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

D LAAEAN - tE '0HH 49,
cider after each moathful Of bread. DE had
. worn tace-Erinkled, tull Of holloEs-and
seemed to have suffered 3 great deal
L~eTesque roughly asked him.
What's your naneT
BE replied without lifting his eyesi
NY names Martin
A strange shiTa passed through tie
mother. She took one long step forward,
as II 10 get q closer view Of the tramp, and
: remained standing in front Of him, her arns
hanging ifelessly by her sides, her mouth
open Is Il 70 CRY out Nobody said q word.
/ At last LeEesgRe resumed:
Are you from this Paoe?
He answered:
Il an from this place
And a. be lihed his bead at last the eyes
/ Of the woman and bis own met and remain
ed fixed, mixed together in 8 gas 50 mo-
. t~!ouless that il seemed TO be interlocket
And then in q voice wholly changed, loE
ard trembling she asked:
Is that sou my NAM
He srticulated slowly.
"les-i:s me
He did not move, and continued TO MUNICH
bis bread
L~eTesque, more surprised than moved.
stammered OFT:
S'YOu Are-MArnnY
The other replied simply
YES; its me.
: And the second husband then asked:
Where en- earth did you come from
The first replied,
Prom the African coast. We tounde7s1
on a sboal Three Of Es we're sayed-Picard
ard Ystinel and ne. And then We we're
AS,- - - - loot "a twelve
years TcArd's dead and Ya6neTs dead
Il vas An English traveller passing through
Who saved me and took me with him 20
Cette. And here / AN.
la Martin WAS crying, ~ith her apron
lifted % her face.
LeyesIue muttered
What EAl We DO now
Martin asked
Its you is her man now
Levesque answered
Yes, it's NE.
They looked at each other and remained
silent
Then Martin. looking At the children
standing in q ring around him, nodded his
head tossrd the two tall girls and asked
"Them's mineT
LeveSGue replied
"Tkem's yourn-
He did not get up; did not kiss them;
only observed:
Good Cod how big they We growed"
Leyesgue reiterated
What's / got to do now
Martin. equally puzzled, could not tell
Finally be said:
NE, I'll tx matters the way Tou Ike. |
don't wan; to do You no wrong. SdlL lis
. bad tx anyhow, when one thinks about
the house. I've two children; you've three
each one can have bis own The mother
is she yogrn, or she mine? III agree 70
anything y01 want; but the house-thats
nine because nv father left il to me, and
because l was born in II, and because she's
got papers a. the notsrys to prove it"
la Martin was still crying-wiih little
sOSs she hid behind the blue cotton Of her
apron. The two tall girls had drawn nearer
ard were stsrug snEiOusly al their father,
he had finished eating. and exclaimed in
hs turn:
What's / got 10 do now
4 sudden IDEA came 10 LeTesque:
Got 10 90 see the priest-hel tell
Nsrtsin arose: and as be approached bis
vile she dung herself sOb6ing upon his
breast
Ny nan my man! it's you! Martin,
my poor Martin, it's your'
Aud she Rugged him tightly, thrilled al
suddenly By the memory Of other days-by
a great shock OF souvenirs that recalled to
her the days Of her y twenty summers
and her first love.
Martin, himself Affected, kissed-her white
cap. The two children in the fireplace be-
gan to howl simultaneously . hearing
their mother CRY. and the baby IN the arms
Of the second Martin girl clamored IN q
voice sharp IS . squeaky 6fe.
Levesdus stood there waiting. .
Come be said we've got TO settle this
matter"
Martin separated from his wife, and as
be stood looking at his two daughters the
mother said to them:
Cant you kiss your fatherr'
They approached him simultaneously
With dry eyes, much sstonished snd q little
afraid And be kissed them one after the
other, on both cheeks, With q load peasants
kiss. Gu seeing The stranger draw near, the
baby SCREAMED 50 violently that it nearly
took ftS.
Then the two men vent out together.
As they we're about to pass the Cafe do
Commerce, leysslue asked
"S'pOse We take = drink
"Me2 I'm wiling. declared Martin.
They entered, sat down in the still vacant
barrooca. and Lsyesqae cried
"EhI Chieotl Bring two brandies, the
good STUFF. yOa know, This here is Martin,
who's come back-MHrtin, you knoE, my
Eiss manl-Joa know, Martin Of the Deux
S9urs Eho vas lost"
Ard the bar-keeper. Eithihree glasses in
one hand and q decAn'er in the other, ap-
proaehed-stout sanguine, PQaed up With
fat. and observed very quietly:
"Well 50 you're back again. Martini
Martin answered:
I'm back sgain-"
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