO cheer him, but In vain. Every
vhere he turned hopeloss chaos seemed TO en-
velop him.
lh, II that letter wsro only real ~ he
thonoht Fifty thousand dollars would make
ma 1sch ~ :
And 20 ha frettad and worried until tho an
nointed hour came-one moment yoving fe
would NOT eo near the place, the next tempted to
Eight O'Clock found him stealing in. He saw
two ladies, closely yelled, and . gentleman,
standing In the upper part Of the building, while
iat ns lsSt.d ~ .nd hs "on;d int d,ss;non;sh the
3orma. IA soon a. he entered, the gentleman
spoke to one Of the ladies', and then she ad-
vsnoed TO meet him.
'' an"
aha lsd him nm tn vbsre the gentleman stood.
and he e1tended his hand.
How do Won do. Poueroy ?" he sais; and
1,;tv Rsnk. ri mi here by the reouest Of this
young lady" pointing 70 tho ono who had now
mnvsd or Snoken. q 70 inform Won that II Won
as,ss ~ ol hsr nrnoson. an autborssed to psy
. ycnr order tie sun Of aftr thousand dol
Pomerov tried To sneak but his voice wa
ohnssd Il vss no frsnd. Il WA reslitv-he
wss - h;d fsrnvali IN noverty
ia stood motiopless for moment then ad-
ahs toos e vithout onivsr. ND vent to vhefe
ths mnstsr evsitsd them
~. c.rsn,onv vsa onickiv oarsormed. Doc.
t,r pornsrov re1istern3 hi. nause. ana then look.
sd r,th con.iassahle onrioetv 4 the plain sie
nature, "Eilen Lstour," which his bride wrot.
a osss, which be | had brought With him BY request
&ha mi f1,n hank nionAS n,
sIs xn,cn nc Ta % hrds toS T. Sissed Il "a thes
thrnst Il in her bosom. One moment more. ept
tha tvo ai;dsd svay sviftiy from sieht.
noctoe Pomarov tI,an v3nnd fhe perupiratioy
from hi. brow, and asied
..i dn not know. " aaid the minister. "I va
r>onasssd' Nv ietter. and psid TO perform III
nsrsn,onv sSd keen 4 4 aeoret. Il IA perfectl
isvful."'
"And l." ssid tho banker. did not see til
,a1S. Ci,. S.n,.it.d NJ. ,,,or.v -;tk ms
.nX rsons.tsd NV ettandanca here' To asaur
von that her nrom{ss shouId be ful6lled,"
Ths tSren man sensrated the ess vas turne
ont the curts;n fsll on The nrst ct.
Ths nAxt dav. Pomeroy. tried to realize Wha
h. nS hsd Isa iona hs hsd IA Iii nsme to an I'M
known woman, but he thought that could mot in
inrn him.
~. "shs 1' must have been in deadly peril" b
maditatsd W 70 ~ such an exorbitsut price fo
. os.s-is r.rns X
ia toot an of,ca further nm town. and move
his mother to q nicer home. Patients cam
boetors s Pomeroy % tSan those ~ Who hsd omploye w
~ 49, ona
Hys wears psssed svay, and be had gained
ranutst;on. sod added oonsidersbly to Els pau
account. he had been an indefatisabls worke
SWe viil tske a trip to Europe, mother"
aid "It viii do YOU more good than you ca
rrs.. m.nv uantle hearts felt a psns 10 ..
.,,A kUoed doctoE" issva' slthoush tbeir ende
vor. e nstnh him had been In ysin. He felt /
preferenos for any OF the opposite sex he h
recovered from bis disappointment, and he nov
ceased TO remember that he was . married ma
or to think kindly Of tho unknown woman VT
hsd no radically chsuaed bis life.
Thsy treyeled letsureiy through the tour th
had rnsrked out before they started, and ,o
njxbt found themselves in . French village.
About the middle Of tho night the doct
vsa awakened BY some one tapping at the doe
and calling for him to come out,
He did 20. He found the landlord who "a
him. in broken English, that ono Of his count
men had lust failed down stairs in 1T, and q
;ns NJ. n:me racistarsS as m NJ n. ti,av caIi
him M.
Ha vent into an sla0antly furnished roo
share a nan. some ,fty year. Of 10. wa iyi
IN a dyine oandition.
youpe ledy al near the bed tanning hi