Telegram-herald., 1890-12-13
VENGED AT LAST
Or, Il WoyLaWlde Chase.
STORY OF RETRIBUTION
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Eugans's business prospered He was
making uioasy Ia his store 2ad by ths
end u DsosmoeT ke Lad bogght hiD-
self . horse and s2gon- This br0Qg1s
htl sllll more trsds aa1 eonss4 uentiy
10 found his mothers assistance Of
great value ~ him- he hired boy bus
Usually delivered the groceries hiulself,
for ne foaad IL sach hard task % gss a
boy ~hen be soald trust - collect
s1al 4ocsGnts that tAis plan Vas quite
necessary.
one d4y. shortly after New Years. Ea-
gene had gOns out on a rather long
round vita big load and ala not return
By the tine his mother expected him.
She vas a nervous woman and his pro
longed absence made her anxious.
Every now and again she would 20 to
the door and peer up gnd down the
street % see II he was coming, but no,
he came not She endeavored 20 quiet
herself b. thinking OF tho heavy load
DC had aud supposed that be was de-
layed delivering 10, but when evening
came and it commenced 10 get dark she
Was undisguisedly alarmed and openly
expressed her fears that some harm had
happened 20 him
some of the people from the neigh
borhood would drop in TO make pur-
chasos, set somehow she could get no
one 10 sympathize with her; verybody
had suggestion or theory to advance,
bat nobody believed any harm had hap
III
came In said: 'Mebbe he's orr on a
bust"
To this remark Mrs. Bregy gave such
an indignant denial that a noisy war
fare OF words at once ensued in which
Mrs. Bregy came out second best Her
combatant was evidently more expert
enced in this kind OF skirmishing and
maintained an even temper while tho
French woman lost hers altogether.
This virago had not been gone from
the store many minutes when respect
able Irish woman came in to make few
purchases.
When she had what she wanted she
inquired: And where's yez bye to-
night?'
That IS moro than can tell, Mrs.
Dennis l have been expecting him
back every minute, for moro than two
hours he went out TO deliver some
groceries with the horse and wagon and
fear some harm has happened him"
"Shure and hope no harrum has hap
pened him at all. It's foine young
man that he is and I'd be sorry TO hear
It,"
Something must have happened or
he would be here by this time"
Mrs Dennis belonged TO a class OF
people who. when they wish TO comfort
any one, think it is best done by relat-
ing their own grievances These latter
S-v .Scir.les OF Rildad tho Shnbita and
his friends cherish the idea that misery
loves company. and act accordingly;
otherwise it must be that they have no
thought. and raise improbable questions
which sink like knives into the hearts
OF their listeners. Any person who has
ever had a comforter OF this kind can
form an idea what Mrs Bregy's feelings
were when her customer sat down on a
soap box and said:
last winther when they brought me
worud that me ould Slan was lying over
to t'hospital beyans the Sixth avenoo
wild his leg broke. Shure it was a great
blow 70 me. and there he lay cussin'
and groanin' all that blessed cowld wiz
ther.'
Don't talk like that" said Mrs.
Bregy. ''If any harm has como 20
Eugene, shall die.
But the old Irish woman had 10 relate
a few more such incidents before she
went away, and after she had gone.
Mrs. Bregy sat down and thought that
the old woman was probably right ard
something dreadful must have hap
pencd. Then she decided it was no use
to sit and wonder. She would close