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

the rumors reached Margery's aunt at
Haywood, and she sent o peremptory
order for her nieee's return home imme.
diately, g-e 5Is,E,5E I..ll7I z
At this order Margery was very cross.
She did not want 70 60 back into the coun.
try, and she did think that, in some way
or other, Dion might have prevented PEG.
pies remarks. And his little effort to talk
the matter over with her only made her
more angry: for her loving anxious heart
was waiting to hear something more
sweely personal than: ll NJ ..
"Icannot imagine, Miss Haywood, what
pleasure people find in gossip"
You can not2" snapped MarHery.
well, then, let me tell you that oil pleas
ures are short.lived except that Of watch.
ing the mistakes Of our friends, and com.
paring them with our own virtues"
y suppose so" %
"0h. you dol" ges .- re.U ii..
"Yet Harry Lake said, last night, that
OF all ridiculous proverbs, that one, Say
no Ill Of the dead" Is the most absurd.
i is reversing the natural order Of things,
Miss Haywood, and ought to be, Say no
i'll Of the living" M ~
Harry Lake is-right. / like his sense.
When lady Is in her grave, how can il
matter TO her what q set Of silly people say
about her on the avenue or In the park2h
Let Life live while 1t may"
"And dissect the deceased. II society
must cut up somebody, l make our seta
present OF Boadicea or OF Hannah Mere.
They can use their initials any way they
like. But / must bid you farewell. I
leave for Haywood in the morning"
where shall we meet again?"S
II am no diviner." She was pale and
angry, but the tears were in her eyes. She
knew that he loved her. Why could he
not-why would he not-say So?
| "Whyp She asked herself this ques-
ton al during the next summer. For Dion,
having discovered that Miss Haywood was
with her invalid aunt in q small village in
the Pennsylvania mountains, abandoned
at once the delights OF fashionable hops
and drives, and devoted himself to Miss
Heywood's aunt. nI
1t was q summer to date from all of life
atterward. Such glorious mornings by
the trout streamsl Such evenings in the
moonlit hills! Such walks, and talks and
rides "a young man SO handsome
very handsome-s young man 30 clever
and polite, and so respectful to age"
Aunt Haywood had never seen. Forty
years before, she had had lover, who
went 70 sea and never came back again,
and she believed Dion to be exactly like
him. Yes, she was certain that II she had
been married, and had children, all her
sons would have been Just like Dion. The
old woman loved him, in her way, quite
as much as the young one.
4 This lair and happy summer at length
came to close. Dion found the ladies
one morning in the midst OF trunks and
toilets. A sudden frost had set in, and
Aunt Haywood missed the comforts OF her
own home. Dion fingered, silent and sor.
rowtnlly, till after lunch, and then he ask
ed Margery to 60. into the woods for a
walk with him. He had confession to
make, he said, il Miss Haywood permitted
Miss Haywood thought he might have
spoken without her permission. 100
much courtesy; too much courtesy" she
whispered her own heart; but she signi-
fed her assent by little nod Of her head,
and . set, steadfest look into the water.
"Nfiss Haywood -Aaryry-I want to
confess to you what foolish waste have
made Of my life and fortune. Hitherto
have squandered them in the silliest OF
pursuits.p
Margery began to tap her foot restlessly.
II have been so vain OF my good looks"
She looked half shyly and half admir-
ingly through her eyelashes at him.
And am sorry to say that, in order
to do them justice, I have been very I'M
Just to others. l am very deeply in debt,
and"-
deeply in debit" Was that what he
had to confess2 She colored violently,
and rose, "Mr. Harrington, your debts do
not concern me, unless-uniess-"
II expect you to pay them? I suppose
that Is what you think ! mean, Miss Hey.
wood. How can you misjudge me SO cru
ely. beg pardon for presnmipg to i'm
agine that you could feel any interest eth.
, er in the past or future OF 50 worthless q
life as mine has hitherto BEEN"
Herose TO 20, and some dumb, evil
: spirit possessed the girl. She longed to
smile, TO speak to detaIn him; but she
could not permit herselfto doit.
Goodbye, Margery Aargery.
When venture to speak to you again, /
hope to be more deserving OF hearing
He put out his hand, and she would not
see It Oh, it was hard that he would not
understand the love aud longing and dis
appointment In her heart! She had q
right to be angry with man so blind and
. as she could not for very shame go into a
good, womanly passion, she gave vent to
her feelings In very unwomanly exhibi
ton OF sarcastic indifference.
But when Dion had really gone, she fell
with passionate sohbing upon the ground
until the pines talked soughfully among
themselves, and walled back to her ID
! those melancholy tones they learn know
not where. ~ -G
Aunt Haywood was as broken.hearted
. as her niece. She brooded on the loss o.
!. the gay, beautiful youth, with something
OF both mothers and a lovers anguish
and when, week later, they heard tha
, pefpargo Of friends ship, all the sun
shine died oatot the two lives at Haywood
Park.
A year later old Mrs. Haywood died
) and Margery was left sole mistress Of he
person and fortune. There were som,
rumors OF strange will made by Mis-
Y Haywood in her last hours, which II wa
thought that Margeryr would dispute. Blu
the ruIaor died, and the young heiress ap
8 parenhy settled down to monotonon
life, IN which nothing Of youth seemel
|. left her but the shaving loved"
% In the second year little ripple wa
7 made N Haywood BY the advent q Harr
e and was probably even then in CORE
pondence with him. Margery had Away
st avoided Harry's uncle hitherto, but nov
D, with q sweetness that no old man eoul
ie resist she inquired after his health, b
crops and yhbteyer other subject SCENE
0. Of Importance tohim.
lr In lact she quite won the old bachelor
at heart, Twas great grief TO him that !
a, could not hope to wed her tor himself an
he half disllked his nephewfof his chance
" But ct any rate he determined that such
Il, nice girl-and such rich Rirl-should n