The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-18
THE LOST CHILD.
ny G COppEE.
Translated From tho French for the lntOllE.
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This morning. the morning before
Christmas, two important events oc-
CURED simultaneously, The sun arose,
and NJ. Jean Godfrey, also
When after a fortnight OF mid winter
fog and gray skies, the wind changes
to the northeast. bringing dry. clear
weather, and thesun appears. undulat-
Ing the morning air with It's blessed
rays, We hall him with delight and give
him he Joyous welcome Of an old
friend. Besides, he Is a parsonage OF
considerable Importance. Formerly he
was a god, and such appellatiOns as
Osiris, Apollo, Louis XIV were be-
slowed upon him
But within ls NJ. Jean Baptlste God
frey, enormously rich. ~lnancier, dlrec-
teur de Compton general de Credit.
administrator OF several large COM
panies, depute ct membre du cOnscil
general de rEure. officer de Ia legion
dhonneur, &c, &c, a man to be dis.
dained. And therefore. whatever opln-
Ion the sun might entertain OF himself
II could not be more flntterinR thnn that
held by NJ. Jean Baptiste Godfrey OF
himself.
II must be admitted. however. that
the awaklng OF these two powerful
seiRniors was altogether different. The
good sun commenced the day by Il
thousand beneicent and beautiful nets.
During the night the sleet had left n
thick white cont upon the plain trees
OF b~oulevarde Malesherbes.--wherc
NJ. qodfrey's hotel was sltuAted-and
that great magician. the sun, ut once
amused himself by transforming them
into gigantic boquets OF rose coral, and
then in his tour OF delightful phantns-
magory he dlffused his rays with the
most impartial good will around all the
humble passers that the necessity OF
gaining n living forced TO be abroad at
this early hour. He had the same smile
for the poor clerk In ~threadbarG over
coat hurryng TO his desk-the grisettc
Rhivering under her cheap rcady-mAdc
clothing-the working man carrying his
dinner, a part OF n round loaf. under
his arm-the tramway conductor ar
ranging his car for his trip, and the
chestnut vender. roasting his first sup
ply OF nuts. Indeed, this good man. the
run, was giving pleasure TO the whole
world.
NJ. Jean Godfrey's awaking. upon the
contrary. was disagreeabie In the cx-
trome. The main feature Of the dinner
at which no had assisted the previous
evening, from the removal Of the soup
20 the salad, had been truiilcs. and his
f~orty-seven years old stomach was cX-
p%erienclng the burning aud biting Of
pyrosls In consequence. The first pull
that N. Godfrey gave his bell conveyed
the information below Btalrg, and
Charles, tho valet. turned to the cook,
saying:
Now listen to that! Heisin nm nbom-
Unable humor this morning. All, my
poor Gertrude. we are In for n day OF
II. sure enough
with modcstly lowered eyes. and
walking upon tlptOc. Charles entered
his masters chamber. drew aside the
heavy curtains, lighted the nre and pre-
pared everything for the toilet with the
discreet mnhne and respectful motlons
NJ n Hncrlstan placing the objects Of
worship upon the altar In preparation
for the mass.
"Nhnt In the weather like this morn
lnE?" NJ. Godfrey asked In II sharp
voice, ns he buttoncd hin swan skin
Jacket over hla portly person
VERY cold, Monsieur" Charles re-
piled. nut look, Monsieur, how clear
the sky In: II promises n beautiful day"
While In tho net Of using his razor
NJ. Godfrey stepped TO the window,
drew back the inside curtain and Enw
that the boulevard wan bathcd In sun
shine. A Erimaca resembling n smile
]ovcrHprcnd his cOuntcnnncr.
Mon dleul Yes, this Joyous mid
winter Hin paid, Avnntl to lll-humur.
Vest N. Godfrey dcigned to pmilc. but
II no had been told that he was sharing
this inRtlnctlvn pleasure with tho prln-
ter'a apprentice IN paper cnp. who was
taking n slide upon the frozen surface
In front NJ his door, N. Godfrey would
have been profoundly Hhbckod For tho
space ~ n minute. this man, burdcncd
with affairs. this greht parsonage In tho
political aud financial world, INDUCED
In the childish pnHtlme NJ watching the
pnEAerH-by md the vehicles M they
threaded their way through the glldcd
hnEos fc insured the emotion lasted
but for n moment. A rny Of sunshine
bring n smllsi that In wCll enough for
tho %untlInlInR world who J1 not fcni
the responsibilities Of life, wril enough
for women md children poets and the
chhaIllc, but N for NJ. dhd'rcy, In had
too many irons In The fire. For thl1
particular day, upon which ho wnR Just
HntcrlnR. hlH time was moro than nllpi
From hnif.pnHt eight until ten u'Cluci.
ihofr WIRE appointments In hin office
NJ home, with q certain number NJ nh.
sOrbpd mem Men like himself, shaved
aud drcRHrd since nunrlsc, aud like him.
rolf, without frcahncnH of nnni, who
would talk oyer all kinds NJ nrolccin,
but nil With the Bntnn end In View
making money,
After dricuncr-nhd II Eoca without
anylng TINT no time WOULD be- ipfi nVnr
ilH wine ginpH NJ Godfrey would lunip
into lila coupe and bc driven Ia the
bJurac ~ dlHcuaH HnnlfH with other
mcn who had ninn bNan up betlmpH. mud
into whose imagination tho little blue