Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-26

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1 eonSidsrfd 6. socisg Tor ihSt baby.
ard sn cnl! . 'pFoipiscaous acqaain-
:anceF'
Take fbe Wind out OIL her sniIs and have
he precious pet TO tea to-day" suggestes
| teddy. he had bis own reasons. have
since discovered
Il couldn't stoop 10 such thing. Besides
hey wouldn't come.
The dear boy winked at me- Just le,
RRe take the invitation" he said.
fSkeould not imagine what he was about
/ ~ he walked up to the glass and settled
7 his hair screwed up his little scrap oil mus
tsche, picked my biggest pelargonium to
ont in bis buttonhole 1.-THE tRev. Pratt. and
a beautiful bloom, the first had had, asked
If | did not consider him perfect mashef,
whatever that may be, and turned out on
The Parade with big cigar in his mouth,
drawing on a pair of yellow dogskin gloves
at a time when NOBODY in Daisyclife ex-
cept townspeople and nurse'ymsids are TO
| . seen there Nov Gee me walk into
Iermimar Anue's affections" were his last
words
I watched him pass the Mansion aud
follow a black female figure with a per
| subulator to she far end Then got my
| nutra glasses and saw-never mind what ]
saw. The imprudent mink didn't make
scrcmiscuous acquaintance of-him, any
| how, Ina quarter Of an hour or so back
ste came, showing the perambulator her
self, with my splendid Rev. Pratt pinned
on her left shoulder; Ted following at a
discreet interval
"All right, sunty! They're coming in a.
four. Miss Fledglng, muse, aud DOSbs the
cootman Bless you, we understood one
another directly. She's fine girl, though
he does put side on, and is really uucom.
monty sorry at having checked an old friend
of the Contests" -,
"Oh, Ted, what have you been saying!
That you went 10 school with her, and
danced with the Earl at your first ball,
Goodness gracious How could you
Why-those are Mrs Bayliffe's two stories
when she wants to make up to anyone
$50 much the better; we've been before
hand with her this time Bowler and the
boy have gone off to the yacht The en-
gineer won't work on Sundays, so they are
going little cruise on their own account.
rke babyis ordered as much sea air as pos
sible" He strolled off and left me to my
preparations.
NV dear, l wish to extenuate nothing Of
nv own bhndnesses and follies. | was de-
lpded: carried away by the wish to show
Ms. Bayhffe that the women had found odt
her mistake in considering me "promis
cuous.' So | ordered extra cream, got out
apricot Jam and sponge cake, and sent to
| be Rectory to borrow high chair "for my
dear little Florinda," who arrived punctuaL
| |, 10 the hour named
We shall, have to leave early, please
| mem" nurse said "Her ladyships orders
YVES strict about the Honorable Miss Fledg-
ing having her sail every evening; also Mr..
Dohos; he have to attend evening service.
and she refused to take off her bonnet and
.s.t. which / considered disrespectful.
I'opever, we sat down in state, with her
nd pobbs in waiting and The baby looking
-eahtiful, perfect princess in her real lace
rock ard satin sash and pearl necklace
i o"gh | should have preferred less grease
Il Ter hair and more soap on her knees In
, cl.;ld Of my own. She made herself at
rosaa quite wonderfully, grabbing at the
?pLs aud banging her mug magnificent
niece OF old chased silver which Dobbs
rousht in-with a teaspoon as naturally as
>, she had known us all her life. That
purse! (It's come comfort to thing | never
lad any opinion Of her from the first Not
bit old she attend to the precious child;
ct her smear herself from top to toe with
IAN and choke over her milk, and when
OF napkin for bib didn't know how to
rut it on.
However, she had the decency to pay no
o'teu,ion to Ted, who came in looking ex-
'~tmely demure and bringing the Rector in
icr cup of tea
Dear, dear" said the good old man,
and this is actually one Of the family for
whose loss we have all felt such sympathy
ANY further news Of the freH' he asked,
Linking at nurse through his spectacles.
my lady doesn't mention it, Sir. She
nrd Lord Blackitop we're abroad at the
tine"
"A reward of $500 has been offered,
sac by the papers. Now doesn't that strike
you as if they suspected somebody went
90 The Rector with the air OF profound
thinker.
Suspect? They are petty certain Ted
answered bluntly And that Somebody
will find himself in hot corner before long.
Besides the reward Lord Corbyue offers, the
insurance company are determined to stick
at nothing to discover the swindlers 1t
won't be easy to get off such mass OF
plumber without some being identified. |
should be sorry to try it l know. Every
port IN England every railway line, has
been closely watched
Crash! Ny heart leaped to my mouth.
1t was only that slippery fingered Dobbs let
ting the bread and butter plate down on the
Rector's toes. AS the plate escaped ! re
trained from anger and indeed the poor
fellow looked quite scared enough at his
own clumsiness'
"Ibeg your pardon. Sir. the nurse said
pertly; ats not my place to pass remarks,
i'm aware. But I'm bounden to say that
the Crosnest housekeeper is an aunt of this
young mans and friend OF my own, aud
what you've been saying is only finging
wrongful aspersions on her character, as no
robbery could take place unknownst ia her. "
Nobody wants to asperse bel" said Ted
shortly" and | dismissed the servants to
tea in the kitchen with Charlotte and un-
dertook to look after Florinda myself. She
got on my lap, while listened to the rest Of
Ted's stories of the wonders of CrosneSt,
and the possibility, by well-oganized at
tack, of pillsging the place in an hour OF
, two, and burning it down in two more. u
, only wonder it isn't done oftener," he con,
f cluded. with mile of park separating a
place from the high road, a housekeeper and
maid or two in part Of the house care
fully shut off from the rest, with plan Of
the place and knowledge of the ways Of
. the inmates, four or FIVE determined men
might sack any country house in England
if they went the right way to work. Its
} getting off with the swag that floors them,