Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-16
CHAPTER V,

Ch Ar l. En- '.
MRS TEMPLE PLAYS THE PART OF MRS. SOBER.
Prendergast remained to be nodded, sad
our strategist took care to have an inter
view with him before the great event OF his
proposal came of. For thissdialogue she
assumed specially grave, not to say pious
all, 90 she now fully understood Premier
CASTS habit OF mind.
ut is serious matter" she said in the
voice and face of her new character OF
Mrs. Sober. Yes, marriage is serious
matter"
To this sentiment, of which the force,
like that of many popular sermon, lay
rather In the delivery than in the matter,
Prendergast assented, and business began:
You ore going to propose 10 Sophia
she said in confidential tones; for, indeed,
they had chatted the affair over several
times.
II am with your permission"
Every we'll. Are you above taking q
hint2"-she paused here, for the most en-
gazing smile made up of self confidence,
self depreciation, and a ccquettish coz
seriousness that all the charms of her sex
had not yet forsaken her-"are you above
taking hint from withered old woman
you must he going 20 take me to con
suit some elderly friend Of yours he an
swered, with successful railery.
Capital, capital" she cried, forgetting
Mrs. Sober, and clappiug her hands. ooh,
Prenderpast | do wish you would be more
like that all the day round II becomes
you vastly! o, / should make something
Of you, too in time"
Grave Prendergast could stand this no
longer. He burst into laugh, which our
little mother merrily echoed, until che
again remembered that seriousness wns her
part to-day Turning as solemn as Qua
keress, she asked;
Rat seriously, will you take bintT
Seriously, from you will take as many
hints as gel"
well, then, remember this Sophia is
q girl whose head is full Of the idea OF use
fulness and activity, and being elevated,
and elevatipg others, and-yoG can finish
tho sentence better than l. for you hear
more of that sort of talk. | am not cay
ing anything against all that. 10 It's way,
and and at proper tiwes, it ID very we'll.
but maintain, aud always have done, that
it is not the thing woman should've tor
Just fancy my dear PrendergGst, what a
whole world full of serious people would
be Serious people, and nobody else !
Really, | believe you serious people would
want a few of us sinners back to tickle You
q Ettlel But this is not my business. We
must take Sophia as she is She has not
grown up in the way / expected, but she
is q good girl, and aniable. When shall
get back to my point2 Sophia, then, be.
Ing so full OF these notions of service and
aspiration and duty, and all the rest, in
proposing to her you must fiddle on that
string-I mean" said Mrs Sober, with.
drawing this rather Aippsnt form OF speech,
you must let her know that such is your
view of life also. 1t ia, is il notH'
1t is" Prendergast answered, divided
quite between sincerity and amusement at
he singular little idol that chartered away
before him.
"Then be careful you let Sophy know it.
And. Prendergsss. be careful, TOO, that yon
tell Sopby that you have a work in life
suppose you have and that she is the
woman that can help you 10 perform it.
Present yeurself before Sophia in that form,
as a man who has q work TO do-such a
work as che would approve Of, such work
as she would do herself if she conld, Tell
her she cau give you Strength, guidance
and all that sort of thing This is the
way such q girl must be carried. We none
of us like to be thought mere dolls, dressed
for your drawing rooms. and, least Of all,
do girls like Sophia like it. Tell her you
will go through the world leaning on her.
as they do in pictures,ihslf supporting. nall
Tell her that you will draw in
spirstion from her eyes and from her char
acter, and then Sophia is yours O, wish
| had been man, jus. to teach the rect
how to propose to u.s."
"Well, Mrs. Temple" Prendergast said,
his smiles With no small difficult
ty, there is q great deal in what you say
And | can assure you that whatever wom-
m | proposed to, or thought | should wish
to propose to, | should mediate something
Of the kind"
"If you really mean it, she said, lit
will come q great deal better. Il always
does"
Surely you would not have me Say what
did not meant
Fudge, Prendergast, to put it in that
VsYl In love making we are not under
itood to mean Whst We cay. DO more than
. monarch on the stage is understood to
mean what be says when he promises to
'estow kingdoms on the people (He has
70 rooms meanwhile, which he means to
rep to himself.) Bot in this particular
:sse, if you do meso il, why of course. you
vii say it with more emphasis. Alb. dear
NJ" she added, resolved TO efisce the in
'ression Of her fippancy, I daressy you are
light, Prendergsst, after all, and we wrong.
3ut the world is SO pleasant, one can't help
owing it,
She sighed this out so naturally that
'rendergast reflected that there must be |
God in this ue'ry old pagan after all; and |
e pleased himself with the thought that
efore she departed from human life she !
hight rise to higher mood aai confess
er tollies, So our little mother showed
dmirsble tect, for she gave the finishing |
ouch to her pupil, snd when bidding him
God BY, she asked:
"N0E, Prsndergast will you say exactly
hat hsys told youT'
He answered!
j will exactly
CHAPTER VI.
rs TEMPLE REVIEWS Ter CONDUCT.
Tie lsbors OF tie day were over. The
hole assault had been planned In her
sdroom Mrs. Barbara Temple sst like
'nersl In bis tent TIE night before the bat
p She vas reTeSing her foroes, roessur-
z their strength. settling the order Ia