The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-23
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THE EDICT OF FATE.

CANT country residence was Que ol tn
pleasantest apartments imaginable, snt
On that bright summer morning seemed
tho embodiment of coolness, shade ant
rracrance-ir0m the dark green csrpe
that covered the floor like sheet o
emerald velvet, the lighter green sill
curtains and danask furniture, 10 thu
cleaning marble statuettes, the Whit
and gold calt-bound volumes In rows o
shelves from floor 10 ceiling.
Outside tie sun shone, aud the bird
were holding perfect carnival OF IONS
in the warm, fragrant air.
Everything seemed SO pure, so peace
full, SO strangely at variance with MIR
Trevelysn's angry, clouded face, as h
stood, straight ard naughty, with one
hand on the green cloth OF the centra
table, and his eyes looking down on Ray
mond Ssntelle's fsce-a face perfect II
its bold, manly outlines.
alt is the most outrageous breach o
gentlemsnly honor l ever had the mis-
fortune to know, and 1 am the more as
tonished, Mr.. SsDtelle. that had always
previously, held YOU to DO suitable mai
10 occupy the position of tutor to my
sons. But this total disregard of every
lay of etiquette, honor, decency-lt
Ray be allowed So strong an expression
this open faced, presunpiuous atttmp
AT ilirtstIon with CUES. OF Mrs. Trev
elyan's, ISIS extensively disgusting Il
me-"
The young mans eyes blazed as hi
listened patiently to the quiet, intense
insult, and you could see how tremer
dous was the force with which he kept
himself IN check-you saw it so plainly
by the tenseness of every muscle in biz
1.-THE, handsome frame, by the compress
sion of bis lips under his dropping smbel
mustache, and in the intense, frighttuily
calm tones OF bis voice as he answered
with bis blue eyes never finching from
the cold, gray eyes opposite him.
You have made most unwarrants
Bile assertion, sir, which, for Miss Veldt't
sake l regret-whics, for my own,
care as little as l regard the truthfulness
of it, Is
Mr.. Trevelysn interrupted him by s
sudden blow of his fist on the table.
"You dare tell me-you hired teach
or IN this house, that am q liar-tha
Miss
SGntel!e did not make the smallest at
tempt TO interrupt the tide OF passion
but there was something in his eyes tina
made the gentleman pause suddenly, aDt
| then Santelle went on, quietly as before
with that unnatural quiet that precede:
terrible tempests.
"There is no occasion to introduce the
lsdys name again; simply say l have
never paid her any attention beyond
what is due to lady from gentleman
that | should pay an Empress of the
blood royal If the occasion required 1t, oil
Dny other woman. You have seen Ill "a
mlscoustrue, and from the moment you
branded me SIS unit Tor the position Of
tutor 10 your sons, however false the &C
cusatlon was, YOU ceased to be my EN-
ployer. Mr.. Trevelyan, there Is no need
to prolong this interview"
lie bowed WITH the cold, polished ease
of q society -ussged man, ard went leis
urely from the library to his room, will
that same compression of his handsome
lips, but with the fire in his blue eyes
giving place to q bitter, dresry woe.
TO think that the first woman | ever
met who could quicken my pulses by
glance OF her bright, beautiful eyes
and l am insulted because l dare con
verse with her-l, tutor on salary
she darling of fate and fortune"
Down in the library whore Ssntelle had
left him, Mr.. Trevelyan paced to and fro
the insolent, independent puppy
with his face like gods and bis manner
The manner Of prince! 1t is time he
took his congo from Trevelysn Park
when he bids tair 10 be formidable RI
val to my son Rupert in Ida Neldrs
favor. | am not bind; am not fool
have seen the girls magnificent eye;
look at him with q light in them Id
willingly give check for u thousand tc
see IN them when she laughs with my
boy"
And, Just within one of the deep, dusk
recesses of the library, hidden by flowing
silken drapery, as tsir a girl as ever
lived, with lustrous dark eyes all aglow
and cheeks as pink rs n morning
glory, stood quiet and bresthless until
Mr.. Trevelyn had left the room.
1.-The grand, glorious fellowl Why
hos very prince in disguised wonder
| wonder if on, dear. ,ot course it is only
ch,vslrous courtesy Mr.. Ssntel.e feels
and | won't be tool if he has got the
most heavenly smile and the handsomest
eyes | ever saw but Ill see HIM again
before he leaves, and -"
But Ida Veldt did not see him again
before he LETT Trevelyan Park, for Mr.
Ssntelle did not remain over one train
and when Ida returned from her gallon
over the breezy country roads, with her
cheeks glowing. her hair wlnd-blown
over her face, like mist of spun gold
and her bronze, dark eyes, eloquent with
the strange, half sweet, half sad thoughts
she could not understand, Raymond San
,elle was separated from her, by fate ane
the railroad, SD many miles that ever tC
meet again seemed of even less likely
probability than the finding OF needle
in hsystsck.
but. RAYMOND, there is no use in
YOUR being so obstinate about It'll 1ot
have fever, and your eyes are as CLASSY
as a cats in a dark cellar-srent they
Mrs. Santelle2
Harry Livingston reached ont t
take RAYMOND Ssntelle's hard to feel The
throbbing, irregular pulse.
Don't be fool, Harry! l tell you
an not sick-st lesst, beyond a trIfins
cold-slthough won't be responsible