The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-18


further than strong mans voice could
reach from the quiet old hamlet of Ilk-
lev, was o band OF Yorkshire GipSies
who were soon to break camp and set
sail for America, the Gipsy haven be-
yOnd tho sea.
Two hearts in this Wharfe-side camp
were well nigh broken.
One was Matthew'S.
Matthew was Gypsy lad, orphaned
and poor; q poyerty.stricken nGSte" or
tinker; q poor tinker. too, and desuisedi
for he was a reader Of Gorgio books and
dared to grope on blindly for learning
and light; had shown signs OF rhymes
besides; and had therefore become an
outcast with his people.
How great sn ouicast, when an out
cast Of outcastel
Il all rested upon him as q curse, save
with single soul 10 Yorkshire.
ioret,a loved him; loved him for
these despised things in him, which, TO
Just this ono human beng, deinoa Nun.
Loretta " the pet OF the Iorkahife
tribes. She vas but dainty milo oil
thing yet; but 40 full Of Jest and WI.
md nSrrimsnt, that her presence mao
come into thousand peasant livea ana
left there an ideal dream.
How many had already come wooing
none knew. The sprite had aent them
All away. no longer her lovers; simply
her valiant knights Of honor; and each
factory or hamlet for score OF miles
around held discarded lover, but always
housed friend.
We'll was loretta guarded by keen
eyes and strong arms; but she was
GIpgy lass that could outGipsy them all.
"Loretta, oh, Loretta!
In the unwonted excitement OF tho
morning tho pride Of tho camp had dis
appeared. -, .o, 1..o,,,m ,.ro
ont shriIly from spac.wife TO chauvie
lchild), and was taken up and repeated
by youth and maiden everywhere.
"Wiy an were an never is TIL
raetlief' dear little girI sang out old
Lijah Boswell, grinder, buuoon ana
merry father-hoart OF every boy ana
girl in the band. as ne clustered anu
hurried here and there, and blustered
and hurried only.
Matthew was also missing.
Where was tho daft ndwkeH, Matthew?
And where was Loretta, r1rktif
The throstles building their nests In
the hedge which swept down from tho
highway until it touched the river
Whaffe below could have answered.
There, despite the calls from the
camp, tho child.lovOrs were sobbing
their parting,
"NOthing 70 give, my deariei nothing
but dis to give your
"An' wat Is hit, Matthew
"Only some lines I've made toto
youw ~, ,,o
An for me?"
Then she kissed him inpetuously,
innocently. ,,
"Road en- Matthew. Oh, do, dol I'll
allus keep 'cm; allus"
Loretta, her great eyes dancing with
greedy pleasure, nestled her bright,
warm face close, close TO Matthews,
while her long, glossy hair swept over
his shoulders and breast, as tho outcast
rhymster chokingly began:
"Ionx we've wandered, tlarilug, wandered;
IiCGih aid moor und highway Ger
Now we part hcre 10 lllger;
Thou 10 seek inr-OH shore,
Out beyond the oceans roar.
Darling. by our troth.pllght given,
Darling, BIZ thy nopo Of heaven,
Oh, DO trio rs 10 thee
sane he sNCtt5l ktSS yor met
Nights all EleeplcSs, starless grow,
And thy NGSken lover. dearie,
All tho pain OF whiting know;
Waiting, longing, with their wool
Darling, by our troth'pllght given
oh, DO truo as 10 thec-
sare The strce.cst KITS for mgr
Loretta, ruekiIi-0h, Ioretta"
Tho whole camp was fiiied with
alarm.
She snatched tho verses from tho
lads hand. She showored Thorn with
kisses. She hid them as como price
lesB thing within her bosom. Thon sho
fairly danced around her bowildered
loycr, telling him how, when on ship.
board, she would look longinGly back,
far across tho dark waters which divided
them, and sing to him, for him, these
lines as tho song and the cry OF her
heart; would sing them as tho song OF
her lips and lifei and that they should
DO to them both sacred tic until the
years and the tide should roaistlossly
sweep them again together.
Then long embrace; and then:
"hIi doarie Dubblcskyl" for tho dear
Lord q sake from tho old grinder I.ijah
Boswell, as tho two lovers saw his erst
merry, but not angry, eyos peering
through tho parted branches OF tho
hedge above therr.
"M dearie DubJieSky" grinder Liiah
repeated in horror aud dismay. "Lor-
eta, child Yell brcak n our hearts
wi thisl"
She spraug from Matthew toward tho
good old grinder. She thrust her
round, little fist closed into hia kindly
face. Then she bissed at him, whilo
the clenched hand trcmbled:
elijah Boswelll-Lijah l-nif 70 hover
tolls on me, Hill kill vel So Iii will!
Hi 'asn't forgot Him Romuny-nor
Romauy woman, noishorl Go 70 back
Z camp. Hill DO yon afore vol"
"Oh, an wat q Loretta, racElic!" wits.
pered kind.heartcd Lijah, Us he passed
her few moments later and shook his
shaggy old head, as sho demurciy 70.
ceived the anxious questionings and
loving greetiDgs Of tho qucrnIous women
OF the camp.
In an hour moro tho camp was dis.
BANDED and tho last. partinga with
Gipsy kin had been said. Up to
the highway; down over tho old stone
bridge Of Illiley; up beyond the
ancient church Of All Saints among
whose Roar graves many Gypsy chaurie