Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-28

poor old fellow, ashamed of his Nor
mon life, would very likely be unwill-
/ ing that any one who knew Of it should
| be informed Of his whereabouts.
"He might, too. have an undiScrimi-
mating, SenSile terror Of any letter going
/ To America, lest II should set Danitee
upon his track as a renegade. He might
/ fear that we would take his daughter
from him. There are twenty SUPPOSE
tions 20 make. will not accept that OF
death nor Of neglect"
"NO, +" said Biddulph; dead people
cannot hide away their bodies as living
tcan."
''You know that they are in Eng
land?"
They landed in Liverpool from thu
Screw. There they disappeared. Bid
dulph took me to Clitheroe, up to the
old hall. A noble place it is. 1t is poe
try 20 be born there. do not wonder
Mr.. Clitheros loved it,"
'sYou must 20 down with me, Wade.
as soon as the season is over, said Bid
dulDh. Il wish I could quarter you in
town. Brent is with me. But you will
dine with us every day, when you have
nothing better TO do, and be at home
with us always. l eau give you flap
Jacks and mOlaSSes, Laramie fashion"
Thank you, my dear fellow"
You must not think" says Brent,
that I went up 10 Ciitheroe even for
Biron'S hospitality. We were both on
the search all through the country.
We thought Mr.. Clitheros might have
beJaken himself to a coal mine again.
We discovered the very mine where he
formerly worked They remembered
him well. The older generation Of those
grimy trOglOdytes we'll remembered
Gentleman Hugh and his daughter little
Lady Ellen, and the rough fellows and
their rough wives had hundred stories
10 tell Of the beautiful, gentle child
how she had been u good angel 10 them,
and already a prOtectTeSS 10 her father.
In the Office, too, OF the coal mine we
found traces Of him under another
aame-alwayS faithful, honest, respect
ed and a gentleman. 1t was interest
ing 10 have all his sad story confirmed,
Just as he told 10 20 you the night OF
Jake Shamberlin's ball, but it did no
help our search. Then we enlarged
its scope aud followed out every line OF
travel from Liverpool and to London,
the great monster that draws in all
the prosperous and the ruined, the rich
To spend aud the poor TO beg"
"And all this while you nave found no
trace?' ! said.
lone slight trace only" replied my
friend; enough to identify them disap-
pearing among these millions in Lon
don. But understand,
Wade" said Biddulph, "that we do not
give il up, although we have found no
Clew"
Give it up" cried Brent with fervor.
81 live for that alone. When the hope
ends l end"
How worn he looked, with grief
that's beauty's cauker~ Life was vast
ing from him, as 10 ever does when man
purSues the elusive and unattatned.
When a man like Brent once voluntarily
concentrates all his soul on one woman,
worthy of his love, JhencefOrth he must
have love for daily food, or life burns
dim and is a dying flame.
Tomorrow, said |, hating at the
park corner, Il must be at work setting
nv business in motion. l have letters
20 write this evening and dozen Of IA
nous mechauiciaus to see tomorrow.
In the evening we will put our heads
together again"
over my claret and weed after it,
understand, 80 said Biddulph.
YES, I'll try whether you can take
the taste of Missouri argee and pigtail
out of my mouth"
you must be prepared to be made a
lion of by my mother and cousins. They
know tue history Of Don Fulauo as wei!
as a poet knows the pedigree OF Pc
gasus. have brought tears to many
gentle eyes with the story Of his mar
tyrdom for liberty"
.Ah. Tulauo, If we only had him here!
He would know how TO aid u.s.
I left them and walked down Picca-
dilly TO Smorley's Some of the eight
walters, who had seen me bolt, still re-
garded me with alright. wrote my
letters and went TO bed.
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