Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-13
WHEELING REGISTER, SUNDAY OCTOBER 49, 1895

you to Round Corners? It isn't posi-
BILE you are going to bury yourself in
the solitudes, too?"
mo, came to see about that sale Of
old furniture Edith was awfully ex-
cited when your telegram came. She
would have come herself on the spot,
If Harry hadn't happened to be ill. AS
1t was, she deputized me to come and
confer with you and buy what you fav-
ored buying"
oh but 7 can't take such RESPONSE
bility," exclaimed. Il should proba-
bly, buy just the things she didn't want.
l thought Edith herself would come"
"Pshaw No, you won't, you know
pretty we'll what she's got already, and
anyhow, If the thing is only old enough
and ugly enough, you can't possibly
! make a mistake"
I'm not so sure Of that"
well, you know what an invincible
! thing my sisters will is, and these are
her instructions; you are to choose and
l am to buy, to the extent Of thous-
and dollars worth If the articles justi-
| fly 1t. Is that explicit enough?"
When we got to Dayton's introduce
ed Mr.. Schuyler as friend who was
interested in the sale, and they invited
him to stay for supper, q meal to which
my trout'added materially. He stayed,
and afterward showed him, with such
pride as befitted the discoverer, the ar
ticles l thought we would better buy.
He was enabled to get up very much
enthusiasm, and presently proposed
that we take walk in the moonlight,
for the evening was delightful.
AS he walked | told him the story Of
the Daytons, so far as l knew it, and
how the idea of helping the old people
had come to me.
He laughed amusedly.
you shall have your fun" he assur-
ed me. 81 know what Edith would say
we must bid TIL we drop in our tracks
to beat the Gilderslcoves."
Every WELL" said l.
"How long do you intend to stay
here?" he asked me presently.
Until the 1st of July If the fishing
continues good" I answered, land l
continue to like the place"
"And then whither?"
Then back to work"
"Worki Work. I hate to hear you
speak the word, as one who had no
friends" he exclaimed.
you wouldn't have me dependent on
my friends, would you?" asked.
What q dreadful thing it would be-
About how much does your living cost
in a year,"
ooh, about five or six hundred"
"And what Is five or six hundred
year to any one Of a dozen of your
friends, who would be glad to have you
live with them?"
Dear mel / didn't know I was such
a treasure-how do you know they
would?"
Some of them have told me so.
Indeed! I'm sure it is very kind Of
them"
ooh, Georgia, you take life too seri-
ouslyl Here you are, only twenty-one
or twenty-five, plodding away on
newspaper, as If there werenothing else
for you in life. By and by you'll be
old and careworn and strong minded
and poor-still poor-and what will you
have gained?"
"Why do you put it in such dis
couraging light?" l asked. 1T isn't
| pleasant to think about, I'll admit. But
then enjoy the work in a measure, and
I may not always be so poor. Even
now I'm doing more than charging
long suffering world with pencil and
pad"
Forgive me that hasty remark"
"Oh, II doesn't rankle. But, indeed
Waite, you're mistaken if you think
there isn't bright side. I'm interest
ed in my work and like it. l honestly
| believe I'm beginning to do good work,
too, aside from the newspaper drudg-
egy."
Z haven't doubt that your doing
good, work, Georgia" he said with
much gentleness Il cannot imagine
you doing anything that wasn't good.
But you'd do a better-at least more
philanthiOplc work if you will-just
take me IN hand and see what you can
make of me-"
mo, leave that little hand where 1t IS.
I'm going to tell you tonight what has
been in my heart for years, but you
would never let me tell you. l love
you, Georgia-there's no happiness in
the world for me without you. Don't
put me off, dearest; say you will be my
wife"
The vendue took place duly the next
day. I am certain about that, and
recollect, too, that the prices paid by
Waite and the Gildersleeves, in bid
ding against each other, astonished
even me, while the neighbors who
f1ocked to the sale will tell the story Of
that day to their children's children.
Further than this my recollections Of
the day are chaotic and indistinct.
One result Of the vendue is that the
clock and the cabinet now have place
In my house, to the chagrin Of my sis
ter-in-law who looks at them longing
ly when she visits me, and contends
that l came by them unfairly.
Another result is that Mrs. Dayton
and Levi not only have the old home
stead secured to them, but the whole
house is respondent in pushes and
crops, haircloth and cain seats, which
she showed Waite and me when we Wis
! tied her this summer, with a charming
housewifely pride. - Philadelphia
| Times.
THE GREATEST OF THESE IS
CHARITY.