The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-12

tell Won one thing, Mr.. Burgess. l don't
care what auy old maid says about me.
I always talk to people that like, and,
if thew choose to call me q fiirt, they
NAV. It's my opinion that still waters
run the Deepest
mo doubt the noisy streams are very
shallow" said Brooke.
"You may call me shallow stream if
you like, Mr.. Burgess"
II meant nothing of the kind"
"But what do yeu call Dorothy Stan
buryf That's what I call still water.
She runs deep enough"
THE quietest young lady 1 ever saw
in my life"
Exactly. So quiet, but so-clever.
What do you think Of Mr.. Gibson :"
Everybody is asking me " hat l think
of Mr.. Gibson"
"You know what they say. They say
be is to marry Dorothy Stanbury. Poor
man! Iden't think his own consent has
ever been asked yet; but, nevertheless,
it's settled"
"Just at present be seems to be-what
shall / say III oughtn't to say flirting
with your sister; ought IL
"Miss Stanbury would say so II sne
were here, no doubt. But the fact IS,
Mr.. Burgess, we've known him almost
since we were infants, and of course we
take an interest in bis welfare. There
has never been anything moro than
that. Arabella is nothing more to him
than l am. Once, indeed but, how
ever,-that does not signify. 1t would
be nothing to us, il he really liked DO
rothy Stanbury. But as far as we can
see,-and we do see a good deal OF him,
there is no such feeling on his part:
OF course we haven't asked. We should
not think of such o thing. Mr.. Gl0sen
may do Just as he likes for US. Bus am
not quite sure that Dorothy Stanoury
is Just the girl that would make MIN
good wife. OF course when you've
known o person seven or eight years,
you do get anxious about his happiness.
Do you know, we think her-perhaps
little-sly."
In the mean time, Mr.. Gibson was
completely subject TO the individual
charms of Arabella. Camilla had been
quite correct in part of her description
of their intimacy. She and her sister
had known Mr.. Gibson for seven or eight
years; but nevertheless the intimacy
could not with truth be said to have
commenced during the infancy of the
young ladies, even if the word were
used in its legal sense. Seven or eight
years, however, is q long acquaintance;
and there was, perhaps something OF
real grievance in this Stanbury inter
vention. fit be recognized fact In
society that young ladiesare in want Of
husbands, and that an effort on their
part towards matrimony is not alto
gether impossible, it must berecognized
also that failure will be disagreeable;
and interference regarded with animosi-
ty. Miss Stanbury the elder was uDdoubt-
edly interfering between Mr.. Gibson
and the Trenches; and it is neither man
ly nor womanly to submit to interior
ence with ones dearest prospects. 1t
may, perhaps, be admitted that the Miss
Trenches had shown too much open
ardor in their pursuit Of Mr.. Gibson.
Perhaps there should have been no
ardor and no pursuit. 1t may be that
the theory of womanhood is right which
ferbids to women any such attemp ts,-
which teaches them that they must ever
be the pursued, never the pursuers. AS
to that there shall be no discourse at
present But it must be granted that,
whenever the pursuit has been attempt
ed, it is not in human nature to aban-
don it without an effort. That the
French girls should be very angry
with Miss Stanbury, that they should
put their heads together with the
intention of tbwarting her, that
they should think evil things O.
poor Dorothy, that they should half
aespise Mr.. Gibson, and yet resolve to
keep their hold upon him as chattel
and thing of value that was almost
their own, was not, perhaps much to
their discredit.
"You are a good deal at the house in
the Close now," said Arabella, in her
lowest vOice,-in a voice so low that 1t
was almost melancholy.
"Well, yes. Miss Stanbury, you know,
has always been a stanch friend OF
mine. Aud she takes an interest in my
little church. People say that girls
are sly; but men can be sly, too, some
times"
at seems that she has taken you SC
much away from US, Mr.. Gibson"
II don't know why you should say
that, Miss French"
"Perhaps | am wrong. One IS apt TO
be sensitive about ones friends. We
seem to have known yOG so well. There
is nobody else in Exeter that mamma
regards as she does. You. But of course,
if you are happy with Miss Stanbury,
that is everything"
~ am speaking of the old lady," said
Mr.. Gibson, who, in spite of his sly
ness, was here thrown little off his
guard.
"And am speaking of the old lady
too" said Arabella. "Of whom else
should ! be speakiHgW
'No, of course not"
"Of course" continued Arabella, 81
hear what people say about the niece,
One cannot help what one hears, you
know, Mr.. Gibson; but | don't believe
that, can assure you" AS she said this,
she looked into his face, as though wait.
ing for an ausw er; but Mr.. Gibson had
no answer ready. Then Arabella told
herself that if anything was TO be cone
it must be done at once. What use was
there in beating round the bush, when
the only chance of getting the game was
to he had by dashing at once into the
thicket. clown 1 should be glad she
said, turning her eyes away from him,
"if could hear from your own mouth
that il is not true
To be Continued.