Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-17

dicted. until finally Ran deliberately APP
piled 70 his brother an Insulting epitnet
composed Of four letters, and empha-
sized the same with word Of strength
picked up from intercourse with Ned
Anthony. who was careless In his talk,
and for rejoinder Hector promptly
knocked him down.
Things had reached crisis before
Mary appeared upon the scene ana sum
moned her unruly sons 10 judgment
With Hector she had little trouble; MS
disposition was like her own, and she
could uL1c-s...Id AID cope with 1t. de
was fiery Of temper and instant in re-
sentiment, but he was also generous,
sympathetic and we'll balanced. There
was rarely any difficulty in making him
| comprehend the moral aspects OF his
conduct, or in helping him TO selt-gov-
eminent, which was his mothers aim.
But Ran-poor little Ran, over whom
her heart yearned most, because he was
most unlike her-waS OF totally diner
ent type. With depth OF nature ana
many endearing traits he united per-
slstence Of will and an unforgiving tenn
per. IL was difficult to make Ran aoan-
/ don a point, still more difficult to make
/ him express or-worse still regret
/ for wrongdoing. His actions were more
/ often the result OF deliberate intention
| than OF impulse. Il know il was wrong.
| did IL on purpose, and l won't say I'm
sorry. I'm not sorry" he had declared
on one occasion. And his disheartened
mother knew that the child was speak
ing the literal truth.
Mary sat thinking OF her little son
something mOurnfully. Every struggle
with him left her weaker, cost her more
in vitality and will, and she was owning
sadly TO herself that, young as he was,
the boy was getting beyond her power
Of management, that he needed, even
now, a stronger hand, a more resolute
will than hers. She felt so helpless, so
weary, so powerless to guide Alright
either herself or her boy.
Itwas not Ran alone that lay heavy
on her mind. Business cares oppressed
her-tenants' Quarrels and mismanage-
ment, the knowledge that she was 60
ing behindhand, and that the remnant
OF property on which they all depended
was decreasing in value in her hands,
and that Sho was pOwerlesS TO help H..
All this was making the present hard
and the future dark, and when the even
ing mail brought her letter from Miss
COrnelia announcing her Immediate re-
turn, and giving manifold directions
about preparations for her reception,
most OF which Mary knew must be car
ried out by her own hands, she felt that
her cup was indeed full to overlooking.
In this mood Dan Stewart found her.
He had walked over, partly influenced
by the "reminiscences which Expresses
lovers out Of sight Of the beloved, part
ly TO announce Ned AnthonY's return
the following morning and to hint at
his own intended departure. In coming
through the garden, which was the
nearest way, he broke Cff branch OF
pale pink rosebuds Of kind rarely seen
save in old fashioned gardens, and
brought them in 70 her, laying them in
her lap with a remark upon their dell
cacy and beauty.
He did not try to make her talk, or to
attract her attention, or to make de-
mands upon her courtesy. He said
few words about her being tired, and
not troubling to amuse him, and then he
went over TO the old piano in the corner,
from whose faded, time worn keys his
skillful fingers could still coax sweet
music, ana played for her long time
all the soft and tender strains he could
remember. After awhile he sang TO her,
n his sweet, pure tenor, grand old
chant or two-"COme Unto Me" and
"A Know that My Redeemer Liveth"-
and then a cradle song that was moth
er'S grooming over her infants slumber
The tears came TO Mary's eyes, and
overlooked them, falling like bright
drops OF dew upon the roses in her
hands. She did not try TO stanch their
flow; they comforted her. He was not
looking, only helping her with such
tenderness, such delicaCy and skill, that
somehow all her troubles seemed TO be
slipping away and a dawn OF Joy and
peace 70 be drawing near.
When al last he rose 70 80, and lean
ing over her chair held both her hands
in his, perhaps her eyes disclosed more
than she was aware Of, for he stopped
and kissed the hands he held and whis-
pered that he would come again-that
he had something which he wished to
tell her.