The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-01
THE UNION OF
TWO ESTATES

Il consisting of hundreds of acres, the
other OF thousands. Wadsworth Towle
was the owner of the smaller: Helen De
/ Veaux would be the owner of the lar
| ger. 1t is an old story that young peo-
| pie of opposite sexes owning adjoining
estates are induced by their elders to
| marry, thus carrying out the modern
commercial plan of Community of
| interest," and so it was In this case.
| Towle went to college, then travelled
| abroad. Miss De Veaux, after COM
pleting her education, chafed that she
had been born rich. She pinned for a
| vocation.
One June day Towle was wandering
about his grounds and before he knew
| It found himself in the De Veaux es-
| tates. A young woman in the costume
of n trained nurse was resting on u
board scat between two trees reading
| or studying. Towle, who had been
| carried through long illness by one of
this profession and had great adj
miration for them as u class, raised his
hat politely.
II beg pardon" he said. 'Will you
tell me who Is Ill at the house?'
She hesitated to reply.
mo matter" he added. Il have no
right to pry into family secrets"
Miss De yeaux is not very we'll"
Indeed. / have-I mean we have
not been informed OF her illness"
why should you be informedY''
1t occurred to Towle to play part
and learn something about the lady
whose interests and his Were Identical
We'll, 1 am Mr.. Towle's business
man, secretary, general utility man.
lie lives on the adjoining estate. Had
| heard OF Miss De Veaux's illness
should have suggested the propriety Of
his writing to express his concern. He
would have directed me to write
letter. and in this case he would have
copied it i'll his own hand and sent it
TO Miss De Veaux."
Bless me. Is that the way these
rich people express sympathy
Usually"
But / thought there was some talk
of Mr.. Towle's marrying Miss De
veaux. How could he be SO coldly
methodical with her?'
He has never seen her. His family
has long owned its estate here, hers
only few years. during which both
Mr. Towle and Miss De VeauX have
been getting an education"
Il see Doesn't he rather shrink
from such u cold blooded union?"
He's a practical fellow, with no
romantic nonsense about him"
Then he's not like Miss De Veaux,
who is in full sympathy with that rO-
nance which is mt the bottom of every
true heart
II am surprised. / supposed Miss
Dc Veaux was rather practical.
have heard that she is proposing when
she comes into this estate to organize
Il STAFF to assist her In devoting her
immense. income to practical charity"
Her postgraduate education. so to
speak, is directed with that end in
view
TowIe sat down on the other end Of
the board and beat the grass with his
cane.
4 wouldn't suppose" he said. that
Mr.. TowIc would care to marry that
sort of woman. They are very well
to admire mt distance, but they don't
work well in double harness"
I'm quite sure Miss De Veaux
wouldn't care to marry n man who
would write her letter of sympathy
| drawn by his business man."
Towle sat for a few uGnutes with
sober look on his face. then turned to
the nurse with smile. I'VE are set
| thing the affairs of our betters as
though they were our own. Suppose
we drop them and chat about other top
| ics-that is, II you don't mind making
an acquaintance in this way.
"a trained nurse can't be squeamish."
The pair talked for an hour, then
| parted, 10 meet when the nurse came
| Off duty for nm hour of recreation the
| next day. In this way they kept up
series of meetings for several weeks.
| Meanwhile TowIe had sent letter OF
| sympathy with flowers to Miss De
vcaux, asking to be allowed to call as
soon as she was able TO receive callers.
| One day he received a formal note
signed by Miss Edna Knapp, Miss De
! yeauxs secretary, informing him that
she was quite recovered and would be
pleased to see him. Towle was some
| what startled at this method of com
munIcation, but Miss De Veaux nigh
| be still too weak to do her own CORE
| spondence. He did not much care, for
he had been captivated by her nurse.
When NVadsworth Toyle was usher