The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-11

Certainly, Paul" was the ready even
eager, response. Il shall be glad OF
your company, and as the night IS cold
I'll step into the White Crow and wait
i0E YOU there. lis year, since ! set
foot IN the Old hoaie,p lie addel sFolo-
geiicIily.
Paul nodded and walked along the
lane a. Sa!ome's sidsi and when he
parted from MS sEeetheartaEd returned
ten minutes afterwards ne found sir
sydney seated in the little parlor Of the
tavern. ioasiing his toes before the big
fire, with the remains Of a brandy and
coda AZ MS elbow.
When the young man entered the
baEonet drained his glass, asked Pau!
what he would take in the shape OF q
drink, and receiving his wards answer,
ordered tao small. brandies and q spit
soda AS they walking towards
CaTsland Hal q short time after this,
Sir Sidney remarked quietly:
And so Ihat is your sweetheart, Miss
salone birmingham, Paul?'
"fes, sir Sydney" was PauPs ready
reply, ~ nat loyou think OF her nov
Il think she is uneommonly beau1i.
full" was the reioinder, "and il had
not been told l should never have sus-
pected her OF being 4 pit brow girl"
Il am sure you wouldn't" was the
younger mans pleased answer, she
Is ia every way above her class, and is
~singularly refined and intelligent for
one who has had TO work for q liyeli-
hood oil her Lille"
80 ! thought, / suppose you have
not yet made any inquiries as TO where
she comes from? she does not speak
ike one bred and born in this part OF
Lancashire"
"SSlome has told me all about herself
this evening, and a most remarkable
narrative it was, Sir sydney"
Indeed, in which way?"
ain every way!" said Paul, warmly:
"and the story OF her mothers life was
even moro singular than her own"
"You interest me very much, Paul"
the baronet responded quite coolly,
"and II YOU have no objection, / should
like 10 hear more about the girl and her
mother-and the father also-for / sup
pose that he was moi less interesting
Than his wife and daughter"
~ can tell you nothing OF Salome's
father, for / know nothing-save this
that he deserted them in a mysterious
manner before my sweetheart was
born"
"You amaze mel But where was
she born, Paulg' Sir Sidney asked, his
voice steady and perfectly under con-
troll.
AT a village in Yorkshire called
Marlcombe. Her mothers name was
salome Yelazo, and the man she mar
ried was a geHtiemauiy tramp, whom
she found sick under a hedge, and
nursed back to health and strength.
The man called himself"
Course the snowl" broke suddenly
from the baronet's lips. So eagerly
had he been following his wards
words that he had not looked where he
was walking, and had in consequence
slipped of the footpath and fallen on
his kneas in tue snow.
"You are not hurt, / hope, Sir sgd
ney2" Paul queried as his guardian
jumped lightly TO his feet.
Not at all, thank you"
"Well, as | was about to say, 1t was q
most remarkable thing that Salome
Velazo should marry an entire stranger,
and that ne should disappear go quick.
afterwards"
"But that is no fault OF your sweet
heart, for she could not prevent either
| the marriage or her fathers sudden go.
ing away. But did they never hear OF
him again? '
"Never q wordI"
allow strange, to be sure. Has sa.
lome's mother been dead long?" was
the next question the baronet put TO
the other, without u trace OF concern
| being perceptible in his tones.
NEARLY ten years ago. so / am given
to understand, and l believe she died
with her confidence in her mysterious
husband unshaken. It's u strange story
altogether Sir Sydney, and l should
like to probe the mystery to the very
bottom"
ut is not the only mystery in the
world, my dear boy. and will, l lear, like
so many other mysteries, remain I'M
ravelled," said Sir Sydney, lightly. "0f
course | can understand your wishing
10 ferret the thing out, but am afraid it
will only BEL waste OF the time and
thought, uplese you have some clue to
set to work upon"
81 have not the faintcst clue, Sir sgd
ney",
about it. Your sweetheart is both beau.
tiiul and respectable, and the story Of
her parentage will not cause you to care
for her less than you do"
Certainly not, Sir sydneyW Paul
cried warmly. "If anything, It will
only make inc love and honor Salome
more than before. Still, for her salts
faction and comfort it would be we'll to
lift the curtain which hides her fathers
strange artion in a cloud"
The baronet made no rejoinder to
this, and Paul changed the subject.
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