The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-28

lutu IA VIII C0Iuo 70 Town f0f O lew days
suppose I must do Il; and Mr.. Crablre,
proposed last night that We come to hi
place, very nico private boarding house
quite exclusive, in TACT" ,y; TX 'lq; ~
She stopped, beaming; but Laurel, wht
felt really too tired for any new e1ertion
hesitated 10 respond.
wouldn't some ono else do?n she AK
cd at last. "soma less important person
than Miss Trimmings might be found Il
"No, indeed There's nobody no
ntylish and high priced. We must 10, Ger
tainly we must, IL,urel But, by the way
MIR. Crab.ree says his nephew-your old
beau, !B IRON Alverton, and bis wife arc
staying thers now.n 20 17.} ~ TE4sI,I
.WhereT atked Laurel, bewildered.
"At bis boarding house. People say hii
marriage didn't turn out we'll" Mrs
Pardon ratified on, not needing her liecs's
silence flor his wife acted Ikea crs ~
woman when he Lost soms OF his money
last year rated him 80, 1t was really quite
scandalous Did you see her ION the
beach last lall2 Such white faced thiny!
They gay she takes areenic for complexion.
l don't call her pretty, though shs was all
the rage five or ak years 40. l bellows
she's lost her health-too much dissipation.
I've heard that she's awfully Jealous OF ner
husband, though be don't give her the
least cause, and bears 1t like lamb"
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Laurel and her aunt were ct Mr.. Grab.
tres's boarding house-certainly y quiet
and luxurious retreat enough. S,7tE
Laurel had been 10th enough TO come;
but here she was, and MIS-. Pardon, al
least, was eatisfsd, for the mornings were
endless rounds oil shopping and the after.
moons momentous periods Of trying on the
new dresses.
AS for her niece, her greatest apprehen.
sion was that Bhe should encounter Baron
Alvertou; but little disslmilarity In meal
hourH wsrded of this event until the very
last night OF her stay in town. y
She had been restless and could not
sleep. At about II o'clock she thought
she would 80 to her aunl's room, as that
lady did not retire early, and get certain
book, which might divert her mind and
quiet her nerves. As she pissed along The
rich halls in her velve..thod feet, a door
wss flung open and wild.syed maid
rushed out. .1I171g - i
"Oa," she cried, at sight OF Laurel, won't
you come in minuts2" I'm afraid abe /,
dyinglp 80
Amazed, Laurel stepped within the door,
a little figure in blus writhed upon the
u ,or, yet evidently Mrs. Alverton was par.
TALLY unconscious.
Gall her husband-a doctor-quick p
exclaimed Laurel, - -
With incredible strength she lifted the |
helpless woman in her arms and laid her |
upon the bed. =
In the next moment Of horror che saw |
that Mrs. Alverton had ceased TO breathe. |
AS she turned to hasten coming feet
which she heard, abe encountered Baron |
Alverton. -
White and shocked he gazsd at the pal. |
liz lace upon the pillows. 2.
1T has come as / feared" he cried,
clinching his hand upon his harrassed
brow. "She is dead from an overdose Of
arsenic" Hfa5 =
And in a few moments all the house wss
by the sad truth.
The LIST Of March Mrs, Pardon Ardley
became Mrs. Abel Crabtree.
IL was q strange mockery OF howery
symbols and lovers' VOWS to Laurel Vale. |
Indeed, 30 strange a shadow seemed upon
all the world that she would. cleso her
nanos over her eyes, sometimes, and pom.
DER as II IN nightmare that must break |,
soon or she. would lose consciousness for
ever. sl.-,z.55-
Ever since that autumn day by the rock.
ing sea peace seemed to have deserted her. |
Outwsrdly she had been calm, but inward |
unrest now scared her brain and burned |
away her strength.
All summer she dropped alone at Nut.
wood. In the autumn her phys;cisn de. |
clsrsd that she must go down by the sea. |
10 down to the Dolphin House for a |
few weeks with my family" DR.. Stone said,
victor will be there and will take care of |
You, srsfszftng nifcantlytohis sonsNhpf
had long openly admired Miss Vale; I ;ss
But she went only with her maid and |
Juon, though she found the DOCTORS family
congenial company. y
2 The sea received her kindly. It blew its
ea!t breath in her face, frightened her
beautiful eyes, quickened her strength
Ihe hurried puloations began to beat more |
slowly and evenly. Is -
Bnt there was a neorct want.
"ob, Tor some one 10 love me some
one whom l could love! ~ she cried one
DAY, dropping her face in her arms upon
the ragged rocks. .fs,z - els -"
Il love you, Laurel, but 1t Is too late for |
side. n 5s.s.s 1880 r. =
She lifted her head. She and iBaroncAl.
verton looked into each others eyes. His
sad Rsz5 read all her 0ru0gle.
& "Oh, tell me the truth I" be prayed.
Perhaps the sea, sounding itE grand thun.
der; in her ears, helped her to rise above all
IT. love you, Baron," she eaid, simply;
and both we're happy