The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-26


whispered, IT have gone too far I Will
write 10 you tomorrow. But now please
please take me home" took her home
without another word. She seemed &c
wearied and sOrrOWlul that l did not uret
her any further 1 only tried to comfort
her. And l think she appreciated my
motive and was grateful, for when open
cd the door for her she said gently, you
arc kind to me, and II We do not meCi
again, farewell, and God bless you"
/ lifted her hand revercntly TO my lips
kissed it, and left her.
Looking back, ! saw she was still stand
ing in the doorway, and though it was
too dark 10 sec her lace, knew It was
turned toward me.
One of the great mistakes Of stupid peO
pie is the idea that man in moments Of
great emotiOn-particularly in matters OF
loye-raVes round, tearing his hair and
weeping wildly, or else lies PROSTATE on
the floor tapping the carpet with the toes
oil his boots and bowling dismAlly. 10
point OF fact, the Indian at the stake" Is
a triile TO any wcll.bred man in ailliCtion,
But l felt unpleasantly.
OF course she loved me. That was
plain. But what was the obstacle-the
barrier between usS However, | com.
rorted myself by thinking of the letter
that was TO COme.
The morning train took me from the
the Beach, and l had some business mat
ters which occupied my attention all that
and the following day. After dinner on
Friday-I had left on Wednesday-l re-
ceIVed by express package from the
Beach, and recognized the Denver crest on
one Of the seals. Most men would have
torn It open hastily and with ungentle.
manly eagerness. ] lit cigar, rang for
my SlippGrs, put them on, threw myself in
my iavorite chair, and lGisurely opened
the packet. First there was a small san.
dal-wood box, and in It was this pipe and
Il letter. l opened the letter, which |
knew was from Charles sister, and saw
note inclosGd My heart beginning to
beat rather rapidly l laid It down-no 3!
stupid, not my heart, but the note-until
l had recovered my caImness. Then l
opened II aud read, thus s'.
THE BEACH, Thursday.
II am quite sure that 80 distinguished
a ilirt as Mr.. Smith must have enjoyed
the little affair at the beach immensely,
My husband, wasn't II good Of him to let
us have those moonlight walks together p
desires mo to present his compliments TO
you-for a little party we are making for
the White Mountains, We shall start
about the EirstOi September. Must ! add
that shall be delightedif you will join
US? All, no l am sure you will feel at
once how much pleasure 1t will give me.
"DO let me hear whether you have be.
gun that hard work We talked so much
about. Trusting-hOping 10 see you,
"SlnCerclY, u L. NJ"
was once knocked down in q street
fight, and remember distinctly the feeling
| experienced when my head and the
pavement met /; confused Is, think, the
proper phrase. II was in Itself not pleas.
ant, but In comparison with the motto !
think it was delightful. 1t was quite
clear, OF course These things always
are clear when you look back at them.
l picked up Miss Denvers' letter and read
it. This is it,
"lHUGDAH.
'!MY DEAR Mr.. SAITH: am. 50 much
Obliged to you for your Kindness and
particularly for having kept your PROMISE
80 faithfully. Now, don't often pay my
debts, but you have earned the pipe 80
nobly that cannot refuse you your re-
ward. And when you smoke, may you
think Of its giver. Your friend,
Eg ALICE D."
"P. S. enclose you note from Lulu
SEQ how trust youS She tells me 1t is
to ask you to Join our White Mountain
party. OF course you'll ComeI IA
'By the way, was 1t lunnyl Lulu would
not believe that you could mistake her
for her husbands niece. won dear
little bet on that, so you SEQ l can afford
to pay you your pipe. Again,
ALICE D."
That was the last straw. | sworo. Yes,
l dbl And mashed all the cheap things
in tho room. By JovOl IL makes my
blood boil even now 10 think Of that girls
treachery.
But l kept tho pipe-asa sort Of warn
ing, don't you know
Gracious that's IL o'clock. We shan't
stand chance for supper and Mrs. Y.
will be raging. And now you know how
/ got that conloundcd pipc-lCt's hurry of.