The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-10
my COUSIN AMY"

,,ilInr OF II, even W. MhVh Nv Hn'
w ,,cd Nc resumed his natural man
nu u'and swnrc at the waiter l9r shoWlnE
ne n, GTT desire TO clean M t9r tne on-
an" In md so, perhaps To MS s"'''-
Srart Here's his story 49,. .t,c,
~ nave known my cousin amy eHiS'
hs DAYS when she was ., anu VII Yin ~
ana .. Turing ali that time suspected the
ne,I and never knew until II was 700
WY" rhcn I learned what might nave
NV, nrd ms thought the slmplc story
n occurred to me- II might IN II"
oNS'L nrnye useful 10 other youngsters
ny Sind MS | was and have been. FOR
W ne, nevrr knocks twieCut II mans door
I ,sl,,. a. us know our caller when she VS.
rev ~ and are generally disposed TO is-
" Nor summuus, taking her Tor a
nU.ii,nr or A bore. Tho only WAS Is To
,as,n from the experience OF our elders
NS ay,,inr folks think that old folks are
,.,is I'D folks know that young folks
syc Thus goes the old proverb, the san
a., ~ which never impresses one TN ne
Ne crossed 80. Hut let me tell you the
s,Sry OF my cousin Amy,
,.Tp begin with. she was the sweet
%, rirl that ever was or VIII be Ana
,bc is so now. but thai IL only the com
r,iment OF this story. Well Amy WAS
~ and will be the sweetest girl In the
world Sun, ! never loved hes--tN'epS
w cousin aud as sweet girl. the
Syectest have ever seen OF shall see
rom now on-I don't know, I can't tell
Mi YOU are not Interested IN my tH-
,urr or Amy's. 50 let me tell You or the
nast. We'll, then, l have known hef
SING she was five years old. Even ihrn
IN. had an infinite sweetness about her
vhIch was not oVcrshadowed even by
mo ftlllness OF life and spirits which
was her second best charm.
,'Eycn at the age when young maids
of i've do not I've long In the thoughts
AZ youths was fond OF Amy, She wAS
communicable even then and though
n, times noisy and persistent she IN
used her grace even into those disagree
sble qualities and made them half low
,bJe This was Amy at the age OF I'VE.
We'll. YOU know how n youth changes
after II. How he becomes then one
thing or the other Good or bad, stu-
dious or careless, serious or tfihlng.
Drrirg the next ten years ] saw Amy
only now and then. She was changing
an developing also. but paid little at
tsptlan 20 her growth. was chasing
inter- the false gods whose worship il so
attractive TO the yOung man. Amy WAS
orIy child 10 me az my advanced years.
md while family connections kept me IN
frequent contact with her, ! thought OF
ms old young friend only rs q rather
awkward, shy girl OF Is, white ! was re-
Niclne In the mIl manhood and Unlim-
tied experiracy. and wisdom Of Is.
When saw her first In those days
paid little attention 10 her Tiere was
Am the old sweetness there, the power Of
loving. the simple but strong attractive
mess, but was busy with my tSlge gods
and tinscl Goddesse'. You men OF thirty,
YOU know where sou worship then, and
YOU know how devout You were In your
worship and how the tallacy and hollow
ness OF your cTesd never strikes YOU Ill
you have had fiv" or ten years OF Il. ana
rnE when you learn your god IS stuffed
WIKI the dirtiest kind u Sawdust and the
worship stlnks in your n0S'ris Wen,
passed through that s'dgs, went the
rounds and reiolced in thf designation Of
4 r5under No hog waIlUwe1 "a his nth
mon luXurl1usly than I, an t5ik me
zen long years 10 learn that r.alt was not
and never can be anything IN dissipation.
IAN this has q bearirS on my story "
Amy because. thank God after a while
my eyes were opened and saw the folly
thrown the bln.m and h0wes oil his youth
IN the cutters OF dissipation he takes the
faded remnants back to the highway, so
!. seeing had been giving much for
Goihlng. brihough; myself that perhaps
the ways of decent people were wiser and
sought to tread them Society does not
condemn the male sinner His social
position Is thrown like a cloak over
his life. and vIrtuOuH mothers who know
from worldly husbands the story Of his
escapades. are glad 10 show him their
Jewels In the way az marriage lbia daugh-
icrs-;hat "a, ithe may be eligible
WELL / was rich and ellGibls. J easily
worked my way back Into the s9Giesy |
bad luil for what 4 styled Bohemia. /
saw young women FAR more sweet and
attractive than those who shine n prhlc
balls late suppers and fame" resorts.
And among them ahonc conspicuous my
cousin Amy. had never entirely given
NJ her society. but az LAKE years l had
sen less and les ot her. II seemed 90
sac her manner had changed. She WIS
row a woman Of tie world. w,'h neg
three crowded seasons behind her New
York, Newport, LONDON and the Riviera
lad been her stamrii z grounds, and aSHl
her infinite Sweetncss-pardnn thc tXpr-
tton Of the word, but II iittad itei--was
DIr;I.Iy covered though not cfJaced by
me manner Of the woman OF twenty-five
years had not noticed this. or at any
raj, ttyelt upon II, II. our few meetings
Ia the saeas;ine
Amy wa5 still and had never ceased
70 b. fund OF me as an oil friend and
playmate. FOR In the FAR away OH days
We mad eyer PLAYED together as children
viii, But I could never regain my cxac;
Ola flGurg. Arter n while shp ala let me
ect Nstle closer. and then later I
,hnugh, n,yfrcd ,,nr,c,in,eg a rrttIrn Of
falling in 1--we with Amyp Iid NOT
s,y 81 T,bsn ans Inv hoard 6f5etbinr
and mo nar, d,v sho ,oII mo soyn.tb MINI,