Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

This resolve once taken. sue locked i
up the letter and the deed together.
and donned her simplest street gar
ments Her first move was TO consult /
a directory. 1t was a successful one. \
for almost az first view she lighted /
upon the address she sought under the /
name Of Rogers. Jeanette. teacher"
| and. elatcd with her anticipations. she /
/ betook herself TO the street and mum |
Der named. like female Haroun al
Bsschid
She WIS fortunate i'm finding the
young schoolteachcr nj home. She was
/ ushered into the parlor. I'm q few min
utcs. that seemed long to the impatient
visitor. n light ana almost bounding
step was heard I'm the hal and the door
opened and pretty. bright and archly
smiling girl stood before her
Il wish TO see Miss Jenny Rogers.
she explained.
Il am Jenny Rogers"
our Jenny faltcred back aStonished.
then burst out with the ircprcssibie
exclamation.
! but she IS lame. T was told that
she nmpei fearfully. while YOU '
The young girl before her broke
forth in "a merry laugh
"Oh / have been lame but last June
7 had an operation performed upon my
ankle. and &c cured me entirely. and
now I can even piroucue-see" And
tho gay young thing took whirl
through the room. pausing suddenly.
however. t3 exclaim. with irresistible
+. Occurrences. Pardon me. ann forget
ting my manners"
The signorina must call her So
, again for the noncc-cxperien -
strange sensation. Not lame. this girl.
, Then 30 was surely Gods providence
that l,d her here. How strange IL AN
was, The mistake of considering per-
maucnt defect that was only tempo
rary had turned NIr Degraws atten-
tion from this blooming girl.
o. You must wonder who I am and
b, what my errand Is. Wei. I have ne
IL errand: only wanted to know you
b. perhaps because OF your name. which
n IS Identical with my own"
g 'Jeannott, Rogersr"
II Virginia Rogers but we are boil
T. called Jenny least am"
IS "Ah, how curious,-to meet one o.
Y my own name. I mean. And YOU ar
IT beautiful" she wanted to say
.r but lacked the courage.
r- The sicnorina smiled. somehow he
is heart felt quite light.
r. ooh. I like YOU" she impetuousl
10 exclaimed Il feel as if We We're ol
friends Have Won never experience
IN any unplcasantness from the posse.
is sion OF this nar1ee You know. I SUI
le pose. that &c has been much I'm IN
III papers OF late. that unusual prosperit
SO as well rs adveE~ity has been the po
n ton OF some who have held 10. AN
ct that IL is doubtful blessing 10
or called Jenny Rogers just now"
.et Il know that promising singer ,
~ that name has lately become the owl
~ or Of q large fortune. is that a
We doubtful blessing YOU allude tO:'
II The archness of her look betrays
his the innocence of her heart. but the ST
We norma lost her voice all the same an
.rv hcsitated some minutes before remar
he ing.
II nave the money. vet I am rea,
TO part with it. 1t is not always an u
81" mitiSated JOY TO hold il. But mon0
we Of itself Is good. 10 you not think 5
eN- too. Jeannettet'
Il DO. Virginia. SO good that 7 e.
40 never have enough of It," she laught
the 1T Is not that I am mercenary." $
i"y protested. "but that my pay is 50 SIM
my and our wants so large. I shou
urs like She paused while fiu
mo- dyed her earnest young face. II r
mo got" she resumed. "that YOU were Il
ing rs poor as myself You cannot und
ION stand"
"But l can" broke I'm the signori
eagerly. And I am rs poor as yo
ent. I Seif-or soon will be-f0r I shall ha
so nothing while YOU
cry You will have nothingr"
her Nothing but what a kind husba
les will give me. but that is everything
hue il note"
Gets Il do not know" retorted the oti
urn quantity. Some day may be able
cf- answer when I have graduated in OF
zen lore tnan that We learn out Of books
fac II have graduated whispered
was signorina. Then. suddenly. Il am
and singer You alluded to. VIII you
had my friend:'
evil II. your friend" cried the OF
the "Win YOU be mineF"
lton "WiN I nots" exclaimed the sigI
eter- ina
her And the two girls slided into q
r the others arms. impelled by an attract
hich that was almost irresistible.
how When the slSnorina went away
hen. wore almost n joyous look. and
.ings first task to which she turned her
,oco 3 ,c,4f,-, ,,v,,, ,.oa .lfuor hav bOp,o