Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-04-21

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folded her hands upon it. 'Oh, my SOM"
she said, faltsringly.
"Well, it's nothing 80 very dreadful, {"
be returned, forcing smile 81 was up
at Monmouth Park the other day, and lost
little money-well, it was pretty good
sum for me. Pm not Ctesus, you know,
and few thousand dollars makes diff
ference"
Monmouth PARK? What is thst?"
res track; they race horses there,
you know"
Percy, have you been betting on horse
races?"
Mercy, mother, it's no crimel All the
fellows do it. l should look queer if
didn't chip in with the rest! Only this
time I happened to get in pretty deep; and
as all the favorites were beaten got badly
left"
''Do you mean that you lost all the
money you wagere0?"
Every cent of it; yOu never saw such
a run of bad luck in your life The
trouble was, 1 made up my mind to win
anyhow; so each time lost I put it all on
the next race, so as to get back what wss
gone, and more into the bargain. 1t was
as good as certain that / wouldn't lose
every race, you see. So when it came to
the last 1 had big pile on; and it was
voted sure thing. 1 believe it was the
Jockeys fault, after all. Anyhow, he lost
the race by a short head; and if hadn't
had return ticket I'd have been obliged
20 walk home.
Gan your money gone! Why, my son,
if you had invested it, you might have
lived comfortably on the interest of il!
And your father gave it to you to start
you in your profession. What can you
dor"
well, mother, must do the best I can.
l know it's all wrong, and Pm very sorry
and all that. But it's no use crying for
split milk Pm in mole and I've got to
be helped out of it somehow"
II will speak to Judge Ketelle and see
whst'-
Whatever you do, don't speak to Judge
Ketelle! He can do no good, and would
be certain to do a lot of mischief What
business is it of Judge Ketelle's anywey?n
He was appointed execu tOr under the
will audi
That is nc concern of mine, mother!
Ny interest in The will ceased when l got
my patrimony. 1 have no farther rela-
tions with the Judge nor he with me. He
has no right to help me even if he wanted
70, which he DOESN'T"
''My son, he, is the best friend 1 have,
aud whatever is for our good"-
"My dear mother, tell you it won't do
know what the judge would say. and
after he had said it I would be no better off
than am now. have some pride, and l
don't want all the world to know that
Pm a bsggar. 1 shouldn't think you
would, either"
percy, you know wish nothing but
your good, butt
The long and short of the matter is
that unless 1 am TO be disgraced l must
have some money, and without any delay,
too. Lowe few bills-they don't amount
to much-and I must have little to 90 on
with. thousand dollars would cover the
whole thing. You can let me have it, can't
you?"
"a thousand dollars! But after that,
Percy? You will be wanting money all
the time, and this cannot 60 on forever"
''It isn't going on forever. This is the
first time 1 have ever asked you for cent,
mother, and it shall be the last. Heaven
knows il WAS hard enough to have to come
to you at any rate; but didn't expect
YOU would make 1t harder by arguing
about il"
'My dearest boy, you might have all l
possess, so far as am cOnCerned"-
"Who else is concerned except you? a
| thousand dollars isn't going to ruin you,
mother, but it is ruin TO me if don't get
it. And don't fear l shall be coming to
YOU again. I am going to stop the kind OF
a life have been living the last year and
turn over a new leaf. l have several Op-
portunities TO get positions in the city,
and am going TO set to work at once and
/ find out what will be the best thing. AS
soon as am in place where l can turn
around l shall put IN my spare time study
ing up my mining, and before another year
is out I shall be ready to accept an en-
gagement. l can support myself as will as
the next mau-and make fortune too!
But don't suppose you want to see me
miss sill that for the sake Of paltry thou
sand dolla's?"
The end of it wss that Mrs. NOlen gave
him thousand dollars. She tried TO make
him promise that he would come and live
under her own roof, but he put her off with
tempor'zing reply, alleging, in no very
logical vein, that he did not wish to make
himself q burden to her, but when he got
fixed" so that he could pay her for his
board and lodging he would come with
pleasure.
The request indicated that getting fixed
was an operation that required time. The
fact was that Percy paid sums on account
to his most pressing creditors including
the proprietor of his lodgings, and went on
living much as before; to salve his con-
science he did make some Inquiries about
work. but not in such a manner as to Sc
cure practicable answers. One subject
possessed his mind, and that was Mrs. Tun-
stall. It was impossible for him 20 live
with his mother while that affair was going
on. His infatustion was intensified by
Sylvia's timidity and reluctance. A man's
brains count for nothing in such matter.
Percy lived in the desire of the moment;
he gave no thought 10 the inevitable cor
sequences. If he might see her today, OF
/ tomorrow, no matter about the day after,
and no matter that,the meeting was iraugnt
with danger both to her and to him. Inc
difference between a good desire and an
evil one generally is that the former IS sane
and the latter has more or less of insanity.
Sylvia's heart was not ergagsd-lf she
could be said to have heart-and 1t Was
clear in her mind that she must run no
risk of compromising herself At the same
time, had it been in her power to Danish
Percy forever by the utterance of single
word. it is doubtful if she would have