The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-19

l Harry was 10 d dilemma, and he N
thinking long over Il that night. But h
was endowed with nature singulaFl
honest, and at this juncture Il helped nm
better than intrigue. He simply wrote
iittIe note 10 MSrpery. aslIins 5ermissio,
to sec her next day al noon. ia receiyed
as he expected, q cordial assent; and ID
putting Dion's last letter In his pocket. n
went almost confidently over 10 Heywoo,
Park. ~. n
Il was n yery pleasant Meeting INT Ha,
~ was determined not 10 let The conyers ssa
ton drift into generalites. "Miss HEY
wood, :" he sail, ii am going to AK iroa
you very singular favor. Fl want yotl
In short, / want you to refuse TO Inarr,
me- 0t !
Margery could not help At smilea Har
rvs awkwaldness. She readily Jiyinet
that he had something important 10 saw d
her, and that he had, In Ills eagerness d
be perfectly plain about It, begun Al thI
end instead ofthe beginning. 80 she ala
II shall certainly refuse you-when vol
ask me, MIR. Lake" M M
"0h, that OF course! No fellow like m,
expects to get q hearing, after poor Dior
could not succeed, But the truth is just
this: my uncle admires YOU 50 much thaI
he threatens to leave me nothing unless i
marry you" % fGs. 7.7
"And you prefer 10 be lisinherited. nj
course2" m H64 7IF'T''r
"No, no, no, bat, Miss Haywood, I am
dead in love with the dearest little Girl
and | am over head and ears In debt also:
and II vex uncle, he will give me M
money-and don't you see how the tilinV
is9" ~. 1851 = TTfF ''' =
"Not exactly. Now what am l 10 cloY
Tell me plainly" '-a -
swell, shall write you letter to.mor.
row-a real; old.iashioned Sir Charles
Grandson letter-and ask your permiS.
sion, etc., ETC., to address You. And 1
shall show this letter to uncle. and get
his suggestions and approbation."-
"Yes; and then am to-" ..l.
ITO answer Il, Just in your Hottest style.
Miss Haywood. II you say a few wortis n
little down on the Lakes, / don't mind At
all, and 1t will finish The matter. 0feonrse
/ shall be cut up, and ali mat II nv poor
Dion was here he would find some clever
way out Of the scrape; but l can never
think Of anything but Just going to head.
quarters, as have come TO you.S
ut Is the best way. A straight line "a
just as good In love as in geometry.n
Then the affair was talked over. and
Margery brought all her woman's tact and
delicacy to It's arrangement, Things were
planned 90 az 10 proceed mora ia|s,s "I
for the climax, instead OF coming The next
day, as Harry proposed, was indefinitely
put of. But Margery thought herself well
paid for her complaisance: for in n yery
short time Harry knew as well as possible
precious bit OF news he brouvbt bar cnns
corning Dion, and one day he managed 70
forget photograph OF him, and never al.
terward remember to forget its loss.
So, with this fresh interest in life, time
did not seem 80 heavy 10 Door Marpery.
She had Dion's pictured face, and every
now and then a lew words OF Information
about him, or else a talk with Harry CON.
corning the manifold perfection of one a.
dear to both.
as long as possible, Uncle Lake al Iast al
impatient. "Harry had spent mart If
every day at Haywood for four months:
il boys and girls did not know their minds
in that time they never would" So the
old gentleman wrote the proposal himseIi
stated frankly what lands and money he
intended to give Harry, and solicited for
the young man the hand If biS ts;r na;aS
Dor. -''t
The answer had been carefully prepared
by the two Young naonle 7, yas a~a,,;
sIitsly polite, but yet It contrived to bit
Lake was very sensitive; and. in fine. L
absolutely declined any alliance with Ri
house. "''ti N''
The effect was better than thew had
dared to hope. Uncle Lake was greatly
offended, and for Margery's sake recalled
women and women's ways 20 a. penesS o T.
familiar to bachelors, Young and old.
However, he was yery sorry for ma
Margery," said Harry, one day- A weeE
aiterwarl, land he has shown Il in a wav
that I thoroughly appreciate"
"a cheeky"
''Yes, for ten thousand dollarsn ,i,.
"Did you pine much, Harry?"
'tNo, / could not MANAGE n. and do
you know. that pleased uncle. He praised
my spirited behavior, and said that was
Just the way he took a saucy woman's No
thlfty years ago; and then he gave me
tne chetek, and told me TO go to Paris for q
season.
AND you go, suppose?"
Just as soon as the dearest little girl is
ready 70 go with me-"
win you have enough, after paying
your debts"
u shall naturally consider my wife's
comfort before my creditors"
oh, Harry! Harry!" a.
Well, Margery, | never could keep out
Of debt and out o. love. The men trade
with and the girl | love always have lien
on me-.
After Harry left, letters were long de-
layed. Addresses were lost or changed,
anu week after week and month after
month passed without bringing any word
from Dlon, about whom he had promised
70 write. In the third summer Margery
was 50 lonely that she determined to Join
some friends 10 q European trip; for she
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