The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-03
TEE ANNE
GEDY


WON shs l9unqed 4 she Wag only
rs 70 praetirl wording basis the
a eortain dtas that had been
Rsiag Il her hynin eyer since she
ia enough 70 form oplniong q her
she Was q precQciors child, and
"a 81 mental inde encs wa
n6 WhSR Rhe was about ten yeaHs
90 put e more aoGufatelS men
y a 0pkad hV tho Kent lefnan Win
I'D ii8a sgeey beard, ana teultls 2
ttIl TIE nEpiln Eyiuni on Green - ~. ~
Cheotys coHltottabl BE home " tlfs
ana
m th6, bas iNing her young rilnd pef..
that the young man VINO nag
al yod her from TIE harvest % home
dFsn that were GaFIled out Rasn
nom The agYlNf, meant to &GliAllt
tfer the pFOyulNSS he had made
fiinafint endent heg0re taking her
aud that Ne Intended % make up
Tar a. & lay IN his power. for her taEls
rlntnl cars and with the Know
i6,igo. came 8 hiriWina Of dil9nal So
61ll md lIhpulEes that took poelels
% az lisr ana coptlnued 70 dominate
thru hott her gtF1hpQd ana cary
hnho0d! I3nt abe Wlla p SeaEN olq.
the ehdneA came for Develop
- % taneVoience NJ thAE
fliha her roster father died. and ADDER
M IA the Fnla glnGtlllS observed n
iiitf ci what property he hnn accu.
ted was bequelthed tinre9 eFSeu4y
tha foster daughter. Re was not e.
~ 6lly q Fleh man, ana the legacy vas
mt 36Fee, but 70 Afl18 Cotton 3 eyes y
Sili. q GOidel en- OF mammoth pro oF-
3f6RS ~ ~ enkhuSiaSttca began
III PFapa ation Of her long caeftsIAea
Flfrs Fhe Annex WA the result.
II vas about the last thing N the
if64la {nWiiiEh one would Wish 70 Invest
* inhiFit1nee 1e was Q lqt many
F1dT6H tuU-1toFy brick building ttlAt
80 f0s Is left hand Hetghhoe 9 police
{atIUn, While on the right e h9hnOn-
svFiih An nlIeY where gWAEnAeo eHs
+ - forn1 oF Me hFed n that popu!oQs
I Il tflet. Fer many years the place 1ao
=. f9Val ever to an unSeEup1 Gus
Ttnfl6n. Who l1ane To0neF8 e q Rtetple
itans q support but who eAFTied ON
n GINNING secrecy many q praneh %
ritinafn business that netted MIN
q ~ 8 ilGng0 enough 70 enable MIN
- Snan hii fingers In the face Of any
SnlnlGi nf THE law that might attempt
- enforce FetOrm. BE hpally gave w
ia ISIso ana moved away OF hls own
volition, however. and Miss Cotton
lght Tho property.
1tndsr her supervision tfahstotulA.
ton was Soon elected An unsttnte9
fSq oe soap and water. Lresh PANT ena
I r ySef. 6Efght rugs and pretty tnrni.
.fSiFo GFought q change equal 10 that o.
nleielan,S wand, and the DAY the
9nlex Was ehfigtened Ill Odor Of t0r-
1f dir epElte had BEEN literally washed
WV. md Il looked fully g able 70
f65FFi ffa mission RB q b0ildiuE W!th
- JInsnIllaA past would have been
5slS aEY after Mss Cotton was ln-
3aiied Ia her new quarters, she called
a. tAs SeEgtGnt % the police station
ara explained her position 20 him tqily.
II an going she said. no establish
4 4 Toned ~ home for children know
fiii4 fIInuy 8 lost and unreclaimed child
ditto around this way, and want %
You e you win not, when they are
4 hf6iiGht IN, send them around TO me ins
8 GtSad a cnnSig nlng them 10 the alEcoms
66FfI which must neee481Elly be their
tJ6f a &. piaee like this. have no II.
s 1890 and am the representative OF no
80. but" and MIS- Cotton's voice
ITie very soft and tendeE--'1 was
den 70 an orphan asylum from 2 pos
lee station once myself ana WanS 70
3d!nIi can 10 bring other little untor-
emit fntn the same good luck that
Z SeIi % me. There are hundreds Of peo-
- eiftered thrOug h0ut this great city
3Vii6 would gladly give to Q uiothefies9
tihy ne love lt needs. What I want
~ "a n % ma out those people and
ptice a their care the children VINO
fiost nhod protection. Ny whole heaSt
I'D soul arc IN the work, ana ! can 80
about q much more tntellgent!y than
ran pGid agents, who are too oIten M
different q 70 the moral worth @ me "a
fSFniil6s to which the children are Inc
iF1oted, You understand The An
fier s not to he run By stE2RgeE ]
Iiiafi live here, and oversee eEythlng
fIy6elE It Is to BE 3 hallway mouse
for children on their way rom the
tIaat to good homes.
Ana 70 Il came to pass that twenty
hdd Fo6faa Of the long brick buildlnE
leraula the Temporary abode OF the
) many children, and instead OF the oaths
I ana bitter retotts that haa tcf!netty
IanghtGF, ShrIll cries Of defiance, low
f66lnS OF pain and home9tekneSSo ana
pihInttVe sighs. III mingled into one
511gilnR ehorus, yet taking on the tone
~ sweet music Withal. because they
came fr0m'baby Lips.
Tt6a Annex was different from any
Otllsr place OF tts kind, because & was
ruied by a woman whose datlY lte was
: 4 song of love for little children. There
yaB only one element In MISS Cottons
nature that united her for The duties
80 ma aqiigned heFSalt, and that was
lIer intense longing 70 keep for her own
a6Fna one Of the many pretty children
fh6t we're brought IN to her haven. But
~ always denied heTReH the coveted
f1DulnesS, There are people who, Law
fSfiftg ad0latrous a6ection upon one
0hf0cf. Etfter from sort OF soul con-
traction and lose their power OF caring
foF Others. MESs Cotton was one Of
them, She understood her3elI Well
enough to know y was g. anu ie 81 I!
e Is ~ her duty 20 the great world Of
hnmeleg babies TO keep herself unfet-
faFed BY any special ties, she reSolutely
fef,iged to be drawn into any t1ng1ng
iiilance With blue-eyed girls or brown
49, BOYS. So year after year found
fpr braVelY turning them over to the
6b5fsr parents, whose BYmpathieS had
l,een enlisted In the little ones Behalf,
while the only treasures she pef7nttte6
her own heart 10 harbor were memories
81 their clinging arms and choking
NobS when they left her Tor faces that
were strange.
BUT one day a great temptation came.
II W1S the morning Of the twentieth an
nfverSaFy OF her installation as ma.
from a the Annex. II was about s
O'clock In the morning when they
bfoufht him In from the station hluse
n policeman had picked him out Of q
long wooden box near the entrance OF
file alley, tust little while beforc light
f.abno. ma, as usual, they had brought
6lm direct to her. He was decidedly
tl1e prsttlest baby the Annex had ever
known, He was asleep when Miss Cots
ton took him 10 her plump, strong arms.
Size looked at the curling brown hair,
the long dark IaGhes and the flushed.
dinpled face, and then, fairly intoXi-
cated With the perfume Of his sweet
breath, She smiled and said aloudI y
Wish I might. But she remembered
80 80 sHie.. md the nihar hnlR Of her