Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-04-02

A STORY OF THREE BROTHERS.
"Perhaps he wants to assist US, So

"Perhaps he wants to assist u.s." sug-
gested Peter sneeringly.
II do" replied the young man coolly;
'to perform a good deed"
ave are not bringing that kind OF
actions" -,
"Oh, no! We practice in tort, he-he!'
"There is a widow named Raymond,
continued Douglas, ''who bought lit
tie home from you on Owl street five
years ago and gave a mortgage back for
more than its full value, 1 should think.
I don't pretend to criticise the opera
tion. for don't understand it; but she
\ is I'M, her interest is IN arrears. and she
wants an extension OF time. ask you
10 grant this as favor to me. Besides,
she is a good woman who has paid
/ promptly heretofore.
I'VE are likely to do so, hey Peter?
I We haven't been counting on getting
/ this property back ever since the park
was laid out, have we?"
"No. Eggy. must have been dream
! ing this morning when l drew up that
/ lis pendens."
"Then advance me the amount ne
cessary from my estate and l will pay 1t
myself"
"What bonus will you give?" asked
Peter.
"What are you thinking about" in
terrupted Egbert angrilY. Are we 60
/ ing to let this young bantam interfere
with our affairs? We might just as
well establish a daily bulletin. Shut up
and get out, 1 say. Not one picayune
/ from your estate, as you call II! Had
/ father not been daft, he never would
have devised as he did. Your estate, In
deed! Much you know about the rights
and obligations Of property! What con-
| Germ is it OF yours II we dispossess a
hundred old harrldans? Get out! Get
out, I'm busy"
eyes, buggy, do 60" whined Peter;
/ "you make me so nervous"
And Douglas, despairing OF good and
unwilling TO reveSl his interest, de-
parted.
The next afternoon, as Peter was en-
terlng the building on return from
lunch. IL c., crackers, cheese, .and three
pickles. which he had filched from a
grocer under pretense Of purchasing,) a
sweet voice arrested him by asking:
Can you direct me to the Office OF the
Schenk Brothers, Sir?"
Peter turned and saw young girl,
small and slight, with deep brown eyes,
and hair Oh which the sun rays had lin
gered.
Peters knowledge OF temininity was
comprised by the chickering's over wages
which he necessarily held with the
charwoman who was supposed TO clean
the building. Even while be hurried
through the streets he always kept his
ewes downcaSt. Perhaps he dreaded
lest ia a pure face he might read the re-
proaches which his mother would have
felt. His impulse now was TO sneak
into an adjacent Office, but there was an
unconscious power in that candid gaze
which restrained him.
Come with me-" he blundered. 'pm
one Of them"
They entered the inner Office, where
Egbert was cursing the lawmakers for
not having made one Of their usual
errors in the statute which he desired
to misapply.
ssHumphl q woman he growled.
Don't" and then he stopped short.
/ a sensation which seemed like a remtn-
iscence OF another life tingled his fin
gers and burned beneath the parch-
ment OF his cheeks. What an ineffable
creature! As dainty, as charming as a
wood nymph OF that enchanted forest OF
long ago through which when boy he
wandered. He started to his feet.
Pray be seated, madam" he
urged, with an air that should
have been natural to him.
Not that one, Peter, you gaby; It's too
rlckety. Wheel out Uncle Vans arm
chair from the corner. You must ex-
cuse our rusty old Office. 1 never ap-
preclated its ugliness until now"
my name is Ada Raymond" the
young girl began, calmly.
Let me see." blurted Peter, eagerly,
as he Snatched a bundle from his desk.
ada Raymond? think have a paper
TO serve"
"Sit down. There was terocity in
that rasp that bewidered the cowed
Peter. "My dear yeung lady," con-
tinued Egbert, - know what you would
say; it's all right, l assure you. It's
about that mortgage on your home,
isn't il? You mother is i'll and there's a
triae OF interest due and you are both
worried about il? Have no further con-
Germ. The matter can stand, as well as
not. for another six months. We never
annoy such clients. MEANWHILE"
"Oh, thank you, sir; I'm so surprised
so grateful. feared" And poor
Ada raised her hand to her eyes and
wept the tears OF relief.
'There, there! Don't hide those
pretty eyes. Meanwhile, perhaps may
be permitted 10 pay my respects to your
worthy mother. My advice may over
come this little Embarrassment. There,
I thought so. You look like yourself
again. Remain in quietude until l
come. The Office will be desolation it.
self without your brightness" and Egg
bert with measured steps, another re-
miniscence OF boyhOod, escorted Miss
Raymond 70 the door.
"Egbert" gasped Peter on his return.
"Egbert, what has possessed you?"
"Never YOU mind" muttered Egbert
as he strobe up and down the room,
pausing only TO throw the carefully pre-
pared Raymond foreclosure papers into
the fire, Never you mind. You stick
to your corner and don't dare interfere
with me. What has possessed me? God!
don't know, or rather, don't know
full we'll. To think after all these gears!
Mark you this one thing-that interest
shall run to doomSday il l see fit. pm
going QUITO take walk"
To take a walk. Peter scratched his
poll aud smiled feebly. He walked over
TO the little cracked mirror and gazed
as II to settle his own identity. When