Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-03-07
AFTER MANY YEARS.
ny EDWARD u. CLARK.

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lands Of tae seas; .enad tBiea0ea the Bra
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score az can't
about the ee.n8te1 eF.4e. efadIv fHa~
the sun. Joan h-eAsaent fo .5s B0teI din
ner n evening daeys eclot. q we're mex.
He nag maze the c-a5e Oh landing in
Ne~ ? ORR ~ @as tae iirst time IN ten
10 \ na9 worn evening *tess
when - t4tsiV 50 @ls sou,
guest to the table 4 ee Kent M and cave
him a Chair 50 taat Is was opposite the re.
turned traveller. Kent saw something ia
mli1ar IN the mans face. He turned his
memory inward, and the thought brought
MN knowledge Of his neighbor. Billy
Blair" he said abruptly, Don't you know
me."
Ills vis-a-vis looked at him full in the face
fos a moment. MY soul. it's John Kent"
he said, and then the two clasped hands
over the snowy table. 1--WE heard of Won
during the past ten years" Blair continued.
"only as a mighty hunter and traveller
forgive me-in God forsaken places
haven't seen you since the wear after we
left college, for | did not come to Chicago
until six months after you left. And so
now you're back in civilization. Wen. let
me give you a taste of it tonight. have
tickets for Stronp's theater. good NAV
opening night and lots Of fashionab les there.
You'll know some Of them doubtless fhouoh
a younger generation has come into the
swim since you left. | have three seats:
Jim Childs is going with us. Charles Gran
mis- was to 60, but couldn't, SO you'll have
his seat. You remember jim Childs. don't
you? Good fellow that, and he'll be clad
to see you.
John Kent and his friends ch;Ids ord
Blair. sat next the aisle four rows fror, +ba
front in Strong's tbeater. The first act
was over. Childs had SUGGESTED . trin n
the smoking room oTet,s 81 hero ~
said Blair. "and LET .Jack look around a
little. He'll probably see some faces ba
knows"
There wa a 1;++la 81, - .
tho right &c no stana
dress with q snarl,i;nn dooaratnn noa
from q ra5 r;bhan 81 - lPNN1.
against The vh;+a 80 - - 1859
the hoy The eves nf ~ No. ~ ~ e;s,.
seats of the 6ftb rov, xvara a;rao+a1 -
Tho ner,oomar A. a. 1oaLo5 sonaI
who bad baen s;t+inr ~. - - ana
forward ~ Greet he mon r;th tba deaaraA
tion Sba wss haa,tis,,I onaa,na 81
touch &c somsth;na ~ bar 60 ~
amo,rteJ oin,as+ - rt"s enae
rustlinu tbrougbopt tbe entire house poon1a
leaned forward. more anxions ~ ohts;n
glimpse of this woman than thew were 70
see the foreign looking stranger
"you NAV nossib1v ramanehar M.
po;nsfarJ III. 80 $500 .I
sba va ~ soo;str 80 60 IL. .aanS
that's Ton ,aars = sba,s % 49, h,,t
nora ha.n+;fn1 49, ~ -
have heon nndartahan &C. - sense0 .ba
heart are. in number Greater tban thosa of
anv ten Year war camna;gns of h;story
She's managed to remain single ali these
wears nevertheless About nine years ago
a German nobleman killed himself for love
Of this woman II was no fault of bers
for m cova 49, 49,
local snitors there hasn't been one of ma
who at some time ar other has not honed
in his silly heart thai he nigh win Sp;tors
Jack. 1lere nave been scores of them
MARGARET Rainsford has hear Lindress u.
self to us all-tbjs ia ou;te a Confession for
a mar TO make about himself isn't IT,
she oava us al "a rndars+snd Il mas ~ :
and somehow or other II was INST her man.
ner Of doing the thing that kent ne from
breaking our hearts and going off like the
German and shooting ourselves in Lincoln
nark
"Yon see. .Jacl, there's sometbino If .
story back Of This. Possibly Won wentaway
hefore the thing bannaned We onIy
heard It here in whispers and of course
there's no t~ellinc whether We have i irs+
right or nor but II IA said that tbis rDsn.
nroacbahIe beautv once Ioved ! nan 49,
sbe heard sometime eoncernine bino 80
was c;van Mat sbe considara5 $50 80
the truth OF the story.
we We heard That she sent for him and