The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-27
TIE DAILY
SHORT STORY
The Sins Of the Father.
ay 8. B. HAcKLEY.
tcopyriKht, 1919, by the Mcclure
n NIou,ananap Svndicate.l

~ (E0pyf1KnL, 1910 ny LILO MSStuAS
Newspaper Syndicate.)
lynn rather glad It's to be More
land. Ted. never especially
favored a minister for Sandy.
but the pastor OF the richest and proud
ct church in the city isn't so bad
arid he's 50 proud and exclusive
rEgotistical, tool" Brewster's pleas.
ant middle-aged face clouded. I'm
afraid for Sandy, Cleo-afraid she'll
take the wrong man. II her mother
poor little Sissy-had marrid Jim Har.
n ian instead OF Alexander Ashford, she
might He broke of and looked out
81 the window with misty eyes.
Eighteen years before Brewster had
buried his young sister-Sandy's
& mother-three months after her hus-
band brilliant, magnetic and unprin-
cipled, had been given life sentence
y: "A the states prison. Brewster, her
Z only relative, and his wife, hal
= brought the two-yearold baby home
= with them. and little Alexandra had
grown up in their home greatly beloved
+ by both.
sI'm glad we've never told Sandy
about her father!" Mrs Brewster ex-
7 claimed.
Brewster sighed. Lima mover mean.
/. Us to keep 1t from her, Cleo. she
loved Alec-poor, lovable fellow-in
spite Of everything, to her very last
breath. / think the child ought to
know soon-before she's married, any
way"
z "There's Moreland's car now" cried
his wife. "His chauffeur's looking
better, Ted. He was chalky white
when he first began to drive for DR..
Moreland."
Gladson Keenon was chalky white
no was he gave pretty, winsome San
dy his hand to help her In the car.
Sandy was trembling q bit, too she
had not wanted to 60 on this picnic;
she had not wanted to go anywhere
with Moreland since that day last
week when she'd discovered that this
handsome and brilliant man whom all
the girls enyied her-the man whose
ring she'd worn for four months was
& not the man she wanted to marry at
Ill!
Keenon had been three months with
Moreland. While that exquisite and
particular gentleman had never had q
chauffeur that pleased him so well,
the pale young fellow With the clear
ewes and sensitive moth drew no.
more thought from him than II he mad
been part Of the machine.
But the first day thathe took his
betrothed out after his acquisition OF
Keenon, Keenon's lonely. berett heart
had gone out to her. And Sandy
Sandy had felt a sudden dislike to the
man sitting beside her.
Every time afterrthat day when She
went ont with Moreland when he
Sicalled on his rich practitioners this car
never stopped before home OF pow
erty) she caught herself contrasting
the two-Moreland, dark, seifsat!e-
fled, egotlstical, impat;ently conse-
auential; the young, fair, gentle. quiet,
unobtrusive.
'For all he's so wretthedly thin"
she thought. "He's beautiful when he
smiles, but his smile is 30 wistful!"
She generally sat IN the car while
Z Noreland made his calls. and gradual
81 they got q little acquainted. Sandy
loved TO see his face light up and his
eyes deepen as she talked. She wish
"a he would talk more. (And only
heaven knew how much he wanted to
pour out his soul to this listener!O !.
The day she discovered she didn't
want to marry Moreland, he had gore
in 10 see crochety old Mrs. Cornelius,
ana she had promised to come In for a
sfew minutes, later. Keenon held open
y the door for her to step out, but one Of
chose ridiculous high heels threw her.
fIe caught her as she fell and for on
instant her brown head lay on his
Hreast.
3 I IN q mighty effort the young man
INant his arms from tightening, and his
Ins from her glowing cheek, but in.
mt Heating second Sandy's world
! Sas chansed' forever. They both knew.