Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-08
A REAL SWEET STORY.
By MARGARET EXITING +.

Ii was by far the worst quarrel they
had ever had, and they had had many,
for she had a temper, and he had
temper, and they were both of them
impulsive young people with very little
Sclf-cOutrOl.
"YOu are false, selfish, untruthftll,
man-like man." said she.
And YOU a suspicious, unreasonable,
unwOmanly woman said he.
Take back your letters" she cried,
ilinging a parcel tied with hyacinth-
blue ribbon on the floor at his feet.
IL will" he muttcred between his
clenched teeth, picking up the parcel
and throwing it into the fire, where it
blazed brightly for a moment or two,
and then flew away in thin uncanny
black fragments up the chimney. AS
Tie last fragment disappeared, Rick
turned again to Lefty, With frnwni"s
brow, anu asked, ne had asked before,
"Do you still persist i'm accusing me OF
deceit and falsehOOd"'
~ do" she replied, "unlC~s you show
me the charm
al will not show it to yOu," he declar-
e., with Violent emphasis. "lt my
word be not sufficient, l refuse to give
YOU farther proof. | wonder that YOU
dare Insult me by asking it. And
also wonder how you, believing me to be
false and untruthful, can be willing to
trust YOUR future to me. And, to speak
frankly, begin to think we have made
a great mistake in supposing that we
could spend that future happily togeth-
Cr for am fully convinced we are
anything but.
1.-TWO souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one
These lines were quoted with the
most sarcastic infiection.) "And further
more, also begin to think that perhaps
il would have been better if we had
never made this mistake-f we had
never met, in fact"
ooh, indeed, sir.'-with great
assumption of dignity. Have you
lust arrived at that concl usion? L have
long been sure of it. But there is moth
inc easier than to part. Your letters
are already disposed Of Tomorrow L
will send back your ring and picture.
And then, when am free once more,
| can try to please my mother tour
acuUiaintance, as YOU are well aware,
has never pleased herr, and in pleasing
her NAV find | am doing Il pleasant
as we'll rs a wise thing for myself"
Are YOU referring to Brougham
Brown .,
~ am reforming to BrOugham Brown
"By hrayensw exclaimed Rick, Seiz-
inc his hat, "this is too much. Lefty,
goOd-by forever
But Lefty began humming an air
from Patience" drumming an ac-
commandment on the window pane, anu
youchsafed no answer. Rick rushed
from the room. The humming and drum
ming ceased instantly, and the whilom
perfOrmerlist intently. Five.minutes
passed, and still the street door did not
Slam. ''He is waiting for me to come
/ out into the hallaud beg his pardon, |
/ suppose" she said, with a defiant
/ grimace, 'hut l won't" and she turned
again to the window ~ the door shut
with hang.
And then she flung herself on the
! lounge, kicked of her slippers, and cried
/ like a summer shower. Rick gone, and
| gone "forever" Rick, whom she had
/ loved so dearly, and who had loved her
/ so dearly, for two long years. And
WHY Just because that silly, gigSling
/ Lena Varian, with her pale blue eyes
and straw-cOlored hair, had chosen to
/ tell fibs about him. And shaking the
/ water from her lasheS, she began scOld-
mo EerSclfas hard As she had ScOlded
ro0r Rick. 1.-The idea, Lefty Louns-
h,rrv, of your believing that girl before
him. What possessed you? He did
fIirt . little with her, that is true; but
NH men flirt little with girls who
p,rsist in admiring them and hatterinS
them. But heuever gave her the little
cold pig-your Christmas gift to him
never, How sine got it l can't imagine,
but he would have explained If you had
giv,n him chance" And then the
~ sent mother, gone to Aunt Emory :
for two DAYS visit, came in for share
uf rcprOach, "IfShe had only let our
engagement be known, instead otm>lSt-
ing upcu our waiting until Rick was
twCnty-onc. and had not been obliged
To carry my engagement ring IN my
back hair, the only pia;'e where 1t Is
safe from Baby'S-CiOOdneSS gracious
, Bubyw' And Lefty suddenly remember
/ cd that ever since Rick came in To make
morning call, knowing Mrs. LounSoer'
| ~ was absent fellow! he'd nave
! staid away if ne could have fOreseen ms
| Cception-Baby had been sitting alone
in the dining-roOm in the middle of thu
big dining-table, surrounded by all Tho
pickle and maTmalade jars and trui
cans and catsup bottles and jam pots
out of the store room. For it was th'
monthly housekeeping day, and the
stOreroom fell to Letty's share, TIT
foreign help being gifted with too grea
talent for smashing and breaking, Il
say nothing ofau equally great taien
| for abstFaeting and deyouring boti
sweets and sours. Lefty spranI
L &C.. ~, l,,,,,nn fhr,aak har fat inir