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

when she lay dying lyeF zen years ago
70 make you understand II thoroughly
/ shall have 70 say something Of M
mothers paIentl- Ny grandfather and
grandmother IN my mothers side were
pEEs splniar1s, VINO had by some
strange diapelsation Of the isles dditea
70 that little village IN Yorkshire which
/ nave already mentioned
''AIygFandlather or grandmother had
done somethiug or other which had
won the graiitpde Of some lord and his
lady, and As q reward vas g.yeu gone
position on the eelate. At Aar.c0mhe
my mother was born, and there she TO-
NAMED until she me. my tstAeE mar
RED hin, and was born.
'Ihe way in which my parents met
Ea4 very singular. One morning IN
summer as mother vas going 10 the
we'll, size saw 4 man lying, apparently
asleep, nader c hedge by the roadside.
She had a dog wiki her and il aroused
the man, who, on seeing her, asked Tor
2 drink. She ran 10 the well, gave hun
. drink, and then ne tainted aSay.
AS you may imagine, my mother
was not a little terrified Wheu size saw
the stranger fall senssless on the grass,
and she az ono ran back 10 the house
for assistance. Whep her father heard
Of what she had aeen, he hurried 70 the
mans assistance and carried him a.
once into the cottage. There ne lay Tor
many DAYS, dangerously III, according
10 my mothers account, and when he
recovered sufficiently he explained 70
those who had tended him in his hour
Of need that he was very we'll connect
ed, and had left hons on account Of
some serious quarrel he had with his
relations"
what was the man'sl uame?" Paul
asked, in evident eagerness. s.As least,
what name did he give him8eitf'
Gle said his name was Sidney Bar
ringham," she answered.
"Barringham, Birmingham, he mut-
tered in 3 medi,alige way, ~ think !
have heard that name before, but for
my life / cannot remember when or
where. But where did lie cay be came
irom?n
"He never spoke on that point, Paul,
and they never questioned him as 10
where his home was or where his rela-
tiyes lived. He told them 20 wait and
10 have confidence in him and all would
be we'll in time. They must have trust
cd him very much"
but what was he like? Did your
mother aver describe him to you, sa-
loms?'
MANY a time,". was her response.
"4lother said he was very handsome.
looking and evidently a gentleman from
his manner and speech. lie was tall
iair.haired, and seemed TO be about
twenty-five years old"
"Well, 90 on with your story, dear.
What happened after this sydney Bar
bingham recovered, sRlOmeY'
''Hs and mother fell in love and
were married. Ny mothers mother
had been dead many years at that
time, and after the marriage grand.
father and my parents all lived together
in the cottage"
"And aiterwards7 What aid Your
father do? Did he go back home to
make peace with his relatiyes?" he de-
manded.
81 cannot tell you. After the the
marriage he sought aud obtained
through my grandiRlher's influence a
situation as underkeeper on the estate,
and for several months they lived very
happily together. Then suddenly, and
without the last warning, my father
disappeared. One night in winter he
went out saying he was going for half
IN hour to the village inn-which was
not far away-and he never returned"
"Had yonr mother and father quar-
reled?' he asked, his amazement deep
ening each momeut.
"Never d word OF anger had eve
passed between them, so she told mo-"
"But when he left the house that
night he must have already made up
his mind to 90 away"
ut would not appear 90, for he went
to the public house and remained there
Bome short time. They eve saw him
again, but he wrote the, game night
"Where did he write fromY
"From 4 village a miie or two away"
"What did he say?'
"He said that circumstances over
which he had nc control had taken him
from her; that he could not tell her
where he was going or how long he
would be away, but he assured her
there was no cause Tor alarm no matter
how long he vas absent, and he prom
ised TO write again soon"
"Ho wrote?"
"Never again did she either sec him
or hear from him. She waited and
waited for months, even years, but her
watching and waiting was all Ruthless
and when grandfather died, aud she was
forced to leave the cottage, she OBJ.
tanned lodgings with come friends at q
farm in the district"
"Your grandfather would leave your
mother some means, l daresay, sa'
lomeF"
"Only a few pounds, l understand
Mother told me that she supported her
self and me by helping in tho dairy.
After waiting for two years she left tho
place. She was tired Of being an object
Of curiosity and comment to all the peO,
pie in the village, for, OF course, all the
| folk. in Marlcombe knew Of tho singu'
lar manner in which my mother had
been deserted"
~ can understand how she would
feel, dear" he whispered in sympnthetic
tones. ut must have been 4 terribly
trying time for her"
by this time the lovers were within
sight OF the hamlet OF Thorrcll Moor
Across tho white expanse Of snow-cov
cred and moonlit highroad they coult
sec the struggling old-fashioned cot
tages, with the warm lights shiuping ii
many OF the windowsT md over thu
meadows, among the black, leaflesi
trees, they could perceive the peNkeC
roof Of tho vicarage, which was 10 b.
tho White Gipsy'a home for some tint
TO come
"suppose wo turn back now, salomo2