The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-21

engagement AZ nyo dollars week
promised him.
In that homo . sad-cyed woman, in,
. shabby widows dress, her face lined
with pain and sorrow, but yet . sweet,
tendcr face, had been all the. weary
~ living her life again. She saw
herself q child In her father's pleasant
home, whore there was never great
wealth, but every comfort and A at
mosphere Of lore around ~ ali.
She saw herse young, pr Eirl.
with many friends, and som lovers.
Ono Of these WA man older by NJ
teen than herself; graye and tender,
but Who Heemed ~. Der Riritsh leyea
too "a and soIBh16 "a think Iof a}ogs
when her fatnerE coids her td - rs
wife, me- xes righfepsA Nsseerned|
| as II ~ would destroy her YOUTH take
all Joyousness from her life, to marry
this statel reserved MAN. already
lawyer OF standing.
30 she refused him, never appreciate
Ing the value OF the heart that had
been taken captive BY her brightness
and sweet girlishness How could she
know that q woilid Nave made the
happiness Of the grave, lonely mans
life to surround her with all that could
keep her as joyous and free as a but
teray.
He left his old home after his loye-
dream faded, but he left pleasant
memories. Even after William Scott
wooed and won the woman he had lost
she could net quite forget the grave
man who had loved her.
4 SUNNY days OF wedded happiness
loiioWed. ner happy glrlhood.s Chill
d ! came 70 pless ner' ana wnen her'
parents died. her husband, her sons
ana oanghters tconsoied mel. one was
| past snlrey years spid when trouoiesl
1.calne, tnicK' iast' soverWheimlhg. Two
children died on the same day OF q
/ preyaliing FEVER, ana before me month
was over M mus band follow cd them
70 Inc grave lie had peen clerk,
on g MODERATE salary, and the nest
/ egg ~ FDanK Wassvery small, yet the
widow looked at the zilttle ones left
her and strove to fsce her future
bravely II was the pltlful story to be
heafu every day-lrregular WORK,
poor-Pa5, sickness, death! The re-
meval from country home to
I crowed city, IN the nope OF better
work ana wages, proved failure, and
the air OF q crowded tenement house
dwaried and injured the children, who
died one by one, till only her baby,
deorge aMeredtth4 Scott, was left to
console the wldoW,ss ssssa3
While she unused and wept over this
panorama OF her life, wondering q lit
| tfeStha some long past memory had
made Nher name the boy for her old
friend, never hoping to meet him again,
Dr. Turner called.
He explained very courteously that
Mr.. Meredith had requested him to
see ff=h1szzHPro1e ssfonal services would
not help her, and examined the arm.
His directtonsAwere brief, and he left
her to wonder II indeed her old friend
was the gentleman who was helping
her boy, and whose card lay between
the leaves oil the Bible. 2=-7a-zz=
Or. turner's report to Mn Meredith
as:-=-==zz===s5 80. -
Delicate woman, evidently lady.
Arm doing very WELL but general
health at the lowest ebb. Wants good
lood, better air, and, above all, mental
quiet frettlng herself to death.
George Meredith ing=ene=e those
rare philanthropists whose left hand
knew not the good deeds OF his right
hand, made no parade OF his gener-
oslty. II Mrs. Scott guessed, she
ever 6iseaoz eamesanAefxelepe=
with a. generous gilt OF bank notes. 1t
enabled her to make George neat, to
add=te hef-ewfr scanty attire, and to
provide tne medicines. ana 1000 Or.
turner no longer hesleated 10 order.
lE-Insthese weeks that followed Georges
| engagement as errand boy to Mr.. Mer-
edith, the boy won his way far into the
heart OF the bachelor lawyer. For
years, after his rejection by Agnes
weldon, ne had lived a busy life, try
ing to forget the pain OF his broken
love dreamrtn his ambition. A man
always reserved, caring nothing for
society, he had given to his old friends
child the one love of his life, never
striving to replace her image IN his
heart, never seeking to add family JOY
to his scheme OF life. lt.would be too
much to say thatshe had not recovered,
in the years that foflowedshis ldisap-
tpointment f1prnH It's sting. As time
rollodlon there were often months when
he never thought OF his old love; and
when he took George Scott into his
employ her image was entirely buried
under the varied interests Of his career
| OF professional usefulness and political
interest
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