Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-10

hesitation, Gas we'll IS could be ex-
As well as could be expected%' re
peated Mrs. Bilbury with alarm DO
YOU mean that he has been bA"
"Well, not exactly i'll, prevarlcated
Tom, who had not yet quite mace up
his mind as 10 what he should say.
1But / do not understand you. Tell
me, please. What has happened to
him ?n
Mr.. Bilbury wondered what the end
would be. He heartily wished that MS
wife would recognize him and settle the
difficulty by throwing her arms around
his neck. 1850. a.,
"Nothing very serio9s,n he said, 81
dare say he has told you that he has
become very fond OF tiger shootlng?
"Ah, tigers. Tell me, Mr.. Tiioury,
tell me" L..
We'll, he went out tiger shooting one
day as usual-ah-he was accompanied
by his servant. They entered the
Jungle. Suddenly, and without warn
ing, a huge female tiger sprang upon
Your husband and bore him to the
earth. The native fled for assistance:
Help arrived, and the victim was found
faint from loss of blood, with his right
arm torn out of the socket, his left eye
destroyed, and the calf Of his left leg.
ah-deeply scored by the cruel claws OF
the fefociOus monster"
"Dear me, how alarming" COM
mented Mrs. Bilbury; and the excla
nations seemed 50 out Of proportion to
the gravity of tive story that Mr.. Bill.
hnry felt seriously disappointed. "That
fully accounts continued Lydia, for
his bad spirits. His right arm"
"Yes, torn out at the socket, Mrs.
Bilbury. He has learned to write with
his left hand"
'Ah. Dreadful! And his left eye
destroyed?'
"Yes. He wears a glass eye, poor
fellow
at must i've agony. And the calf Of
his leg deeply scored by the cruel claws
of the ferOciOus monster! Terrible mis-
fortunei And when you left him, Mr..
Tilbury, how vas he" VIII he sur
vive?"
A new light seemed tn break upon
Mr.. Bilbury. Did his wife want him to
survive" he felt by no means sure OF
il.
at is impossible 10 say with certain
ty," me said, "but you must hope Tor
the best. Let me beg of you, my dear
Mrs. Bilbury, tn keep up your spirits"
oh, Mr. rUnuy, dOu't see why l
should be miserable. There is very
pheasant society down here Ut Rich
mOnd: ami, you know, there are as
good fish in the sea rs ever came out OF
it,"
Toms worst suspicious were by this
time more than confirmed. THE heart
less womanw he thought. This Is
how she receives the news of my being
mangled and distigured." But still,
unwilling to give up hope, he continued
aloud: Poor fellow, ! assure you that
il HE deIirium your nam, WAS often on
his lips"
JUDGED! Then ne had not quite for
gotten me.
Forgotten you" repeated Tom, his
feelings for an instant getting the better
OF him. son, no! | think it isthe lot OF
but few women 70 have husband so
devoted Ia her"
And Of but few. men to have a
wife,"
$50 charming said Mr.. Biibury,
finishing the sentence.
"Oh, Mr.. Tilbury, But excuse me.
Ofcourse you will stay to luncheon.
DO; to please me, You know that q
woman hates solitude little less than
smallpox. One moment. | will go
aud give the necessary orders" And
Mrs. Bilbury rose and Quilted the room.
We'll, this is awful ~ reflected her
husband rs soon rs he was left alone.
Il H.
parently she doesn't seem to care for
me much. She reminds me that there
are Us good fish in the sea a ever came
out of II. That, | suppose, means that
if | would only die aud liberate her,
she would promptly marry someone
else. \ nice instance of the faithless-
ness of women, Perhaps | whOuld do
well to leave her at once, and never let
her know the truth; but | can't do
that. | love her still: indeed, Pm
afraid that | love her more than ever
did. No: | will see this affair to the
end. Ii she is unfaithful ] will find her
out, and then
His meditatiOus were cut short by
the return of his wife, who informed
him that she had ordered some lunch
con, aud that he must meanwhile DO
his best to amuSe her, as there was no
one else in the house except the ser
wants. This style of conversation made
Tom more and more reckless, and at
once he launched out into an account Of
an imaginary moonlight picnic at
Alden, where-so he let 1t appear he
had broken the hearts OF several charm
ing girls, and upon the whole hal be-
haved in a highly reprehensible man.
ner.
1T must have been very delightful
said Mrs. Bilbury. al wish i had been
there! Sometimes we have very pleas
ant evenings here. OF course, know
every one in the ueighborhoOd; and,
~ "A married woman, | ask whom like
to my house. You must come one
night, Mr.. 1ilbury, and sup with us
atteTward.'
BY this time Tom was perfectly IRAN
tic. Pm afraid / shan't be here for
long" he said bitterly. 81 am going
abroad. can not rest anywhere"
You are worried, see," said Mrs.
Bilbury. II can sympathize with
yoH."
"Ies, family matters and disappoint-
ments, you know"
"DiappOiutments! But you are
young; and, if you will excuse me, not
bad looking. Perhaps you have merely
lost your heart to one of the young la
dies at Alden"
"Oh, no" he replied. "And, to tell
the truth. | am doubtful whether any
woman is worth Worrying about"
Don't be cynical said Mrs. Bill
bury with u smile. Perhaps you ex-
pect too much from woman"
al expect sympathy, fidelity. and
consideration, answered Mr.. Bilbury
gravely.
But, let me ask you, do you your
self indulge in those virtues: All!
men are very inconsistent, fear. How
ever, ! hope you do not believe that wo-
men are bad rs rule"
We'll, | know TO my cost that some
are bad les; some even betray their
husbands"
And in such cases I'm afraid the
husbands are also to blame"
~ don't think So" said Tom curtly.
But you are worrying yourself, Isee,