The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-06-16

descend the stairs.
"Dear love, goodnight, goodnight"
PART II.
The lille god Of this world
HcarS them, laughing III his sleeve,
He 10 monarch stilI, In his world
-Orsn Meredith.
II Is the next morning. Daphne has
decorously gone through with the cere'
mony OF breakfast, and 4 ktO.d.teis with
her lover, and ID now fairly dancing
along ono Of the great thoroughtareS
with Mr.. Thorpe at her aide. Thorpe Is
q valuable friend. He is neither suffi-
cienlly brilliant nor handsome, TO be dan.
gerous. He Ia always willing TO make
love, in the absence OF more ardent
adorer, and does not object to being a
ps dlie. He ia likewise safe confident
But this morning Aliss Leslie does not
find him az entertaining "a usual. In
fact, no seemed rather inclined TO be pa.
ternal-A thing objectionable in a bache.
lor, and which, 10 aay the truth, they are
seldom guilty Of towards Daphne.
"This Ia my Birthday am nineteen
years old" she ia saying,
"When are you going home, Miss
Daphne% ia tho rather irrelevant re.
Spouse.
allow polite Why, not very soon
probably-scartely before month.
came to MIRA. Askwiths house, you
know, to give them alJ@nn-.- op.
porlunily Of loving me (which they
could not fail 10 do, on close &C.
quaintanCe), before / absolutely became
one OF them. l have not quite completed
the pleasing labor OF heart.winning
There are one or two female members
Of the family who arc not exactly pre-.
pared to MARBLE, See, the ConQuering he.
70 comes, at my approach. Odd, isn'I
il|
"Very. Miss Daphne, are you quite
sure that this marriage Of yours will
come OlI?'
ADO yon think there IL any reasonable
probability Of Frank jilting me in the
course Of the next two noutRs?" she re-
spends, with sharp laugh. lie smiles
but continues to speak with unusua
gravity
"Askwith is a good fellow. | think he
Is worthy q something better than wha
is in store for him, il you keep to youl
engagement"
"Oh! how graceful! Thanks|
"Pshaw! You know what | mean
Daphne, am good friend OF yours-ar
old friend Of your mother, and l."
"Pauso, please pause, in your mad ca
reer! When people usher in their re-
marks with such Il preface a.
that, | feel confident that come.
thing peculiarly obnoxious in the
way Of advice, is forthcoming, do be kind
enough to nip in the bud the uphorism
which | know you were about TO utter
Don'ttry TO depress me, to-day. haven't
been particularly jolly lately, and my
bOsom's lord was Just beginning to 'sit
lightly on his throne He hasn't otter
acquired an easy eminenCe, Of late, &C
refrain from boiling him over, this once
Let's change the subject, Mr.. Thorpe, an
thou loVst me, introduce me to Arthur
Alfred"
"That strikes me as being a case o.
the hay stack seeking the cow" observe,
Thorpe, with untlinching candor.
"lt You you are referring to my poo
little bunch Of violcts, as u hay stack
consider me offended. And don't know
apy one who looks lea. like COW thar
your dramatic FRIEND" She laughs, bu
she has blushed shameful crimson,
$50 you won't consummate the happi
ness OF one young and lovely being, an(
give me an opportunity OF testing my
destinations on Romeo
"No," he answers.
"Brief and to the point. You are ahou
IA entertaining this morning as my bril-
liant hetrothed. And why this terse re
fusal?"
because | should think, Miss Leslie
that you had sufficiently distinguished
yourself last night, by your delicate and
well.timed attentions 10 that man. Real
| ly, you have no conception OF the mum
Der Of heretofore sensible women, who
have made absolute fools Of Themselves
on that snblect-merely because it is tn,
fashion, / think. Now, l have in my
pocket'book, this moment, a simply id
otto doggerel acrostic on his name, com
posed by well.bred young lady, whom
both OF usknow."
"Did he give il to you ?" she asked
quickly. NO." he replied, producing
slip Of note paper, thus inscribed
"a lllce which makes me thrIllWith blIla--
l. nVN-hnWa1 lin lnak fFnmAh IN klaa
AGO, which, though disguised BY Ert,
u pms all mRlden's heart
Il Oyhl form, and step Slate
ArlIng, take me for thy fate"
"You evidently suspect me Of bearing
about my person, versO's to that effect,
she saya, laughing as she returns to hin
that etgusion. "4ever mind, some ON
else will perform tho superauous cere
mony OF an introduction. At least. yol
can tell me something more about him
Is he just as good looking in his every
day clothesr
"RsalIy, Miss Leslie, am scarcely I
Judge OF manly beauty, but l conside
him a good enough looking fellow,
(disparagingly.)
you seem to imply that he Is stupid.
Certainly not, You jump at conclu
siOns. He is bright enough, for all
know" 40.
Naughty then2"
"Good heavens, Miss Leslie Dom
ask me to give an inventory Of Alfred
! charms. Their number and magnitud
! Ia such that my mind is incapable Q
grasping them. Most men like him, an
= most women adore him. For myself,
am not aware what IA his peculiar fasci
nation, unless ii Is that he ia always i
some rnuss=-N recommendation in itsel
j; in IN the eyes oil the sympathetic fair, ] be
9 "What glorious thing 1t is 10 be
I man. she exClaims, iro6ically. N shout,
y think you wonld congratulate yoursel
every day that you are not a poor friyo
, lous female, only able to stand at a RI
i spectacle distance and Sdmire her bel
ters! All! there he ia" bursts deliRh,
= fully from her lips. They have pause,
y before q great music shop, whose wSindo,
= is made attractive by a lite.si1ed pic,nr
|. Of Romeo, as she saw him last night. Sh
y stands with clasped hands and raj
!. turous eyes before this miserabl
, reproduction, 90 absorbed that Oh
I, does not SEQ the goodly.siled person, VIII
n opens the door from within, passes GU