Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-05

the nave They passed close to her, anu
as they did So Mabel made sudden dart
forward Enveloping one Of the two, very
tall man, was the ulster; she would have
known it again anywhere!
III.
As Mabel started forward, Helen sprang
after her. Mabel" she cried, sghsst do
you want to show the pretty faee?'
my face and Mabel at her in amaze
meut. mo: want to sea his. 1t was
now Helen's turn to look amazed, the more
so that Mabel suddenly colored violently all
over that pretty face so little in her
thoughts, and turning sharply away stared
blindly at a medallion of St. Louis through
rush OF tears. which had quickly come
into her eyes. Whether she was most vexed
with herself or mortified By her friend or
disappointed in her desire, she could not
possibly have told.
IL don't understand, Mabel, said Helen
very gently. You cannot know those men,
or they would not have spoken 20 OF youY'
Mabel made the worst answer she could
have chosen NO, don't know them. |
only know the ulster that one Of them wore.
Ills utter, :" cried Helen Keith, laughing
and wondering whether Mabel was losing
her senses.
Mabel knew that, in her place, she would
have felt the same, but, being in her own
she was not at ell amused, but was unac-
eountably sore, and certainly felt very fool
ish. Outside the church Helen began again.
You really do not know those men Ma
bel?' Mabel had grown wiser; she only
shook her head.
"Then may as well tell you that know
one of them-the one who spoke OF the
pretty voice and who also wore the ulster
very well
No! do you really cried Mabel, very
eagerly.
Helen was more than ever mystifed. HE
is one OF our neighbors at home, she con-
tinued; $50 you will soon get to know some
thing more OF him than his coat Lite IS
not all art in Florence, and Mabel went to
a dance that evening where she might have
thought herself in England out for sprink-
ling of uniforms and some artistic and mu-
steal heads. The foreign element would
have interested her had she not been on the
lookout for an English face. She believed
herself to be very rational, yet she saw no
face like her dream Francis, and solllo.
auized on the folly of the English, who keep
up their usual hspits wherever they 90.
How could any one dance all the evening
after sightseeing all day? AT that moment
she heard Helen say:
Francis come and be introduced to Ma
bel Talbot. Mabel. this is another of my
old friends, Mr.. Grantley." There was no
WEAKNESS about Mabel now, and Helen won
dere at the excitement which lit up the usu-
ally pale face and soft eyes.
Miss Keith tells me that this is your first
visit to Italy" said Mr. Grantley, when
Helen had left them.
Mabel summoned the courage to look up
and met the very same shrewed eyes which
she had seen in her dream! But, together
with the shock Of her surprise, came the
comforting reinsurance that those eyes were
looking at something quite new to them.
And indeed it was very pleasant sight they
locked at, but she was 100 full Of her secret
thoughts to notice the evident admiration
she was causing.
"Of course she was saying to herself,
"as he was one of my fellow travellers l
must have seen him without remembering
it" And this practical explanation OF
seemingly mysterious occurrence restored
hsI;euuanimity. She did not let their CONVEX
satioa rest long on a commonplace footing,
ard very soon managed to introduce the
wpld adventure.
The days for adventure are over, he
said
But not for odd things" she returned,
provoked into boldness.
He threw back his head and laughed.
"You are quite right, and the oldest thing
hsppened only tie other day. | was q pas
senger in that train which was stopped by
the floods. Perhaps you may remember
about it?'
Perhaps she could!
We'll, | scrambled out into the water
ike every one else and found some sort OF
accommodation at the inn. At the last mo.
ment, however, changed my mind only,
worse luck, left my ulster in the little hole
OF room that was to have occupied
Were you not very cold without it?
asked Mabel, finding it impossible not to
betrsy some sympathy now that she learnt
that she was really indebted to him for the
room, as we'll as, By chance, for the coat.
"Oh, yes; but then am accustomed 10
ups and downs Of travel; and the night was
soon over
Did You recover rOur coat easily in the
morningY'
AT once; for the lady who had occupied
the room had already left it. But now to
come to the point of my story, A few days
ago looked for letter which had left in
( the pocket of my ulster, and what do you
! think found written at the back OF III
Mabel could think very well, and felt her
self blushing holly.
Many thanks for the loan Of the coatr
/ What q bold creaturer said Mabel think
ing that she would rather say it of herself
than hear it from him. To her amazement
al mirth vanished from his face.
"Boldr he cried, looking Indignantly at
her. ION the contrary, think she was very
thoughtful and sympathetic. an sure she
is charming girl.
why not q charming old LADY,
"OHT Then he smiled and looked be-
vopd the bright, listening face as if he saw
Something almost as sweet. mo, l know
that she was Young. The landlord called
her q Signorina- q,
Everybody is called Signorina in Italy.
said Mabel hastily. not all bis championship
having shaken her opinion that she had done
a supremely silly thing. The very blind
beerars Who stand propped up against the
sunny walls Of the Lung Arno address every
woman Of whom they beg as Signorina.
"No use, Miss Talbot; | have q theory
about the writer Of those words, and you will
not laugh at me out Of it, do not suppose
that she was young CIR, as she Was alone
but she was certainly new to travelling or she
would have taken the good chances with the
bad ones more philosoPhically.
What description Of herselt. thought
Mable. 49,
"No. no" he west on smiingly, IL hsV: