Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-24


plylas. thxs be dsswlsa bis words VITA
.s1snk r-ls.ctAass:
"fsas. l married over at Wilkes
barre H-aay years a<a. bas the poor cree
tcx died asd left . gang 81 ehildren on
ne hands. a. tsld yoa.
By TINS sims janet MAS in trsuaor NJ
uncertainty and apprehension. Her 9ls-
r-patsble fathers nrst name wss Jason.
he went % Wiikesoarrs. and Was then
reported - going .oath by those VINO
furnished the last Attenuation 70 her
mother of his dessrnoa.
She fsit xs II she must know little
more Of tns man before her. They were
% leave Birmingham on the norning
traia. Would sh1 have another oppor-
tanitys II shs Wa only excited by an
imaginary Relationship. born of her NOR
tinestion IN remembering her unworthy
parent. she would ssve handsome sum
d DO assured that be WAS not one and
tho same VITA the whisky SCARED vet
efan IN their presence. She would DO
haunted by his face and the painful co..
incidence ef names aud places forever.
unless that conviction was dispclied.
Whispering 10 her husband (who would
as soon have thought Of associating u
Congo negro with his own paternity as
10 have supposed for an instant that his
elegantly aturcd wife was the daughter
Of tho Birmingham wage worker). she
begged him To ask his fun name.
Hex voice. sytnpath:zing with the ten
sion Of her mind. was louder than she in
tended. and Jason overheard her.
AS your beautiful lady wants 10
know me paync. thanks TO her notice OF
such poor man ~ meself. am nanaed
Jason Wiison--born near Bristol. Eng
land. mum. been ia this country twenty
six years COON next August. Sailed on
the good ship Tempest" falling into his
customary methed OF making reply 10
all who asked him tie same question.
All doubt was 1t an end. Janet took
in the whole situation in an instant, and
she felt rs if she would fall with nerv-
Gus trepidation. Her silence and trem-
bling fingers on his arm caused her hus-
band to look down into her face. She
was pale and evidently suffering. She
dared not attempt reply to his hurried
questions as TO whether she was Ill, etc.
fo- her lips were dry and her tongue
parched. Things became indistinct and
blurred before her eyes, and she would
have tainted had not friendly hands as.
sisted her TO seat.
Hastily excusing himself, and begging
the other members of the party to con
tinue their Sightseeing and explorations,
he placed Janet in a carriage as quickly
as possible for a rapid drive to the hotel.
Il never knew you to have such turn
before, Janet. Was it the heat that
sickered you? Well, we must hurry
back home, if you suffer this way. Toe
bad, declare, that you couldn't enjoy
the remainder of the trip. az You have
had such . good time the last few weeks
You feel better, eh? Well, / am glad.
Now he down and rest until you are
feeling like yourself again" Thus he
consoled, and wondered why his wife
should grow i'll so suddenly, without a
glimner Of the truth entering his mind
nor had Janet the courage to enlighten
him.
All day Janet tossed on her bed. VIVA;
was her duty? Should she cruelty hel
husbands pride and put it to open shame.
This poor old man had deliberately for
saken herself and her mother, and had
left them to the worlds mercy. Was hs
worth the sacrifice she would make BY
acknowledging the relationship? The
gold dollar he sent her by Dennis wa:
all she had received.
AT last she determined to say nothing
in Difference to the duty she felt she
owed her mother and her husband. Shs
had often turned the probability of hi.
homecoming over in her mind. From
childhood up to the present day she hai
pictured his face III her imagination
Perhaps. "a she thought, he would repay
their long waisins by coming back with
fortune to bless her mothers old age
+ but the dreadful reality was a shocl
+ that benumbed her whole nature L
was too much for her flial affection Oh
charity to overcome, and he would never
know, thank God.
Next morning as Jason was on his early
way TO the iron works. when the New
Orleans train whiried past with thu
/ special car Of the railroad president at
tached, in which the English tourist
were entertained ON their trip throngi
( the south. he shifted his tin dinner PAL
from his night hand 70 his left, that hs
might vent his indignation by shaking
his fist and muttering aloud: Go, yor
prrseproud 'ris:ocrats. You had moth
ing to give rs small man as me. At
lanta Constitution.
Sick Headache yields to Beccham'