Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-25


never saw that of which Harding told
me afterwardS-the undiSguiSed aStOniSh-
meat and envy which were exhibited by
the frcuucnterS of the Spa saloon when |
was seen in the enjoyment OF this familiar
intercourse with the millionaire and his
beautiful niece. | had told how people had
begun To take note of my restless march
up and down the promenade during those
DAYS when was still searching for my
unknown love. NOdOubt | had been made
the subject of mild Jest and perhaps some
e,rOteSuue rumanCcS had been invented re-
uarling me- for there il no place like Scar
borough i'm the season for the production
of fiction of this kind. And now, | alone,
of all that enviouS throng, had the priyl-
lege OF the friendship of the man Of mil
lions. 1t was hardly wonderful that there
should have been most ~ much OF gossip
and tittle-tattle regarding me ~ there was
about Mauleverer himself
II mattered nothing and less than moth
ing To me. Nay, for the moment, l can
honestly aver that had absolutely forgot
ten all about Mauleverer'S wealth. He
might have been rs poor Us his outward
appearance indicated, for all cared during
that first bliSSful season OF love upon which
| had now entered.
Daisy had something more than her
beauty To commend her to me. That was
rare enough, rs everybody was ready to al
nit. Her features, il Is true, were not of
the Faulty faultleSs" description; some
found the chin too massive or the forehead
too square, or the nose too long or too
short. | could not have argued the ques-
ton with those people even If had wished
TO do 80. could no more have analyZcd
that proud sweet face, on which ut times
Law "A strange shadow of reserve, mingled
with the bright frankneSS by which it was
usually lighted up, than | could have
weighed the mOOnbeams which made the
earth glorious by night. All that | knew
was that had never seen face like 1t,
and that to me it was the magnet toward
which my whole life was to be hencetorth
drawn.
But all the world could share with me
the privilege OF gazing on the lovely face
That which was mine alone was the init
macy which enabled me to know that her
mind WAS as beautiful us her cOuntenance.
For from the first she was frank and I'M
reserved with me on all points save one.
| found her as pure and simple and unSo-
phisticated Us a child, yet with woman
sympathy, with the nObler aspirations OF u
man. a woman'S quickneSS IN reading my
thoughts, and wOman'S tact IN dealing
with nv various moods.
On that first morning on which we were
together there was a certain ShynesS min
gled with her cOrdiality. / could see by
the troubled expression which occasionally
PASSED over her face when her eyes by
chance met mine, that she was thinking Of
our first strange meeting, and OF the UNI
pleaSant incident associated withit. But
though il was constantly in my mind as
well rs hers no reference was made to 1t
on either side.
She was full of wonder and admiration
at the scene around her. The week she
had already spent in Scarborough had been
passed in the sick chamber Of her uncle,
and all was now new to her.
NO. never went out" she said in re-
MY 10 a question of mine. Il should have
liked to do 81, but | could not leave him.
She indicated Mauleyerer who was sitting
on the other side of her, surveying the bril-
liant scene before him with an air Of in
tereSt. Besides, there were various rea-
sons why il was not well for me to he out
until NV uncle could accompany me.
.sHow strange" | said, that we should
actually have been in the same hotel all
the time! l have looked for You every
where"
Probably there was more in the tones of
nv voice than in my words themselves.
At all events, she blushed when l spoke
and made no direct response.
care there many places in England rs
beautiful rs this? You know we are only
eolonistS. l have seen hardly anything OF
England. 1t is not three months since we
tanned, and l have spent nearly all that
time in q dreadful hotel in Bond street.
'sYou will find many beautiful places IN
England, " l replied, but Scarborough has
A charm of its own. You would need to
90 abroad to find anything that really re
Sembled the scene now before US.
GLOW different it all is from our life in
Australia You know we lived up-eountry.
was always attending to his sheep,
and it was very seldom that l was allowed
to see a town or to have any pleasure but
a long ride by myself.
''Were YOU not at SCHOOL," l asked.
eyes, but that was long before" she
hesitated. "befOre / came to live with him.
Since then have had to trust to my poor
dear Mrs. Cawthorn. She was my COVER
ness, you know, and almost my only lady
friend. am afraid am fearfully
''Nay," / cried with bOyish enthusiasm.