Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-12-30

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quested to furnish some triaing relief g
a family that was dying from the 81
fects Of exposure and want. The APP
peal was not once made In vain. In.
| deed, the candidate did little else than
pull money from his pockets and hand
lit to those who sought bis aid.
Suddenly there was strange COM
motion in the. crowd, and the bravny
spectators fell back, opening passage-
way to the platform. A moment Later
young and beautiful lady stepped into
the space before the stand and raised
her eyes appealingly to the orator. They
were rough men who stood around her.
but the presence of the beautiful girl
oyerawed them.
~s"And is it for this career Of brawling
ard dissipation, Rudolph, that you have
-ioIsaken me?" asked Pearl Sylvester.
"Quit this place at once" Kissed Ru.
dotpb. "How dare you come here and
expose me to the ridicule and contempt
of The multitude%
ITO admonish you, Rudolph, ere1t is
too late" replied the girl sweetiy,
that YOU are on the downward track.
Come, Rudolph; come away with me.
Give UP this contest before you are
ruined man!'
Leave mer' cried Rudolph hoarsely.
She looked into his eyes beseechingly
for moment, and every one saw that
she was crying. Then she turned away
sadly, and was soon lost to view among
the thrOng.
The affair cast damper upon the
meeting, and talk as he would, it was
evident that Rudolph Burglars clio.
quence bad lost its charm for the multi
tude.
That night he drank heavily, but in
every wine glass be saw the reproach-
full face OF Pearl Sylvester. ......
When Pearl had dragged her weary
feet to the door of her home she tried
the knob. The door was locked. She
rang the bell again and again, and re-
eeiviDg no response terrible fear came
upon her.
Can il be-" she cried, "that my
father has locked NE out of his hOuse?'
Just then window was raised in the
second story, and Pearl saw the blanch-
ed face of her father. He seemed quiv'
ering with FASHION, and asked huskily
what she wanted.
"Let me in, father 1t is your
daughter Pearl" she cried.
IL have no daughter" replied the old
man. "She whom honored with that
name has left me, never to return"
He then drew in his head and pulled
down the window. =.
With a piercing scream Pearl sank
upon the step aud swooned. AS she
fell dark object fitted from the oppo-
site side of the street, and rushing up
the steps caught the PROSTATE girl In
lis arms.
Pearl, my darling, he cried passion.
ately, "f0rgive me! ! have wrOnged
you deeply neglected you and exchang.
ed your sweet society for the ephemeral
batteries of men,"
The only answer to his endearments
was faint sigh, as the pale, lifeless face
of Pearl Sylvester fell upon the strong
arm of her repentant lover.
My GOdw he cried, lean she be
dying""
\ carriage came numbering slowly up
the street. Rudolph hailed it. and the
next moment he had lifted the unfor.
tunate girl inside and was driven rapid
" away.
At his home on Madison-ave., pre-
sided over by his maiden aunt, Pearl
was treated with every possible kind
ness. Several days elapsed before she
was able to sit up, and then Rudolph
was almost continually by her side. He
brought her the books and flowers she
loved best, and chatted with her by the
hour just as he had in the days when
Pearls heart was stranger to care.
The election had passed, and his over.
whelming defeat, the consequence of
the treacherous desertion of his profess
ed friends to the ranks of his opponent,
had convinced him that true love is
only to be found in the breast OF pure
ana devoted woman.
1t was only when PEARLS father learn
cd Of her serious illness that he could be
prevailed upon to visit her. When he
saw the pallid, but still beautiful face
of his child, his anger was instantly re-
placed by paternal love, land he not only
iorgave her dsobedienCe, but consented
to iuok upon Rudolph as his future SON.
in-law.
In month Pearl was again herself.
AS soon as she had been able to go out
Ner father h&d taken her home. One
bright day, the brightest of her life, she
was welded to Rudolph Burglar, and
is now the mistress of the happiest
home in the length. and breadth of
Gotham. In the early evening of that
eame day, while she and Rudolph sat
gazing upon the starlt sky, Pearl asked
Rudolph if he would ever run for Cor
nner again.
"No, darling" replied the handsome
groom. 81 have had enough of politics.
Hereafter / shall live for my home and
the love Of her who risked so much to
save me from life of dissipation and
want ~