Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19
PRINCE eOssLERspaBaH
BY Re HeRrS,
CHAPTER 1.
"EoNE. SWEET aoMg.

SVHs enc nsst Straw hat-sh;ngs newer De-
tore seen % spy Of the inas0isaass Of
Siash C0sr' que she Is 81 iahsOitaat
Zoo, pOOf hss,er Sne is ssaR6i0g 81 sae
ensssLos q one Of me houses, . wooden b0S
at Dec Gee, end oG Der lsoe 81 expression
which tcOG G,soE ssr lrsss and SesAlaecmsn'
IL lsSt charging into stare Of liked, stony
horror
FOE Hester BrOsn hSs been living Tor she
isst sewn wears IN toe eoOnsry, leading .
pleasant, wholesome kis, Fest ~ pSpIL Lhen
ss teacher N ht1ls home ior p00g cal-
dPen. This home sss sEYDortsd partly oy
charity, persly By sha. small tses the trieads
u ths ohitdosE NeEs soSe 50 psy IL was
pretty htfls place cute on 8 email sese ~
vet tof it nee nOt bses 10 existence many
ysars. the scheme bad Oeen started o. .
lev weakly pAIlsD.hrSple ladies. Their
idss vas % take aehes.e ehiidreu away
from Euheslt6y homes and give
Ssem . wear OF two IN pure sAfi -
iced tbem veil and sesch shsm what migGt
De most useful ~ them 10 the future, Hes
Ter soon showed SAGA 50 itGas tor learning,
snS fox ie1par-lng what she learned to
o1hers hat j. ssS thOag0t advisable ~ keep
her Tor Gms ~ p22l tsscaer sEd Ist Der
oOtspow 60 inherited SsAeseJ 81 eOnsts.u,
Sl0a Sitb pure or and wholesome food der
mother was dead, anG kes father sas had rot
sees SeFiry tie seven years Of aeE s0ssOos.
116seS, she bad grown 60 consIaer tue cot
age - SEo,n0rps - haf acme, aud ser
fofEer lie in LSaaSu hsa ssnCos, tsaeo
from her ueW0ry.
E0t tEese cSms uas Sae6 Il ssS sgreea
pY taOss 10 saEhorlly that II would Hos oe
right 70 retain EesssI Bows suy longer
"a keF present posit0E. Taers were osaer
sirls vie would De glad enough % sep la.o
Der place, sud i seeGsd uUtsir % s,Is eae
the s8Ysntsgs over al toe rest Hs' health
vas perfect TIE sy@p,ODs Of SIsssse LAD
Ssso stan psd %. snS t6oSg6 90. Of TO
bast frame. Hester vas tally IS srong e.
most girls Cf Ger age,
So de meter was clearly explained 20
her. aud letter written e her father ssalHg
Il he could Dc ready 70 recelYs hef ~ day
aSmed Saeb 81 sasSer ss she got "A
answer Of which soy asaEnter might De
proud. thoGgh the paper sss dry aud t2s
handwriting ike that Ofs child Of slx. Bat
bad ss Il was, Il Wa better THAI Mr.. Brown
vas espSbls cf tor SriGog vas 90 srt alto
SethsT Deyond his Possrs HossSss, lester
Did cot kDOs g. the 1Ms that her father
had OsIJ dietsssd TIE estsr, sna sas care
fslly I'D il ssSy for fear sDy oOs should
see the sirsSgs psS@snship AID sPsIhDg,
This sss whS. Re SAD
Hester, ny deaF, wen yoUr mother died
L sef : great troGSls 70 ne, and yea tee
good ladies sat yoI sssy wer Smother
trouble, Bat I've hYsd On 81 the uns talnS-
AZ Of ia day, sEd 81 last il have srrly.
NJ dear prsOs yog aOG rsSIeet Ne vas 81
wsys very poor; wall P@ poorer Ro~,
owing 20 sge beis' sgiR me. The court u
Goa yoS . conr. err 70 De, 6ein sometimes
Sarty sEd s0slhH' 0at / h0Ps yoa sos
.aina. because 1 shall BE- thst pleased snd
aspvy &C have yea here. j nave always
zen myseh 20 myself snd tired 70 have my
6tfls place clean sAo udy; 60 ne naoofs
Cd me Prince C0S0lsr for eo9SLer -
u.y DcIfsssioa, nJ dssE, g. IL WAS ny tstasr
ssoys ne: sat yoQ must nOg sxpec On that
account % Esd things grad and mighty
Tor ys are but bs@0ls toss. Asd sna,
sy dear Ssr-eT, Jour beloved father, eoaas-
lag the hogrs I'll yol come
J0SIAs BEosE
Hester laughed Little saa cried little
over this letter. Such 81 h0Esst leader
letter. The writer vas evidently 50 sifsia
his child might D0t De prepared Tor TIE
hgmbIsnsss Of the home she sss eonlsg TO-
III dsseriDsiOs Of the court rather stag
yefsS her bgt she thoagat. perhaps II vas
cal, his exaggerated sSy Of spasklnE. Aad
hos niss il Sss 70 know thai he sss thought
of A = priEes snoDS his RsighDorsl Ihss
sLs would Be = princess. What # he httis
home ssrs hau0ls, - loag - u Sss slsSa
here were ip6nits possibilities OF pretuaess
al - Soa cot Of IT, A fsH flowers . window
nor VIII some shrubs, cheap white curtains
lao.ad back vith some bright eOl0Ssd esAeo
-sl inexpensive l0xgTiss; snd yea shS
.ogA wager Prince Co5blsr had never
thought of sseh things foE himself
Dreaming These isB0esat dreams, tas
parting from her friends a. sunshroPs g'es
10 bs les sad than Hester bSd thoa2hi
Oessibls She loved them, Snd they hsd
been kind 70 tsT bat she WAS hot soing 70
home Of her own, sad 70 isthsr Sho
Icngsd 80 for bert There was oas farewell
ybieb caused Der even = slight grsubesion.
For which she came 70 say gOOd-by 70 III
ward Gibbons, the quiet, reserved young
clerk a Messrs. -, Sdcu0hsers, his cyl
dent distress gave her qaite feeling OF
sIstion. She liked him, she thought
ef him often and often, bat uaul
the momsR. Of parting a.
,;ysd .he had never known What Il vas TO
feel certain that she was beloved. He did
ns. say mseh even now, bat he tnrnsd
Mite and SET bis bps together, - II 70 keep
bsek some strong emotion. Hestsrs heart
yelled with . very WOaSnly sensation OF
triumph, and the more unhsppy be became,
The more sauey sBd eOqaettish gTsS she.
Shs SPOKE Of going home, IS II 1t were
very paradise she vas bound tor, ana OF me
hish character her father bore smong as
DsiKhbOts uatil the young msa thought tas
o,ei;y .apii teacher must be Rlsle 700
high for him TO aspire 70.
And this vas her home on tbs threshold
of which she vas standing this raw October
morning, With ehBging mist making every
object grey and damp 40 satamn mist,
skieh pfessBdy in the opsn country 1oald
be dispersed By the warm rays OF the san,
and would resolve itself ints diamonds On
the grass and hsdgsross. But hsre the saa
wss resolutsIy blocked out. Slash Court
seemed 10 have been bailt 20 As 70 admit
neither light nor air. Whsa the esbmAa
Who drove Hester from the railway sts,ioa
stoned st the entrance, Q narrow covered
way. and said
aYou'II have 70 get down here, miss; 1
can't 90 no iuFihsr,' Hester had exclaimed
hettully.
sThsrs must be some mistake. You have
come TO the wrong place"
But there vas no mistake. This WAS her
home. And the man who sat BY the via
dow Needing clumsy shos-ths old N 30
in his Iesthsfn apron, bis lASgsysinsd. hairy
arms bare 10 the slbOu-was her father.
He sat nearly with his back TO the door
irving 10 catch the litIls light that esms in
al tbs small pansd Eindow. Ons side Of
IL xno0a vas tskaa nm bV A igFkS wooden