Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-10
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weren't there a good many broth
ersy'.~s questioned. Il seem 70 re-
member quantity Of towheaded chill
dren across the ravine."
They were sll killed during the
war, replied the judge cheerfulE
"and q mighty good thing for this fell
low, too. They were a worthless set,
however, and would have hampered
him. He need not be ashamed OF them
now, however, for they all died WELL
with their faces to the foe, as brave
men should. That is the solitary good
feature Of war; il can burn away refuse
creditably."
~ wonder why he never told Us that
he belonged 90 the neighbOrhOod2'
unused Mrs. Wilmer. 81 think he
should have. 1t doesn't seem altogether
fair"
Nobody ever asked him any Ques-
tiOns that I ever heard Of, replied the
Judge. "a man isn't obliged 90 90
around with q personal history pinned
70 his back. You wouldn't expect it Of
ore OF Us N we returned 90 a place
fRfter twenty years absence and found
none Of our belongings about. The
man didn't change his name, or make
a big mystery OF himself, and he hasn't
thrust himself upon US i can't see that
ne has done anything amiss in keeping
his mouth shut about his own affairs.
II be had become intimate in any OF
our houses 20 would have been differ
ent; but he hasn't been intimate any
where except at the Beverleys', and it
seems that he aid tell Mary
MARY is wonderful woman not 70
Insult her every day she lives. Corueiia
Beverley is enough 20 make a saint ca
per and blaSpheme," the judge said
Grossly. "Ned Anthony Is a good enough
fellow, but be isn't the sort OF man 90
captivate z woman like Mary Beverley
NJ she is left 20 herself Ii that is eyer
a match-and I, for one, would be sorry
\ 10 see 10 iu spite of his money! vii, be
OF Cornelia's making
''How so, my dtar2'
Anna, how can you ask go stupid a
question, and you "a woman reproved
her husband. "Why, by attacking him
unjustly for things he can't alter and is
not accountable for, iu season and OUT
aud forcing her 60 eXpOUSe his cause
and make herself his champion. There's
lot Of impul sive, generous South Car
DINA blood in Mary, and If she thinks q
thing uuiustly oppressed she'll rally 20
10 without a single glance 40 the ulti-
mate cost. III she ends I'm AnthOny's
arms it will be Carnelia's doing
''I wish the man had been born a gen
gleman," remarked the old lady regret
fully.
Her husband laughed. "A gentleman
makes himself, QuoJh he Seutentousiy;
\ che isn't made by his forbears. Many
an arrant snob and rascal has a pedigree
as long as my arm. Race is a mighty
good thing, my dear, In men as wei. as
i'm horses: 10 helps powerfully "a the
start, but there are other things that tell
az the finish. Old Anthony had some
traits which, 10 he transmitted them Co
his son, won't disgrace any stock that
they are grated on. Re was poor aud
ignorant. 90 be sure, but Ned has mend
cd that. Some OF our best and MODEST
naverisen from the ranks, you know.
HenrFwas as poor as broom Sedge
field. and Clay rode 20 mill in the Han
over slashes iu O costume which was 90
say the leas-, unfinished
"Rut they had q genius, my dear,
retorted his wife, impat.entiy. " We
forgive anything TO that sort. This
man has no genius
'.He's made q lot OF money the
Judge observed tentatively, land that's
the end that Nineteenth century genius
has I'm view. Judged by the CONNER
cial standard. which is getting 20 be
the universal one, Ned Anthony is
about the biggest genius Virginia has
ever produced. He's got millions IN
his pocket
81 don't care II he has the United
States treasury in his pocket asserted
Mrs Wilmer positively. 81 don't want
Mary Beverley 20 Mary him.
"Nor do L. But it isn't because his
father was good OverSeer instead OF
sorry gentleman. Ny objection is %
the man f.msef. Anthony'S noer Is
coarse-gOOd OF its kind, you know, but
not like Mary's. She belongs 90 q high
or DEVELOPMENT: aud IL she makes this
unnatural selection in DO OF generous
enthusiasm. She will regret 1.-THE more
because she is too fine iu the grain and
too staunch ever 90 admit, even 90 her
self. that she has made mistake. I'd
hate 20 see q woman like Mary smiling
over a heart full OF broken Idols. She.d
better 20 down 90 the grave as Hector'S
widow than spoil her life as another
mans wife. Hector never disappointed
her"
Mrs. Wilmer nodded her handsome
gray head over her knitting. "Nary Will
never go down Co her grave as Hector
Bsverley's widow" she declared; "her
heart is too big and her nature TOO sym
pathetic. She was strongly attached 90
Hector. and no mother could be more
devoted than she is 90 his children; but
her capacity for love is noJ exhausted
vet. and she is young and attractive.
Her marrying again will be no diS.oy-
~rltv 10 Hector; she will not love his
children less uor push his memory out
Of her heart. I consider it quite GER
lain that she will marry again.
.,Tben / hope she'll get another sort
IN husband than Ned Anthony, said
me Judge, with whom Mary was Ia
orite.
CHAPTER WI.
Dan Stewart had been d0miciled tn
he lltue house across the lavine Tor
oore than a week and with his usual
s5antability had niched himself into bis
ee,y environment. The few people who
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