Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-27

anv one woull offer iDpernUence 10
,olG blooG But Dick paid no heed TO the
,esrraiut, be spoke sgaia, warming to the
I'D manner. 60,
Il have brought him some wine, ne
aid in xcare,eso UNDERGONE, disouri henllg
hands as be spoke / hougntIt ~ouI
" needed and they have vrr' little money
You see | have lodged here nov for Two
,esrs. n | AN sorry be has broke down
There ia 10 tUpe, I suppose he added
q VT mora guarded voice, though the
patient was sleeping heavily.
lac grrl ;urued ogs L, aud looaed MIN
full IN ,be lace. de !ancIed he could
race in her eyes some regret tor having
iucgtd him roo harsbly, aud her voice was
more CORDIAL, though In all hi
when she spoke 10 him, then and at,er"ard,
be thought there was a suspicion OF cls'
dain. he never blamed her, and he knew
instinctively that if his old social standing
mad still been mis-, that element IN her voice
would have been rather more pronounced
There is very little hope, | AN AFRAID,
she said grayely Has Mrs. Hartley suy
friends who g he:p her! The coctor
said he would require constant care.
She has been earning tor them both
for some time, said Dick, and her hands
are tall already. l DO not think she has
ans friends who are likely to De OF any
use. If ever you gre in need Of q { lplng
hand | hope you will rely upon me. can
easily sit up with him a. nights and never
feel il" And indeed, be locked as If ne
were so used to aitung up all night that
few additional times would make no differ
ence to him.
Thank sou, said Iris, and was silent
again. The real or imagined hsuteur IN
her voice annoyed Dick u~nNccountaoly.
t nless you are too ~tastidious, he said,
in a sudden tone Of bitterness that astound,
ed himself, TO take help st tae hands OF
a poor BLACKBOARD ike me.
The girl looked st him with O strange
blending Of compassion and ~repugnsnce
IN her eyes. =,
You could have been q gentleman II
sou had wished" she said calmly. 1T
you are what you choose 20 De, why blame
ne for taking you at yopr " valuation
There a something terribly true and
relentless about her words. and Dick winch
ed under them rs the most violent re-
pruaches had ceased to make him vince.
Thank you, he said. You show me
what I have to expect from people OF o
higher moral standard. And yet what
right have you to assume that IN worth
less?'
IT i. your own epithe,, she returned
traruuily. "But-forgiye me-to a GER
tniu extent men write their characters in
their faces,
Dick nearly swore a heavy oath, but be
checked himself Just in time, and spoke IN
tones Of exceeding susvity.
What excellent discrimination you
have Then you have ascertained that
nv character is toe far gone to allow OF
nv associating with you, to however smal!
au extent, in a work of mercy
4 halt smile broke over the girls face,
tairt and transient, and ret il lit up the
whole c~ouuteuAnce and sottened its youth
tul austeri.y.
Il lid not say that" she returned, re-
l%entingly. WHO am that should look
with ssorn on shy human beingY This
by the way, she should have thought Of be,
fore Indeed. it you care TO give It,
believe that We shall be grateful for your
help" .,,,
Thank you" said Dick, his anger melt
ing as incompsehensibly az it had arisen.
II am at your service
He set up that night with Hartley, tul-
filing mechanically whatever offices were
required of him but thinking very little OF
the Invalid and q good deal about Iris
Endev5y Brd his " social status. He
tell 10 drawing the most iIyidious com
parlsons-"treuchant parallels, as Henry
kingsley calls them-between himself and
his old companions, who had walked in the
light IS psrsistently as be had walked n
the darkness, between E.nselI and his Own
relatives, leading unin ptachable, 1t prosaic.
lives il the West EGd When he gave
place 10 Mrs. Hartley lad slept Ut las;, i,
was 10 dream of bishops, prayer books, and
church institutes, everything calculated TO
awaken a sense OF sneaking deficiency, aud
he woke still drawing inyidious compari
sons beta cen himself and all Of them, IT
Lis Euderby was to have this startling et'
Zee. OF mis- moral Daiure, ne thought the
less be Saw Of her the better, accordingly,
he Tell into u long and interestingly sPecG'
lation as 10 whether she could ever oe per
suaded 10 tolerate him. he would ind
out.
There passed five strange, wild weeks,
the most miserable, the most r~spturous IL
Dick lite It's not pleasant for a man to
be scorued, knowing thar he deserved sccru;
but before d week was over Warrington
was 80 madly in love with Iris Ender5y
that he thought he would rs,hsrbe scorned
by her than worshiped By any other woman.
&c did his utmost, hunbly sod persiatently
10 win her federation. To do him justice.
it was always her liberation, never her love,
Dick had most of the vices IN the calender
bat there vas no cold.b'ooded calculation
about him, and but little self couCeit. He
knew that he had nothing 10 DO with Iris
Enderby. yet be was iain to conciliste her
by word or action, by the delicate courtesies
that please Esmeu He had been a gentle.
nan once, he said bitterly TO himself; he
would try to fall into the old ways again
tor the lGs: time. Il was egsier than he
mad thought
But Iris never changed. she vas a.
WAYS courteous, som etims kindly; but tie
look Of scorn in her eyes seemed TO War
riuEtou 3 embitterel vision never to pass
away.
For five weeks he saw her dAily-datt
tranquil, gentle the light Of that dark
time; st the end Of those weeks Hartley
died. dis death was sudden at the last
and only Warrington and his wife were
With him. Iris, who IVES to haze watched
tina, uigLi. came On hour later. When
she entered with lowers in her hands, fol
she hsd brought fresh one e.erg day to
please the invalid, Warrington was alone
in the room. A dull pain was upon him.
heavier than his grief for the dead man,
the hard bitter consciousness that he should
see Iris no more. he rose IS che entered
and though he did not speak his loob
warned her of the truth; and she glanced
hastily at the quiet face on the pillow. Her
lips ouiyered, and the roses dropped from
her hands and we're scattered, spots Of
giowip- color on the diugy Door. Warning,
ted. hardly knowing what he did, fell on
his knees and began 10 gather them up
With h Wild longing 10 speak at all hazards
10 call har his saint his divinity.
.Givs ne n roaa % lie said. huskllT