The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-29

tatus to comfort her round-the-cOrhef
listening son.
"There, I knew it," he said, returning
TO Louise. II knew there was something
wrong How l shall catch it! But about
what told you, Louise; l suppose its all
right, isn't it?'
Louise shook her head gravely. ~
don't know what your mother Il say about
it,
"Why, Louise, for PHYS sake, dent
tell her. She mustn't know anything
about it. Shed make fearful row."
/ But she'll have to know some day"
81 don't see why; ut least, not for a
good while. Not till it's all finished and
settled, at any rate"
can elopement, l declared thought
Louise. "Well, we'll, we'd better make
some definite arrangement; and Ran
dolph, for PHYS sake, don't be so myster'
ious about it; speak out!'
Randolph did speak out-yery much
to the point.
dts good deal to ask, Louise, but I'll
repay you, indeed l will; you're so awful
| " rich, YOU know-and then you seem
| Just like my sister-well less wouldn't do
me any good at all-and if you coutdspare
i've hundred dollars, I'd be-" He
broke off to look at Louise, IN speeches
amazement. Her eyes were overlooking,
her cheeks were blazing.
"Oh, you mean, horrid thing To Dor,
row money from woman. | hate YOU"
| So she cried out, and then, feeling that
she was betraying herself, she ran from
! him to her own room, there to shed bitter
tears of disappointment and shame.
"Sllly thing" You say. Catch you act
ing SOL Of course you wouldn't. But,
unfortunately, Louise had heart and
she had never yet tempered ii in the fires
and ice-water of Irritation.
Randolph looked after her in angry as
constituent. "What the dcuce-If I'd
known she was going 10 kick up such
row, I'd rather have asked the old lady
herself. She just as good as told me 1t
was ali right, and then blazing up like
that. Who can understand woman"
Then he pulled his cigar-case out, and
lighting mighty weed, began to puff
vigorously. What the mischief did ]
say:' He thought deeply; quicker and
whittier came the smoke-putfs. Suddenly
he dashed his palm against the railing.
"Idiot! She couldn't have thought any
thing else. | wondcr-would you-my
darling little cousin-would you have
said Yes to that? Why couldn't | sec
but | do now, and by Joye, I'll tell he
what have never dared to before-how
I've loved her all my life
lie dashed off to her room, and knocke
vigorously. Louise's voice WAS heard in
curing, "Whos there?'
its Randolph. Come out do,
Louise! | want to speak to you. His
excited tone gave Louise an inkliug Of the
truth. I'm u minute she called, and
proceeded to battle her eyes.
Meanwhile Randolph, outside the door,
was soliIoquizing aloud: "Who ever
would have thought of this? What will
the old 'un sayw The lady thus referred
to WAS standing besides him. Her room
was next Louise'S She had heard Ran
dolph's voice in the passage, and pounc-
cd out at once She was fairly trembling
with anger. Randolph had not even time
to drop his cigar. He faced round hold
ing it behind him
"The old 'un You mean me, | sup
pose. Not content with calling me by
i,,,n,,hr;nrs o,,i,bn,s hnhind nv hack v,I,
bawl them through the passages for the
whole house to hear What do you mean
by It?'
,rs ariib.t. orIv - sort of net name YOU
low"
.Dar,t ors,rar nrl What's this smoke
ToL,ccnI Randolph have YOU dared TO
smoke after what the doctor said?"
mWbv mother, the idea! don't smell
any smoke"
With pantomimic action he "snuffed'
tbo tainted mir Unfortunately he turn
cd around, and there before Mrs. Poin-
dexter's angry eyes burned the "accurscd
thing
what is that in YOUR hand. sir?'
Oh-Mqt-I was Just bringing that up
for Lcuise!' and then he laughed Mt his
own ridiculous excuse
Anger master Mrs. PoindeXter. "l on
are Lying to me. Do you think ! will
bear everything? Do you want to Kill
yourself?' At that Randolph laughed
again. 'You laugh in my face, do your
and like a fury she flew At him, and struck
him IN the face with her open hand-in
fact boxed his ears soundly.
Louise stood in the doorway. She had
seen the whole of the ladylike perform
ance Just described. She looked at her
aunt in disguised astonishment. Mrs.
Poindexter burst into tears and fled into
her own room. As Louise looked at Ran
dolph standing there shamed, she pitied
him. But should he know it? Indeed
no! He had Inundated her; sheswould
have her revenge. She began to laugh.
Randolph was too broken spirited to be
angry Mt her; he only said, sadly: Louise,
how can YOU. You see my shame, and
YOU laugh. That was thing that even
nv mother had no right to do. | do not
know how TO act"
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