The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-05

"ANu6 uu4luS NCOlS0S SHey Nv lay tSSANi
hut had never choScnitO ask for partiCu.
lars which must be as painful for him to
hear Rs for his father to relate
Il was the remembrance Of this old
trouble which had made John hesitate
about accepting Dir. Mannaring's urgent
Invitation, But lie did not hesitate long.
l"I can do no harm" he reflected; "the
whole thing Is gone by-iraS gone by.
before ever the ManneringS went
there. Nothing habOut lme can in.
any way recall my brother TO peo-
plc's minds-we arc not a bit alikc,"
thoughts flashed from his melancholy re.
Election in the mirror to albright fair flor
i i'd face; land Us to names, no, one will have
the least reason for surprising Mr, Jonn
IEversley tObcrelated to Mr.. George Isle.
I'll 60" And thus It came to pass tnat
he found himself by MilIy's tea-table that
September evening. gl- yhiswa
lie talked softly and tiuently about
books and music, and alter time slid In.
TO description ofsome Of his travels; but
| II was curious TO note, whatever the sub.
iect, how rarely hG said alt was o.
WAYS 20 friend Of mine," or "the people
at such place" Milly listened, well
pleased, but as she listened she looked
from time to time at the door. 1t opened
at last and her lover appeared. John stop
ped in the middle OF a sentence TO follow
the direction Of her eager eyes. His own
rested on the big handsome man who
was replying in a great jovial voice to q
buzz OF grcetings They fingered on MIR
WarburtOn's face for q moment, and then
were turned away full Of q faint but de-
cidcd antipathy. ..e.,,
Mrs. Rivers, probably doubling wheth:
or her niece would ever make her old and
new friends properly known to each other,
came 10 the ,tea.tablc with tho banker,
and formal Introduction ensucd -Alr.
Eyersley-A Warburton. Thetwo men
bowed and exchanged greetings and
chances. 1Ir. Warburton was loilily indlt:
lerGnt, Mr.. Evcrsley was reserved and
MiIlylooked radiently up into Matthew's
face, "YOu are very late" He smiled and
whispered something John did not hear
"Sit down." Miss Hope continued, land
| let me pour you out some nice weak tepld
tea." y ,'G J3i LL- '.5s,iEi'
"Thanks," said Mr.. Warburton; u think
I won't have any If it's cole" IL s!.t.s. u,
"Oh, but it isn't rcally-at least hope
not, l shall give you cup-you needn't
drink 1t iRYou don't like It" Hl IL
"Trust me for that" said he.
So it was duly poured out, and Mr.
Warburton, who was leaning laZily back
! in his chair by Milly's side, had 1t handed
to him, and was particular about the
amount Of cream, and tanciEul as 70 tho
exact strength Of the tea. Then there
arose discussion on the subject Of sugar:
MIR. Warburton averred that he had
watched the proceedings from the begin.
ming, and she hadn't given him moreel.
the little tea-maker rs stanchly asserted,
with an astonlshed "0h Matthew !" that
she had "You won't like it if you get
lao much,n she said. t'Taste it and see"
mot o bit" said Mr.. Warburton CON
fidentIy, after going through that ccre;
i mony;'.not the least taste Of; it." And
thcnhc informed tho company in general
4 that NIilly was putting him on an allow!
ance Of sugar already, and wasn't II q
j "Oh, Matthew l.. Oh, what nonsense r.,
cried BIilly, but stopped abruptly, for she
encountered Mr., John Eyersley's brown
ewes fixed on her with m expression OF
cold gentle wonder! The color rushed
i painfully to her cheeks, 2and withla sud.
den feeling ofhumiliation she caught the
cup out OF Matthew Warburton's hand,
and tumbled two or three Jumps Of sugar
into II in, brcathless haste. For about n
minute she hated Mr.. Eversley.
"Come," said Mr.. Warburton, rs his
cup was restored to. him by his flushed
4 unwilling Hebe, almost Us hurricdly Us 1t
Ind been snatched away, "lets SEQ what
It's like now" He sipSed 1t and looked
IN with an amused smile: swell, Milly,
when you do make concessions its in o
liberal spirit, and no mistake. Thank you,
my dear girl holding out the emp for her
ID set down, 1--we had plenty" At
Then she was distressed. She wanted
him TO have some more, but he would not.
Repenting other haste, she said, IN an
anxious whisper, :. You're not yexed with
mo. are you, Matthew ITO which no
returned a lolily good, hlmored smile and
shake Of tho head, and after minute went
across TO Mrs. Rivers, f.
"Nyho is that iCllowY he asked.
"Why, that's Mr.. Eversley." ~ "''i4
\ "Thank you very much; only you told
me as much as that when you introduced
u.s. jGiIr sl .lut. tFGL
E"Bolla Mannering brought him. BE Is
staying at the RectOry. Very well of, l
believe. They met him at Brighton"
l6 Warburton looked very knowingly from
Bella to John Eversley, and when Mrs.
Rivers left him he mused for a.moment
with q Notwithstanding. ...,.,,, :,
i" Hooked some ono else, Las shop We'll
better luck I'd you this time, Miss Bella.
I hone you'll land him. / don't particu-
larly admire your taste" glanced at
the slim, melancholy gentleman by the
tea.table-'at least not your present taste.
Still, that's, your lookout, not mine"
He had been sorry for Bella, and though
Inc had repeatedly assured himself, and in
decd believed, that lie was in no wise
guilty Of any fiatthlessness towards her,
=. lie was sincerely glad to see aprospect Of
happiness for her In this now direction. We
must make Drayford pleasant for MIR. Ev-
ersley, and give the girl as good chance as
We can" Mr..Warburton soliloquized in his
kindness. "The Rectory must BIO awfully
dull. Old 1Iannering Is prosy old bore,
III ever there was one, and Mrs. Manner.
inns worse; with her continual ailments.
And this fellow doesn't look the sort to get
on much with young Arthur. Move
must SEQ what we can do, for Bellas sake.
Poor Bella"
) Poor Bella, indeed! verify believe
/ that, could she have known OF tho amiRble
schemes he was medltating, she would
have assaulted. him then and there, rs he
stood on the hcarth.rug, big, handsome,
, and absolutely beaming with patrontzing
benevoloncc. That he Of oil men should
plan her happiness with another How: