Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-03
Young WHITES
LOVE STORY.

I wonder If 1t would have happened
very differently, or how it would have
happened in any way, If ] had not in
terfered? If had neglected that which
it was my obvious duty to attend to?
If I had let things slider" If I had
shut my eyes and seen nothing? 1t
might have paid me better. I should
not have been in young Whites esti-
NATION forever afterward ian intermed-
ding old fool.'
] wonder even now whether 1t was for
the best. Still 1t was clearly my duty,
and / did it. did not feel any the bet
ter for it afterward. I never reproach-
ed myself for taking the step that did
take, and / had the satisfaction of my
own conscience to uphold me. But
still / cannot help wondering how
young Whites love affair would have
banned out" without me.
There was nothing to be done but
stop it. Young White was in my
charge, and his parents, relations and
friends-had a right to be warned of
what was going on in marlborough I'M
der my very nose, and, may add, under
the aquilline nose of Miss Letitia Craig
Alpine, the principal of High House
Seminary for Young Ladies, where the
object of young Whites devouring pas
sion was being educated at full pressure
and with all the "extras."
When it came to discovering this
clumsily stitched up in the left inner
lining of young Whites Sunday. waist
coat (near the heart, poor boyD, where
1t was discovered by its cracking"
and by Sarah Buds, my housekeeper,
whose vigilant eye had detected a
button gone, and was making good the
omission when this was found be-
Meath her hand-what else was to be
done but take active steps to stop it
slmmarily?
my Dearest Roberta shall be
dreadfully unhappy until see you next
Saturday afternoon. Old Scraggy is
going to seee her sister, and Miss Tad
castle, hateful thing, has sprained her
ankle-badly, am glad to say-and
Sally will be In charge of us dear
Sally! whom we can both trust, and
whom we will both take care of when
she gets old, and when we have
house of our own, won't we, dear?).
] can bear this slavery no longer
this blackboard and bread-and- jam ex-
istence-and we love each other and can
trust each other forever and ever. Yes,
the die is cast, and we will fly from this
detestable tyranny and begin life to-
gether as you suggest, in a new and
foreign land, where your French uncle
is, who will shelter us and take care
of us for a few weeks until we are able
to get married. People marry very ear
ly abroad l have heard mamma say,
and you are so clever, everybody says,
that we are sure to prosper in the world,
with your kind rich uncle to help us
till we do. So on Saturday next, at
in the afternoon, as you have arranged
so nicely, I will be at the railway sta
ton, under the clock, waiting for you,
and looking out longingly for you, my
dearest one! Don't forget! We will
travel third-class to Dashford Junction;
that will not excite suspicion, and will
save us a deal of money. With fond
est love and kisses Yours till death,
and longer EUGENE"
"P. S.-Burn this lest old Bunions'
get hold of it. Fluff our kitten, has
been stolen, so cannot bring him with
me on Saturday as I anticipated. I
am so sorry about it. Poor little love!
How | wonder where it has got to. l
don't think your pa or ma, or my pa or
ma will be very angry when we are
married-and it can't be helped-do
you? Saturday. o'clock"
Here followed various significant and
symbolic crosses. Poor little Eugene!
forward and precocious little Eugen-
ie-it was an unlucky hour for two