The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-27
Daily Short Story
AN EVERYDAY STORY.

AN STORY
When Jennie Hall went TO visi, her
ubbenS: Ellzaeeth Mason, that summed
70 fall in love with anybody. least OF
John. "
Jennie had net Elizabeth at school
and Tor two or three years after their
scnool days ended they c-orresponded
!esGlarly Elizabeth had gone home
was teaching. Jennie had 10 tech
She a no money and no relatives
near enough 10 take more than a cas-
ual interest In her. Her education.
had not lifted her beyond
me necessity OF district school work
~ was a dreary experience. but there
was a strain Of valor In her blood that
uphelu her through all the slow tor
tuIe OF freezing winters. OF wet
springs. OF sodden falls without a rea-
sonaDle hope In sight. And then she
.tii III OF a cold that would not Weld
20 piasters and sirups. She grew thin
ana pale and everything seemed 10
De ending In weakness and darg-ss
non. IL was then Elizabeth Mason
~.ote ASKING her for a visit. That
.etter was sunshine and medicine and
1000 10 Jennie. She wrote back eager.
" mat n would go. And then she
packed the best of her meaeer ward.
robe and went.
she had had no clear idea OF the
way the MasOns lived In that GA
northern city. though Elizabeth had
aIWays said they were so well To do
nat tney had most OF IN ethines thew
wanted. She found a large. old house
Wit hcomfortable. old fashioned FUR,
nlture and a maid 10 do the heavy
NoIk. she found ease and comfort
ana rest M an e%nliveninE atmos-
phere. Within a week she began 10
teel better. Maso nwas going 10 mean
everything 10 her for every dya she
had yet to live.
He vas FIVE years older than Eliz.
abeth and six years older than len.
NE. lie was an engineer and had
pee nabout the world q great deal
lie could talk very e~ntertainingly
I Nhen he could be got TO talk az alI.
FOR the most part he was rather silent
ana moody-a big. heavy, dark young
Fellow. with r brain 70 match. one
VINO never would do grea Things hut
Who would give excellent satisfaction
Wherever he went or Whatever he un.
dertook. Jennie ina dnever seen any.
n Ike him. In his presence she
seemed ever 20 be rising on wings
getting gimpses OF blue distances
Where The sun did not fail to shine.
$500 'AA's AAu AhN teas 40 ENDE lie
was nice 10 her In the way he was
nice TO Elizabeth: there was no
Tangible difference in the way he re
garded them. But one afternoon or
the river "a boat hoated close 20 their
own and a girl In scarlet and white.
who sat in II with two other girls.
laughed across at them and cent
greetings. d was the prettiest girl
Jennie had seen. The boat ioated on
n the girl was gone. but Jennie
could not forget her That night
when she and Elizabeth had settled
down In their bedtime condolences she
sad; Il never saw any n so lovely
Who is she2"
"iIer name Is Madeline Travis" an
swered Elizabeth. John can tell yoy
more about her than / can. He's en-
gagged to her"
Somehow Jennie had known al
along that something like this must
happen. shes a lovely things" she
remarked.
Elizabeth sighed. Yes. she's beauti
tul. All the same. I hope John won
marry her. And 7 don't believe h,
ever VIII. They are always quarrel
ing and always making up. Sometime,
they won make up. though he won
belleNc mat. IL isn't his fault, yoJ
nov It's simply that she's an only
child, with an abominablc disposition
hope he's getting his eyes open
Johns very stubborn. II ne though.
We were hostile 20 Madeline HE'D
SUCK TO her through thick and thin
lie viii anyway. ] suppose
Jennie stayed three weeks at IN,
Masons. They urged her 10 stay Ions
or. but she could Hot endure D.. Sh,
Went back 10 Shandoicc. to the wood,
ana On" loneliness and her teachinl
Elizabeth wrote to her regularly
occasionally now she mentioned moi
brother. Late that fall she said n,
had gone to South America. "for two
iears. PROBABLY There's no fear o
MS marrying Madeline before that
time. W. feel we've cot two year
respite. To tell the truth. he wautcf
her 10 70 with him. but she would
not
u was a year later that Jennie ha,
her first chance 10 marry Ito wgs :
WtdOWer without children. a rarmal
Of S~hauadclre. Elizabeth had v@rittcr
that John and Madeline were 20 b,
married as soon as no returned D.
lhinklug about that and other thing,
II seemed 10 Jennie that sine couI,
not do better than marry Saul Brent
she expected no h%appiursg for her
sen. but she could az least make som,
one else happy. saul was q good mar
and ne had had n hard life. Ills Hrs.
VIE bad been an invalid and n erin
Die. Ills duty To- her mad made hin
o'scrNins in the sight Of his ncirh
bois. Jennie decided 90 marry him
n was something To- b. worth q Iittl.
10 comoboGv even iu the way of seir
+, sacrifice.
she was married very quietly anf
then She wrote telling F1izabrtb vhs,
she had done. Tliy7hefh's anqver wa.
IVY o disgust What made YOU Il,
You have thrown yourself away
she wrote. After that sto aid nGr