The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-18

hVt WI rum lllIll .WuHlu tukN I'VE W
tho small town In Pennsylvania where
no hnt secured work, There he would
meet hex at tho station, md inter saying
over the holy words TINT were to mako
them husband ind wife, take her to u
little home lie had prepared. The plan
wAB n good one, but something wna
wrong somewhere, At the address In
New York there lived no person by the
hamc which hc had written In her lot
ter and the poor girl was In despair. She
found lodgings and tho next dry jour
ncyed on to tho little Pennsylvania town
where shO waS unnblC to discover tho
whereabouts ut her betrOthcd, With
but II few dollars she returned to New
York nnd by some miracle Immediately
secured employment ns n govcrncss, In
another week ehu was on her way to
Mexico, having In hCr charge two small
children OF n wealthy Gpthamlte.
Then came two years Of hard work,
during which she went from one sitlia-
ton 10 another aud finally became our
nclEhbor In "The Ruins" aa. .HH
Il have but two pupils now" she OK
plalned. zone I am teaching French:
the other German, Tut two pupllS-thGy
bring me hardly enough to pay my rent
md buy fuel and provisions. | cannot
hold out much lOnBcr-and thought
perhaps You could tell me where could
get work. have tried everything
everything"
promised 10 help her even while
doubling my nhillty to secure employ
m0nt for her. Tor knew that hope never
falls to warm the heart nnd that cn-
cuurngemrnt Ia pleasant even TO tho
doomed. She said goodbye and went
up tho dark, creaklng stnlrs. AS took
her hand. noticed that her fingers were
hot and fevercd mud that her eyes look
ed strange md restless.
After hearing TINT poor girls Etory
felt almost as IL were n millionaire, so
much better ana happier WINS my lot
than hers. The old furniture appeared
less awkward and scratched, the faded
curtains seemed to brighten, even the
old cook stove did not look 20 bad after
all. and when Tom came home | fused
over him In a way that made him eny:
"Dear, I'm always afraid OF you when
you act like this: It's cure to forerun Il
quarrel" And then we laughed. The
Idea of Tom In quarrel was really too
funny.
As we sat down to the little supper I
had prepared told Tom OF the visitor
had had. md We Immediately began to
lay plans as to how we could best offer
her assistance. As Tom remarked: I'VE
never hear OF any one who wants lessons
In painting, they're always on n mad
tear after languages" And so we be-
thought ourselves of several persons TO
whom we would recommend and adver-
tise the, talents of our d0wncast neigh
Dor.
did not see her the next dny, but the
following morning l tlptOrd along the
creepy corridor to her room. carrying a
little breakfast dainty In my hands and
hoping that she would accept II In the
same ssteFly spirit that It was offered. I
| knocked several times on the door, but
no answer came. Then fancled that I
heard some one moan. Back ran to
Tom. who returned with NE, and after
satisfying ourselves that the Eirl was
there and III we broke open the door.
What room II was! A bare little gar>
| ret with bed and table and several de-
| crepit chairs and footstools. The one
semblance OF elegance was large oil
| painting Of beautiful woman with
snow white hair and elegantly shaped
| hands, which Immediately surm!Scd
was u portrait OF the girls mother. On
tho bed lay the rooms occupant, burn
| Ing with fever and talking wildly OF this
Terrible. terrlble-Amcrlca, where people
have no hearts, and sometimes break
\ llE lHlO IL lDNt SOll
We did what VIC could for her Tom
went for doctor. who came and said
she had brain fever. Ike advised send
| Ing her TO n hospital. and after consider
able red-tape prcliihinaries we had her
| installed In one OF the large Institutions
| OF New York. She had been there less
| than week when the kind nurse told us
| that such person as OUT little invalid
was wanted Ivy someone who had been
| long searching FOR her, who had left
| word with city officials TO notify him at
| once In Gaze she was found. How my
heart leaped when l heard the good
news. How happy l was for her. who
did not know the Happiness In store for
| her. rushed home TO Tom and cried
all over his shabby old coat and he
SCOldCd me for being such an emotional
little woman" But Just the same. he
had to put on n pretty bold front to keep
ME from noticing that his voice WAS I'M
usually husky.
Well, unlike the more artistic" sto.
rlcs of the present time, this one ends
| happily. The German ESrerness rccov-
cred and when her mind awakened from
| It's troubled Illness her sweetheart WAS
the first on whom her pretty brown eyes
looked. Tom and were there, but she
did not See us. and we FASTENED into an
other room, so as not 10 intrude upon 4
i scene too sncrcd for other eyes.
1t was easy to untnnSlG the complica-
lions that before had been SO incxplica-
bic. Her bctrothed had In some way
| given her the wrong address. When
too late he discovered the mistake and
fastened to New York to meet her rs she
left the steamer. Again there was mis-
take and he missed her. Then his search
began. As sho had gone to Mexico. Ill
| most Immediately after her arrival In
New York, he could get no Clew of her
| whereabouts and when at last he found
her lie had given up nll hope and was
on the verge OF utter despair.
They went to their home In Pcnrtyl-
vanta and every letteu that receive
from hcr--it Is years since last / saw
her-brings news of greater happiness
and deeper content
We don't live IN The Ruins" nOw--In
fact, 1.-THE Ruins Is laid low. and In Its
place stands n massive office building
that towers high above It's fellow-struc-
lures. Tom has little studio in our
Harlem fiat and IL busy ms can be In
agIncd with his magazine md ncwspa-
per sketches. ! help him occasionally
but not as used to do during our more
unfortunate days. You see, little Tom, y
who Is now three years old, IS such nm
Infant terrible" that 1t takCs nil my
time to fulhll his youthful maIes,y's de-
nands.
A Million Gold Dollars
Would not bring happiness to the per-
| son suffering with dysUepsla but Hoods