The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-25
already forgotten her? She treasured
his bold, pleasant face, with the fiery

aiFeady forgotten her? She treasured
Ills bold, pleasant face, with the fer,
glances, In her memory.
Gina was happy 10 see him again
Even now, after the lapse OF half a year
she blushed deeply at the mere though,
OF that evening and the hot kiss which
he had pressed on her hand. r''
Notwithstanding she had been mar.
rled, she felt like a young girl. llel
much older, wealthy, but always alline
husband had chosen her to give her
shelter aud make her Independent.
And Gina had been q conscientious,
faithful nurse to him, and shed sincere
tears over his grave.
But her heart had remained silent
when she consented to become his wife
nor had IL bled at his loss.
In a delightful mood she ~journeyed
towards W. Several times she had
TO laugh outright. She was struck by
Tho memory that he had called her
%"Franlcin." But she still knew that he
was deeply. shocked when no heard she
was a married woman.
She was glad he was a lawyer; she
conld consult him about her tangled
affairs.
She was not going TO wait until even.
t1g-.Gtna was quite certain to meet him
again In the 0pera-but, Immediately
upon her arrival, look up "Dr. Hans
Karncr."
Very strange, the nearer she came to
the destination Of her journey, the moro
restless did she grow. Visions OF terror
now arose within her; she feared to mics
something; her whole nature urged her
on TO haste!
|, A few hours later she STOOD, heavily
breathing, before n door which in large
letters revealed tho same address az the
one she held in her trembling fingers,
Her heart beat violently, and her cheeks
glowed as II something in her lie was to
be decided here. lIe%sitating, she
touched the knocker. First a slide was
cautiously opened, and Immediately
thereafter tho door.
She found herself opposite a coarse.
looking woman, advanced in years, who
asked her what she wanted In a pain
fully harsh voice.
II wish to speak with Doctor Karner."
1mpudently, the woman eyed the Wis.
itor, murmurcd a significant Him." and
finally requested her 10 enter.
Already Gina began bitterly to regret
having come here. She was directed
to pass through several rooms. At the
writing desk of the lust one her former
nteishbor was sitting. He arose, and all
fear vanished from tier.
Gina wondered why the woman did
not leave the room. She limited to her
that she might now 20, her services
being no longer required, But the
woman remained, and snarled is Il dis.
agreeable voice: "lIans, a young lady
wishes 10 speak with YOU"
Terror seized Gina. The woman nd.
dresses him as "l1ans!" Is she his
mother, his h%ousekeeper, or who is she
in all saints names?
Thunderstruck, Hansexclaimed: "You.
Gina" and it seemed rs il he wished 10
rush towards her.
Like n condemned and in chains.
he gazed into tho fear.ridden face of
Gina. Then the woman's evil voice
broke the awful stiffness: "Why ara
you 30 surprised? Introduce me to
the young iady!" lie remained silent. |
Angered, she continued: Or are YOU
ashamed OF me? For I amin order to
let you know, pretty lady, that l also
have a word to say hcre-I am his
Gina conld not utter q word. She
thought this IN must be insane.
Pale to her lips, she sought to read in
young mans distracted features.
She could not reconcile it; there the
handsome, cultured man with the noble
and here the challengingly
COMMON woman. These a pair! And
IN time past she now whispered, terri !
lied: Impossible" -.
He staggered like one drunk, and, an
swering the mute question Of her ewes, (
he exclaimed wildly: II was on the .
point Of starving" 1t sounded like the ::
anguish ola fatally stricken beast. i
Gina did not know how she got down .
into her carriage and home! :,
She found herself ut home, covering
her face with her hands, inconsolsble, 6
and weeping as never before in her life. :