The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10
EEIE DAILY
lSEI0RTlSTORY
Great Expectations.
y Martha Neutrality-suspicious.


"A IL the west was color.riot-
IA MASSES Of flame, and crimson
and prrple-penons Of burn
lhhed gold 6tYeamed almost 10 the
zenith. changing shape mouientar-
~ IS r1ffling winds tossed them
about. Rain had fallen mile
soittherly-t!he smell OF It came
fresh and sweet across the sweet
htiar hedge.
Norma reiolced in the winds
tonch-lt brought something OF
\ oolneas to her flushed face, her
aching head, II only she could lie
prone on the deep grass and let II
lull her TO sleepl But that was out
ept tho question. In twenty mlnu.
Itas at the outside she must. be
back, the center and pivot Of hur-
ly.hntiy.
sha was glad of the train block
ade that had made the house party
late In arriving. They were due
around o'clock--so she had two
hours moro for, the press OF work,
and now this blessed interval OF
cheer idleness. She had not dared
] nope for IS as she hustled into her
white trpek and twisted up her
masses OF bright hair with no more
than glance In the mirror.
| Aunt Jane had done her work
! thoroughly In making her niece
Tree Of such sins as vanity and
seize consequence. She had Impress
"a upon her all the five years since
4 She came to I've at Lone Elm her
supreme unlmportanCe in the
scheme Of things, also hoS impePa-
tive 4 was that she should rejoice
20 serve as foil for Jean her bril-
liant and beautiful cousin. Norma
ad no blood claim upon Mrs.
Burton-she was niece to her first
husband, poor young Stanley. who
had died when Jean was a baby.
Money had come with the Burton
namely way Of stern and
tyranical coal magnate. who In
place Of dying In year or 80, as
his new wife and his doctor reason
ably e1peG ed, lived on and on,
prisorcfi 70 a wheel chair, clutch
ing his money bags with mlser
gripa matter Of fifteen years.
He accounted logically for much
that was unpleasant 10 his wife.
Hope deferred makes the temper
Tex no less than the heart. Free.
dom came near TO going to her
head. Luckily Miss Jean had a
stronger will and way, so kept her
mother off the rocks OF third and
impossible marriage.
In reward the mother was per.
WNted. indeed all but forced to
AXE her ease, reyel in luxury and
The sweetness OF doing nothing,
ALSO in. the consequence Of possess
ing great riches. For 1t could be
said OF tho late uniamented Bur.
ton: Nothing In his life became
him like the leaving It," All his
wealth came to his wife On fee
To- tye her whiphand over that
mink, her daughter lie had ex.
nlained to his lawyer. The money
had been put into a flexible sort OF
trast-all the income could be
Kspent and so much OF the principal
his legal advisers thought need
nj Mrs. Burton could will -the
soTtilne exaoly as she chose-fail.
ing to will 1t, It reverted TO charity.
Jean laughed her ARREST over
th@t provision. "As II I'd let such
q thing happen she said impert-
tnently TO lihr mother. i've made
You do as pleased almost ever
since was born-hoy else did
you scrape tor the money needed
with Old King Coal? MOI. don't
want a settlement-nou. It makes
the men SO much nicer to both of
fps u. feel they have two to please
~ they get anything. Then no.
body can say when my true love
cof1es he's marrying me for my
money"
Suppose he does not Gomez"
Aunt Jane had protested, half ang-
rlly. Jean had looked at her as
though doubling her sanity. You're
a nice pne-to overlook the pull of
srea,s expectations" she laughed.
A friendly pair. Jane and Jean.
They remained so Notwithstanding