Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-15
THE RETURN.

1he sea ESkes the coast NTH Is ssoE;
sad monotonozs waves. Little white clouds
pas very quickly ACROSS the great blue sky,
swept on BY the winds Ike birds, and the
village IN the wrinkle Of the little valley
slopfng toward the ocean. warns itself in
the sun
At the very entrance Of il saOOd he house
Of Martin Leyes4Gs ell alone, BY the edge
Of the road. An humble fisherman dEel.
ing Ii Vas, With saIs OF clay, and a thatch-
roof planned With iris flowers Il had s
garden 10: bigger than = P~Ocksthsndksr-
chief. in which some onions eabbages Pars-
ley and eherril were growing. 4 hedge d.
vided il from the road.
The usn NAs say fishing; and his E!'e
seated BY the door. WAS busy preparing the
nssbes Of grea: brown net spread sgains:
the sal IKE . immense eOoEeb. A girl Of
fourteen. seated in = chair proPPed back so
that she eoaE lean her back against the
fence, was Occupied in nending underwear,
poOr+nAn's urdSEear, already overdArned
and patched Another gil. yoangeE By q
ysar. held in her arms q very young child,
rot yet abe 70 speak or gesticulats; and
txo urehins whose ayes might be . and 1
yearS sitting fat upon the grOand- face 70
see, Sere playing AZ gardening with their
AaPsy Euls hands, and throwing dirt into
NOBODY spoke Only the child which the
young girl was trying 70 pat 70 sleep cned
continuously in q GtGe thin, sharp vOies. A
cat slept IN the EIndOE, sad At the foot Of
the vail extended = TsntAble cushion OF
white giIly foHers, about which 5uzzed 8
whole ui5e Of bees
An Of q sudden the girl sewing near the
gaze cried OFT:
Mamma!
The mother answered:
What "a tY'
Here be il EgAihT
The EhoIe family had been uneasy since
early morning because OF . maa EhO had
kept proving about the hoose-sn old man
Who looked Ike . beggar. They first saw
him While they were going to the boat 70
see their father OF. be vas then sitting By
the ditch directly in front Of the door. When
they came back from the beach be sss
stiH there. looking At the house
he seemed sick and very miserable. he
had cot bQdged for more than an hour;
then. finding that he vas being watched
Ike . n~alefActor, he had risen 70 his fee:
and gone away dragging his legs heavily as
be walked.
Bot after awhile the girls say him coming
back. walking With the same slow and weary
s,ep; and he sat down sgain-this time .
Kule further oE-a1d kept watching them.
The mother and her girls began TO teel
afraid The mother vas particularly wor-
RED Lscause she Vas naturally dmid, and
then her husband, LeyesqUe, would not re-
turn untIl nighifl
Her husbands real name WAS L~evesque;
and hers Martin; and the neighbOrS called
them the Martn-Leyesque folks This WAS
because she had FIRST mAried . sailor named
Martin, who used to 90 to Newfoundland
every year 20 engage in the cOdhsheneS.
After two years Of married life she had 9
daughter crossing I'D, and was shortly to be-
come a mother again when the vessel that
her husband had shipped On-ths DeuN-
SGrOrs, = DePps acknowledgement
No news was ever heard Of her; none Of
her crew ever returned; 50 Is Was generally
believed she had gone down with all banda
La Martin, as folks called her, waited for
her husband ten long years raising her chill
dren With the creates, difficulty; and then,
a. she Vas known 70 be 3 good industrious
woman, LsyesQue, . fisherman OF the place,
and n EidoEer With one son, asked her TO
marry hin. She accepted bis proposal;
and had two more children By him within
three years
They lived With difficulty By the hardest
work Bread Vas dear; and mea, was a.
most Sn unknoE luxury in their cottage.
Sometimes daring the winter, in the stormy
weather. thsy would get heavily in debt to
the baker. SUN the children we're wonder
fully healihy. Folks used to say:
%Thsm's good peoDls-tbem Leyesques
Ia Martin-sbes q great worker; and
tkere's nobody car beat LRTesque fishing"
The girl al the gate continued:
Looks as II he kneS "a Praps it's some
beggar from EpreYiile or Ause6osc.
Bot the mother cOuh nos be mistaken.
No. mott vssntnObOdy from that part Of
The country, sure.
As he remained ~motionless q 3 stake
and kept his eyes psrsisteutly fixed on the
habitation OF the Martin Levesque la Mar
Tn became farioas 81 last and her fear Civ
ing her courage, abe seized q spade and vent
oui in EoEt Of the gate.
What do yOg want thsreT she screamed
. the tramp.
he replied in = Eheezy Toiee:
I'm Just taking . rest in the shsde.
Why, ! AMT doing yoa any hArm-am II
She 81 on:
what srs you spring around Ike that
before my hOIse TORI
The nan answered:
Elm ding no harm to nobody. Ain'ta
person allowed to Et On the edse Of the
pablic roadT
As she could not End any answer to this
observation she went into the house again.
The day passed very slowly. AboHt n0oa
tie man disappeared. But he passed By
seain about 5 O'Clock in the Sftsnoon-
TksF did not see hIm again during the eyen-
iag.
Leresane csmsia about nightfaM They
,uH hin ab0ut Il BE said.
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