The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-13
will you learn to qul. thu. kind of buul.

viii YOU learn TO quit that Kind OF busi-
nesa?"
"llow daro YOU insult n lady In this
%mauner" ! crioh, dashinv forward. aud
NJ ho showed fight | seized him and put
him Ia charge OF m officer. who had,
likc myself, boon watching his proceed.
ings.
Tho whole affair was ovnr IN n mo.
mcnt. As | turned about, | found my
fair friend directly Mt my elbow. Sho
glanced into my iaCo with a look OF
grateful recognition. butBaid not n word.
"May ] otter you my arni? :" asked.
"fOu look Ill.,"
She took my proiIcred arm and leaned
heavily upon It.. | led her AWAY from
tho crowd OF curious people, anu ~ |
did no Hllu ialtored:
~ am 80 thankful to you. Fa,o
seemed to havo wiIlod that We should
meOt."
"rhcn ! am very thankful to fNto." |
returned. with great presence OF mind.
Sho colorCd family. ThOrs wa, n
brief period OF silence, aud | continued:
III you will permit mo, | will intro
ducc myself. My namo Ia Hayward
George Hayward. travelling salesman. |
| owed tho scoundrcl n grudgo. aud was
only too happy to have tho opportunity
for rcpaying IT,"
Tho Young lady then told mo her
story, frat stating that her nam was
Louise Goodyear. and her residence But.
ialo. 1t appeared that tho blackboard.
Oh man, who called, himself Sodgwick,
had seen her rambling slowly about tho
park. aud had mistaken her for another
spying cmissary Of his wifo's. Ito had
rudcly accosted her anu accused her OF
logging his Htops.
II | had previously entertained doubts
OF tho mans sanity. mono now existed.
| was convinced that tho divorce story
was tho Authorization OF his disosdrred
brain.
saw Miss Goodyear safely homo, and
when, at parting, sho requested mo to
call OH her Whenever | was in Buffalo,
adding: 81 shall never forget your kind
ness to mo-" | was ut the zenith Of hap.
piness.
As | made my appearance In tho Office
| oil tho hotel on tho following morning,
tho proprietor exclaimed:
ALLOW inc TO congratulate you, Hay
ward. That was q clover act OF yours.
Tho whole town Is talking oiit."
at wa nothing. should have dono
the same thing had | seen any ruiliau
insult n lady," | returned, in surprise.
NO doubt; but you aro evidently in
tho dark, my boy. Don: you know who
that fellow was, eh ~
lle pushed n Buffalo daily into my
hand, pointing TO n conspic uous article
IN the first page. and it did not take me
long to discover that | had unconscious.
ly become quite n hero. Scdgwick,
when searched at tho station house, wa.
found TO DO possessed OF a considerable
amount OF valuable iewelry-so much,
in fact, that the authorities became sus-
picious that he might be the man want
ed in Buffalo for saie-broaking. The
chic! OF police Mt the latter city was
notified by telegram. and N officer was
Immediately dispatched to Niagara fol
the purpose OF looking into the matter.
He identified the Jcwelry as tho prop
crty OF my customer, and no doubt re-
manned that Sedgwick WAS the thief.
Well. come mon have greatness thrust
upon them. l had done nothing par
iicularly ~meri,orious, yet WAS n hero
OF tho hour, and tho less fortunate do.
t~ectives were green with envy.
Sedcwick 10 tried, but escaped the
prison, his insanity being clearly dem
onstrated. My customer recovered thu
greater portion OF tho stolen goods
When | presented myself at his place o.
business. q few days after Scdgwick':
capture. he was proiuse in his thanks tc
me. and I had tho largest sale OF my
life.
Ny lady OF the purse? sec her fire.
quently, one day here, ono day there
She is still unmarried; but-really.
must no; say anything moro on the sub.
jcct, for. fear | might disclose n secret.