Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-10-22
HIS FIRST Wife.

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NEts alws,S r0iur-d out IA q
2Nelys .selt usde man sud Was
sSx5S apparently we'll Satisfied
with bis 0~n hsndiW"rk, for con
tent radIatPd from his full lace and
from his 6gure, which had lost it,
youth,ul muscle, under creeping
wa, ~ of haAh. Mr.. Janewa> had
satisfied his amhI'i0ns a. far ss 1t
is possible tor man TO do II.
Fortunate y fur bis cOntenr, those
aspirations were Ot the k'nd that
are most Ot'.u realized. e. bad y
hsnfSuue Wite and 'hrev bright
children; he vas President Of the
State Bark, an institution koown
10 he found, d on the rock ~ sound
hnarces; br had bern MaNor Of
She > anpe, aud was a rember OF
the Legislature. 81 much Of earth.
ly glory had fallen to bls share.
when he rrsd IDe obituary OF an
other seli.made man, he always
NODDED his head ssgelv, as mnch az
IN say. 4 know how II gnes: |
started with nothing myself In
fact. Mr.. JAneway's election t0 the
Legislature came IT the admira.
zion the electors had for man OF
the ueople When his c0nstitu.
EMS blIpd band and vent t0 ION
gratnlA'e mim, they found him
ready with spe, ch. He said:
sFelloN ci'iZrus, I vii not try tn
bid. hou you umy deep grstncs
ti.u.t t,er u al he election.
uanied 10 W. l.-c Ell. have van. .
ri yuDd ID ny lbings, and I've
ge eal'y 20 them but hnt with
ut rrkn- I started Wit moth
lir.;I did chores f.r my keep,
N.nt To ,chuOl wnen ! could, pick
rd mp penny he'- and p~unN;
I,id y hours wnk n I GralJ
y.t A .d Wh,Ie am | u'wf Pc /
dent ut II bank. "a NaI"r Nd Il
memr,r OF The L. gisla nrr. | hRmh
you, tll~nis, for JOnr votes, yet
teI thai 1 h.ve won ny own VA
that | am one. private perhaps
IT, ibe great arm. Of .-t ~ .d.
men,
He bo srd aud retIrel amid loud
suplause. In another this speecl
would have provoked criticism
bnt One Ot he ,Irl,ile US 1T th'
s q lima man ia Ia praise hl
maktr without stint.
Mr.. and Mrs. Janrway had jas
ii come from visit 10 their Owl
y nou-e, which their architect y,
sur, d them Was III the purest sty
II of the Gothic renaissance. b.
\ they were sure, too, which seem-'
J to them of far more inpnr ance
that II was the nHrSt hOnse j
town and quite eclips"d Mira Mo-
o gan's red brick mansion.
They were Ia moVe into it
onc-. aud Mrs.. JAuewAv wer
i. about the old LOuSe planning wh'
D. should be left behlud ~ not oOu
ing up to he artistic stsndard (
70 the new place. O1ne here mil
ute, MadlsOn,' she called from 6
obscure entry back If ths diuin
room.
'Mr. Janewsy lsid IOwn b
., q, paper aud went to hor, follOwe
or by Florrie, their youngest child.
a. a. 'What Is it, my dssir he aske
ID. hadn't l better pack this swi
the francis 80 shabby that
~ ,sn't at for the new housef 8
pointed TO q faded photograI
hanging In q dark corner. IL W
" the likeness of plain woma
sr with a broad mouth and 0,
widely separated. The hair "
parted and drawn back from I
forehead like two curtains; wat
chain picked out in gilt enclrc
her neck, and her lips and chez
were touched by carmine, givi
the face q ghsstIy pretsnce of l
Mr.. Janewsv started at 1t me
tativsly. Il hadn't noticed 1t TO
long time he said.
Who is that lady, pspF Flo
asked, looking at the picture
she saw 1t for the 6rst time.
why, Florrie, that wss my
wife, he answered, surprised I
she had not known II before.
sWas she my mamma, toor