The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04
THE UNREdSON OF NELLIE JANE
Being . Tale Illustrative of tho Perversity
of Some Feminine Hearts.

Being . Tale Illustrative or tho Perversty
of Some Feminine Hearts.
In the heart OF State whose name is imma-
terial were situated some iron works. the prop
erty OF the Ferrona Iron Company. Limited.
Their yearly output was 10000 tons OF pig.
from which 1t will be inferred that they were
not very extensive. But they were compact
and complete. The ore was brought from their
own mines ten miles up the valley and ready
market was found for all the metal they could
smelt.
The manager. who was also might boss"
was a Scot. and Enthusiastically restrained
the more enthusiastic Of his superiors. Every
thing was gey and comfortable" he said, and
for why should that new plant be installed
It'll no do ye ony guild. an there's the awful
expense" said the manager. So the Ferrona
Iron Works. Limited. kept pegging away with
limited capital and limited resources. but with
quite unlimited success. thanks to the quiet
energy OF their manager.
The company owned twenty miles OF rail-
road and two locomotives which hauled ore
from the mines and pigs from the works. where
they were stacked In long rows Also four
times a day one OF the engines took the Stag"
! over to the dump The big Stag pot was showed
close under the cinder-fall. the sluice that
draws off the worthless stuff from on top OF
the iron In the great furnace, Then the full
pot was dragged to a switch and so to the Stag
pile. where 1t was upset by an ingenious wheel
and-worm arrangement. 1t held ten tons. and
| at night the glare OF its dumping showed for
/ miles over the country. The slagpile-a huge,
hardened mopnd-had gradually encroached
spuTred end touched the water which was deep
| at that place.
works. The finest house in It was the man
manager daughter; And the nEetttte,sstt little
was always playing about the works under the
special, charge Of the man who happened to be
Jane. As was only. nataral. hali the men in
eSnS ytS 6e He son Win I'd Rho WS.
| thrice married, had three sets Of children-and
But Ut siri can Comfortably return the ad-
lore Nellie Jane divided her Kindness be tween
aSer 6co No. z Rhe no On
tured to predict the maiden's choice. the com
darn. .rne boy hut Ed we alnt got no use
geniality in ms disposition. which was lack;
Ing in the make Of his follow, Moreover Ed
jim SIX IN his
Yet Neie Jane hcsta,ed LONGER than the
% nG took sides on e eHs
Eds support was limited % himself and his
mon backed Jim. The whole situation devel-
oped during the summer that the girl finally
returned home from the distant city. And in
the same. stage Of development 1t remained
until the follow ng spring
The iron market was slack that season and
for time the Ferroua Iron Company made
two casts day instead Of four. Thus half OF
the men were idle. and some Of them organ
lied picnic for certain warm. lazy day in May.
Nine O'Clock A. NJ. saw Jim at the managers
house in his Sunday clothes and q covered
buggy He drove off with Nellie Jane and the
bystanders looked wise. But Eds unprepos-
sessnG face wore more than usually unpre-
| assessing smile. And when lin came home.
| jubiant In spite Of a scratched wagon and an
! oyerdriven horse he smiled more than ever
Now, the regular cast next afternoon had
| spectacular element For the President OF the
| company was on n flying visit to Ferrona
| Therefore the managers wife and children
| were present to give eclat, and the men Skipped
| with more than usual energy about the sand
| bed. where shimmering glow from seventy
| five tons OF molten iron rose In the air.
In the excitement OF the casting the little
boy wandered out through the open end OF the
! cast-shed away from the heat and glare. No