The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-12

Z almost happen |" A look would have ti
covered a cluster Of girls, ittsh az the uuu
mar morning, Four piils whose yer
= dillItnces made the picture lhey io!mo
=. moro p'qlan'; tall and short, gray oyca m
: brown. black hair and gold. AN vinaom
4 and all with tho stamp Of the city upo
Z their merry Asly's. 'yEB 81, gIg
Tbs next day Lawned uuspiriously Glen
u Tor \ picnic; and when, bnrdcned witt
4, hampers, our boys reached the ground
I" designated. they stopped involuntarily, 10
moment, In wontermtnt and tdnira
:. ZION. Tho same stream gurgled nlang he
tween thick overlapping ireRs. NAur
bad provided numerous loYsta' nooky-i
i, very moekery. The Wild il,weru Bprnn,
u hmptinHly under foot, with their It'll
tars pflcked up. but with tired look, dla
Is appointed thst they might never Aea,ktl
10 some tender tale. lTr1 Ia gE
" ? On isday tue dow b.ood saucily on the
Z expt cant blossoms, and the very stiffness
round about, rel med 40 II every liyirs
thing weta alert anil listening.
n Needless 10 Say, the girls had already ar
rived. Now, poets may 3lnR oil tho tiniij
uneophisilclieJ country glrl; 10 my mind,
n city Rlfl with her styles, and, may be-,
IN AHA. 10 mu,h more attractive than u sim.
0. pering rustic maiden, especially II sha has
already ricssed tbs boundary line Of one
and twenty. 1,G
Alter formal introduclicns Esbert, With
II customary stability, wandered csrelsssly
IN intn 10 zach tlnlltripg splnsier and said
/ 10 her a f,w soft words, tina. msde her think,
poor thi0p, that she surely was his chosen
one. She 'would 10 and tell Ann and Mary
allAbont II In. the morning. Alacl! Ann
and Mary would cOuls 10 ner, each With
her youthful tremor and each with her little
"And he aaid-"
Arihuf exercised ihs muscle q. The pic.
tufeaque swing. Clarence on, with .iuy
old lady all the afternoon, listening 10 her
qutverinH auecdotta oil tho past ami telling
her Of bis mother Heiyey, The helpful,
directed optrattOhn at tho luncheon table.
| Alter this every kind Of net In the form
Of picnies e1cur.lous and lea parties wa4
thrown to catch these iour 1esirAble isa.
Every pack Of cards has la j,ker. Oar
kings could not pass through this mort Il
dfck without meeting ons our0 in while,
Their friend, the Joker, was a 295. &c und
joker, really good ra!ured, bu.wilh a spite
against teasing humanity which bad no "a.
spfct Tor the Bia.rliness which his weigh,
would imply. Hs had Jared badly at ihp
lianda Of the kinRs, who would have con.
Hldersd II an imputation upon their iultl
ltct bad thty allowed m Opportunity Of
tormeu,ing him to fit by unutil x,d, Nov
he would indulge In little amusement a,
their expense. 20 one night he sat down, |
hts chin also ~! down on his seari.pia, |
folded bis hands over his watct. POCKET
placer, and shook with an inspiration. A
few moments later he hastily wrote:
my DxAn srADEs-Has. M yet no news
Tor you, Hope you are well and erj ,yIug
younelf. write to inform you CT n plea,.
ure In store Tor you. Sister tells me tia,
iour sweet girl graduates and friends OF
hess are visiting u iarm In the suburb
where you are rusticatinv; they are board.
ing with a Katharine Murray. thought
that would lot you know before the ollie,
boys; don't say anything 10 them, bat 70
there tomorrow, Saturday, evening. Sls.
ter has written tu the girls. Hoping / have
made myself plain, ! Am yous Truly.
III. H."
Then the heavy schemer psnned three
copies Of this fiat letter, enclosed all four
IN different c1lored envelope, addressed
them In different handwrltlpys, and sent
one to each Of our iour kings.
After this he turned down bis liyht, re.
tired and COMPOSED himssll to sleep The
sleep Of the unjust.
Ga the eixth day alter Their arrival n
Saturday, each King received among hs
letter.. one postmsrked L. Ithad become
ahabit with them 10 step Into the garden I
alter breakfast to smoke and read thsir I.t. !
tiers: On Ibis iDt raipg Spades wen, aret,
"a, down, reed hiH missiys from II. ii. and ,
resolved upon bis pretext TO escaps III. x
others. Not long ailerward thres o,he,
dupes decided their spolpxeB. = \
About 8 o'clock in the afternoon Spajee {
excused hlmse''; he IVES going fishing; he y
would 70 alone, thanks. he mad 10 think r
over &C me mining tpscuiations In which lie t
~sa deeply, and ne hoped successfully In.
yolyed.. Heartn had convenient and eel;
impFoViasd in 'ltation flr tea. Clubs anu l
Diamonds being left together, I.aled eaca
other cordially tor q moment or two, then T.
Diamonds grsw very anxious abou, Spade.; i
he would 20 ard seek him.
He took very particular care about the ,
knutting Of hid ties 10 70 and see Spsdts
Spades was 80 fAs.idious abou! ties, you ,
know. ,
Clubs alone, rosa hastily, brushed his
BAR nicely and scsupulously over the bsld {
spot, surveyed bis figure, turned, and man
i1lly made straight lor Katherine Murrays.
he pulled the BELL with littls trrpIdalion :
and entered the parlor 10 beho!d ior cod. !,
desees in.white, and there contentedly seat. .
ed in one corner Diamonds, chatting with /
sglAy.eyed, cherry.lipped blonde.
They both started, and both looked IN.
uttersply sheep,.h. The girls, four charm :
ing ones, looked on eoberly enough az TO !
lips, but obviously twinkiipg as TO eyes.
COULD they know? G ubs enscouced him
self BY tns side Of the girl nearest 10 tue
piano, hut could not iorbear asking Da. !.
monds, How is Spades7' Tho boz rany, /
the girls looked ut one smother, and all be. i
gun conyersing Of onct; the door opened c
and in walked spader. !
This was sio sing inttrsstipy, C,uyer. I
sation tagged, but ali entered into The :
spirit Of The thing and waited for iLe =
fourth ring. A moment passed and tLe ..
little bell pealed cut lis warning. Uelrts Z
oil cou'fe. He stepped Into the room ar.
raytd TO Conquer and expected 10 have it
all his oxn My; peal q laughter greeted !
him. 1magine hia coisteIha,.on! lis Z
tisst impulse WEB q gh., but be caught
glimpse Of 9 mcckiug little face, with (
bright brown hair and eyes. That decided '
him. %a", Il
: He could not make love 10 all, 90 he con.
aoled himself with the we brunette. II
was CHEEKY evening, Il led with music
aud with laughter, with wit and wihldroll. :
ely. TlaY ySnra Rcnnrlanf mil ihas., La