The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-06-28
Name Wells White Hair.

wa, invited 10 a lunch party III one Of lhc
inland cities Of Pennsylvania not long ago. and
wa- much impressed by the appearance" Of one
OF the younger ladies present. She was not
! beautiful. but rntod the striking charactcri>-
| ties Of 4 brilliant. fresh cOmpc XiOn and Il pro-
| fusion Of hair. white ~ snow, which was
wound on the top Of her head after the fashion
| " NadraIo's "Marqui>r." belonging 10 Mrs. a.
/ !. Stewart She was very merry, a good talk
n, and. ! must confess, / conlriycd TO occupy
| Tie larger part Of her attention with that ten
/ dcncy towards monOpOliZing the best which the
4 moment affords that am told il often observed
\ by my falniars
! After bidding adicu 10 the ladies. turned 10
. the obgng friend who had been ny sponsor
I at these incidental gHyctic> Of -, and casual
/ y remarked. after talking somewhat Of my
! new acquaintance:
"By love. what hair, II accents her whole
appearance. Wasn't She lucky 10 achieve II
NOung|
Ny friend removed hi- cigar.
"Ila depends on how you look at il. ! am
inclined TO think, taking things by and large.
that she was. doubt however If She wouldn't
say to-day that the price was rather large. Ana
i wa, pretty biz price. DO YOU ike ~toric. ?
I'm minded 70 tel you one. if you like, about
that white hair yoll admire 20 much"
We went over 70 the hotel and something
like this my friend told me:
You have 10 idea. Won civ people. the inter
c-t We country people take in the courl,hip~ Of
young folk. From the time Harry Wells be-
gan 70 ~idIc IN tO Minnie tlall,ctI AT church
socials, Until their marriage IN the First Pies
| bltcrian church, the entire community gave
minute consideration TO their affairs. Mauic'~
father John tlHllscu. Wa- and IL now Il prom
incni commission merchant. generally con~id-
cred wealthy. and has always lived at least like
u man NJ means. Mamie was pretty. daslng,
u local bcllc and great fayoiic. Harry. fam
ily lived l"W miles from town. and they. too.
htc people uf reputation in The county. Old
JHck Wcl- represented n. q few times in the
legislature and has accumulated IN one way
an'! another 4 handsome property.
The marriage wa in every way u suitable
oin. Harry was educated At Princeton. and
although bc had ni ono time tie reputation Of
being wild. hc bad sobcrcd down. and Wns m
ani rate such frank. manly young fclow
ihat llc was generally forgiven any lndl.crc-
iipn.
~ -ar, thr marriage was thc ocra~on Of
general rejoicing. MHinic'- father gave her 20
inu.uIly good scnd-of. and tho details wuc
-on fir ana wide through lbo STATE. lHtry
ll1d studied laW. although llr ddn't lIHtr much
inclination fDr il, the Ola man thinking hi4 tO-
litirl experience might sort" Harry IN tilm
Why, hnd bad settled down into u cotitirt 10.
thry, drawing ~ dcpds aud doing h1rt.W "
ihat sort. Jbry lived about four milo. Otll Of
toWn. Wid tWb ttllr- from old JHrks. lIr hHd
bti lbcH II pretty modern coiiHgn - dpfIrll-
~ portion u lli- farm. Harry bad he onirr.
hu ornamental illIr structure, u foW rrds from
] =
birls
GrDduHlly Harry ptrlrd ~ bn.nr.s, ulpd
linhll} through hls father hc brcnuc trustee
for ~" Minor h"irs. 1hcy were 40 odd lDl of
| children, Wilh hHll-0HIy mother ana 30 ciid
~ con lHids ana mining Investments II WHH
y good lhn9 for Harry. although II gHfo y nat
urHlly IH/t nIau som" additional WOrk, 1hr
worst hlug was tlDi II obliged Him 10 70 10
scranton uDW and thrU ana riyr Mamie. iuu
llny imagine llini lhcir W1A goDd drHl Of visit
f,I
pcopIr, and lhat tbo fouI-udi" -iltlch ~ roma
was generally kept pretty warm. when Harry
llah - 20 away Mamie would grt iu her phHtOil
ANA drlY" 10 lOWB. ana there Wns always some
! Of -" Young prOpI" ready 10 ~ put and keep
her company. Harry alWay- Insisted tiIat rlc
mustn't -lay alone. FOR 4 law.abidhg State
We hay" pretty rough element IN il. and
although wr haven't had much 10 complain Of
here. there j. general sense Of unrnsincs..
one August afternoon Harry bad an unrX-
prrtrd summons 10 20 10 scranton about u suit
connected with The Minor heir. He had re-
Gently sold some Of thcir property and had been
making various collections. which left in his
hands about ?ijO0 When he found he had 10
- Of ~ few moments notice, he wrapped up
a bundle Of papers and hi, money ana took
them into the house. Mamie was making prep
aralons for picnic ihcy were 10 20 oto the next
day and begged him to wait until The day after.
But, my dear child. | haven't time even TO
20 10 Town and put these in the bank, 50 youII
nave 10 lak" care oI lhcln. III Try ana get
pa'k ~ lWo % DAYS ~ thr ihflhrsf, mranWhIlc
hoDody VIII KNOW thal thc money Is here
lhch ne rNpIalncd 10 hrr Inc value OF the
Pal"ls an, lGi1dcd hcf i canvas Dag, III winch
was the $500 belonging TO the Minor heirs.
'Whrrc will keep il, Harry? Between the
Just Ike woman! No. But | declare !
don't know where 10 tell YOU. The most nsc-
cure place apparently is often the most secure
Any place, dear, but between the mattresses.
] leave that to YOU. But YOU must guard it, if
necessary, with your life, for remember The
money is not ours, and at all hazards am re-
sponsbc. ! don't really suppose there Is the
least danger, for no one knows | have ii. But
one ought 10 take proper precautions and beg
OF you not TO admit any trampS while | am
gone. Tell Sarah not even to allow them to
stop long enough TO eat 4 biscuit"
"All right. dear; we won't let the tramps
have drink even, and I'll take care Of the
money You may be sure"
Harry badc his wife good-by and Mamie gave
up the picnic. At the end Of two days she re-
| crlvcd telegram from him, saying he had been
detained ana telling her TO get some one TO stay
| with her for two days. when he would be- at
home. She drove into town and one Of her old
friends went out with her. AT the end Of two
| days she had another telegram saving he was
detained until the next day. Her friend went
home, and in place Of Harry came Il third tclc-
| gram. ana 50 every day for ten days he was cX-
| pccted home. and every day came di>appont-
ing telegram. by this time She had become ac-
cllstomcd to her charge, which She had set like
bag of sccd-beans in Il corner Of darl; closet
opening from her room.
1llc afternoon Of the tenth day was hot,
lhurky afternoon. Mamie had gone up stairs
!" 'htr nap and refresh before dressing 10
/ meet Harry, who was expected home after the
longest absence hc had ever made from her
Alicr tlmc Sarah came up and told her
th"lc was II tramp down stairs who wanted
som' 'hIh2 10 eat and who wouldn't be driven
OH.
~ on ouEhlh't to leave him minute alone
SARAH. 40 down and watch him and ! will
come down ana schd INN or.
She dressed herself quickly and went down
stairs surprised TO find how late II had grown.
when She reached the kitchen She found also Il
messenger with another telegram which an
nounccd another DISAPPOINTMENT, but the next
day without fail, Harry wrote, he would be at
home. As Mamie turned into the kitchen she
! heard the tramp ana Sarah IN evident dispute.