Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-25


keutlv-and the understood, de-
ed. rather singular-loOking man
bed himself out In his limping,
fnful way under the elms, voice
lot disagreeabls in itself, yet terrible
hts signifcance) called after him from
garden: Jacob Laurl jacob Laur!
me back an hear tn rest; I've on'y
ID We summat o. tn truth. Come
back, lad, an hear 10 out Ike man!
4 But Jacob did not 20 back, ana the
J man shouting from the garden ala act
ually arrive at the conclusion that ne
was a pOor-heartsd sert o. chap not 10
DE able to listen to the end OF story
like that. The TRUTH All the uutnl
n Jacob had heard enough He had
heard more than he felt he eonld bear
20 think OF with any degree Of manly
self possession while the eyes OF men
a looked on him. So he stood out here
alone, under the great sweeping arms
/ OF the elms that were almost like friend
v things to him In his deep suffering,
with TWO or three hrelike rays
from the hot July sun thrown across
his face and his bare head and his sadly
warn clothes, and all his nina absorbed
in APPALLED, and ineoherent contempla-
tion OF this pitilsss food that had sud-
aanly rushed upon his life. 1t was
said. indeed, ia this smiling land OF
Teignbury that Jacob Laur's mind was
mot a matter Of any great moment,
yeitber to himself or TO the world at
/ lar &c; yet a stranger passing just then
Though the solitude OF the leafy can
DIV. upder which the rOugh-hewn
dwarf was shrinking from the light,
Might have imagined, perceiving the
Expression of the mans eyes (supposlng
he did not avert them, which he likely
4enough would have done) and the
agsrnoss Of his rugged dark face, that
Q was net incapable Of some
sort OF mediation alike on things seen
nj things unseen. There was a kind
indefnable pathos in the simple fact
81 such a mans existence. He did net
seem TO be wanted by anybody In the
world-at times be did not seem TO want
himself. IL he had been born In town
be would probably have been brutalized
beyond Sll hope. But he had lived al
WAYS with his face close to the breast OF
khe great mother, and widespread
reputation for stupidity was the worst
hat had ever been urged against him
by the people among whom he had
Ispent mis- years; and, 10 say truth, stu
pIdity was considered no objectionable
sin in Teignbury. 1t was so very COM
Imon.
Nor had Jacob ever been harshly con-
mned on the score Of the unmistaka-
9 plainness Of feature, ana his still
ore obvious ungainliness OF body. His
hysical imperiectiOns were aequiesced
almost reyerenfially by the country
ok in that scattered neighbOrhood,
ery much as they accepted the ugt-
ness of the toad, the craftiness OF the
weasel, and the fact that some days
we're pleasant and some not, and some
harvests good and some bad When
people with short memories were speak
ing of jacob, and happened to for
get his name, they might be sure
pf making his personality manifest
BY referring 10 him descrlp-
lively as che ugly man Of Teighbury.
And truly he was less than handsome.
Dne OF his shoulders was q good deal
bwer than the other; tbs right side OF
rs ill-shapen body appeared TO be par
ally paralyzed; his hands and feet
AaamaSt OF all reason, and his face,
curiouslY ungraceful black
Ugh cheek bones and dark
looking eyes, could hardly
wen remotely TO suggest any
an ideal dignity of manhood.
- came the sound Of laughter
g garden, and Jacob moved
from the door In the wall. lie
cse6lly seemed TO walk with difficulty,
though he was accounted a good work
S man; but now his step was like the
pained movement Of some sOrely-w0und-
ed creature Each ring of merriment
from the garoen had an effect upon him
OF actua, laceratien OF the flesh.
I'm he did not hurry; he was a slow
son of toll. When he got out from un-
der the trees he came to stile beside q
small pond; on the other side of the
ktile was PATHWAY Leading through
more trees, an irregular avenue. Some
rabbits were scampering about
his path; some Of them frisked
round, cooked their ears, and stared
saucily at Jacob, and Jacob leaned
slightly on the stile and watched them
with familiar sense OF cOmpaniOnship.
He had always claimed kinship with
the animal creatiOn-not that &c ever
said so, or even thought OF anything so
Apagan; still the paganism, II paganiSm
be, was there, deep rooted in his
bature. There was something very
1 solacing In the reflection that, though
i men might make merry over this shame
4 full thing that had happened yet the
creatures OF wood and field would, at
least, remain respectfully silent. be
loved them all the more ever after for
s .this consideration they showed him in
his hour of suffering,
But there came a noise like the
zrowl of dog In the pheasant cover
eouth of the avenue, and the rabbits
fled. The declining sun could send
down his glory here, and there was
\ the shine of 1t all upon the little stag
nant pond. Floating on the water, Its
stem and half Of its petals already
sucked down, was q white rose; evil
IDENTIFY some one from the hall had let
4 IT fall into the water while getting ever
81 the stile. The rose was lying close to
4 the bank, and Jacob went down on his
knees, took IL from the water, shook IL
with friendly gentleneSs, and threw IL
upon the grass where paSser-by would
be likely to see il. As he was get
ding up from his knees the stable
FLOCK chimed 6. "PH go back and put
on nv coat and things" Jacob Lsur
said TO himself. The ether men were
! Fastening 10 the Toulouse, but Jacob
kcontrived to slip out his coat and hat
without their seeing him. Then he
imoed home through the avenue and