Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-09

Sophia might say-hs was injurIng her
prospects if he kept up any understanding
with her. Engagement, of course," the
little woman said, ia not TO be thought of.
But even an arrangements promise that
each will secretly wait for each-Would be
q psrnicious snare, full Of danger to So
phis's prospects"
Not" added Mrs. Worldly WiseWomsa,
that these promises are ever kept Facts
are too much even for lovers 1 have seen
fifty of these understandings made in per-
feet good faith. and from motives that we're
quite pretty, but none ever came to any
tmng. Still, l object to arrangements"
Your daughter % as free as if she never
saw me" Perclval said. II have made
her promise that she will consider that
there is not shred to bind her to me. She
is TO feel that she may engage herself and
marry, aud never think that there is any
iutimation 10 be sent to me, except through
the newspapers
Aud may l ask don't think me rude,
Mr.. Brent, sm simply doing my duty-if
you are as tree GA your side? If you marry,
shall she hear of it through the newspaper,
tooY'
She looked at him sharply, almost hu.
morously, as she put this penetrating ques-
ton. 0, we must pay a tribute to our lit
tie mother who had tact thst In wider
fields OF action might have smoothsd the
feelings Of rufflsd EN- pires.
Yes, sm quite as free as She" he an.
sWeret. We promised each other that we
should feel SO l."
It was quite true. They had promised
exactly in these terms, only the four lips
that exchanged the treaty we're immsdi.
atelV aftsr#ard engaged together sealing
quite another SORT of bond. Was this what
Shskesp4a;e mesas BY plain and holy in.
n ,cence," | wondsr2 And yet possibly
Mrs Barbara Temple guessed the tras
state OF the case, but she was satisfied
There being no engagem 9nt, she felt sure
that time, fckleness, and her great ally, this
present world, would do all she wanted.
81 regret what has happened" she said
gracefully and | regret it not alone 90
your account but on my own. l should
have been pleased with the connection. |
hope you will prosper and be happy, for
am sure you deserveit."
EZerton Doolittle, having after careful
intellectual filtration, so to speak, got the
facts OF the Brents' case fairly deposited in
his mind, expressed great conmiseration
for the two men, as he called them BE
told Car that I'VE ought all to give our
minds to the thing" aud see what can be
done. And after long period of cogita.
ton he informed his wife that be had hit
on plan which would restore the fortunes
OF TIE Rrents, and-ot this be made great
point-Rithout their undertaking anything
that could not be done with clean hands. "
"a gentleman under no circum stances
should soil his hands, Eyerton said; aud
the great merit Of what propose ID that it
can be done with clean hands
Car OF frat though that this implied that
the pursuit Egerton had in his mind was
one morally defensible, or not felonious:
but it appeared that he referred only to
srs ocratic notions and traditions.
my pan is this" Egertou said, after
three quarters OF an hour of preamble which
had nearly fdgeted his wife into f.. II
hear there is new joint stock opera CON.
psny going to be started. L9t them take
shares in that. It will be geutlem snly,
musical kind of thing, and the great point
is it can be done with clean hands.
Caroline, not being able to see the prac.
teal value of this sugyes ion, Eyerton re-
solved TO omen his scheme to his great
b:otberiu. law, Gold4ore That elephantine
millionaire vas forced through courtesy 8
sake. to listen while Doolitl in o speech
of extraordinary length aud maddaning
circu mlocutiou, brought out his pretacs:
but vexed as he was, he could not ,,as,ra;n
his laughter when tbs gJung man wound
up With the Recommendation that Brent
see%%;;or and junior should take shares in the
forthcoming lsslina Opera Joint Stock
Company.
my grea. point is, Golimore." said Egg,
erton, that it is gentlemanly musical
sort oil thing and one that can be carried
on with clean hanis think gentleman
should never soil. his hands, Goldmore, don /
your
"Tae ditialty is, replied the CREST man,
overlooking this question, where are the
poor men to get money to bay their
shsres?'
Get what?' Egertou asked.
Money to buy their shares" repeated
Goldm0rs. Shares are not given away;
you have to pay for them In hsrd cash.
Now in the present casa the difficulty ia
that there is no cash at all.
Chsn | suppose you don't approve of my
scheme?' answered EgertoD, with some ir-
ritation. Very well. One can only sug.
gest l withdraw the proposition. STILL
| repeat, Goldmore, it is not every day Of
the week you can 6ud a gentlomanly mu-
steal undertaking that can be carried ont
with clean hands"
So he took his leave. Bat his visit had
Sumo result. after all for that afternoon
| Archibald Golinore called upon young
Brent, and asked for little private con
versatiou with him. Goldmore was very
kind, inquired what his young friend was
going to do nodded his Dead spprovingly
over the details of the Australian scheme,
aud marked the young fellow out as man
that would rise.
Let me- cay one thing to You Mr.. Brent"
he said, as herose ID go. e. am 10 most re-
soects a selt:made man. | know the diff.
culties which even industrious and clever
Young fellows have to face when they
START without capital. Now, 6om what my
wife tells me, you have gained the afec.
tons OF nv sisrerin-laR; and | may add
that from Whist ! have seen OF you | am
no. surprised at it. As member OF the
family take an interest in al that con-
Germs them. Now, Brent, il few hun
dreds will to help star; you | can lend You
the sum, and will require no security but
your word, You shall paY me'-this he
added pleasantly -"Then you are half as
rich as | am
Brent colored verv red with gratitude and
pleasure; but for all that his reply was not
what the gentleman expected
II don't know how 10 thank you, he
said; it is so kind su Offer. But | have al
ready saved enough TO start me. had q
liberal allowance, aud never spent it all. D"
"a few hundreds extra will better your
chance remarked the other.
Thank you a thousand hmes," the
Young man replied; butifiI can accomplish