The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-16
acknowledgement.
LEFTY DORMER.

II would ratle' u'e' 'n'N AS'S' P''
a9p ,a., 20. my dear; all young girls would
~, die Than give up an unsubstanttal
ii,ns' for a a profitable reality, In general
I'a S.rcr they do give It up, and they do
sostIt is answered her mother quietly.
a1S.y lam bow cruel you are /" cried
sirI with 0 kind Of angry despair In
b: i' SU.,S am RATIONALE How cruel
W. you ought rather to say, Lefty,
l% ,; ~' me 90 much trouble when 1 am
@ ,,oo onIy ior your own good; and when
y. r"I Know that you will have 70 yield at
y i will not yield; l will die flntl" re-
F sSou arc yeiy fond Of that assertion,
tstr. but il does not move me; | know
y eli that you willmaIry as I wish you
= Io and live into quite respectable old
U''' You are healthy, though you donot
W ns Of long lived family on one side"
SSS Ughed- Ii was q conventional sigh;
S1i lien che family murmured, %Poor
PI le mamma you are too dreadful with
,o.r cold sarcasm" cried Lefty atDgiDg
W s An yOu are too silly with your mock
A.,aIcs, nv dear, lfyou had not me 10
. .Sjs YOU into common sense, what q
5 - YOU would make Of your lifel" X.
What wreck you wish to make itI"
'' .sjlIy lille girl" said Mrs. Dormer,
9TH compassionate contempt. "You are
Me- he A naughty child who viii thrust its
Ind s into The Are, and thinks Its nurse
,bonlnabIy cruel because she tries to
event It. The way will come, my dear,
linen you will thank me, instead Of scold
I'M me Is you are doing now, that / put
~ end to this absurd affair with .Mr.
R,icIife, and gave you such an admirable
~uleuent In Mr.. Mounsey." -a =
Admirable settlement A man old,
enough to be my father-a man I hate,
.od thst no girl could like-only with
and having money, with all, that q
prliUnless girl can desire, and more than
he has right to expect" said Mrs
D1rmer, taking up lew dropped stitches
s.urely. i -.
"Ohi know you don't think it neces-
ary for wife to love her husband" said
lsity, sSrcasticalIy. .,.
40 begin with? by no means, my
l..r" answered her mother, with perfect
.oOi breeding and good temper. "Love
comes by habit, by the fact OF q pleasant
home where there Is no stint, and where
.rsIyIhing goes on comfortably. One
man is very much the same as another
man, when you know them; and, with q
moderate amount Of amiAbility, q we'll
princpled girl Is sure to be happy IL she
hprOperly provided for"
aYour opinions are absolutely mon
,rous. and I will have nothing to do with
taen," said Lefty angrily.
40nly TO fulfill them, little goose, when
YOU have worked of the froth." Mn.
birner returned the anSwer with SSlight
laugh; and the servant at thSt moment
lung open the door with an air, and
ushsred in-"Mf. Mouasey."
A short, thick set, irRscible looking
u4u, with grizzled hair cropped close,
O;o4d, bushy eyebrows, and that kind OF
ausiSche aud whiskers run together
shout clean shaven chin, which gives
such wild beast expression to face; q
GDatleHt, aggressive, unsympathetic.
boxing man; y man to push his own way
10 the world without regard TO those he
I1ouldered aside, and to hold his own,
let who would want, a man 10 be wary
hin business, and with whom It would
be necessary 10 be cautious how one
made him friend or foe; a man strong In
bis own right, and standing four.sq uare
10 bis own esteem; but, as Lefty said, q
man whom no girl could love. This was
the wealthy Mr. Mounsey, who had been
pleased 10 cast eyes Of admiration on
POtiOnlesS Lefty Dormer and to demand
her Other mOthOr as his vile and the mis-
tess Of Mounsey Park. And Mrs. Dor
met had promised, in spite Of that little
lvIy' with George Radcliffe, which she
aAd encouraged eagerly enough when no
better chances were on hand. -
As be came in, his somewhat cruel face
,ishted up with a kind Of mGsterful smile
oipleaSure, Mrs. Dormer rose, and wei.
coined him; but Lefty sat pale and rebel
IIOas, not fearful or trembling, not shrink
Irg or shy, but with q look Of Get purpose,
Of undiSguised hostility, on her lace,
which her very pallor and rigidity seem.
sdto intensity. Mr.. Mounsey wisely ig.
0oFed all unpleasant signs. His cue was
IOreter Lelty's resistance to the coy re-
Sfve OF maidenly modesty. Girls never
know their own minds, not to speak oI
iaeIF best interests; he and Mrs. Dormer
were fully agreed on that point; and as be
Aid mammals consent, he thought 1t waste
Of lotce to attempt an argument with the
'Itl herself, trusting to patient holding on
;ohHpolnt, the dazzle Of his riches, and
her mothers influence, for Q happy issue
cot TALL bis peIpleXities.
TO their like be said CURLY, II gal
Antly, going straight up To Lefty, and
oteFnE her case containing costly sci
CipeGtls. =
eOdly. : - =
at Is usual, my dear Miss Dormer,'
answered Mr.. Moursey. he had not go
yetto the calling OF her Lefty; be had
md it once aud he hadn repeatedit
Usual to what" said Lefty, raising
ast eyes 10 him. II know Of nothing
Snch should make such. a present from
N1uto me usual or possible"
Ny dear child" said BIrs. Dormel
Neeuy, ut seems 10 me you are rathel
wandering to-day"
The heat probably" with an apollo
i1'IAw.
Probably" said that gentleman, a III
Ne hetcely; "but l own I should like to
oaf something more satisfactory from TIL
young lady herself. All this coyncsS Il
'e'y wen up 10 a certain point; beyond
aai nm liresOme and annoying"
IL Willcome all right in time" sait
MS Dormer blandly.
Never" cried Lefty. M
SILLY little miss " Satd har Inotkar hI,i