The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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i"Arc you not coming Will. us, Oliver
said u dark, pretty girl in pink Smother
Hubbard gown, and jaunty white poke
hat. fs5e5 5,al
Surely, youdo not intend to stay home,
Oliver" said slender blonde in pearl
silk and q stylish gaay gauze bonnet.
I Olive Irwin put down her brush, and
with n smile turned to her intcrlocutor,
who stood in the open door Of her snug
little room. J. -
| III do not care so very much for evening
picnics," she said pleasantly. "And, be.
side, ! nm Just beginning another bit Of
painting" fla
Whatever will you do with all the ex.
qnisite things you paint on velvet and
satin :" Carrie Mason elcried. pi, y
You would have tired Of storks and
rusiies and daisies by this, should think. y
Alillic Cole commented. a '
Il have notion that the triiles do may
not come amiss,' Olive answered quietly;
and never tire OF such 4 delightful oc.
cupation for my lido moments"
well, have no taste for anything Of
tho kind" Nlillie said with suggestion Of
scorn in her glib, chirrnping accents. "And
had rather dance when have idle mo-
ments." ~ yel jg.S ys5
u am sure I have taste enough, but I
have no ability" Carrie said, with com.
ically plaintive expression on her dimpled
blonde face: "And rather prefer dane
ing, especially when we are 10 have such
glorious moon and such delicious music
as there will be tonight"
| you may have rain instead OF moon.
shine" Olive smiled. =
"Oh, We shall have n perfect night" said
Alillie. "You are silly to stay home;
there is no harm going 10 an evening pic.
mic, and Mr.. Keighley himself is to DO
there"
Olives grave, delicate face flushed and
paled again: there was peculiar glitter III
those dark pretty eyes that disturbed her,
she knew not why. =
do leave the storks and rushes and
come with us," Carry said, coaxingly,
"Mr. keighley will appropriate Mile,
and Twill feel quite solitary if you will
not come"
Again Olive flushed, and again for an
instant her large, serious eyes were hid
den behind her magnificent black iusllcs,
"But Mr.. keighley only goes to oblige
somebody, about something. lie will not
remain there" she said, in somewhat
questioning voice.
"Oh, il l wish him TO remain lie will"
Millie declared with confidence, Gle
would do anything in the world for me-"
He would do anything for any OF u.s.
Carrie ayowed in her complainant and i'm
pulsive fashion. He is the most in
dulgcnt superintendent we ever had in
our department. We have only him to
thank for such a nice vacation"
But, all the same, he may care more
for me than for others, l. suppose" Mile
pouted significantly, and with n coquettish
toss Of the jaunty white poke.
II did not intend to deny his partially
for you, Carrie said appeasingly; though
alter all, Millie, one can be mistaken, you
know, sometimes"
swell, can not be mistaken about Mr..
keighleys preferences" Millie snapped,
ungraciously. r.. -
And then presently the two young ladies
tripped away, and Olive was once more
alone. ~.
But she did not promptly resume her
interrupted occupation. For long time
she sat gazing absently Mt the neglected !
stork and broken rushes, feeling somehow
that the hot, bright summer day had be-
come suddenly dark and cold.
He will appropriate Mile. His par
TALLY for her can not he denied" was the
refrain of her meditations.
But chill and gloomy shadow was in
deed beginning to darken her snug little
room. The sun was going down behind a
pile Of inky clouds, and there was occa-
sionally rumble Of distant thunder,
"They will have rain instead of moon
shine, really" she thought, rs she sighed
and brushed last impatient tear.
In another hour the rain was falling
disnlally in a continuous and determined
patter, and in all the somber sky there
was no promise OF a near cessation.
In the midst OF the storm somebody
tapped at the still open door, and she
looked up to behold Mr.. Keighley.
"You were wiser than Miss Cole and
her friend fhis storm must considerably
mar their picnic pleasure" he remarked
as he deposited a dripping umbrella in
the rack and took the bashiully offered
seat. - III
t2"Did you leave them there?" she in
quired in unaffected wonder.
"Why surely l did," he answered with
smile at her surprise. "And I must I'D
nit that was quite astonished that they
were there and alone, I felt obliged myself
to do a small service for one Of the COM
mittec, but came away very quickly"
"But they said-1 thought she STAN
mered and then was silent.
For moment he attcntivcly regarded
her, and before his earnest gaze she
drooned her proud head and blushed
wildly. AZ. h II, ~ t.s2lra7e.e
"You have evidently thought something
erroneous" he at length observed very
soberly. And then with m abrupt change
OF voice md manner he added: "ButI
am sorry for the young ladies'; their Gnery
will be quite spoiled, and their earnings
scarcely warrant q new gown for every
new occasion, Imagine. And, by the
way, are you aware that your vacation may
be prolonged indefinitely? .s5 * 81.
i"Do you mean we shall not be again
needed at the shop 2" abe asked simply.
"There has been 4 change in the iirm,"'
he explained. "Help will be economical
. an there is another employer who is not
precisely what his predecessor wns. 9
us lie then hard MANI" Olive quer-
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