The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-23
HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT,
BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE.
Continued
CHAPTER xxx.

MISS NORA RowLEY is MALTREATED.
Hugh Stanbury, when he reached the
parsonage, found no difficulty In max.
ing his way into the joint presence Of
Mrs. Clubhouse, Mrs. Trevelyan, and
Nora. He was recognized by the St.
Diddulph's party as one who had come
over to their side, as friend of Treyel-
van, who found himself constrained to
condemn his friend in spite of his friend
ship, and was consequently very vel
come, And there was no dlthculty
about giving the address. The ladies
wondered how it came TO pass that MI
Treyelyan's letters should be sent to
such locality, and Hugh expressed his
surprise also. He thought it discreet to
withhold his suspicious about Mr.. Boz
zle, and simply expressed his conviction
that letters sent.in accordance with the
directions given by the club porter
would reach their destination. Then
the boy was brought down, and they
were all very confidential and very un-
happy together. Mrs. Treyelyan could
Gee no end to the cruelty of her position,
and declared that her fathers anger
against her husband was so great that
she anticipated his coming with almost
more of fear than of hope. Mrs. Out
house expressed an opinion that Mr..
Trevelyan must surely be mad; ana
Nora suggested sthat the possibility of
such perversity on the part of man
made it almost unwise in any woman to
trust herself to the power of husband.
"But there are not many like him,
thank Godw said Mrs. Clubhouse, brid
ling in her wrath. Thus they we're very
friendly together, aud Hugh was allow
ed to feel that he stood upon cOmforta-
BILE terms in the parsonage; but he did
not as yet see how he was to carry out
his project for the present day.
At last Mrs. Trevelyan went away
with the child. Hugh felt that he
ought to go, but stayed coarageously
He thought he could perceive that Nora
Inspected the cause OF his assidulty; but
ct was quite evident that Mrs. Clubhouse
ibid not do so. Mrs Clubhouse, having
reconciled herself 10 the young man, was
By no means averse to his presence. She
went on talking about the wickedness
of Trevelyan, and her brothers anger,
andthe fate ofthe little boy, till at last
the little boys mother came back int
the room. Then Mrs. Clubhouse went.
They must excuse her for few minutes,
she said. If only she would have gone a
few minutes sooner, how well her
absence might have been excused. Nora
understood it all now; and though she
became almost breathless, she was not
surprised, when Hugh got up from his
chair and asked her sister to go away.
'rMrs. Trevelyan," he said, IL want
to speak few words to your sister.
/ hope you will give me the opportu-
nifty"
mora ~ exclaimed Mrs. Trevelyan.
"She knows nothing about it," said
Hugh.
Am to go ~ said Mrs. Trevelyan to
her sister. But Nora said never word.
She sat perfectly fixed, not turning her
eyes from the object on which she was
gazing.
"Pray,-pray do" said Hugh.
81 cannot think that it will be for
any good" said Mrs. Trevelyan; "5ut l
know that she may be trusted. And
suppose it ought to be so if you wish
it.",I.
az do wish it, of all things" said
Hugh, still standing up, and almost
turning the elder sister out of the room
by the force of his lsok and voice. Then,
with another pause of moment, Mrs
Trevelyan rose from her chair and left
the room, closing the door after her.
Hugh, when he found that the coast
was clear for him, Immediately began
his task with conviction that not q
moment was to be lost. He had told
himself q dozen times that the matter
was hopeless, that Nora had shown him
by every means in her power that she
was Indifferent to him, that she with all
her friends would know that such
marriage was out of question; and he
had in truth come to believe that the
mission which he had in hand was one in
which success was not possible. But he
thought that it was his duty to go on
with it. "Ifa man love a woman, even
though 1t be the king and the beggar-
woman reversed, though it be beggar
anu queen, he should tell her oft. If
u oe SO, she has right TO know it and
10 taKe her choice. And he has a right
TO tell her; and to say what he can for
himself" Such was Hugh's doctrine in
the matter; and, acting upon il he
found himselfalone with his mistress
MORA" be said, speaking perbans
with more energy than the word, re-.
quired, Il have come here to tell Won
that l love you, and to ask you to be nv
wife,"
Nora, fer the last ten minutes, had
been thinking that this would COME
that it would come at once; aud yet she
was not at all prepared with an answer.
twas now weeks since she had confessed
10 herself frankly that nothing else but
this,-this one thing which was now
happening, this one thing which had
now happened,-that nothing else could
make her happy, or could touch her