The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-15

be gets to Liverpool? Twill be too Ia
for him to call when Miss Harding Is 81
posed 10 be staying
"Ne may 80 on TO see Figgis," suggest,
Charlton.
4 suppose you will be for following hi
II think that will be the wisest thing
Every well. l only hope It will be I'm
weather IN Liverpool than It Is here,
else that It will be SO fearful that eve
Browns jealousy will be dumped, and !
will postpone his visit till morning y
II hope TIC will, hut there's no tellit
what q fellow like Brown will do. EIe
capable OF routing Fiygis out Of bed ar
making him fight It out OH the SPOT"
"gy.t the 9 said Welby, where do
II don't know" replied Charlton. "pt
never been 30 far nortl, rs Liverpool in III
life. Don't you know!"
"I2' exclaimed Wclby; II haven't til
ghost OF MI idea"
They looked ut each other in dismay.
Fittings look bluer than ever" sal
Charlton. I'VE shall have TO inquire"
Enquire y sncered Welby.
"I9iere fiust be Il Liverpool directory,
suggested Charlton,
"rerhaps; but he will have called Ion
before we've discovered which Figgis ou
man is out OF the four or five in the direc
tory. Who are the people with whom
Miss Harding is going to stay ?"
FLETCHER Ia the name, | think" sal,
Charlton, "but l haven't nm idea OF tn
address. Bon't tell nc you don't know!
~ won't tell you Il you wish me not to
but all the same, I don't know"
Charlton looked more blankly ut hin
than before.
"Why, I thought you were so intimat,
with the llardings that you knew al
about their friends" he said.
II don't know the addresses Of all tn,
people they know lit tho country" re
torted. Welby. "When' yon said 80 decid
edly that We must call ut Figgis's and OF
tho people Miss Harding was going tosta,
with, / naturally concluded you knew
where they lived"
The con versatioIt was assuming q re
c%riminatory tone. Charlton did not reply
to the last speech, but pulled his hat ovel
his eyes and pretended to 60 to sleep
Welby did the same, and they kept i,
their respective corners for more than a,
1our without saying Il word.
81 say, Charlton, said Welby suddenly
"Weil" WV
"Wcre you aslecp?"
ooh no; fire away"
"Whnt had we better do?" q
$50 straight back to town, and let the
wretched tangle straighten itself as best i,
can" t H9au. g tallI
That's my view. This was my first
practical joke, and it shall be my lust"
1--WE shall only be quits with the fellow
after at, sud Charlton; all this wretched
journey must count as some sort Of set-otl
10 what he has gone through"
II shy, thy boy, remarked Welby, Will,
n twinkle OF mischief in his eye, "did you
get many ide@ Of the way to act that
scene?" 1
ooh, the scene" but he burst out
laughing in spite Of himself; the remem.
brance was too coruical. "In the piece |
have a long scene on tho stage after the
announcement" be continued, "and that
fellow Brown never stayed All instant
twas n wild leap for the door md that
was all. That may be the way they do i,
in real life, but ifso, the author of the play
isn't aware Of it. Oh, the whole business
is a most awful fraud" W
Good humor was for a time restored BY
the recollection Of the evenings incidents,
but the'intluence OF the hour and the sur.
roundings was ton powerful before long
they both sank into their former mental
condition. Neither Of them could sleep
It'll now they had not tried much, anu
now that they did try they could not man.
age it. So they sat and shivered rs the
train shot swiftly along through tho pelt,
ing rain, the h%alf-hours dragging YEARLY
along.
well, We are 4 couple Of fools" was the
first remarls made 1t CANE from WClby
" dare say We are" replied Charlton
"but what is the lateSt proof OF it?n
ave never looked in the time-table te
SEQ whether our train or the Midland one
reaches Liverpool first. If ours docs, al
We have to do is 10 meet the other anC
stop him as hegcts out"
"By Jove! there's u slender thread o
hope yet, We must ask the guard c
time We stop. he may know which ar
rives first
Yes; but how far is it from n statior
to the other?" SO
II haven't an idea but a cab ought ts
do it In, very little time !.
The new hope thoroughly woke thea
ny, and they waited witt, cagerncss til.
next opportunity OF speaking to tI,,
guard. Directly the train stopped Churl
ton jumped out and rushed along the
platform.
Does this train or the Midland reacl
Liverpool first r. he demanded eagerly.
midland, sir, five minutes heloro We
do" rs
Charlton, gave a sroan Of despair.
~ may be late though, sir" eddod thu
guard. sccllg lis disappointment; "theu
Midland trains often are."
Charlton knew by instinct that this wa.
4 libel, merely uttered 10 calm him, ant
by way Of q thrust at a rival company.
Whit time are We due2' he asked.
Six ten, s!r, and VIC shall 10 there tt
tie minute"
This, at nll events, was comforting, and
with this crumb Of consolation Charlton
tried to be content. But even that wa
denied him, for Us he roalptd along thl
platform in seareh Of his compartment, lac
heard an angry voice cry out: "Arc We
going to stop here all night, guard? W.
are thirteen minutes late already"
We|hy saw'by his companions face thai
the news was not encouraging, There
was nothing for it now but to. wait, q
most aggrayating metllol Of passing limo.
They were tired Of talking, Gotl. OF them
were, very sleepy. and, as a consequence,
considerably out Of temper. Charlton
was wondering how on earth he was tc
get buck in time for rehearsal ia subject
Of wonder that lasted him some time, ioi
it was impossible t ofind u solution Of tic
difficulty. Welby sat in his corner in 81.
lencc, except when lie mu.tered some,
thing 10 hiAAelf that would have been as
we'll loft unspoken. 7lA.N 4P&t
The lights Of Liverpool appeared at last,
The two unwilling raveleis shook them,
selves thoroughly awake, and gazed into
the: misty distance.
#"0ne good thing" said Charlton, "we
haven't any luggage TO bother about