San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-29
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The White Face At The Window,
Written BY Edith Aiken for the Light.

FIRST CHAPTER BEGAN IN no. l33. JUNE 29.l
Eyes, and when returned to Mon
treal two years later, you were all
gone, and / could learn nothing of
your whereabouts"
"Well it happened this way. You
remember what Mr.. Hidden was in
California, having hard struggle to
earn enough to keep his family from
actual want, and provide for his sick
wife the bare necessities, and you
remember he came home just before
her death"
remember replied Mrs. Roberts,
who was listening earnestly.
Perhaps you knew and perhaps you
did not, that his father was very
wealthy, and discarded him because
he married Lizzie whose only fault
was her poverty"
mo I did not know that, or If
did L have forgotten it,"
"Well so it was, and Arthur had a
hard struggle as 1 have said. He
was young, and unused to work or
business of any kind. His father died
very soon after Lizzie, leaving Arthur
one third of all his wealth, but so
bitterly did the young man feel the
wrong that had been done his wife
that he refused reconciliation with
the remaining members of his family
not excepting his mother; for as he
truly said few dollars of the hateful
money given. in season might have
saved the life so dear to him. But
he had learned too we'll the value of
wealth to refuse that which came to
him from his father, but he promised
himself when he accepted it, to de-
vote one third Of all he might ever
possess, to the assistance of those in
need, and we'll has he kept his prom
Use.
AS soon as his fathers estate was
settled Arthur came to this city and
established a home for his children,
offering me a place as housekeeper,
and offering to provide for my three
children equally with his. And thus
we lived tor many years, until my
son established business and a home
for himself, both my daughters mar
ried, and then little Nellie marriage
followed, but she remained at home
her father could not part with her,
and 1 remained with them until two
years ago. Mr.. Hidden was prospered
in everything; after the money was
left him, but he never forgot the little
girl who had been so kind TO his in
valid wife. He knew; as we all did,
something of your dependence and
when he had arranged our home here
to his satisfaction, he turned his at
tention to your welfare, and went to
the Seminary which he knew you
were at one time attending, and there
learned that you had married-mere
child that you were-and your hus-
band was a prosperous Merchant in
Chicago.
When he read in the paper notice
of your husbands death and some of
the particulars attending it, he made
immediate arrangements to 60 to you
but was stricken paralysis, and it
was months before he could make
known to US his intentions, and his
wishes concerning you. Then young
Arthur gladly went in his fathers
place to find you if possible and to
learn if you needed friends, as we
had reason to suppose you did"
40 you can never know how much
/ needed friends thenm
~ don't doubt it poor child! Well
Arthur came back much depressed.
He had cherished the memory of his
pretty school friend as something
very precious, and he learned beyond
a doubt that you and your child had
been left poor, destitute in fact. 1
have always been satisfied that he
heard something more than what
he told Nellie and me, something
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