The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-04

sentiments Of LIE degraded 10 the level d
mere huiineSs transactions. james broth,
er John didn't look like this kind Of q
person, but Of course he must be. The
whole thing 90 confused and beWildered
me that l went away without my thyme
alter all. -if
We all know what appalling things can
happen In an incredibly short space OF
time, and how our dearest hopes are
blasted when We least look for . calamity.
I had not expected to be absent Eve min
utes, and had left my kitchen window
open, rs the morning was 40 balmy, and
sweet. Imagine my dismay when l saw
q strange cat actually standing on my
kitchen table and helping himself TO the
meat which had already cost me 20 much
trouble. he was lean and hungry AMI.
NAL, With murky green eyes; and though
he fed At my approach and had not made
much progress 10 bis meal, Of course the
damage was irreparable. / felt % Byron
did about the little walizer. What
you've touched you may take" i said and
flung the meat after the gseen-eyed mon
ster , f-.l .l-.. rsta ,.
Then / banged down the window shut
out the balmy air, and looked dolefully
at the miserable materials left to me. /
might have borrowed any, one Of them, or
all OF them, II the meat had been there,
but I couldn't AJAX Jane for the meat; Il
would be like the IrishmAn begging the
loan Of an egg for his pinch Of salt. No;
It was plain 70 be seen that little Howard
must do without his Sunday dinner. l
didn't care for myself, but my poor little
fatherless boy would suffer for my care
Iessness and neglect. And, truth 10 say,
be was not wont 10 suffer in silence or
uncomplainingly, / should haye-a ter
rible day, and began 70 feel more and
more that life was hideous and unbear.
able burden. ] saw through the front
window q lady 60 by, wearing 4 seal skin
sacque, ] could not think Il possible It
was snsan. utit was-yes, il was Susan,
She had the seal skin sacque which she
had so long coveted. Some people were
born to good luck. Heaven forbid any
injustice on my part, or useless repining
at the ways OF Proyidence, but il did seem
hard that Susan should have everything.
To crown ell, saw somebody else pass
my window, TWAS Jane's brother John,
with lovely bunch Of yiolets In his hand.
He was only a few rods behind Susan; he
would soon overtake her, and give her
the yiolets, with some nice little speech
about her eyes, which, i remembered, were
Washed.out blue. Then they would 60
In to one OF James appetiziDg little
lunches, while l and poor little Howard
would sit down 10 crust; and the end Of
Il would be that Susan wouldn't have TO
rise 4 hand, while 1-Well, i must 60 about
my sweeping rightstraight away.
Which | did at once. But the salt and
bitter tears that fell from my eyes ought
10 sbave allayed the dust Of my dining
room. I didn't care for anything SO
nuehias my little Howard's disappoint.
ment. How could confess to the child
that hal left his precious bit Of meat
10 be deyoured by that green.eyed monst.
er? He would kick and cry and refuse 10
be comforted, and I should be most
miserable. ., g.. 80 .yaal.
( While the tears were falling like rain
upon my broom big shadow doomed up
az the door, and there stood James broth.
er. J ohm, with the bunch OF violets still in
one hand, and . bunch Of thyme In the
other. turned my tear.stained face
away from him, and held out my hand
for the thyme. ! was sorry TO seem so
ridiculous. OF course Jane had told
him all about bis mistake, and he had
to apologize and explain. 1 wished he
would not mind, but 90 back to Susan,
but he held my hand tight In his own, and
put into my fingers the pretty flowers,
looking down into my face with a world
Of tender inquiry as to its forlorn and
woe begone condition.
"These blossoms will serve 10 garnish
your Sunday dinner" he said, din which
! have become strangely interested, and
could not forebear bringing you the
thyme which you left behind you"
ut is useless" ! said, smiling olefullyi
1.-THE green.eyed monster has spoiled ALL"
aAh, ahe said, his face suddenly
Frightening, us that the trouble? Bless
your womanly little soul, how love your
frank generosity! How sweet it's 10 hear
something straight from the heart, with.
out affectation or sham! Alb, believe
me, you have nothing TO dread from the
green.eyed monster"
I knew from the tenderness Of his voice
and manner he thought meant that ]
was Jealous OF Susan, and Ifelt the hot
blood rush up 10 the frill Of my busting
cap. I wanted TO tell him it was only q
green eyed cat, and faltered out that he
had made q mistake; but he broke in
again eagerly
ayes, | know there Is some little mis-
take about the relationship. Jane has
told me that instead Of being something
or other, that you are the other thing;
but the main thing is that you are the one
woman In the world for me. i never saw
nybody in my life-at least, that isl
mean-since-"
And here the poor fellow grew silent,
thinking, doubtless, Of Belinda. l was
sorry so sensitive and loyal nature
should be thrown away upon Susan, whom
I knew TO be cold and calculating, think.
Ing more Of her mortgage than the hu-
man heart but could not be treacher-
GUS and base.
AZ am sorry" said-for irankness was
a part Of my nature, and heaven knows l
was sorry to my hearts core,-"but / can.
not interfere with the plans Of your sister
Jane. know that she is only my broth
er-in.law's brothers wife"
I "Oh," cried James brother John, won't
you please make the relationship sins
pier one? See what mischief II has done
already shall love nobody but you'll
shall marry nobody but you"
And all at once, while my hand was
still close 10 his own, and the yiolets were
dropping from the warmth Of both, who
should burst In upon US but his sister
Jane!
Her face was clustered, but not very
wrathful, and she seemed rather pleased
than otherwise at the tableau before her.
HFor goodness sake, John" she said,
"when you come back to the house don't
say word 10 Susan; she's engaged 70 tne
Baptist minister. never liked the looks
Of the man myself, and wouldn't want TO
marry anybody with such an ugly squint
10 bis eye; but he holds Susan's mortgage,
and II he looked seven ways TO the moon,
she wouldn't care. So perhaps its better
az Il is."