The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-09

I And ran away again? Why. bless
| nv whrt's The old chap afraid OF: =,
| lie started gayly down the dim hall
TO the right uf the desk, swinging MS
stick and huInming 10 himself: and
presently became uwar" that man " AS
following silently ut his elbow.
ITS me-~Callcry.' said the man apollo,
gcticalIy, AS varnry turned. II II
just he here. Mr.. Iarncy you hho"' IL
unythings wanted.
Earnry laughed again. "Y"u'r" mighty
good 10 mo. Mr.. Gallery" he said cor
daily he said cordial!y-'yuu and Mr..
Stohu---I can't tell you how much APP
pr"ci"te it. But it iSn'I a bit OF U.S.,
YOU know! I'm positively not GoinS To
Kill anybody to-day.
Yes. sir said Gallery. Here's the
door. Mr.. Varncy.'
This one
Yes. sir. He come runnin' down the
steps. spoke n word 70 the clerk. ana
then he lodges down here and slams the
door behind him. Seen you through the
window. 1 guess
Well. I'll just step in and have look
nj him. Mr. Gallery. lNcuse ME
minute.
lie raped on the closed door and call
ed in L loud cheer voice: MIR. HiGgin-
son.
come in" said voice from within
rather uGitaicd voice which had Il
rUrnusly familiar ring III the young
man ears.
Tarncy swung open the door. stepped
! into the small parlor. and tsrcatiy 10
the disappointment Of Mr.. Gallery
closed the door behind him.
| In III" middle of the room. tsaring
n"rvouSiy toward the door. stood 4
handsome elderly gentleman. OF diStln-
guishcd presence and clothes OF rath"r
notable perfection. AT sight Of him the
young mnn's advance halted in utter
| hrwild"rmcnt. and he fell back Imply
against thu door.
i;ut the young man came running to,
ward him with L suppressed cry ana
SriZing the young mans hand disarin-
in.ly ~ both his own. threw himself
almost Historically upon his apologize.
can you forgive INC my boy" All.
III confess that I'VE dreaded this meet
ing. while longing for II. too. ofu look
bmdly---ah. very badly--yct--not bitter.
not Observation-Disclosures God. not unhappy.
My boy, can you lind II in your heart
t. forgive an old man who has suffered
dcrply for his sins?
! out Of his whirinE confuion: his In
san" sense OF thu world suddenly gone
upside down ard the familiar order stood
upon its head. tho your sntnn laugheo
dnX"d!y. G;ut 1t kept tight hold or inc
old ones hand. and fell To paltlnG II
with wild reinsurance.
"F:vrrythng's all rirht--all right:
don't underestimate don't Grasp-l came
h"rr looking for Are yOu-you-Mr.
| HiEginson"
"Ah. you hndn't guessed then: And
vet who could wonder, such terrible
frightful miXup rs IL all became: You
soc tho old gentleman hurried on; low
crinC his gaze. yet already recovering
something Of his nomral cnmposurt.
! "yuu had scarcely started before II
became strangely uneasy over thc-S"rl-
BUSINESS Of the matter and The POSSIBLE
consequences. nnd--tnd decided that |
had best come on myself in-in prl-
vatr manner merely 10 have an eye on
things. Relieve me. that was all I
meant; lSut ! did not dare let you know
that | was here. even in that way: nav
Ing promised you that I would not inter-
frrc and bcSidcs--G feared that you
might think I NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
full facts about---h"r age.
In an ncr"ss Of nervous Sclf-rnnsctous-
moss tho old mans voice trailcd 10 mn
uncertain pause: aud Warmly cnmfnrted
him with T. burst Of bewild"rcd laugh
ter.
"E'"rsivc My CLASSY stare.-n" offensH
Intended, hut my heads going around.
Mr. Htgginaon' lis all still nehulous.
you NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. mysterious
warnirg---thc brib" To Ferguson to
, smash up thr Yacht"
rirr flush spread over the old mans
face 10 me rHnkS tl MS SllNtI''i
Ynt il was obvious that thu young man q
unaffected cordially had h"artcned him
immensely.
We'll YOU SEQ. my dear boy, he be-
gan nmharrassrdly. by TINT time had
mot he----shn was SO SWEET 10 m" from
Tho start--and began to hope tina! such
heroic such painful. measures might
not hc necessary. Yet. perhaps they
would he. after all. and so--@1. did
wrong 7 NORTHUMBERLAND ynf-dont
YOU sec how inevitably II all cam"
about ! did NOT riar" communicate with
vcu begging YOU tn let matters stand
few davs--rnarinE that upon learning Of
my presence Won would simnlr abandon
Tho comr>iSsinn entirely. and Coo knows
vou would have been justified n doing
50. Y"t lonCcd to postpone th"--th"
final strip. holding i; In r"s"rvo. in tho
ardent hope that II might h" avoided
entirely So I--Eav" instructions 10
Ferguson II WIS wrong not ~ trust
vNu and oh. hnr" h"cn punished for IT,.
suffered mIScrahly--"
"ncrr sir I'm 80 snrrv' 1Eut that is
ali raSt now-all ras'--and to-day ais
right with the world" =
Tho old mans hands frightened thr'r
cnrnrst clasp Tears srranS suddenly
into his Gin" "T"s.
Tut oh. ! have bncn richly h1Hsi, too
far beyond MY deserts, The night that
ynu wnr" hurt--I came quit" un"Nnrrt-