The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-25
WHEELING Daddy NTELIIGENcER SATURDAY. JUNE 25lsea
NJ ana bas hcr hands on my

h n e, NJ and put her hands on my
= Bob. she said softly. dear old Bob.
J Know nil a bout 1t, n mist not be-
II had planned a smooth story TO tell
her, but Il all went out az my stupid
hend. "A Just thought OK how frali an
sad she Looked. OF how horrible Il would
be Us. slia hud to fnco harsh things, ,oh,
Grace. j cried oul Ia congternn,ion. II
must be. YOU wouldn't be- las hard IN
tnH az that. Retntmber.'I an, your BIZ,
brother. and ltwnule. drive me Wild to
tflulss pt Your giving lip things. What
are those LAWYERS thinking OF to let you
know, anywayY = y
she smiled ~ me ind settled Gown
on the arm OF thu hiS leather chair No,
3oh, ypu are the noblest man ] know,
blt yoii are not eculib my brother In
the eyes OF the Eorld She took lip one
OF tho legal phpers and hepnn 10 fear Il,
In small. pieces. rlnrehe5 around The
study. thinking hard, hut hewlldered, /
knew how determined Grace twas, and
no proudly she Faced the world. What
With bllrd fright for her, and the
strength o. my tovc and her sitting
there resolu,cly tearing IN n fortune, /
quite lost my mead, 's
Come. dear, said. sill marching
Up md down. You don't love me, Of
course, BUT i am yorr big brother, you
hnow.n md attn Going 10 nsk ~ ou love
anybody else.' t{,.
"iNo. Bob. sne SAID, quietly, Il don't
love anybody else The. torn paper wa 8
falling from her hands In little white
showers ~ .f5l
"'You won, Jet me take care OF you
as your brotlier.' plunged on; could
you let ne watch over. you as you-
husbsnd7 You don't love any ono else,
and you trust me. l,wOuld care for you
very tendery, and would try not TO bore
or bother you. II would make me very
happy, dear, to feel that ] should al
WAYS have the right TO protect vow 3
"She never looked up. and the white
bits OF paper still iirttercG down,
Would It really MAXI you happy 2 she
asked me, Her head arnF down and
her voice sounded as II she was crying,
"'ot course 1t would sud, indig-
nantly. -5.
!" Then you shall be nv big husband
she answered softly. and almost ran
out OF the study"
"Didnt. you Kiss, h"r?" demanded
Bryan. !tbs VIZ
why. no. Bob answered. Bryan
actually sHorted with Disgust. e
- OF course" went on Rob.'1 saw she
was marrying me out OF TIE GOODNESS OF
her generous heart. During the two
months that interviewed between our
marriage, I; mapped out a set OF rules
for myself. vowed TO watch over her
as tenderlS and unob.ruslvely as I
could, but / would not force my love
upon her. as IL locking for a reward.
We were married very quietly, It being
so soon after her fathers death. Al
though I tried to give Grace everything
she wanted and kept tight rein on my
longlngs, soon felt that she was mis-
erab!ewith me. It was no use, captain.
1acould mot help seeing that she found
even the light ties that bound her to
me, irksome. So fixed i with my law
yers that they should attend carefully
to- ais her wishes. AMI L am. here. It
seemed the only way to make her hap
pieng l am mistake and mistake
should berubbed out The young man
stopped abruptly: That's ALL" he said,
neruously lighting frcsh cigar, but
not looking at Bryan.
Bob Norris" repeated Bryan, gently,
''yc are domned fool. and am going
out to 'Tijuca TO write some letters You