Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-20

hue. His next venture was an eye
glass; and he finally launched forth
into light ulster. decorated with q
large black check, which gave him the
appearance Of being inside cage, with
his head projecting at one end and his
feet at the other: "It's proper t6ing
for a gent to wear" he remarked
"WfIen YOU see q get-ap like this you
know at y glapce who's a cad and who
ANITA sentiment which We all very
cordially Endorsed.
- In spite Of all these peculiarities we
learn, q not only TO tolerate ths gentle
man, but even to like him. Indeed,
We hardly knew how strong
this feeling was until ne De-
took himself Into the country on =
fOItnight's leave, carrying with MIN
ulster, eglass, ring, and everything
else which was calculated 10 impress
the rustiCs and stamp him as the natural
associate Of the "beit hurl." he LETT
quite vacancy behind him. There
was dead level Of equality about the
five Of We which deprived life of all Its
piuuancy. Even Welstead, who had
iisliked him from the first, was fain To
he wished him back. After all, ii his
l1uku NdN oNuN
his quaint, vulgar face had sincerity
and good nature stamped upon every
line oft. It was with unaffected pleasure
that we heard loud view-hallOa in the
street one morning just after the open.
ing Of the doors, aud saw our friend
staggering i'm, more vulgar than be-
tore.
Newsome. our bank manager, was
axnal1anf fClinu nnl the hEast
terms with all of Us. AS we were all
single men, with very limited circle
of friends in BirchespOol, he kindly
gave Us the run of his house, and it was
seldom that week passed without our
ENJOYING musical evening there, Wind
ing up with one Ofthe choice little sup
perS, for which Mrs. NewsOme was
celebrated. On these occasions, since
distinctions would be invidiOus, Gentle
manly Joe used to he present III all his
glory, with q very large white frilled
shirt-frOnt, aud another vitrcOus Fag-
ment sparkling gloOmily in the mid
die of il, This, with a watch chain
which reminded one of the chain
cable OF a schooner, was his sole at
tempt al Oruamentation, for, IA he used
to saw, sit amt good form to show
Nhu II ltClttl Guam gbhA N'Nh
If YOU are. Too much like Sheeuy,
don't you know
Joe was an endless source of aTuSe.
ment Ia CisSy Newso,ne-a miSChiev.
Gus, dark.eytd little brunette of eigh-
teen, the sole child of the manager.
We had all fallen in love with Cissy at
one time or another, but had
had to give up on finding that
her heart was no longer her own To
beSrow. Charles Welstcad had known
her from childhood, and the affection of
early youth had ripeued into iOve on
both sides. Never wss there more
fondIy attached couple, nor OnetO whom
the path seemed 10 lie 80 smoothly, for
old Wel>tead had been NewSOme'S per-
soral friend, aud Charles prospects
wee of the brightest.
On tht~t. PLEASANT evenings which |
have mentioned it WIS great fun To see
Joe darling INTO the drawing room and
cndCavOrlng to secure Il seat IN the
neighbOrhOOd OF the young lady, " tn
u profound disregard for any claims her
parents might have upon his courtesy.
II he attained the coveted position, he
would lean back in his chair with what
he imagined to be an air of easy gentil-
ity, and regaleher withmany anecdotes
of horres and dogs, with occasional rem.
iniSceuses of the "big nOhs" who had
professional relations with his father.
ON such occasions Miss CjaSy would im-
itate him to his face in the mOSt anus
ING way, looking all the time rs demure
as 4 little mouse, while Nelstead lean
ed up against the piano, Lot quite sure
whether to laugh or be- angry. Even he
usually broke down, however, when
the two came To discuss "hetiquette,"
and Joe, i'm his character of Gentleman,
laid down his views rs To when "feller
should raise his at and when not.
The argument was generally closed by
q burst nf laughter from AL ofuS, in
which Joseph would join, though pro-
testing loudly that he was unable to see
the joke.
Ii is proverbially dangerous thing
10 play with edge tools. | have not
been sure whether Smith knew how
matters stood between Welstead and
the young lady. am inclined to think
that at first ne did not. Perhaps, if
some one had informed him of it then,
he might have mastered his feeling, and
much misery have been avertcd. Ii was
clear to Us young fellows who had gone
through the same experience how
things were tending, but We held our
tongues rather than spoil what We con-
sidered a capital joke. CiSsy may have
seen il, too, and given him little mis-.
ChievOus encOuragement-at least,
young ladies have the credit of not be-
ing blind In such eases. Certainly
Smith pursued his hopeless suit with \
Vigor which aStonished US. During
business hours he lived sort of day
dr,am musing upon his perch like
some Cogltive fowl, aud getting into
endless trouble over his accounts, while
very evening found him interfering
with Wel~t ads tete.a-tete at the high
corner house in E!dOn street.
Vt last the crash came. There was
10 need to ask what had happened
when little Joe SUNK quietly into the
oilice one morning with dIsheveled
ha,r. melancholy face, and eyes bleared
with the wa6efulneSs of n res tless night.
We never learned the particulars of his
dismissal. Suffice il that be was in
formed once and forever that \ gap
which there was no crossing lay be-
tween Miss CiSsy NewsOme and him
self. lie bore up bravely and tried to
hug his sorrow = his heart, and hide it
from the vulgar gaze Of mankind, but
he became an altered man. What had
been 8 passing fancy with VS. had taken
root i'm his very soul and grown there,
80 that he, who had hardly known
when it was planted, was now unable
b. root il out. The ordeal he had gone
through chaStened him to great ex-
tent from his vulgarity by tOning down
his natural spirits, ana though he Oc'
casionally ventured "Haw! hawr 1t |
was painfully artificial, and u good deal
more suggestive of y dirce than OF mer-
rimtnt. The worst feature of his case
was that every week increased the
gloom which hung over him. We be-
gan to suspect that our estimate of his
character had been a superficial one,
and tIat there were depths in the little
mans soul Of whose existence We had
been ignorant.
Four months had passed away. None
Of Us had changed much during that
time, with the exception of tbs Gentle
L. an.