The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-13

"tbat IL is absolutely necessary that L
ohnnid ID sometbing. 1t is all very
Ill Co. rou to say that you do not like
S Ioi, -. Neither do / like them.
G pn. ~hot was to dot When you con-
~ me. YOU hardly realize the diff
cnities of my position"
oft is the deuceof a nuisance certain
lly.n said Stanbury, through the cloud OF
smoke,-thinking now not at all of Mrs
jTrevelyan, but of Mrs. Trevelyan's sis,
ter.
at makes man almost feel that be
had better not marry at ALL" said Ire.
velyan.
II don't see that. OF course there may
come troubles. The tiles may fall on
your head, you know, as you walk
through the streets. AS far as can see
women 90 straight enough nineteen
times out of twenty. But they DOM
like being-what l call looked after"
"And did l look after my wife more
than l ought"
al don't mean that; but if were mar.
rice, which never shall be, for shall
never attain to the responsibility OF q
fixed income,-I fancy ! shouldn't look
after my wife at all. 1t seems to nae
that women hate to be told about theiI
duties"
"But if you saw your wife, quite in
nocently, falling into an improper init.
macy,-takiDg up with people she ought
not to kpow,-doing that in Ignorance
which could not but compromise your
self, wouldn't you speak word them,
80, might just say, in an otf-hand
way, that Jones was rascal, or liar
or q fool, or anything of that sort. But
l would never caution her against
Jones. By George, l believe woman
can stand anything better than that !.
"You have never tried it, my friend
"And don't suppose l ever shall. AS
for me, l believe Aunt Stanbury was
right when she said that / was a radi
cal vagabond. l dare say shall never
try the thing myself, and therefore 1T:
very easy to have theory. But must
be off. Good night, old fellow. III dc
the best / can: and at any rate I'll LEI
you know the truth"
There had been a question, during the
day, as to whether Stanbury should lei
his sister know by letter that he was ex'
pected; but it had been decided that he
should appear at Nuncombe without
any previous notification of his arrival
Trevelyan thought that this was very
necessary, and when Stanbury had
urged that such 4 measure seemed tC
imply suspicion, he had declared that
in no other way could the truth be oh.
tanned. He, Trevelyan, simply wanted
to know the facts as they were occurring
1t was fact that Colonel Osborne was
down in the neigbborhood of Nuncombe
Putney. That, at least, had been ascer'
tanned. 1t might very possibly be the
case that he would be refused admit
lance to the Clock House,-that all the
ladies there would combine to keep him
out. But-so Trevelyan urged-the
truth on this point was desired. II
was essentially necessary to his happi.
ness that he should know what was be.
"Your mother and sister," said he
Cannot be afraid of your coming sud,
denly among them"
Stanbury, so urged, had found il
necessary to yield, but yet he had felt
that he himself was almost acting like
a detective policeman, in purposely
falling down upon them withouta word
of announcement. Had chance circum
stances made it necessary that he should
go in such n manner, he would have
thought nothing of it. 1t would simply
have been a pleasant joke to him.
AS he went down on the train on the
following day, he almost felt ashamed
of the part which he had been called
upon to perform.
To be Continued.