Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15

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may 1 ask why you've come here!
TO see my wife. l made that re-
que- on en,ering.
Mrs W3lton's gaze swept him from
head to foot.
Like your impotence. You took
my daughter from rae once, but you
/ shan't again. All. had she listened 10
/ me then-bu- ehere's no use going over
that. only she'd De riding In her car
/ riaee now with servants TO wat upon
her. Wlat didn't she give Up for YOU?
/ And what d.d she ge, for il? My poor
I child. II you'd come when she finished
/ telling me her sorry, Ia MOI have re-
ceiyed YOU so mildly, l can just tell
YOU. Bu- I've thought il over, and
/ since she's of the same mind with me
/ YOU can hear the tru,l and 20. My
/ d3Ughcer'u never 80 back 10 YOU she
/ said placing her hands on her knees
and leaning forward. Never! Shes
( done with you. You needn't try TO
I find her or 10 force her. She's not in
The city. Thank God. she's far away.
You misunderstood me altogether"
Hugh said quietly unmoved by the til
rade, d" If YOU think / want to force your
daughter TO anything. Is it her wish to
avoid me, or have YOU sent her away?
/ merely want to know her mind. l
want TO know if it is absolutely true
! tina, she leaves me OF her own free will.
III she were here, l would tell her there
is no reasonable condition l would not
accept. That I am to blame I freely
acknowledge, though at the time she
left me I did not deserve her suspicious.
[ want her back, Mrs. Walton; l want
her very much. II she comes, / viii do
all in my power to make her happy, l
swear"
There was none of the yearning or
tenderness Of a man suing for the re-
turn of q woman he loved in these
words, but they were earnestly spoken,
and his sincerity was unquestiOnable
a monk whose sensitive soul smarted
from the memory OF some sin might
have asked for his hair shirt in much
The same spirit as Hugh put forth his
plea for his wife.
Mrs. Walton rose and stared at him
like a basilisk.
I'd rather see her dead than that
Your words don't influence me. And
Jenny has done with you. Oh no,
didn't send her away She was glad 10
go Things have changed with us Ny
brother died last week. and Jenny has
legacy. She isn't dependent on you.
DIR. Iarremore; but. all the same. I'll
see she gets her rights"
A meaning smile played over her
puffy face.
Il wonder if YOU heard of it, I Won
der if the money made YOU come seek
Ing your lawful Wife" she cried.
Anger swelled Hugh's heart, and he
bit his lips to remain silent.
DO YOU know what your daughter
intends to dO?' he asked impatiently
Not TO get q divorce if YOU mean
that. We don't believe in it, But if
She gets q separation YOU can't bother
her. She only wants to be rid of YOU
She doesn't want 10 marry again. NY
daughter is like memo two husbands
for her It's against the Scriptures
AS for yoU'-she paused and measpred
him for her uCs1 spiteful shaft
guess from all hear of ibis Miss Trent
slo won't mind if you don't get q di-
yogce"
A sheer passed over Hugh's face
sCftened his heart to womanish. This
woman warped it TO steel. After ali
why should ne Try to win his wife
back? Had he not known for years
they had nothing in common? Had
they not really been separated since he
had first felt a mans better knowledge
and awakened hopes striving within
him? Since she would not come. let
her go. The effort to reclaim her was
O SOP to his conscience, but she was not
worth q harder struggle. He had no
desire 10 hear the word Of ultimate
ending from her lips.
He went away and aimlessly walked
the streets for hours. The summer
night was filled with sound. The city
was awake and happy. A disnclina-
ton to return at once to Mark over
came him.
Dear. kind, patient Mark. who he'd
slain an earthly desire. what did he
know. after all, of the fierce battle ros-
inc i'm his heart. of the rebellion against
the accented misery of his life, of the
clemOroUs yearning of stubborn youth
that swept through him, demanding
freedom. light and love?
Tn the endeavOr to escape from his
thoughts ne entered q restaurant ON
Union square and, scarcely touching
the food placed before him, sat like one
watching q play
AT the various tables men and wO-
men We're seated. scattered in twOs and
threes. He only was alone, feeling that
penetrating loneliness that comes Of
being one i'm O crowd.
Two youths near him discussed fam
fly received that day from France.
over his shoulder he heard the popping
of acork. a question. pert reply in a
vomans voice, then low continuous
LAUGHTER.
The fragrance of viOlets mixing with
the pungent smell OF cigarettes came TO
him i'm waves Of narcotic sweetness. A
woman In sparkling black "rst,ed by
and save him q bold. admiring glance.
Nature he'd nodded her regular fc7t-
uros 3n heavy lines. and her checks
wore r0Lged, but there was st'i FAINT
resemblance 10 Marian in her dark
ewes. sufficient to send 4 swift pans
through h.r. as if she had recalled one
newly dead.
Tie turned sharply to the window be-
side which ne sat. There WAS the leafy
darkness Of the little park the blink
inc Echts from waiting cabs; q Sreat
brown buildin- across the square was
silhOuetted against the sky, where the
milky way hung like a veil over q chain
OF stars. One of Waldteufels Ian
gushing values was dolorously pump
ed from q barrel organ on the curb.
And all Of these impressions knitted
themselves around the one thought
ever present with him. the thought Of
49,. ~. - L. $4,000. f..n c,i.l Z, 90