Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
OUT OF THE SEASON.

hdA IL % NAANA a. -
sob, none Of cOurse-a cup Of tea is
cup Of tea, and whether your drink IL
here or there?-only-well, the thing l
think Of is, would Rowley mind?"
mind his own business, should say
rather! That's what they have to swear
to do in the marriage service, haven't
theyp
The lady to whom this question was
addressed, Mrs. Rowley Dseres, shook
her head rtProvingly. She was young
and very pretty; and Teddy We're was
not sverse to seeing her make pre-
tense of being angry.
Don't let me hear you speak 80 Flip
PANTY Of mstrimony," she began Sc
verely; land for your future edification
il is not the man but the woman who
swesrs to obey"
"Then why in heavens name don't
you do rs l bid you?"
"As you bid me! Come, that's rather
strong form, must say! You're not
Rowley, are your
mo, worse luck for me, Pm not"
aud the good looking fair face put on
such ali intensely wOe-begone express
sion that the resolution Of the beholder
gave way.
Poor boy! 1t was dreadfully unlucky
that he should be 50 desperately In love
with her, more especially since ROwley
had taken 10 be absurdly jealous of him,
as if-uOw that she was married-she
could ever think seriously OF anybody.
Only after you'd been brought up-to
cut your teeth, Is one might ssy-hirt-
ing, we'll 1t was just little bit hard to
give is all up at twenty-three. What
more natural than that when she came
up to town for few days shopping
Teddy should offer 10 act escort to her?
it WAS such a pleasure to him, poor
fellow! Aud as there wasn't single
soul left to 5, e them, what harm could
there be-
Notwithstanding, the lady never lost
sight Of propriety-Garden was always
near enough for her to be able to say,
awe my maid with me-"
Now it happened that on the previous
evening Teddy had shown visible signs
of becoming unruly. He didn't see why
he should be sent away. Why could
he not stop-stop and have dinner with
her?
why? Because, in the first place,
il wouldn't do; and in the second-I
forgot though" she ssid; being a man
Il ought to have reversed the order
there's nothing to give you"
That don't matter" said Teddy
hcroically II don't care what eat"
"Oh, don't you; but l do-yOu might
be wanting To eat me-"
Teddy threw lOOk-iatended - con-
vey that he could conceive no more
delicious mOrsel.
There, there, say good by and go
away, dO?r she cried. Teddy was fore
edit obey her command that he should
take his departure.
IL must lake care not to let that boy
go too far" Nina reflected when he had
gone.
Her face softered with a smile that
fitted across 1t rs she assured herself
that ten minutes with ROwiey won i
make her forget the very existence OF
Teddy. Poor infatuated boy!
Possibly Mrs. Dacres's velvety brown
eyes would have opened q trife wider
could she have followed the footsteps Of
her devoted admirer. Teddy, wish Ia
his generation, made the provision Of
1t of NNrin nf WNln
Matters turned out as he promised, aud
he only picked up his grievance against
Nina the next day when he was urging
her that they should goto his room and
have tea.
After that the question Of the tea be-
came a question of who should be con-
guerer.
III give in again, I'll be hanged"
said Teddy to himself, and he brought
TO bear the various resources he was
master with such effect that Nina was
iairly beaten, and confessed TO herself
that il served her right-"he's been al
IOECd to go too far, aud this is the up
shot Of it,"
Sue made these reflections, however,
with a face that told 40 tales, stepped
into a handsOm with pretty sir oil be-
her own, and only insisted on keeping
up her ungalnly-sized parasOl because
"the sun in ones eyesis so disagreeable."
Now, as chance would have it, i'll
stead Of fishing in the country, Captain
ROwley Dacr-s was spending that day
in London. Circumstances had brought
him 10 town early in the morning: but,
TO his diScredit do | tell il, he hated
4. - 4 ~.
every letter she sent that she was with
the dressmaker every hour OF the day?
During those few months they were en-
gagged, whist a purgatory he had gone
through. He Was lover then-he was
a husbsnd now, aud he whistled the air
Of popular tune known by the name
Of Mot for joe"
The first few bars had but just eS.
capped him. when who should he STUN
bile across but an old chum, Nick Wal
cot, who gave a mysterious wink of his
eye, ssying, "All right, old fellow, I'm
going somewhere, aud I'll take you
The somewhere proved to be q small
kijOu residence in the neighborhO vi Of
ThurlOe Square; and, arrived at the
door, it suddenly struck ROwley who
lived there.
ooh come. | say" he began, drawing
back step or two. al don't half think
thisll do. Pm married now, you see,
and I've given up this sort Of society"
Nick looked at him with an air of in
juTed surprise.
What do you mesu?' he asked.
There's nothing against Miss Fisher
that know Of"
RowIey FASTENED to disabuse any
prejudice against Miss Fisher.
"Why, don't you know, women get
an idea, and though my little wife's the
best sort in the world, If she got scent
that I'd been lunching with an actress
Instead Of going straight off TO her,
!here'd be the very duce TO pay"
Fiddle de dee! Besides, how is she
20 Enow; who's to tell her?'
Before there was time to answer, a
vigorous pull was given 10 the bell.
"Confound this fellow! wish I'd
gone straig bit of to Nina. What fool
lamp These we're Captain DAereS' re-
n