The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-30
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French almost always looked meek and
soft.
"Im afraid it will make it very dull
for your msther,-not seeing her ole
friends" said Mr.. Gibson.
"Mamma won't feel that at ALL" sale
Dorothy. i
"Mrs. Stanbury, suppose, will seeher
own friends at her own house JUST the
same" said Camilla. 4.
"There would be great di6culty In
that, when there is lady Woo Is TO re-.
main unknewn," said Arahsila. "Don IL
you think so, Mr.. Gibsosp
Mr.. Gibson replied ttat perhaps there
might be difficulty snt he wasn't sure.
The difficulty he fought, might % got
over if the ladiesdid not always occupy
6Yon have never seen Mrs. Trevelyan,
have Voc. Miss Stanbury 7" asked Ca
milla.
"sSe is not an old family friend then,
or anything of that sort!"
| 10 dear, no."
how different people get together some
times" Then Dorothy explained that
Mr.. Trevelyan and her brother Hugh
had long been friends.
"Oh of Mr.. Trevelyan," said Camil-
la. Then it is he that has sent his wife
to Nuncembe, not she that has come
therep
~ suppose there has been some agree.
ment," said Dorothy.
"Just so; just So" said Arabella, the
meek. 81 should like to see her. They
say that she is very beautiful,-don't
they 7"
"My brother says that she is hand
some"
Exceedingly lovely, Pm told" said
Camilla. 81 should like to see her,
shouldn't you, Mr.. Gibson"
81 always like to see a pretty wo-
man." said Mr.. Gibson, with polite
bow, which the sisters shared between
them.
81 suppose she'll go to church," said
Camilla.
every likely not" said Arabella. La
dies of that sort very often don't 60 to
church. dare say you'll find that she'll
never stir out of the place ut all, and
that not a soul in Nuncombe will ever
see her except the gardener. 1t is such
thing for woman to De separated
from her husband! Don't you think so,
Mr.. Gibson 7"
"Of course it is" said he, with shake
of his head, which was intended to i'm
ply that the censure of the church must
of course attend any sundering of those
whom the church had bound together;
but which implied also, by the absence
from it Of any intense clerical severity,
that as the separated wife was allowed
to live with so very respectable a lady
as Mrs. Stanbury, there must probably
be some mitigating circumstances at
tending this special separation.
81 wonder what he is like ?" said Ca
milla, after pause.
"Who!" asked Arabella.
"The gentleman" said Camilla.
"What gentleman" demanded Ara
bella.
81 don't mean Mr.. Tfevelyan," said
Camilla.
II don't believe there really is-eh-
is there ?" said Mr.. Gibson, very tim
idly.
so dear, yes" said Arabella.
'I'm afraid there's something of the
kind,n said Camilla. give heard that
there is, and I've heard his name"
Then she; whispered very closely into
the ear of Mr.. Gibson the words, "Colo-
mel Osborne" as though her lips were
by far too pure to mention aloud any
sound so full of iniquity.
Indeed ~ said Mr.. Gibson.
"But he's quite an old manhn, said
mately before she was born. And, as
far as | can understand, her husband
does not suspect her in the least. And
| it's only because there's a misunder-
standing between them, and not at all
because of the gentleman
"Oh ~ exclaimed Camilla.
"Ahw exclaimed Arabella.
THAT would make difference" said
| Mr.. Gibson.
But for married woman to have her
name mentioned at all with gentle
mau.-it is so bad; is it not Mr.. GibsonF
| And than Arabella also had her whisper
| into the clergymaa's ear,-very closely.
.sFm afraid there's not doubt about
The Colonel. I'm afraid not. ] am in
deed
"Two by honorS and the odd, and it's
nv deal" said Miss Stanbury, briskly,
and the sharp click with which she put
the markers down upon the table was
heard all through the room. 81 don't
want anybody to tell me-" she said.
"that, when young woman is parted
from her husband, the chances are ten
to Que that she has been very foolish"
"But what's woman to do, If her
husband beats her ?" said Mrs. Crumbie.
BEAT him again. said Mrs. Mac
Hugh.
"And the husband will be sure to have
the worst of it," said Mr.. CTumbie.
"Well, declare, if you haven't turned
up an honor again, Miss Stanbury"
sit was your wife that cut it to me,
Mr.. Crumbie.
Then they we're again at once miners
ed in the play, and the name neither OF
Trevclyan nor Osborne was heard till
Miss Stanbury was marking her double
under the caudlestick; but during all
pauses in the game the conversation
went back to the same topic, and when
the rubber was over they who had been
piayiug it lost themselves for ten min
ntes i'm the allurements of the interest
lDH SuOltCl. IL NhS 81 clhSuiaA WIN
cideuce that the lady should have gone
to Nuncombe Putney of all villages in
England, and to the house of Mrs. Stan
bury of all ladies in England. And
then was she innocent, or was she gull
ty2 and if guilty, in what degree I
That she had been allowed to bring her
baby with her was considered great
point in her favor Mr.. Crumbie's opin-
ION was that it was "only few words"
Mrs. Crumbie was afraid that she had
been little light. Mrs. MacHugh said
that there never was fire without
smoke. Asd Miss Stanbury, as she took
her departure, declared that the young
women of the present day didn't know
what they were after. They thiRk
that the world should be ali frolic and
dancing, and they have no more idea OF
doing their duty and earning their
bread than a boy home for the holidays
mas of doing lessons"
Then, as She went home with Dorothy
across the Close, she spoke word
which she intended to be very serious