Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
FOR LOVES
SAKE
By AUGUSTUS G. sHERwIN


he was man of whims. He could
AFFORD them; but when Robert Leeds
invited lneZ Walters to become an in
mate of his princely home he had an
OBJECT outside of the inspiration OF
charity. He had never seen her he.
fore. and the first thing that struck
him was her wild rose beauty.
lnez was living with relative of
Mr.. Leeds at Acton and the Deanes
awarded her an Indifferent home in
return for toll and drudgery. Mr.
Leeds, making flying visit. was at
once attracted by the rare loneliness
OF the girl. His scheming brain con-
ceived plan whereby he could use
her to his advantage.
Il have taken a fancy to the girl"
he told Mrs. Deane. "She is like a
radiant flower wasted in the wilder
ness. My life is a lonely one. have
plenty of money. 1 will take her off
your hands, make lady of her and, if
she turns out as I think she will, I
shall adopt her legally"
lnez was dazzled by the prospect set
before her by the old millionaire.
Within week all her arrangements
were concluded. Mrs. Deane was to
fit her out with suitable attire for the
occupant of higher social sphere and
lnez looked forward with natural In
terest and anticipation to the new life
about TO open up for her.
There were two things that occu-
pied her thoughts almost exclusively
that last night at the Deane home.
One was. the only suitable dress she
had ever worn, made for her by her
mother month before she died. 1t
was plain and cheap. but maternal love
had given it tastiness that endeared
1t fondly to the orphan girl.
The other theme was a memory of
the only lover she had ever known
WaldrOn Pearce. He had been her
beau" for over year. A few months
previous Waldron had gone to a dis
tant place to secure work and Inez re-
GREETED leaving Acton without seeing
or bidding him good-by. With the
cherished dress, however, packed in a
neat box, she placed a withered bunch
of roses which Waldron had given her
when they had last parted.
Mr.. Leeds received her with father
" welcome and 1t took poor humble
Inez many days to habituate herself to
her luxurious environment. There
was a kindly housekeeper, and the
bright, pleasant manner of Inez soon
made her a favorite with the other
servants. Mr.. Leeds provided her
with everything the heart could de-
sire and IneZ tried to be grateful.
Then there appeared a new figure on
the scene-ROnald Greer
He was the dissolute nephew of Mr..
Leeds and a source Of constant anXi-
ETY. to the old man. His only living
near relative, his uncle regarded him
with real affection, poorly repaid by
the ungrateful and undeserving object
of his care. 1t was solely on account
of Greer that he had acted on the
caprice of bringing Inez into his life.
In the first place, he hoped that her
PiCoChSC AhC Woutu
the jealousy of young lady to whom
Greer had proposed marriage and who
rejected him. If that failed, then Greer
might turn his attention TO Inez and
this Mr.. Leeds hoped for, believing
that marriage would curb the INSTEAD
mess of Greer's nature.
From the beginning IneZ took an
aversion to the coarse, common young
man who betrayed all the Characters
tics of trifler. She finally entertained
suspicion of the plans of Mr.. Leeds.
Inactivity was foreign to her nature
and she began to weary of profitless
butterfly existence. One day she ran
to the door as she made out Waldron
Pearce passing the door, but by the
time she reached the street he was out
of view.
Waldron looked pale and Ill. IneZ
could not get him out of her mind
after that. A sight of him had re-
vived all her old-time liking for the
manly, handsome young fellow. She
followed an impulse to write to Mrs.
Deane and ask her what had become
of Waldron.
Inez received a brief reply telling
her that Waldron had returned, but
had left town upon hearing of her
change of fortune. She gave his city
address and the next day Inez located
it, to find that Waldron had been
taken i'll and had been removed to a
hospital.
'There was q young lady he loved
and had followed to the city," mar
l-,.ted the landlady, ''but he found her
with such grand folks that he broke
down, believing that she would never
condescend to remember him."
e That night Inez left the Leeds home
after writing a note to its owner tell
ing him that she should not return.
She took only with her the dress her
mother had made, found respectable
boarding house and employment and
every evening visited the hospital.
Brave, dauntless little heroine that
she was, her mind was all made up as
to the futurel And a marvellous
change for the better came to the
half heartbroken Waldron when he
realized that true love for him had In
clined Inez to give up life Of luxury
to be near him.
A month later, man and wife, they
settled down into a quiet, humble life.
forgetting all save the fact that fate
had brought together two souls meant
one for the other and engrossed with
n mutual happiness that poverty could
not mar nor tine cause to fade away.
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