The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-01-02

Il JNSuodit' thO iChZ upuio W PAtNht
Ipain. IN tue deyoteiness Of his silent
worship fof her, something stirred her
dheart that was not pity. Heaven knows
i what it was! There are some strong
natures that must wrap themselves about
i the weak. The first time he could stand
dupon his feet again they we're married
AMI then More Van More went down to
lhelp her wait behind the counter 10 the
! shop where she consulted him and re-
4 ferred to him and honnred him till she
. was likely to make others share the
]strange respect she had for him "He
is single-hearted," she said to one of her
tlold lovers in that primitive community,
4 who fs!t the right 10 make some out
spoken complaint; "he is upright; he is
unselfish He is kind to the fly on the
:slsawsll. He loves me and no other w hal
more do l want In a husband? Ha
I suits me-. Aad as for religion, What
does that signify when, at any rate, we
| both worship the same God p
A year from that time Hero did noI
go to the shop much; she had little
SON and not such very little ore
either-a bouncing, magnifcent boy,
with his mothers colors and eyes, full
of life and joy and spirit, and quite the
. most remark able baby in the world
d And SO, when the child was six months
old, it seemed to More Van More, in his
4 happiness, that he was wrong to deprive
his family Of the pleasure Of knowing
= of such blessing, and he wrote home
! for the third time, but this time to bis
mother. =
This was shaking the red rag in the
face OF the bull Mr. Van More tramp.
led up and down his wile's sitting room
awhile. reared and stamped and snorted
and beloved, and not till he bad reduc.
ed her to tears for, having brought such
son into the world, and had pursued
it till she gasped for breath and had TO
/ have The maids and ether and hot bot,
ties, did he subside into silence and
thought.
That this son Of beggarlv shoD-gir
of q Jewess should be the Van More
Never, never, if he had to put out the
light of all the Van Nores at once! Jo-
lcelyne, his eldest daughter. should mar.
try young De We're, and he should take
The name Of Van More. For sum o!
money More should hreak the entail and
renounce his name, taking instead that
of his lowboFn vile. And so Joycelyne' 3
son, who was a ioTegone conclusion in
| NJ Nno N,rnJo eh to
great Van More TO come. Ha bad a
sstchel packet within sn hour, and ,ho
slept that night. for the first time in his
life. in vulgar sleeping car, always be.
fore having lett the, train at nightiali
rather than he one Of the promiscuous
canadle sleeping common sleep. Days
and nights and days and nights OF this
wretehed cohtigui,v. 1t was hard ex-
perience for Mr. Van More. He added
II alfnp against his son.ss And the sci.
Rsiuesssof the modern traveller did mot
tend to increase his appreciation of his
kind. His kind? Not the least bit his
kind! Mr. Van More was more than
ever persuaded lhat he was a superio.
integer of the ace-making, perhaps,
one of those points ut progress from
which one development steps to higher
AT last he stood 10 the presence OF his
daugh,er-in-law
A sharpless little greasy Jewess, sell
ing old cothes-or a stately Young
goddess assuming human smile1 Oue
convulsive sensation thrilled across him
of pride in Norc's taste at least, souring
instantly TO- anger to think that taste was
all. And then he opened the subject.
mo. fa,ber-in-law," said Hero firmly,
despite his wincing, and after the fash.
of speech in use among her people
No, father-in-law; we do not want your
money. Nor will we surrender your
name II is our name hy all right Sand
law that it is yours. And, as for your
grandson, we have no po wer to iforswcar
his birthrigbt for our mess Of potiage."
II was will ss strong as his own
that opposed him Stormiug was no
use here. He left the house without
another word, aud lett Hero dancing her
growing boy 10 the broad transit luring
sunbeam, looking up proudly ather hus-
ban'i, yet fondly, to see if really she and
The boy compensated him for all he had
lost. i' stt q
An hour afte,w ward Mr. an Nnre was
brought back to his son on strptcher ;
two trains hdl coIld4d, and he was
among the killed and wounded An ar
terry had been served, and before''a phv-
sician could reach him he, was hlepdipg
to tlea'h When at length, 1.-The f,w was
staunched, and he lay fainrng and sink
ing away. at is almost hnpeless,
said the surgeon "There is little blood
left IN bis body s'9'
The sight OF his dying father had
changed the current OF Norc's irate
feeling eff Icould but give him mine!
he cried. e5 RS =
at would do him small good" said
The decor, looking at the pale and spiud
ling fellow with an anatonist's oon-
tempt; and from him tho glance travelled
II Hero, standing near in her abundant
life, with the dancing hoy in her arms,
still followed by The sunbeam Hero
read the glance in a momedt, ana had
given The chilli to her husband g %,s'i
Here, doctor" she said. barring an
arm that Hebe, carrying life aud nee al
10 tie gods, might have lifted. -
"Dj'you know what it means fot
yoaS" said The doctor. "Ana for your
child pefhaps7 Loss 81 strength, il
may he of health :! : .
81 kn9wit is my husbands father,
my child's grandpsrenl, - Size said slowly,
If my blood can save. him, Il is Ugh
thst he. shall have it, And when she
came to herself, after hor fist fatnlng
Iis, save for her fatigue and languor, she
lid not know that she felt much mi
worse, and bcr father n-law was smiling
At her with luster in the eyes that she 81
lately saw nearly set in dea n. +"
i Strange aud awful moment 10 Hero
She had given life to this mar. She
had gone behind the veil OF death ant
darkness and workeii witl the foc 8 o
creation. There Was bond betweel
| her and him such as there could he he
wcen no other PEOPLE in the world. Fo
2 hall a fainting heart beat she though
she had made him: for half as lon
: again he thought she had. She felt be
: heart irradiat8 with tender warm h to
> ward her husbands ather. Sue fell o
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