Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-29

What ofthat? YOU are twenty and
what are you but girl, I should IN
uuire? Four weeks ago there DIDN'T
ANYBODY round here think he'd ever
get out again. The doctors gave him
IN, and his sister was almost crazy; but
the fever turned, and he went to sleep
and slept two days steadily, and when
he woke up he was as bright as but
ton"
| did not see my new friend for two
DAYS. He had over-excited himself,
and the result was solitude for this
length of time. l roamed the fields,
and haunted the woods, read, wrote
and thought. 1 never did so much
thinking in so short q space Of time,
with such unsatisfactory results.
"Where under the sun have you been
all this afternoon" said grandmother,
as at sunset the second day / dragged
ntO the kitehed porch.
up tree" =,
up a tree?" this with considerable
disdain in voice and manner.
"You have torn q great slit IN your
dress, Sue, and you look like fright.
have wanted yOu-mOr'n your worth
for the last three hours"
what are you making, grand
mother"
"Panada."
Glow many quarts ofthis stuff does
your patient consume, Mrs. Ellis, in
the course Of twenty-four hours"
THAT is accQding to his appetite,
Miss SauCebOx," said rich voice at my
elbow; and there stood Mr.. Alcott.
mo. 2n he continued, gravely.
They've sent for me up to Jonses s.
They think the baby is dying" broke
in grandmother, while stood blushing
like an embassaSsed schoolgirl.
"And want you to keep house and
take care Of him while | go up a while
add see il can do anything to help
them. When this panada gets little
bit cold, Sue, put in two tablespoonfuls
of brands; that's the bottle on the
second shelf" and the provoking old
lady tripped away a. cOmpOsedly as II
il were the most commonplace thing IN
the world for young lady to be left
with the care of an invalid. and the
said invalid a man and a stranger. A
few minutes sufiiced to place me en-
tireIy at my ease, and no veteran
hospital nurse was ever more COM
pOsedly exaCting than in nay
new role. GrandmOther'S orders were
explicit: David mustn't think OF such
thing as reading aloud, and he must lie
on the lounge in the sitting-roOm until
she returned. Such an evening ~ that
was! | read to him out of Auerbach-
and this took US naturally TO the Rhine
and then found that my companion
had travelled among all my favOrlte
Furopran cities, What wonderful!
pictures he drew me of the Campaigns,
The Coliseum and the Forum, How
exquisite was the play Of the moonlight
on the Sabine Mountains, aud how
charmingly picturesque the sketch OF
the old Roman ramparts, in some places
bare and black with age, with here and
there patches Of scarlet and green made
of poppieS and ivy.
Grandmother came all too soon. she
never was unwelcOme before. Six
weeks of this dOice tur mCRte life-and
then
There l. DO good OF life but love-1ut love!
What else looks good is some shade flung
from love
Love gilds it, gives it worth.
/ knew ~ well as the queen and poor
Constance what there was in life worth
living fOr-what love meant. Not one
word was spoken between Us Of the
one subject that all-engrOSSed us, aud
vet knew that his heart was as IRE
vOcably in my possession as was mine
i'm his.
One day, when he waJ fully well, we
attended at little picnic in the grove
down the road.
"We'll have a good time to-day,
I.Orchen,n he said, as we made our pre-
variations in the morning. al will take
out my scrap. book, and when the others
are engaged, and won't miss US we'll
wander off by ourselves, and enjoy after
our own fashiOn-won't We, LOrchen?"
"I.orchenv How that word thrilled
me! ann how it epitomised the tender
purity of his regard for me.
Oh! day long to be remembered! Oh!
day Of heartache and agony indescrlba-
BILE,
Steep the soul In one pure love,
And II will last the thee long.
What kind Of love was my soul
steeped in? Ay, love has its worm
wood and gall, rs we'll as its honeyed
sweetness.
A party of friends-David's friends
came down from the city, and as we
were walking slowly into the grove they
came upon Us from the depot road. L
had David's arm. Ii WAS my arm-l
knew it-snd We should walk that way
forever. Greetings and intrOductiOns
were over. Shall | ever forget the face
of that man who aimed straight for my
soul with his poisoned arrow? Walk
ing up to David's side, with a contempt
be familiarity. he said:
"Saw your wife last week, Dave"
"Ah," replied my companion, per-
fectly at his ease.
Coming down on the 3 o'clock train,
if possible"
Good" replied David; aud then
followed inquiries about various friends,
| in thoroughly cool and self-POssessed
manner. Ii seemed TO me that my
heart stopped beating, The hand on
his ar.u involuntsrily clenched itself,
and there 1t remained until we arrived
| at headquarters, and little round bunch
of cords and knuckles.
"You won't be long, Lorchen" in
uuired David as moved away, osten-
sibly to help the committee of arrange
ments to decide where the tables should
| be set.
"What's that you call herr" my NOR
tai enemy asked, inIuisitively.
"IorcAen," replied David.
"Why, that's Dutch name, ISM it?
| thought she looked like foreigner"
heard no more, waited for no more,
but watched my opportunity, and when
sure that no eyes were upon me, struck
the path leading to the road, and in less
| than an hour was home in Grandmoth-
er Ellis sitting-rOOm.
Oh! grandmother! grandmother |!
What misery has indiscretion brought
metz 1 groaned aloud-for grand
mother had gone away to spend the
day. There at the foot Of the lounge
were his slippers-there on the back of
the lolling- chair his dressing-gown. /
could not turn my eyes without behold
ing fresh evidences Of his precious per-
sonality. What should do? could
not leave until grandmother returned.
Such blow as that felt sure the old
lady would never rally from. i must
suffer and keep it to myself, and get
away at the earliest possible moment.
In my agony / threw myself upon the
lounge, and buried my head in the pill
1 lovv-fha inflow uDOn which his head