Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-04

accuIanlated. though not very fast
Whe1 there we're nine Of them he tool
them put Of the box, and slipped then
lntoadis pocket, Mrs. Casey being to-
used to seeing him play with them Il
norce what ne did.
That day be took back some shoes
and obtained materials for fresh work
He had hidden Bess to look out for tn
chemists shop where he had once made
inquiries, and he brought back some
thing with him which evidently filled
him with great delight. Directly b
got IN he slipped 1t into his Wife's hand
It was q bottle.
there's directions" he said
SON the bottle, so the mar
explained, but I made hin
go over 'em again. You applies the
mixture at nights with the little brush
and after bit you soaks your foot ia
hot water and it'll come of sure enough,
This amt no Quack stuff of Of truck
but real genuine. 1t come out OF 8
chemists shop with regulation colorec
glasses, so Bess said, and man to serve
yuu that might have been gent for
the manner Of him"
Mrs. easy pulled the paper of the
bottle with hand that trembled, and
there was a queer, haif-amused, half
sympathetic look in her eyes as she
thanked him, scolding him little as
one might scold child that has brought
a poesent for oneself with the penny
,Siyen IL for sweetmeats.
N . SSere amt much, should say,
from the size Of it," said easy; "but
when that's gone we Gao manage an
other"
''Oh, no, no." she answered quickly;
''this III be quite enough-more than
enough, Thomas. Don't never get an
other BOTTLE"
That evening before going to bed she
pulled out the cork sLI> prepared TO use
the mixture. But her method Of pro-
cedure was strangely like that OF the
old woman who had cough and being
hidden to put blister on her chest
promptly applied it to her box and
left it there all night. Mrs. easy dipped
the brush In the mixture and smeared
little on piece Of rag. 1t gave forth
peculiar, pRngent, unpleasant smell,
which the old man shifted as II 1t had
been the odor OF flowers.
You're applyin' the mixtur', Henerl-
etta?"
ooh, yes" the old woman answered,
holding her nose, 'Pm applyin' OF 1t,
Thomas"
"Do it sting?"
''Not particular"
San, l expec' it'll do that later on. /
count it'll do you good from the smell
on it; but it amt altogether disagreea-
bic neither. considerin'. Do you-do
You think it'll go of soon, Henrietta|'
81 should hope so, Thomas" Mrs.
easy replied, and she softly dropped the
rag into the fire.
This operation was repeated nightly,
and, greatly TO Casy'S satisfaction, at
the end OF the week Mrs. easy pro-
nounced the corn much diminished In
size. 1t must have been entirely case
Of iaith-healing II so, for not one yes.
tige Of the corn-killer had touched
Mrs. Casy's foot.
But IL the corn were smaller 1t had
apparently not ceased to pain her. AS
time went on the look OF suffering
seemed to have imprinted itself on her
face, and often she would lay down her
work and wiring her hands together In
silence. The luxury OF grooming
was denied her. She still let her hus-
band 60 with the little girl to fetch
the work, and manifested no desire to
accompany him. When he was away
she would attend to her small house
hold matters, and then it would appear
she INDUCED herself, for she would Of
ten cry bitterly and aloud while she
went about her duties. Her eyes grew
still more sunken, her face had even
less of fulness than before, and her
skin became, II possible, tougher and
more leathery. The blind man, mean
while, was spared the pang Of seeing
the change in her, and was as peaceful
as happy and as contented as ever.
But one day, having been out in the
rain, he caught cold which settled on
his chest, and. though she wanted some
more work, she would not let him GO
for 1t, but put on her shawl aud took
the old umbrella, which they fondly
imagined was a protection from the
rain, and went forth herself, taking the
little shoes under her arm. And the
old man sat at home by the freside and
awaited her return.
All the morning he waited, but she
did noS come; the fire weat out. and the
room grew chilly, and hunger beSet
him. And for the first time she was
not there to minister to his wants.
And the afternoon passed away and
the dusk came, and though day and
night were the same to him, yet he
knew that it grew late. And still she
did not come.
No one came near him. For little
Bess, who would have done so, did not
know that Mrs. easy had not come
back, and Bess, though she was only s
years old, had 10 mother" three young
brothers, and did not have much spare
time. She was washing shirts that
afternoon, and singing q music-hall
song that she had heard In the streets,
and the melody Of which seemed to her
entrancingly lovely.
AS time wore on easy grew more and
moce restless and uneasy. He longed
10 go In search of his wife, but did not
know how to go about it. Aud his
nervousness seemed to affect him bodily,
for he was afraid to walk atross the
room, though he did so often and often
when she was there. He wanted some
one to guide his steps, aHd once or
twice he called for Bess in a voice that
was too feeble TO penetrate even beyond
the closed door. At last he stumbled
across to his bed and lay there, feebly
Whispering and wrlnging his poor old
hands rs he muttered: "Henrietta-
come-oh, where are you, Henrietta?"
Al last. to his great JOY, be heard the
door opened, and with slow and fslter-
inc stems some one stumbled into the
.ooro He sDranU M.