The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-29

.....od IF n;nepeuce, for the gig TO
Nnncombe Putney. He got no satlsiac-
t h%S and had to pay tho shil-
w. The truth was, that gigs to Nun
combe Putney had gone up, sinGe . iauy'
separated from her nuspanu, VIII col
in at the Clock House. w ~ "a
@Uere's Hughp said Priscilla, hurry
inc 70 the front door. And Mrs. Stan
bury hurried after her. Her son Hugh
was the apple Of her eye, the best son
that ever lived, generous, noble, a
thorough man,-almost god
"Dear, dear, o dear! Who'd have ex-
pected it God bless you, my boy
Why didn't you wrftef Priscilla, what
is there in the house that he can eat y
"Plenty of bread and cheese" said
Priscilla, laughing, with her hand in
side her brothers arm. For though
Priscilla hated all other men, she did
not hate her brother Hugh: IF you
wanted things nice TO eat directly you
got here, You ought to have written"
~ shall want my dinner, like any
other Christian,--in due time," said
Hugh. HAnd how is Mrs.Trsyelysn,-t
and how is Miss Rowley P-
He soon found himself in company
with those tive ladies, and experienced
some Immediate difficulty in explaining
the cause of his sudden coming. But
this was soon put aside by Mrs. Trevel-
gan. Hf '
9"When did you see my husband y she
asked.
81 saw him yesterday. He was quite
we'll" .
"Colonel Osborne has been here" she
said. .EaAl- ..rl
al know that he has been here. / met
him at the station at Exeter. Perhaps
should not say so, but wish he had re-
NAMED away"
ave all wish it," said Priscilla.
Then Nora spoke. IrTg ~ y
"But what could we do, Mr.. Stanbu-
lryF 1t seemed so natural that he shonld
call when he was in the neighborhood.
| We have known him so long; and how
could we refuse to see him !"
az will not let any one think that
am afraid to see any man on earth, SAID
Mrs. Trevelyan. "If he had ever in his
life said a word that would have been
an insult, of course it would have been
different. But the noton is preposter-
Gus. Why should not have seen him?"
81 think he was wrong to come, !" said
| Hugh.
"Of course he was wrong,-wickedly
wrong" said Priscilla.
| .Stanbury finding that the subject was
so openly discussed between them all,
declared plainly the mission that had
brought him to Nuncombe.
"Trevelyan heard that he was COM
ing, and asked me To let him know the
truth"
"Now you can tell him the truth,
said Mrs. Treyelyan with something of
Indignation in her tone, as though she
thought that Stanbury had taken upon
himself task of which he ought to be
ashamed. ~.
But Colonel Osborne came specially
to pay visit to Cockchaffngton," said
Nora, "and not to see US. Louis ought
to know that"
mora, how can you demean yourself
to care about such trash :" said Mrs. IRE
velyan. "Who cares why he came heref
His visit to me was thing of course.
If Mr.. Trevelyan disapproves of it, let
him say so, and not send secret messen-
gers" @a-' ~ ..A.-..
cam l secret messenger ~ said
Huah Stanbury.
"There has been a man here, inquir-
ing of the servants" said Priscilla. So
that odious Bozzle had made his mis-
sion known to them! Stanbury, how
ever, thought it best to say nothing of
Bozzle, not to acknowledge that he had
ever heard of Bezzle.
IL do not know what / meaE," said
Mrs. Trevelyan. 81 am 30 harrassed and
fevered by these suspicious that I am
driven nearly mad"
Then she left the room for q minute
and returned with two letters.
There, Mr.. Stanbury; got that note
from Colonel Osborne, and wrote to
him that reply. You know all about it
now. Can you say that wSs wrong to
see himY"
81 am sure that he was wrong to
come" said Hugh.
"Wickedly wrong" said Priscilla
again.
you can keep the letters and show
them to my husband" said Mrs. Trevel-
yam; "then he will know all about the
visit"
But Stanbury declined to keep the let
tiers.
( To be Continued.