Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-11-26

1 gulged It down and said nothing, not
to appear too nice. I had scraped Out
ny plate and was screwing up my
courage to tell TRris that ! would finish
ND the box If be didn't want any more,
when Mere Lucas hustled ia, whisking
of u plates, knives and forks, and
set others In their place, though the
cutlery was as bright and clean as II II
had Just come from the makers. Then
she placed a steaming dish on q stand.
Come" said 1 to myself, there's duff
to fiji up with az any rate"
But 1 found that II was a savory dish
-macaroni and gratin / know now
and that wasnot half bad, besides which
there was plenty Of IL, and TO my great
relief Taras took all that 1 left. Then
in came another dish-cutlets, with pa
per frills around the bones, and potatoes
frothed up in a fashion as old as every
thing else, and by this time 1 began to
wonder when this sort OF thing was
going TO end. However, there was 20
more to eat except fruit after that,
for which I was thankful, as my appe-
tite was fully satisfied, and I did not
like to refuse lest Taras should think /
was displeased with my food. But the
oddity OF the whole meal was capped by
Mere Lucas bringing in a large bright
Dot after dessert and filling two small
cups with hot coffee, which WI had 70
drink without milk.
~ usually smoke a pipe with my cot-
Fee" said Taras. "DO you Object?"
"Garur' I replied. 1T amt likely"
He filed his pipe slowly in grave ST.
lence, and 1 watched him, trembling
with anxiety, for 1 felt that he was
about TO decide my fate. He had not
yet spoken 8 word with regard to my
future, waiting until my bodily needs
were satisfied and my mind was 10 a
better condition 70 grasp fresh ideas be-
fore opening a subject which to him, at
least, was of such weighty importance.
Il have been very SILENT" he said,
after lifting his eyes aud regarding me
for a moment with kindly sOlicitude,
because l have had a great deal to set
tie in my own mind. But that is set
tied now, aud if you like we will talk
about"-he turned his chair around so
as 70 face me and added, after a silent
puff at his pipe-"about tomorrow"
''TomOrrerI" 1 echoed. whats
a-goin to happen then?"
THAT IS what we must try to decide.
Tomorrow at 9 o'clock 1 shall go to the
pottery where 1 work.
'You amt a-goin' to send me away
till 9 tomorrer mornin'?" said l joy
fully. -.
mo. Mere Lucas will take care Of
you tonight. Have you any notion
what YOU shall do after?"
yes" 1 replied r%esOlutely. 81 made
my mind up to it while I was in the
station us. I shall go back to Shad-
well. 'Tain't 10 good. I got to live
and face it out like h rest on US And
can't get a livin' where l amt known.
I'll 90 back TO the Joy. Dessay I'll get
Of with a punch or two. Then Puttyll
come round and give me a job, cause be
knows l don't nick the beer nor the
coppers.'
II think 1 must ask one question.
Are you related to that man in any
wuy?"
"Notms. I don't member ever havin'
no relatives"
',He is not v e a friend?"
81 told you I amt got no friends
not one, II I had, do you think should
ha' gone and done what / did down
there In the meshes Greenwich way2"
He shook his head. Then, after a
pause, he asked me II / thought l could
do something better than go back to the
old life.
"No," said I. at can't think Of moth
ing else as Pm fit for and as would do
me better. Can you?"
YES" he replied, laying down his
pipe. and leaning forward with a new
light flushing in his deep, earnest eyes,
ne continued: 81 can think Of some
thing much better. You are filter for
a new life than the old"
oYou don't mean an in%stitOOtion?"
asked, chilled 20 the heart with the
dread that he should think me worse
even than I was, as I recollected the
proposals with regard to living a new
life made by the missionary who visited
me In the station house cell.
'sNo, / do not mean anything OF the
sort. be replied, with q flash Of angry
reDugnance is his eyes. ION the con
trary, 1 am thinking Of removing you
from an associations with the world you
have lived in and its people-Of placing
you in a position where nothing shall
recall the paSt-of separating you from
previous conditions as completely as if
YOU were 10 be born again upon another
earth. To do that you must think that
your life begins from to-day; that the
part OF your lif9 10 the past has been
blotted out. You must abandon all the
wavs aud customs TO which yOu have
been used. Even the language, such
as it is that you speak to-day must be
changed for a new one. Every link In
the chain that connects you with the
past must be broken. You must begin
Just like a child who has everything to
learn. Do you understand meP'
'sTm a-gettin' at it. Here, it's like as
If I'd never been picked up out OF the
river and was Just a.gOlng straight to
heylng, amt it?'
"What is your notion Of heaven?"
UWelI, I've heered say it's a kinder
place where YOU don't have to do nothin
but sit about and emily yourself and
never want anything more'n you've
got"
"Il6u IL lSu Z ~ al iihC tudl' AuA lOu
will have more TO do than you have ever
done yet awhile, and there will be pain
as well as pleasure, and you will ueve
cease TO want something better that you
have"
at stands TO reason I must do a lot
II I'm to learn everything like a kid,
aud how I'm a-goiug TO do it's a Ticker
if ain't TO speak my own language"
Learn another"
1t puzzled me 10 see how this was to
be done, until, seeing my p%erplexity,
Taras said: ave will help you-Mere
Lucas aud l."