The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-02
A Simple Romance.

foriginai.l
Mary, I'm sorry very sorry to
hear OF your bereavement
Yes. MN; the poor mans gone"
Il suppose you win wear mourn
ings"
Yes, MIN; black as crow
4 have some mourning dresses. III
give you what you require
Thank v. MIN"
You We're very happy together. be-
lieve. though you have lately been 40
ing all the work
Yes. MN. rom was good man.
MN. There was--I don't know what
y call it, NINA sometlin or other
in the courtin.'
a romance?"
Yes. MN; that's it. Y know Tum-
mns-that's my mans name, or was
his name before he didn't need :. name
At all-was solser. He wlnt on 10
the war with the dagos in cuby an
exting,Iished himself there"
Did he get promoted?a
Yes, MN. lie was made a car.
porel aflher the battle of Gussymuss
an a sergeant at san Ioen hills. V
see, the dagos was at the top firln'
cannon halls, One OF EN- ken along
an took off Tummus' right lcg. lie
stood still
''Wounded as be was stobdT
That's lust the secret. min. All
the rest of his regiment run away. but
Tummus, havtn. but the wan Leg.
couldn't run. so he stayed where he
was. That's what he told me- hut he
didn't tcll il 10 the officers, an they,
.thnkin' he stayed because he was
brave made sergeant ov i'm. But
it didn't do i'm no good. for he was dis
charged. from the service an sint
home. But That wasn't All OF it. Ar
Their. Tho VAR they sent i'm medal a
big round wan wild pictures on the both
sides Of it. 1t was made out of n
cannon"
And yon nursed him? That's the
romsnce:"
No. ma'am; not exactly. ma'am. Oh
didn't see EN- for the mntther ov five
years arther that. OF was workin' in a
hoautin house for sailors an thin
kind down 10y the wllarfs. One mornin'
whin OF was dom the rooms oil wint
into wan room where Oi seen some
thin stickin out o the belcIothes.
At first OF thought It was The handle
of a warmin' pan. but on reconnmem-
bered that they don't use warmth
pans 70 more. at least in this country.
Thin oi thought ii moight IL the han
die . wan o thin things the min
workin' on the sthreet pound The dirt
with. We had sthreet Workers in the
house. an OF thought one. ov EN-
moight have taken his FOUNDER to bed
with i'm, Anyway OF knew it was
sonethin' that nd he sollin' the bed
clothes, an OF was very mad, thinliin'
Ord have The trouble o goIn' for clean
sheets. SO took hold oy IT an give it
q js>k wild all me stren'th.
It come ont aisy enough. an Of
tothSe ind there wasn't bit O. iron ut
oil, but sonethin' round. If you turned
the whole ov it upside down 1t would
a made good shtick for wan o. the
big altar candles IL you wanted to put
the other ind o the Shtick iii tile
ground for there wasn't amy bottom
for ii TO Slltand on. oil was lonllin' at
the thing, wOudcrin' what 1t was. wbin
Oi saw the bedclothes mooyin, an pur.
ty soou up by the pliers mans face
was a-blinkin' at me rs had just woke
MP. oi dropped the wooden thing on
the floor ain was goin' ont ms fast as
could Win Il voice called:
Ale lee! Don't 80 way wldout civ.
in me me leg
What d'y' mane: OF axed.
He pointed To the wooden thing on
the aoor
Dye call thar legy' T. axed 'im.
Its all I've got exceptin tile nth
or wan Of flesh an blood an bone
And that thing was 'stickln' ont
from undthcr the bedciothes Is your
leg"
Its wan Of EN-.
AN didn't it git cold?.
"Divll hit. Ifn stand "A lot o.
cold, but It won't stand amy heat
Why not:
"It'H burn.
Thin | took notice that he was
white lookin'. an l axed i'm il Ord
hrFted EN-
'Shure,' be said. Dye suppose Y
Kin pun q mans leg or widout hurtin'
linz
. Isn't It woodY axcd.
eyes, but the sthump isn't
well. Oh felt so sorry for hurtln'
she poor man that oi told i'm TO lie
stlli, an afther haudln i'm his leg oil
whit down sth,,irs an brought i'm up
his breakfast. him IyIn' propped IN
wild pillars that OF put under bis head
an lookin' at me grateful loike. Thin
OF noticed his medal on the bureau an
saw what foine eyes he had an hair