The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-17
NAMES VALENTINE;


"ol this iair volume which wVWorld DO nRme,
liwethO aheCts aud leaves could turn vi h care
OF Him who II corrrCt, and did It frame.
! weclrGr might read the art and wisdom nfc"
! "Hullo! that's the time caught you!"
The office door closed with bang, ant
The speaker advanced upon his friend, Ar
chic Walter, like breeze Of fresh air ant
captured the large Cupid stamped ant
aoriated envelope, as the young lawyer wa
in the act Of handing it to the Office boy
who had in the meantime gathered up 4
number Of letters for the mail, which wcrt
scattered about on the desk.
"AIiss Mamie Vale" reau the newcomer,
"Thats the lark, Is III" Well, the danger
Is not so threatening as feared, from the
dimensions and lovecanying capacity o.
this IAncy document"
Don't give 1t away, Harry, should you
chance to see 1t again in the course Of your
domestic peieGrinAtions."
"All right I'm secret as the tomb. Moth
ing peTtilouS about me. What's the mat
ter with you boy? Col Stand not upon the
order Of your going, but 20 at once and
mail your employers love missive; tamper
not so ingloriously with St Valentines val.
liable time"
This address was directed to the lad, who
had absolutely been gazing at the super.
sCription on the valentine, and started like
some detected criminal when Harry Val.
thus suddenly overwhelmed him with his
rhetoric.
"Bless my boots, Archie, what sort Of
biped have you about your person In that
individual hut now gone hence?" he re.
marked, as tho lad disappeared.
"Why? What Is there peculiar about the
lad.
"Ah! There is something odd, now you
mention It,"
"You understand 1t. have not noticed
any popularity unless II is the commenda-
bic one oil aitendingto his duties in silence,
and always doing what he Is told TO do ut
the iirst bidding"
Like guilty thing he started when he
dared TO meet mine eye" pAraphrAsed his
friend with solemn shake OF his hand.
some head.
"Do stop you nonsense, Harry. The boy
Is all right-what the deuce has become oil
that biiiT
"Oh, Willy, we have missed YOU" sang
his friend, as Archie searched among books
and papers, in desks and drawers, for the
missing article in vain.
THAT'S queer" he unused.
$50 tits. The combat deepens-on, ye
brave, who rush to glory or the gravel
dave you lost anythingW
II had so greenback here just now
Simons came in just before you and paid II
on account-what are you grinning Rt, Hal
some trick OF yours? Here, disgorge"
"Sir! What do you take INC for?" was
the mock indignant rejoinder. "Am so
weak thing-am ! a beggar born, to
brood my days away In pampered indOl'
tnCe on money stolen from friend? Nay,
nay, not ~. When have borne in mem
DRY what has tanned great nations how en-
nobling thoughts depart-when men
change swords Tor ledgcrs, and desert the
students bower for gold! All, then, why
accuse me OF 80 vile JEST"
"YOu did not see II either"
"No, but have vast suspicion. Have
you searched your packets"
"Yes"
"rhen let US mutually spy the ground
once more-the scrap.paper basket and the
cuspadors not omitted. 'Whate'er the
senses take or may refuse, the minds
eternal heaven shall shed her dews Of In.
spiration on the humblcst lay"
After thorough search the two GENTLE
men sat down and silently, but c0vertly,
vazed at each other for several seconds
Then Archie Walter looked sQuarely in
his friends face, and said with touch OF
genuine pathos and apology:
at is only so bili-hafdly worth such
an amount Of unnecessary energy.
Harry Vale met the questioning glance
uneasily, and began to twist his neat little
chin whlskers In most ruthless fashion,
quite unlike his usual tenderly caresslng
touch.
"Do you'll should say, have, ah-eh 2"
he queried.
"iIave you come to any conclusion in
your own mind ?"
"Well-ahW
The last exclamation was simultaneous
and directed towards the entering Office
boy, who started back as II those two harm
less cabs" were charged guns leved at his
head. His face flushed and tremor seemed
10 make his very eyelids tremble and droop
: rs the sharp scrutiny Of those four eyes met
his glance.
! The Ind had been employed about The
9 Office for several months, but Archie Wal.
, ter for the first time discovered that he had
wonderfully beautiful large eyes, blue, as
! an angels are supposed to be, and that they
now looked at him with strange, appeal
Ing, almost prayeriul gaze, as they wan
e lered inQuiring from his face to that Of his
friend, who at last got up, put on his hal
{ and decamped hurriedly, whistllng the ali
. to "The Heart Bowed Down." as he re-
tired. :,
, Lett alone with his employer, the lads
! head dropped lower and lower, and he en-
b deavored to hide his crimson flushed iact
!, by drawing his hat down over his brow at
, he stammered:
J. 81 am glad, Oliver, that you do not at
J, tempt to excuse yourself ! am chaLllAbly
inclined 10 believe that necessity-perhaps
: desperate necessity-only caused you TO &C
Gar forget yourself. trust, for your owr
sake, you will endeavor to right yourself
in time-not now-not now. Go 10 YOU
, home and consider well what you have
done, ain, possibly, wrong in not expos
: Ing you. Dat go, Ipray-the sight oil yor
distTesses me-" -.
Totttring 10 the door the poor boy man
: aged 10 get beyond II, then with a Rrea
sob he leaned against tho wall outside ant
! The tears he had 80 long restrained gushet
forty Btormily and be whispered, "Oh
. cruel, proud, heartlesS man ! Is then m!
act a crime, that he dareS TO castgate INT
Ia such n lordly wayl
He feIt q touch on his arm, 10 secretiye
soFt Of theatrical "hist villain" style, ant
starting from bis bowed position, saw Harr'
Vale standing besids him, with a green
back In his hand.
SHeTe, boy" Gaid he In an undertone
take this and tx It with your boss"
Tho lad flashed a lightning glance Q
wrath at him and struck At the hand eS
tended with the money, then ran past hin
down the stairs, ere the would.be bencta'