Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-25

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and her trembling brush hoyefed oYeF
the canvas.
You're offended. amt you?"
"No, jim, no, for your question came
from an honest. kindly heart; but YOU
don't quite understand. Suppose e ger
/ tleman-no, won't use those terms
+ III say a man cared for a won n, as
dear friend and comrade. and taught
her TO think high thoughts, and strive
after noble deeds. but could never care
for her in any other way Suppose he
had shewn her this from the first as
plainly as n man can show 1t, without
giving offence, and yet she,@as foolish
no. mot feolish-nor even unfortunate,
but just constituted SO that she could
not hep keeping her heart as a sort
] Of looking glass for his reflection? Sup-
pose It was Just his goodness to all
and what this goodness had made him
+ specially to her-that drew her TO him,
would You blame him for Just the 1T
i tie regret that must shadow her life?
! Could you blame him if you were told
that she would rather have him as he
is. her master in all that is good, than
/ see him on her own level. just an or
/ binary lover and husband
E! cts a cut above me-" the boy re-
! piled, softly. Just a trife ON top of
! the omnibus-hut l think | think"
) he broke of. and there was no sound in
the room The painter still stood at her
easel working slowly at the foreground,
till suddenly her hand was arrested
and pressed against a soft young check.
q dldn't 20 fer to 'urt you. It's gospel
true. l didn't
As they stood thus Osborne opened
the door and entered5 his face was pale
and harrassed,, and a sort Of spasm of
pain crossed It as his eyes fell on Eva
and the boy.
Cut along. now jim he said. land
get your supper Eva, has the boy dis
tressed you?a and he drew her gently
into the light, and regarded her keenly.
Not Intentionally" she answered
Don't trouble about it, Frank, it's
not worth while
Anything that affects you is worth
my while to inquire into said he, and
there IS no trouble for me, Eva, so
great as to see you suffering. l hope
you believe that
Il do believe It," she answered. "You
are all that is good and kind to me, but
in this instance it is no use your in
terfering"
Then you don't care to tell ne what
it was that Jim said to disturb you
Just now?"
Il don't wish to make any mystery of
the matter" she answered, "but no
good would come of my repeating the
idle gossip of people who must NEEDLE
with lives they don not understand"
Osborne turned away sharply, and took
two or three PAGES across the room.
They have been busy with my name
so long" he said, returning to her side,
that it is little matter what they say,
but it passes patience that theyyshould
attack you"
you have made more trouble to-day,
1 fear" she remarked, willing to turn
his attention from herself.
only the usual thing" he rejoined
"One of our distressing cases on the
bench. A poor devil who broke some
| windows in order to get into goal, and
then told us to our faces that his task
in the latter place would be but two
and a half pounds of oakum, subject TO
doctors orders, his remuneration Che
! put it that way, Eva), a clean bed and
decent food; while IN the casual ward
; in return for a plank to sleep on, sin
| gle filthy rag to cover him, and two
slices of bread, one for supper and one
for breakfast, he would be expected 10
pick four pounds of ordinary oakum
or eight OF the broken stuff. be said
| eight sometimes being scarcely dressed
! at all when given out. He asked to be
sent to gaol for hfe, where at least he
might be clean"and something like hu-
man. It Broke me up. Eva, for what
the man said about the tasks and the