The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-02-09
Selsrf Story.
DAISY WILDE'S NEW YEAR.

| Inere. lC Is nnlsne0 at last, SAID
Daisy Wilde with a weary sigh, as she
put aside the beautiful pearl silk dress,
and pressed her throbbing temples
at is finished at last, Eff1e, and we
will have som. thing nice for our New
Years dinner"
81 am glad its DONE" returned
Effie, looking up anxiously into her
sisters face. 81 was afraid you would
work yourself sick over that great pile
of shining stuff. Why, how pale you
are! l know your head aches fearful
ly. Oh, Daisy! / would rather go
without New Years dinner all my
life than have you suffer So" And the
child twined her arms around her sis
ter's neck, and kissed her tenderly.
'It is only slight headache, said
Daisy attempting to smile" ut will
sc on be over Think it was very good
of Miss Stark to let me do this work,
and earn some money. Mrs. Hap
worth who lives in Lexington avenue,
is to receive her New Years calls in this
dress. There, Efiie, go to bed now; We
must rise ever SO early in the morning,
and be bright and happy all day"
A few moments later the child was
snugly ensconced in the bed in the cor
per of the room; but after her eyes
were closed in sleep, Daisy sat by the
fire dreaming She was an exceeding
Iy lovely creature, this Daisy Wilde.
She looked very fair, fragile and girl
ish as she sat there musing, for to enty
years had passed over her life with
gentle fingers bringing cut new beau
ties in spite of all the cares and sor-
rows that had beset her in the last three
years of the twenty. She was pale,
poor thingl The bright roses, that in
former days had relieved the pearly
clearness of her complexion, no longer
bIoomed on the velvet cheeks; but the
big brown eyes retained their old time
brilliance, except that they now shown
alone with a softened luster, as If moll-
flied by suffering.
She remembered time when she
had lived in grand mansion. sur
rounded by every luxury that money
could procure; wheE she had worn gor
geous silks, and received New Years
calls, and was petted and admired by
every body There was one among her
numerous admirers whom she reInem
bered more distinctly, more fondly
than all others handsome, noble
hearted Paul Marston. Paul was a
poor young man, working OF small
salary in the Custom House, while
Daisy was the INDUCED child of wealthy
parents; but notwithstanding the
wide difference in stations, these two
had met and loved. The young mans
fair, open integrity, strong intellect, and
bright, genial powers of fascination,
completely won the heart that was too
pure and honest to succumb to the
transparent arts of wealth and fashion.
But Mr.. Wilde, whose notions touching
he organization of society were pure
ly aristocratic, refused to favor the
suit. When Daisy pleaded, however,
he relented so far as to propose a con
dition. Paul Marston should go away
and stay five years, without CORES
ponding, or communicating iii any way,
with his daughter If at the end Of
that time, he had succeeded in amass
ing a respectable fortune, he could re
turn and claim Daisy's hand without
further opposition.
There was no alternative, and so the
lovers had separated, Paul going tc
California to seek bis fortune Ayeal
and a half had glided by and then ha6
come Mr.. Wilde's failure. He had spec
ulated heavily and lost. He was ru
ined man. His home, his furniture
everything was taken from him. The
rich family was suddenly buried ia th'
depths of poverty. Unable to bear NJ
under the shock Mr. Wilde had sicken
ed and died, and a month later his wife
who had been in delicate health, wa
laid beside him in the cemetery.
Thus Daisy and her little 10 year olt
sister were left friendless and homeless
in cold, unfeeling world-left entire
} ly upon their own resources, with n'
one to 90 to for support or protection
In this trying ordeal Daisy had mana
ged to provide for herself and Efie b!
teaching music until she was overtakel
by slow fever, when her pupils hst
all left her. Recovering from her i'll
ness she had resortsd to the needle TO
support, and working hard day ant
night continued to nsht the wolf from
the door. They lived In the attic of
crazy old tenement house, bat woman
tact made the single room cory.
Miss Stark, the fashionable dress
maker, who lived near, had kindl!
furnished work for Daisy's nimble fin
gers when none could be found else