Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-04-04
OLD LOVE, TRUE LOVE.
Chicago Times Herald.)
isWhere is papa, mamma =


Ter large blue eyes from one s'aD 10
tho other. Warm tears oozed Irsm
tbe lsshes of The little girl Tor sue
loved her father, unworthy th ugn ne
was Of the innocent len i'rne's'
Little Dorothy rau 10 the children
Who wee calling from another room,
and thus escaped tue s'udder 4 silent
Grief which sLook the frame OF that
young mother.
Oh. my children, may you he spared
tho sorrow and humiliation when
seems to be your inevitable destiny.
The tender little woman arse ana,
passing into her own room, closed the
door, hoping to exclude the merry
nraitle of her children, every SOUND Oh
which see ned to rebuke her for her
w}lfulness early in life Sne and her
three children had been deserted by
lhrsbaLd agd father since coming 10
Chicago, and Mrs. Foster was remind
d OF the ay when she iorsook the
lover Of her youth and ei,'eglrded The
wish Of h I par by leawns home IN
the night with GA lie Foster But
Charlie had SCENE so good and kind
uis exp.rienee with some Of the mts'
nromipent newspapers of Iowa lndi-
oo+ad that place awaited him among
the leading men of that prcfessl IN
: Mucb of mis- special work Lad already
, received vide publicity in the leading
nansrs OF Chicago AM other cities
! The Sunday editors were crowdipg him
or his feature stories on "lhe Signs
fine Time :" "Burlesquc Philosophy
nd "The Panthe SINS of the Medlevals
III Of which were historically meritor'
s ions as well as str,kingly numerous.
it Foster was poii2yin his line' AMI
l, possessing an attractive appearance
a IS little wonder that he took the ht'i
t, town of Mobile, Iowa, by storm whll'
,Gr there spending the summer with
d wealthy unc'e ten year ago.
Nell wcrthington and Pulp Mas
ID were the social leaders Of the town. an
3 their lifelong devotion to each 0lne
70 had settled their future in the mino
l. of the villagers. Neil was pr'tt
OF pirr and Foster had an eye for BEAUTY
or But she lcved Philip fer Lis indlfferer
=, thou h uthusiastic moods. be WI
Id srch touchy, ia ty pleasant le'lo'
Id To her there was no living with BIN
o. without him.
as When Fo. ter stepped from the piS
T. form O. the morning tr in early
ns June and was received il person
nd Alexander Foster, the iich and POP
nd lar stoekman, whose ma nifceut hol
~. at the edge of the villa e.was the pr
of the community, the news OF his
ur- ,,var took wings, and before e'enl
II tbe,e was not household wlthii
III radins OF five m les in which the ev
~ had not Leen discussed. The bel
'ain class of the depot loun5 gers who
e We ceuqht glimpse of the young n
Pain befor, he was hidden in the CARR
non l,s If his uacle, were called up to tell
4 what sort OF looking chap he
anyhow. Some of the hearers seer
to be disappointed when informed
s. be was slightly stopped, strobe inst
q Of walked, l,oked at no one but
- uncle and had his face covered WI
neatly trimmed be nd. They had
49, pected Jolly, wholesouIed fello'
:, ~ the typical nephew Of SO generous
i od-noInred n man as old Alex Flo
aa But Charlie was crack rifle shot
was q fault,ess ca cher behind The
N baseball. II he Mobile nine VI
uead of ju,t such fellow, and he
~ therefore into the graces OF every y
o,h,r man and boy If the town within a
short time.
. He was invited few evenings
lis arrival to attend church s
where he met Nell Worl hington.
n beauty easily eclipsed that OF the
,h,e. young ladies of the gathering
@ arlie was not long in paving IN
ews, for another romantic adventure.
DR.. thou h he ! a never been marie
I I1S, was s,cre ly proud Of his abllit
iy. conquercr among the dies, and
nedi- in a few weeks he d comp
dis weaned Nell from til affections
RS r OF OF lover, Phi ip Nos.
emil Miss Werthing on" 'aid FoSt
bad night when they were setting OF
-. 18th -, fro.t Of her home "are