The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-13

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a R"For his father can't be go very has,
4 hearted, 7 she thought land they arc {
\ very rich that surely this pnltry five hui
4 dred dollars can't be much to them"
/; The elegantly furnished little office 0
q Leeds street did not often have such out
eQuipages drawn up before 1t as Pa,
\ Parkers tnud.be.splaslied box.wagon an
shaggy. old pony and the elegantly.attise
young lawyer, who sat ut the desk exam
n ining some papers, glanced up in surpris
Z as To. blooming girl and the bent old ma
entered together, like May and Decembc
,.N,inianl ! thought your father-1 di
not know that" .1,g,iitj a
4 "My father is detained at his countr
seat, and | nm acting member OF the firm
Lucy. He took mo into partnership los
lilo turned inquiringly, and with some
thing OF start, to the brown-iaced oil
4! man, who stood nodestly in the back
ground. Lucy introduced her father III,
q stated her business, not without profl
sion OF very becoming bushes; she ha,
not expected to find her gallant youn
!, cavalier OF the past fall in the Office OF ST
+. John Martin. 7., ,la5 Fs
'We are very poor, Ninian," concluded
ldicy, land my father cannot at presen
hope to discharge this debt; but am soon
to have very good situation in Madame
: Elvain's school as music teacher, und VT
can all save so, II your father would be SC
kind as to wait little while, we"
Lucy stopped short; her voice was gir.
ing way, and she was far too proud to
yield to the fast.coming tears in Ninian
Martins presence. The young man had
listened in silence, but now he took down
tin box from It's shelf in the safe, and
unlocked it, disclosing sundry packages Of
neatly labeled receipts and notes. gi
Let Inc see" he said, running his eye
over them; cit was note ior five hun.
dred dorlas, believe
Yes, SIR answered the old man; sfor
five hundred dollars
rs this your note?"
"Yes, sir" -.U
Slnian Martin tore Il in two and hid
the fragments on the fire. Paul Parker
and Lucy gnzed i'll astonishmcnt rs the
handsome young lawyer lifted his dark
eyes calmly toward them. -y.j
Then, Mr.. Parker, you may consider
that you have to-day received the pay.
ment for very old debt. We have bal.
anced accounts" 511.E!
"Sir, don't understand YOU" said the
beWi!dered old man. " don't remember
"But I do. It is rather moro than ten
years, Mr.. Parker, since you put money
at interest"
''Sir?" aU.
Il will be more plain with you,p said
the young man, smiling. Perhaps Miss
Parker is not aware that l am only the
adopted son OF my more than father. Ny
real name Is Nino Berlani. am an Ita.
Ian by birth. Just ten years ago was
begging in the streets OF Landhill, starved
and pcnniiess. A kind hand-you know
whose, MIR. Parker-cxtended itself to me
in tho hour OF need" 4
The old mans face Lighted up.
Il do remember now. 1t was n fifty.
cent piece; and told you to come back
just week from that time, and"
And ! did not come. No; but tried
my very best to come, but was prevented
by the brutality OF the man whose slave
and drudge was. For weeks aftcrward,
every Thursday | was on the spot at 5
o'clock, watching and waiting for you, but
you never came" gft- X
No; we moved away from Landhill.'
."Weil, begged my way to Boston.
having run away, from my tyrant. ST
John Martin found me one night in the
streets, perishins from cold and starva-
ton. He had just lost his only child, a
boy OF about my own age, and not unlike
me IN personal appearance, and somehow
| seemed to take the sore vacant place in
his heart. There you have my history
from the day in which you did the fss.
kind deed, and spoke the first kind word
that had cheered my loneliness for years.
| resolved then that ii it ever lay IN my
power, would return the gift thousand
fold. But l never dreamed that Lucy's
father was my benefactor."
He turned to her with bright congrat-
nlatory smile, rs he concluecd-parbaps
with pressure Of the little hand he had
held in his all this time; while the brown
face OF old Paul Parker worked strangely
with the emotions he could not conceal.
u thought you wouldn't ha' cheated me,
boy" he said simply. ~ thought your
lace was good aud true one. But liant
no right TO your generosity. Your father
my father and are one, sir, in thought
deed and wish"
II don't know how to thank you, young
man." ~. 49,
"Then do not attemptit Perhaps some
OF these days he added, with an arch
smile which frightened up his olive facclike
q glow, ~ may ask you for yet more
iayors" 80, y.
Old Paul Parker went home to his vile
sedatelr triumphant. Il
"Wife, you've said, 7 told You So all
your life snow its my turn
What on earth do you 2" erun-
bled his ascotic helpmate. II do b'lieye
you're gettin' in your dotase."
Maybe I am. In that case, though I
wish I'd got into it long ago"
And he told his adventures, while Lucv
sat by, smiling and rosy as May morn
ing. @
"Didn4 l invest the fifty cents to pretty
good Gdvantage?" he demanded, elee.
July. -.
And Mrs. Parker answered not word,
but stared until her very spectacle-glasses
were in danger. "a
swell, l neverm was her ultimatum. .
He wants new iavors some day from
me-" added Paul, merrily looking into
Lucys eyes. "What do you say, moth
cr?n Can We spare our little gal kere?'
Don't father" cried Lucy, hiding her
face, but she didn't look very angry, al
ter all. 'l5.e
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