The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-28

with their mother; but he had said a
word or two signifyiDg his desire to
speak to Lady Rowley and the three
girls had left the room. In this way it
came TO pass that he had to plead his
cause before Nora's mother and he elder
sister. He had pleaded it well, and
Lady Rowley's heart had been we'll dis
posed towards him; but when she asked
of his house and his home, his answers
had been hardly more satisfactory than
that of Alan a-Dale. There was little
that he could call his own beyond "the
blue vault of heaven" Had he saved
AIRY money No, not shiIling,-that
was to say,-as he himself expressed it,
nothing that could be called money.
he had few pounds by him, just TO go
with. What was his iHcomei Well,
! last year he had made four hundred
pounds, and this year he hoped to make
something more. He Thought ne could
see his way plainly TO five hundred a
year. Was il permanent; and II not, on
what did it depends He believed II 10
be as permanent as most other proIes-
sionai incomes, but was obliged TO con-
fess that, as regarded the source from
1 whence it was drawn at the present
moment, il might be brought to an ao-
rupt end any day by disagreement be-
tween himself and the editor of the II.
p Did he think that this was a fixed
ineomef He did think that If the editor
of the ID. X. were to fall out, he could
come across other editors who would
gladly employ him. Would he himself
feel safe in giving his own sister to a
man with such an ineomei In answer
to this question, he started some rather
bold doctrines on the subject of matri-
mony in general, asserting that safety
was not desirable, that energy, patience,
and mutual confidence would be increas-
ed bv the excitement of risk, and that In
his opinion it behooved young men and
Young women to come together and get
themselves married, even though there
might be some not remote danger of
distress before them. He admitted that
starvation would be disagreeable,
especially for children, in the eyes of
their parents, but alleged that children
as q rule were not starved, and quoted
the Scripture to prove that honest Ia
borious men were not to be seen begging
their bread in the streets. He was very
eloquent, but his eloquence itself was
against him, Both Lady ROwley and
Mrs. Treyelyan were afraid of such adj
vanced opinions; and, although every
thing was of course to be left, nomIn-
ally, to the decision of Sir Marina
duke, they beth declared that they
could not recommend Sir Marina
duke to consent. Lady Rowley said
ing Nora back with her to the Man
darins, pointing out what appeared to
her then to be tae necessity Of taking
Mrs. Trevelyar with them also; and in
saying this, she limited that if Nora was
disposed to stand by her engagement,
and Mr.. Stanbur. equally so disposed,
there might be some possibility of a
marriage at future period. Only, in
such case, there must be no corTespon-
dence. In answer to this, Hugh declared
that he regarded such scheme as being
altogether bad. The Mandarins were so
very distant that he might as we'll be
engaged to an angel III heaven. Nora,
if she were to 90 away now, would per-
haps never come back agaia; and if she
did come back, would be an old woman,
with hollow cheeks. In replying to this
he let fall an opinion that
Nora was old enough to judge for her
self He said nothing about her actual
age, and did not venture to plead that
the young lady had legal right to do
rs she liked with herself; but he made'I
it manifest that such an idea was in his
mind. In answer to this, Lady Rowley |
asserted that Nora was a good girl, and
would do as her father told her; but she
did not venture to assert that Nora
would give up her engagement. Lady
Rowley at last undertook to speak to Sir
Rowley, and to speak also to her daugh- |
ter. Hugh was asked for his address,
and gave that of the office of the ID. Il.
He was always to be found there be-
tween three and five; and after that,
four times week, in the reporters gal.
lery of the House of Commons. Then
he was at some pain to explain to Lady
Rowley that, though he attended the
reporters gallery, he did not report him
self 1t was his duty to write leading
political articles. and, to enable him to
do so, he attended the debates.
Before he went Mrs. Trevelyan thank
ed him most cordially for the trouble he
had taken in procuring for her the adj
dress at Willesden, and gave him some
account of the journey, which she and
her mother had made to Rivers Cottage.
He argued with both of them that the
unfortunate man must now be regarded
as being altogether out of his mind, and
somethi ng was said as to the great wis
dom and experience of DR.. Trite Tur-
bury. Then Hugh Stanbury took his
leave; and even Lady Rowley bade Kim
sdieu with kind cordiality. 81 don't
wonder mamma, that Nora should like
him." said Mrs. Trevelyan.
"That is all very well, my dear, and no
doubt he is pleasant, and manly and all
that; but really it would be almost like
marrying q beggar."
"For myself" said Mrs. Trevslyan,
"if could begin life again, l do not
think that any temptation would in
duce me to place myself in a mans
power"
Sir MarmaduBe was told of all this on
his return home, and he asked many
questions as to the nature Of Stanbury's
work. When it was explained to him,
Lady Rowley repeated as nearly as
she could all that Hugh had himself
said about it, lie expressed his opinion
that writing for a penny newspaper was
| hardly more safe as 4 source Of income
than betting on horse races.
az don't see that it is wrong" said
Mrs. Trevelyan.
81 say nothing about wrong. Isimply
assert that it is uncertain. The very
existence of such ! periodical mist in
itself be most insecure" Sir Marina
duke, amidst thelcares of his government
at the Mandarins, had, perhaps, had no
better opportunity of watching what
was going on in the world of letters
than had fallen to the lot Of Miss Stan
bury at Exeter.
81 think your papa is right" said
Lady Rowley.
"0f course am right. It is out Of
the question; and so Nora must be told"
He had rs vet heard nothing abOut Mr.,