The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-31

them failed altogether, and they knew
that they failed. Once or twice Trevel-
van thought that he would say word
in token, as it were, of repentance. Like
the naughty child who knew that he
was naughty, he was trying to be good.
But he could not do it. The fiend was
too strong within him. She must have
known that there was o proposition for
her fathers return through Colonel Os-
borhe's influence. AS that man at the
club had heard it, how could she not
have known iti When they got out as
Lady Milborough's door he had spohon
to neither of them. o5s
There was a large dali par s,,,;ihnr.
up mostly of old people. Lazy nnnn
ough had on this account TraIa1
herself to be much Interested ~ - ~,
vans wife. But Louis ireye siit n,n
self. in discussing Lazy MIoot I b;s
With Emily, had rather turneu nis
motbers old friend into ridlcule, anu
EU,;Iv had, of course followed her nus
hand;s mode Of thinking. Lady MiiDor-
o o had once or twice given her some
O oSS; on small matters, telling her that
us or that air would be good for her
h.bv, and explaining that a mother,
dnripg a certain interesting portion OF
her life. should refresh herself with a
certain kind of malt liquor. Of all
counsel on such domestic subjects Mrs.
Treyelyan was impatient,-as indeed it
was her nature to be in all matters, and
consequently authorized as she had been
by her husbands manner of speaking OF
his mothers friend, she had taken a
habit Of qaizzing Lady Milborough be-
hind her back, and almost of continuing
the practice before the old lady's face
Lady Milborough, who was the most
affectionate old soul alive, and good
tempered with her friends to a fault
had never resented this, but had CONE
to fear that Mrs. Trevelyan was perhaps
a little Eighty. She had never as YET
allowed herself to say anything worse
of her young friends wife than that
And she would always add that that
kind of thing would cure itself as the
nursery became full. 1t must be under
stood, therefore, that Mrs. Trevelyar
was not anticipating much pleasure
from Lady Milborough's party, and thai
she had accepted the invitation as
matter of duty.
There were present among the guests
a certain Honorable Charles Glascock
the eldest son of Lord Peterborough
who made the affair more interesting Il
Nora than it was to her sister. 1t haC
been whispered into Nera's ears, by
more than one person,-and among
others by Lady Milborough, whose owl
daughters were all married, that sh'
might, if she thought fit, become thu
Honorable Mrs. Charles Glascock. Now
whether she might think fit, or wheth
er she might not, the presence OF tn
gentleman under such Circumstances, a
far as she was concerned, gave an inter
est to the evening. And as Lady Mil
borough took care that Mr.. Glascocl
should take Nora down to dinner, TIA,
interest was very great. Mr.. Glascocl
was a good-loOking man, just unde
forty, in Parliament, heir to a peerage
and known to be we'll off in respect t.
income. Lady Milborough and Mrs
Trevelyan had told Nora Rowley that
should encouragement in that direction
come in her way, she ought to alloy
herself to fall in love with Mr. elias
COCK. A certain dluOuuG Vi CiCoul "a Se
ment had come in her way, but she ha
not as yet allowed herself to fall in low
with Mr.. Glascock. 1t seemed to he
that Mr.. Glascock was quite consciOu
of the advantages of his own position
and that his powers of talking abou
other matters than those with which 1t
was Immediately connected were limit
ed. She did believe that he had il
truth paid her the compliment of fall
ing in love with her, and this is com
pliment to which few girls are inditfer
ent. Nora might perhaps have tried tt
fall in love with Mr.. Glascock, had SHIT
not been forced to make comparisons
between him and another. This Other
one had not fallen in love with her, a
she well knew: and she certainly ha,
not fallen in love with him. But still
the comparison was forced upon her
and it did not result in favor of MI
GlasnnoL On tho present occasion Nv
Glascock, as he sat next to her, almos
proposed to her.
To be CORtiaHed