The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-09
AFTER MANY DAYS.

!
that crisn winter morning
Tho wind h,ew ,resb from off the
lake the am sbone brilliantly in a
cIoudlees civ and tho sbons were CAV
with beautifnl things IN tempt the
money from ful, nurses and the shop
ners wero already bepinnine To throng
the streets
! Two vears aeo--two short years to
tho bannv bpt lapp,np nm leaden feet
IN the burdened beart-Alice CLAYTON
had heen tho Melted idol of her father.
Left motberless while vet a baby. there
wos M desire which wealth could not
crafty loft unsatisfied
Tho netite slender form with deem
violet ewes and that "woman,s crown
~ glorv :" wealth Of wonderful golden
hair at 10 she was one NJ the reigning
ho,,os in tho c;tv of her birth and
more than one man had laid his heart
AT her feet: hut not one among them
all had stirred her nulses till John
F: Arcbar,s dark ewes looked into hers.
Tho Iook a man 1,ves tn Int one wom-
an m Garth
! put Jobn Archer besitated to ask her
T., r,,od1o horso,t "a him iii fortune
should sm,Ie on him more sweetlv. so
tboro had haen M word snoken Of love
hotwaon them when voune Archer was
called IN South America on a long
hrs;noss trim which nromised great
necuniarv returns.
r,ontb oftor bis dana rtura Tho sad
old s,orv ca often told was again re-
no,tod nno dow tboro was a manic in
tho stock market ard Richard CLAYTON
wont a. riobt IN his magnificent home
n rr;nod NOV
Tbo nov+ norn,no cervant knocked
~ his roon, in vain and when at last
~, fr;ahtonod man onenad tho dior
~ fnrn, WING across tho he'd was life
Lose Tho nbvsician pronounced it
onor,ovv bnt main and grief are swift
dastrovors
AI;oa bor+ ,ika a ,;lv heneatb the
blow INIT Aower-like rose again. and
oftor ,;tt,o hr,velv took her wav tn
~ h;o oitv wbera amid now scenes
sho r,;obt foroot tho avertad p,ancaa
ond cola words of her former friends.
As sneedi1v as she could fit herself for
a aha ob+oined emn,ovment "a a tvne.
,vr;,or with a firm of ATTORNEYS and
Decentralization ond nor nav l;fa
hoa oono monotonous,v on from
month ~ month
Tbe confinement was irksome IN the
oir1 Who had never in her previous
1is. Lnou, . noro 1.borious task than
onswor;no balf.dozen notes of a
,,o,niro ond +bougb ber emnIoves
novo ber q. nucb blindness and ron.
Starvation as could he exnected of pre.
ooomnind hu.in..s mon her grief over
49, inss -, ber f,ther and her home
nv -. 49, ,uatohod non,o - ,ono,;
1872 :, ~ aroat citv woS foot naline
nos ahoo,,o ond drov';no dort circles
,sson 49, sod h,ro eves
~ .a anu u,os 49, sooord orniuor-
- 49, sathor,. doath Al tha
soy ~. nanuau ~ ,,o ;ntornaI No.
1850 ho,oro tho oir1,s mor+o,
49, s ~ n,,I,od no uo,, down
."ns ,'on faoo - aonooo, tho troooo ~
w. w. .a n '0
N' ,aat oh uo,o,od +ho to,, ,,;,d,,.
49, "a. .aan as ~ - Wv da;,u worL md ontor'
',e e.en1 VI ne. u ..,., w.. ,o'.a, s,ooa
Gu INC eie'a'ol WIN ~. u .. pe
ant morning greeting 10 the attendant.
On the third floor they stopped to ad-
nit tall, dark, distinguished looking
man.
A little sound half sob. half gasp.
drau bic attention IN tho slight pirlish
80 49, a,hau ooounant
heuie Vi 'ne o'net o.IupaAt
Inc next uoor r9acheu she iose "
leave, but staggered, and must nave
fallen had not the stranger caught her
swaying form in his arms.