The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-30

aCome Miss Rowley," said ne, will
, %. chow them that lady can go
~ nd down a hill as well as man ?n
az had rather not 60 up and down the
hill,n said she,
Then he understood that she was an
orv with him, and in some sert surmised
The cause of her anger. Not that he be-
lieved that she loved him; but it seemed
possible to him that she resented the
absence of his attention. He went down,
and scrambled out on the rocks into the
bed of the river, while the girls above
looked down upon him, watching the
leaps that he made. Priscilla and Mrs.
Trevelyah called to him, bidding him
beware; but Nora called not at all. He
was whistliBg as he made his jumps,
but still he heard their voices, and
knew that he did not hear Morals voice.
He poised himself on the edge of a rock
in the middle of the stream, and looked
up the river and down the river, turn
ing himself carefully on his narrow
foothold; but he was thinking only OF
Nora. Could there be anything nobler
than to struggle on with her, if she on
ly would be willingf But then she was
young; and should she yield to such
REQUEST from him, she would not know
what she was yielding. He turned
again, jumping from rock to rock till he
reached the bank, and then made his
way again up to the withered oak.
"Yon would not have repented it, II
You had come down with me-" he said
to Nora.
81 am not so sure of that" she an
swered.
When they started to return, she
stepped on CALAMITY with Priscilla; but
Priscilla was stopped by some chance
having some word to say to her brother,
having some other word to say to Mrs,
Treyelyan. Could it be that her austerl-
ty had been softened, and that in kind
ness she coptrived that Nora should be
left some yards behind them with her
brothers Whether it were kindness, or
an unkind error, so il was. Nora, when
she perceived what destiny was doing
for her, would not interfere with destl-
ny. If he chose to speak to her, she
would hear him and would answer him.
She knew very well what answer she
would give him. She had her answer
quite ready at her fingers ends. There
was no doubt about her answer.
They had walked half mile togeth-
er, and he had spoken of nothing but
the scenery. She had endeavored to APP
pear to be excited. o yes, the scenery
of Deyonshire was delightful. She hard
ly wanted anything more to make her
happy. If only this misery respecting
her sister could be set right!
"And you, you yourself" said he, do
you mean that there is nothing you
want in leaving London =
"Not much, indeed"
at sometimes seemed to me that that
kind of life was-was very pleasant to
you"
what kind of life do you mean, Mr..
Stanbury ~
"The life that you were living,-go-
ing out, being admired, and having the
rich and dainty all around you
81 don't dislike people because they
are rich," she said.
"No, nor do /; and l despise those
who affect to dislike them. But all can
not be rich" -,
Nor all dainty, as you choose to call
them"
"But they who have once been daiD-
ty,-aS / call them,-never like to di-
vest themselves of their daintiuess.
You have been one of the dainty, Miss
Rowiey."
"Have ~
Certainly; l doubt whether you
would be happy if you thought that
your daiutiness had departed from you"
81 hope, Mr.. Stanbury, that nothing
nice and pleasant has departed from me.
If l have ever been dainty, dainty l
hope / may remain. will never, at
any rate, give it up of my own accord"
Why she said this, she could never
explain to herself. She had certainly
not intended to rebuff him when she
had been saying it. But he spoke not
word to her further, as they walked
home, either of her mode of life or his
own. They soon rejoined the other two,
and then he talked to Mrs. Trevelyan.
Nora, as soon as she was in her own
room, gave herself up to tears and to de-
spair. She had lost nothing,-nothing,
as she told herself dozen times,
yet she gave herself up to tears and de-
spair.
To be Continued.