Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-02-25

buly.s hus Z rresunse II Is your right ~ know
aldsn,s hSiIsl9Bs2 saa 4 pf # w ana
rs make gRis nil Tour times its present size;
haven't tho money, but other men havesg
am gong 70 take those other men IN svth
me, and then turn the whole thing irtoaeor-
poration Giddings is managing itfor me-
Philips face fell A corporation Then
all his thoughts Of sors4lay letting a little
light into tho lives fhe villagers, so far
always in the shadow his dreams which had
lent . new disx 10 his~aifcs,. all for
body IN he for - acry SsNlSzticsl How
aiK,Tbwer Il hiySssl t25sSse thelesS
f,ts @l9s s' o 5lnliS %o n
think yoS}saaaess tRs txoA iobI haze Ma,
over asailnSTt isposaAeh, 10 nSpchSsSra
man ~. ta o' Y s ,' shihd-
at he yxsn Teare Tor TN l,l@yvss}ls ap1le
thre4c0Sgs OF ~ beN. No he getStNA
The sfnoant of C2Aa-, .easaost lilSc,edA Phi
liz said s}tstQ,p sScitA lSS\SSAnost like
Gods, ~SsfSaAa tss folyei\gRsssS q man "A
too EfQshS' oomuclisN, esSsSiAine ,gSonndsths
tabls,~saad put hs< haASNAS his SIN Slsaaldcr
eEeo ieoploSs Moor aIIs lglgse, sS cant /.
he wepeese'ln this rssN, esthango moQd Philip
wreGtstS STARTLED atN Mont we AM wonder
wlASSAlfe ia tSdrtt 10 thefI> rilat 9hey are $50
hungry for TIA bread ost keeps the breath in
theme Apd theysn blame the rnes who own
the niftss they tLiRis it h pur Hardness and
SHIT rich rasn ha2e always done as he Is
10 Es@a
doing th9s2fbc few always have the best OF
everytlfSxs and seem to deprive the masses
of thAff fights. But it wears on a man; he
wants to get behind somebody or something
occasionally"
The little Office clock licked on restlessly,
for another week, and Philip had come to
feel that to be in love may be the most ter
l rible misfortune of mans life His pride
had not let him call again on Bertha for days
| of distress, days Of hot, dry wretclledness,
whose dawn was a new, pitiless reminder of
/ his quenchless passion that met only insult.
/ 1t was insult as he felt it, for a lover has
ssensibilities painfully acute, ana can detect
the slightest change in woman's relations
with him, by signs too subtle for urstiinu-
dated observation A hairs breadth varia-
tion in tone makes mysterious revelations,
sweet or bitter to him; q shade of expression
jim tho beautiful blue eyes, has d meaning
clearer thaa words, to thrill HIN with hope,
or plunge him into despair. And In those
days, too, he found time to remember how
unloverlilSe Bertha had always been to him,
and the many times She had met his ardor
with GOODNESS, with all the instances of hard
ness and neglect she had meted out TO his de-
Totion, rose uTlih his mind like hiCleous sips
that will not be forgot. How he had fooled
himself, and yet he had been SO happy in his
heltision / go .11
There came light tap at the door. lie
closed the drawers and turned about in his
chair in time to see Mary, the maid, enter
with a letter FOR him. He glanced at the
writing, and then was so angry at the sweet
glow about his heart that he tossed tho letter
tarelesslT dn the table, i2~ignob
The maid had fingered with woman's I'M
wearying taste for sentiments but now she
Slammed the door ON him and went bridling
down the hall III high dudgeon.
"Ie's pretty beau, he isl she muttered;
III Iwas that girl Of his I'd teach him to
treat my, love letters that way.na.g Isl oy'3l
But the maid did not See for the door was
shut, what might have better suited heride
bf propriety Her young master had torn
open the envelope and read the three lines of
the letter before Mary had finished her dis
BUSTED s0iiloquyl Then he reread it a dozen
tirnes and behaved generally in as foolish a ..
fashionas the most exacting sweetheart could
have desired, eiBut there were only three
lines. o ~ = ~ az f.1gle,i
Il haze not deserved it, do not observe
It; but viii you call before Z tonight
GrD paf"BERTHAn
But Whore was hls sullen determination
teserto see hersagainq Had he forgotten so
koon that she had never loved himf But no
remembered that moment that tomorrow
WAS the day she had promised to let him. talk I
bf marriage to her. There was new islsls
Sn his face, which any woman might haybo
thought haEdsoins now, sand new bright
light in hiseyes Why, it was near z O'clock
how. And he rose TO 60 out,
SBahn Tt was his father who opened the
door and came in, tearing scrap Of paper
between his fat fingers.
But Philip thrust his letter into his inside
pocket, and then made sure, it was safe, as il
il were precious ticket of admission.
''My dear Phil, if there ever was man fool
enough to try and give the poor what they
want, they would lead him the widest kind
of wild goose chase, i can tell you You'll
see yet I was right about those fire escapes.
Since they have got those the help are clamor-
ing for something new every day. They de-
vote all their spare time trying to think of
some Right they are kept out Of | suppose
the ninnies imagine the mills ought TO be run
in their interest, I" and Mr.. Breton smiled at
the absurdity of the idea conjured up Then
he tossed the torn bits of paper into the waste
basket.A t'There goes.o one of their warnings;
l haveburncd dozen within week III /
don't do this or that, my wills will stop they
read. l wouldn't wonder If strike was
brewing. l only hope they viii give me one
more day. They might scare some of tho
capitalists if they should make a disturbance I
to-Inorf6Va hut after Tomorrow it viii hetoo \
late They can do their worst; we shall al
ways have the whip hand Of themn
is your corporation actually going to be
started t0-morrowan exclaimed Philip, breath
lessly, II didn't ltnow but it was given upr
al rnnunn criu1 n11ufhir,tr nm mn 60,