Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-06-09
a GLIMPSE OF REAL LIFE.

Oi'l@eh mad gone Off and married Mar
$50 tel Dorm, woman very much his
illletlor, with nothing to recommend
her but a bright complexion. blue ewes
ana pretty Irish face.
Margaret Dorm occupied a small but
neat cottage not far from Mr.. War
ner S home and any morning she
might be found picking the weeds out
vi ler little garden, gathering flowers
10 brighten her solitary home. or elm
ping the withered leaves from the
o'lght yellow marigolds that bordered
tne pain leading up to the little white
uoor ON which the brass knocker
shone SO brilliantly in the sunlight.
Feopie for miles around would sion
at Margaret's door with orders for
fancy work. mending. embroidery. &c.
Her marvellous ability with a needle
mad been the means of supporting her
comfortably for years.
Mr. Warmers maiden aunt was q
patroness of Margarets. and often
asked her nephew to call for or leave
q package ON his way to or from bust
ness; IN this way Margaret and Mr..
Warner became quite good friends.
The latter being a susceptible bache-
Tor, fell into the willy clutches of the
pretty Irish woman.
Ere long Margaret learned to watch
regularly for her admirer. Months
passed, and four or five nights a week
Mr.. Warner would find his way round
to the little cottage where Margaret
stroye to make things as homelike
and cosy as possible. i'm order not only
to- fascinate her lover. but to enhance
his infatuation.
One winters eve. when the wind
WAS blowing perfect gale and hail
stones were beating against the pave
mont Margaret and Mr.. Warner drove
oil ,o the Sherif's house. situated in a
/ beautiful park. where the court house
stood.
After knocking and knocking, but
an i'm vain Mr. Warner was about to
turn away and go home. when Marga-
ret. weeping pitifully. pleaded with
him to rap again.
The last frantic knock succeeded in
arousing the Sheriff who grUfily de-
manded. Who's there?" 81 am. Mr..
Williams. and I want you to marry me
10 this woman.
The Sheriff lighted q lamp I'M
barrel the door and admitted the
I couple A gold piece slipped into the
/ magistrates palm silenced his tongue.
and ne sullenly and sleepily per
formed the ceremony. pronouncing
/ them husband and wife
a more uncauny scene cannot be
conceived. as the rain beat on all sides
of the carriage which conveyed the
/ weeping bride and Indifferent hus-
band to their respective homes.
/ lIr. Warner had made Margaret his
| Wife and then cruelty left her on that
/ awful wedding uight-he to make his
/ abode as usual with his aunt. and she
| TO care for herself in her own little
home
AS Margaret became less able to
work Mr.. Warner sent her checks
\ from time TO time, which enabled her
TO employ a middle aged woman as
nurse and housekeeper. and when a
few months later. a little girl was
born. Margaret felt that at least now
She had a daughter to work for and to
| love. even if her husband had deserted
her.
The mother regained her strength
| caring for and nourishing her little
I girl who was such a comfort and a
| joy I'm the little home
Three years passed and Julia, tod
ding about the house. playing with
/ her little toys. was q familiar figure
or prancing ON the lawn with her pet
dog. Passers-by often halted to adj
mire this bright vivaciOus little girl
who was so radianty lovely her little
gingham frock and huge sun-bonnet
| seeming only to add greater charms to
! her freshness and purity
The child had inherited her moth
er's beauty which had captured the
/ father in years gone by.
Mr. Warner kept track of his
daughter and one morning when her
mother had just stepped i'm the house
for q moment he entced the child to
follow him.
julia was installed i'm the kinder
| garten i'm connection with the young
ladies' seminary in the town and an
extra amount was paid for tuition
with the understanding that close vi
gil should be kept over her.
AS for the mother. when she found
that the only light of her life had
been eXtmguisbed and fully realized
her inability to recover her lost child,
grief overpOwered the poor woman
and wrecked her health so materially
that she was confined to a hospital for
months and when cOnyalescent was
removed to q sanitarium.
The instructors learned to love the
child. who was not only beautiful to
/ look upon. but brilliant OF intellect
and an apt scholar.
AS years advanced their charge
steadily progressed.
IT. was Julia who was appointed to
sing little songs or play upon the pi-
ano for the entertainment of the boy
students. who were invited from a
neighboring college to attend the sol
rees given every Friday for the mu-
uaI improvement and amusement Of
the BOYS and girls.
Those evening fetes would close
with dancing and a collation., and the
bows and girls brought together in
his way formed stanch friendships.
Julia. like many other girls who
were bright and witty. had a dash OF
diaAleric i'm her makeup.
Her fancy inclined toward one of
these boy visitors. a senior, when she
was but a girl Of fifteen, in one of the
lower grades.
When out promenading she would
steal away from the class to catch a
elimDse of Howard at his study win
dow. who. knowing the hour for recre-
ation was on the alert for the young
ladies' with their tutor.