Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-03-28


embarrassment and a plague. "a last.
realizing that she had exhausted To-
cal opportunities. she started brave
N ont into the unknown SEA. Her
mother eNI>ostulated and her father
forbade. ia vain. With a very little
money she had managed 20 earn and
hoard. she went away.
an this had taken some years. and \
j. vas grave young woman Of 20
who landed in the city from whence F,
Herbert Scanlan had gone 10 the cOun-
try four Years before. The name OF
the city was about al she knew about
ii. ANA her firSt necessity was 10 find
means Of livelihood. Being brave
and strong and handy with her hands,
this Gid not prove so serious a mat
ter a. might have been expected, and
in few months She was able 70 give
some time 20 the hopeless task Of
( looking for one man in a great city
! OF course. she was ignorant and sim
[ pie. and neglected the commonest
methods 20 accomplish her end. but
she made up for this in the single
/ heartedness Of her quest and the
sublime confidence in its ultimate
( success Another TWO years passed
.
/ Scanlan had left the city not long
after she came 10 IL. on mission
abroad which was likely 10 keep
him a permanent resident in Ger
/ many. Ii took her another two years
10 ind a way 20 get abroad. which
she did As a servant on an ocean liner
In the meantime she had learned 10
speak German. realizing that il would
be necessary in tracing him She
also had learned many things Of the
world and mastered much useful
knowledge as 10 means 10 get along
by the labor Of her hands and head.
She was no longer the innocent. ig-
{ norsnt wild flower she was when
Scanlsn vooed and won-and forgot
her.
soon after arriving in Berlin she
learned that Scanlan had failed IN
health a year OF more since and
sought the warmth Of Italy 10 recu-
perate. To Italy forsooth went Hell
en-. and there she found Il a much
more disicui- task. as he had gone
for health. not business and left no
trace. Also she found IL more seri-
Gus matter 20 live. At last she struck
b the trail RCain. This time il led 10
the Transvaal-
In the meantime life had had its
I UPS and down with Scanlan- Return
I inr TO the city after his sojourn on
: the farm. he had plunged again into
business and met with the same
= marked success he had always had
7 He had formed a strong alliance and
2 went abroad 20 take care OF that end
( Of the business. In Germany he had
D met and married a rcigninC beauty
Z who soua ndered his fortune and end
? ed by clipping with an Italian count
b Broken IN fortune and health. he Ia,
q ! gone 10 Italy 20 recuperate. and from
there 20 the Trsnsvaal. lured by III
= tales Of great fortunes being acquire
e there-and- as vel. by the prospec
Of hiding himself and HIS shame fror
& the world. In South Africa for IA
e first time in his life ne found hin
q self unable 10 make a go OF IL. an
"a ran nearly 20 extremities- be too
r 10 gambling and 20 drinking and san
= distinctly in the scale Accusing hin
IS self from a sodden life after som
D. months. he resolved 20 make one las
e. try 81 il. and sailed for Austral
le 70 make a new start in a new Ian
re The opportunity he sought he did NJ
Te / find. and he took sick % a malignaI
be fever When he came too, ats
~ weeks Of illness in a charity hospit
er IN Melbourne. he found himself hop
e. lexslv shattered and absolutely pc
BE- uiless-and without ambition 20 mo
e. 4 step As a full realization Of
r. condition came 20 him he groan'
81 aloud letter telling him q q
he death q his miscreant wife was sni
as solace 20 him. The whole OF his lii
o. 50 fun OF high possibilities in &
nd morning and now so hopeless
NJ wrecked az high noontide, passed
fore his mind. and he prayed passic
he ately for death
he s'Oh. God. end this useless life"
- crroaned- before suicide is added
an nav other crimes and failures"
M A figure darlened the door a I
IN Young woman with grave but stra n,
II " familiar face stood az the foot
rss ais bed The next moment she lear
ac forward and sank on her knees
side the bed. and he found bins
a claSped tightly in her strong arms
The sHerbert.~ she whispered. Il hi
he found YOU az last" and then
The knew Il was the little Wild flower
she the prairie farm and strange pc
% and ouiet entered his soul.
~ Simply fhe told him q her i
pee quest. anu be saw the true gold
re. had spurned- With a groan, be turi
Of from her