The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-09-10

till this point had come in her sad life
that her dress became always black and
sombre, that veil habitually covered
her face, that bonnet took the place of
the jaunty hat she had worn, and that
the prettinesses of her life wore laid
aside. at is very good of you to come"
she said; very good. l hardly knew
what to do, l was so wretched. On the
day that l sent he was so bad that
was obliged to do something" Stan
bury, of course, inquired after Trevel-
vans health, as they were being driven
up to Mrs. Trevelyan's lodgings. On
the day on which she had sent the tele-
gram her husband had again been furl-
ously angry with her. She had lhtei-
fered, or had endeavored to inteiere, IL
some ARRANGEMENTS as to his health anu
comfort. and he had turned upon her
with an order that the child should De
at once sent back to him, and that she
sbouId Immediately quit Siena. wv hen
| said that Louey could not DC senS
and who could send child lnto
such keepipg-he told me that l was
the basest liar that ever broke prom
ise, and the vilest traitor that had ever
returned evil for good. Twas never to
come to him again-never; and the gate
of the house would be closed against me
if / appeared there"
On the next day she had gone again,
however, and had seen kim, and had
visited him on every day since. Moth
ing further had been said about the
child and he had now become almost toe
weak for violent anger. 81 told him
you were coming, and though he would
not say so, / think he is gald OF It, lie
expects you tomorrow"
Il will go this evening, II he Will lei
me-"
"Not tonight. / think he goes to bed
almost as the sun sets. L am never
there myself after four or five in the at
ternoon. / told him that you should Dc
there o.morrow-alone. | have hired
little carriage, and you can take It,
He said specially that was not to come
with you. Papa goes certainly on next
Saturday p 1t was d Saturday now
this day on which Stanbury had arrived
at Siena.
"He leaves town on Friday"
"You must make him believe that
Do not tell him suddenly, but bring i
in by degrees. He thinks that | am de-
ceiving him. He could 90 back if III
knew that papa were gone"
They spent a long evening together
and Stanbury learned all that Mrs. Ire
velyan could tell him Of her husband''
state. There was no doubt, she said
that his reason was affected; but sht
-. &. %, IS h,a mind lIl
eased ia ratio the reverse of that o.
his body, and that when he was weakest
in health, then were his ideas the most
clear and rational. lie never now men
toned Colonel Osborne's name, but
would refer to tho affairs of the lasI
two years as though they had been gov
cTned by an incXOrabio Fate which hao
utterly destroyed his happiness without
any fault on his part. you may be
sure" she said, that | never accuse
him. Even when he says terrible things
of me-which he does-I never excuse
myself. | do not think L should
answer word, if he called me the vii.
est thing on earth" Before they parted
for the night many questions were OF
course asked about Nora, and Hugh de-
scribed the condition, in which he and
she stood to each other. Papa has con-
sented them"
''Yes-at four o'clock in the morning
inst as was leaving them"
"And when is it to be ?"
Nothing has been settled, and do
not as yet know where she will go to
when they leave London. l think she
will visit Monkhams when the Glascock
people return to England"
What an episode in life-to go and
see the place, when it might all now
have been hersw
81 suppose ought to feel dreadfully
ashamed of myself for having marred
such promotion" said Hugh.
mora is such singular girl-So firm
so hcadstrOng, so good, and so self-rell
ant that she will do as well with poor
man as she would have done with a rich
Shall | confess to you that l did wlsl
that she should accept Mr.. Glascock
and that pressed it on her very strong
ly' You will not be angry with me 7
81 am only the moro proud of her
and of myself"
"When she was told of all that he had
to give in the way of wealth and rank
she took the bit between her teeth anC
would not be turned an inch. OfcOurst
she was in love-"
Il hope she may never regret it-that
is ALL"
"She must change her nature first
Everything she sees at Monkhams will
make her stronger in her choice. Will
all her girlish ways, she is like rock
nothing can move her"
Early on the next morning Hugh
started alone for Casalunga, having
first, however, seen Mrs. Trevelyan. Ht
took out with him certain little things
for the sick mans table-as to which
however, he was cautioned to say not
word to the sick man himself. And /,
was arranged that he should endeavoI
to fix day for Trevelyan's return tt
England. That was to be the one OBJ
iect in view "lf we could get him tC
England" she said, che and | would, al
any rate, be together, and gradually he
would be taught to submit himself t.
advice" Before ten in tho morning
Stanbury was walking up the hill Il
the house, and wonderiugGt the dreary
ION, lOItICSS htStlilltll llS SIbb' II
seemed to him that no one could live
alone in such aplace, III such weather
without being driven to madness. The
soil was parched and dusty, rs though
no drop of rain had fallen there fol
months. The lizards, glaucing i'll and
out of tho broken walls, added to the
appearance of heat. The vegetation
itself was of faded yellowish green
as thought the glare of the sun had
taken the fresh color ont of it. There
was noise of grasshoppers and a hun
of flies in the air, hardly audible, but all
giving evidence of the heat. Not hui
man voice was to be heard, nor the
sound of human foot, and there was
no shelter; but the sun hlazed down full
upon everything. He took off his hat
and rubbed his head with his handker'
chief as he struck the door with his
stick. 0 God, to what misery had a
little folly brought two human beings
who had had every blessings that the
world could give within their reach!