Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-13
CHAPTER VII.

LADY BEAUTYs JOY TURNS INTO FRoLIC.
Yes, but tears like those albeit their
grief is deep and pure-are ready to spar
lie when the next CLEAN OF sunshine
comes. Sophia swoke next morning with
a dsuciog heart. She did not see Perciyal
again that night; but sent him little note
asking b m TO come early to her the follow.
Jog morning. Aud no sooner WAS ne IN
the room than she Asg TO him and kissed
bim, With pride and delight on every tea
turs
WHAT ore you going to doY she asked.
Going back TO Australia, az told you,
he answered. Bat, Sophia, you are too
zood-far too good-to offer to wait for
me an not going to oe q success in life,
an afraid"
20. | an going to earn my bread my
sell" Sophia cried. elspping Iher hands
You keep youselt; III keep myself"
Ear agour bread exclaimed Percival
"H0w do you mean to do itY
Give dancing lessons, dear, she an.
swassd. Look here"
Aud With ira, Is, Ia" on her lips, she
began to turn and whiel about the room,
dowa and up, the picture of honest de-
fgat And Perciyal looked on in wonder,
which at every motion Of ner figure kept
turoiOg into love
Dancing lessous!" he exclaimed
Where will you get pupilsY
Here ia my 6rst," she retorts, taking
hi-, 10 ga she gosa by. Now, SIR
Really, Sophia, what Is sll this for"
For twelve thousand pounds, you clumsy
bow There you are on my tosi
Twelve thousand pounds, Sophiar
Twelve thousand pounds DIR. percivsl
Brent. | AN worth twelve thousand
pouudsw Nov she stops aud looks him
iull IN toe face. By toe way, csn you tell
me how Mrs. Lsnigsu is?
Pereiyal turned verYred ct thissmszing
question; but there was no outlines in
his face ss he replied:
"Hov 90 you know Mr5. LsniganY
How do y,H huow her2" Sophia asked
smartly. II know her through the news
paper. She was ont driving with friend
OF niue aud got split. Somebody said 1t
was the horses having too much cham
parne-the new paper ssid that
Psrcival muttered something under his
breath which sounded very like some briet
aud emphatic remark about the newspaper,
and caused Sophia to lift her finger.
Please, not before me" she said. mo
colonial language before me | AN not
Bessie Warren"
Il thought there was something up by
Whist heard in the hotel last might" Per.
cival said with gravity and reflection.
Tell toe, Sophia, hsEsthsre been any stories
going about here not to my crsditY
Rather" she answered. nov serious her
self. Don't mind them
"Let'me tell you the whole truth sbont
that atfsir," he said Il was driving with
Mrs. Lsnissn The fact was was one OF
q party in the country that day, and the
carriage which wss 10 take Mrs Lsnigan
back to the theatre had su accident, and
the friend at whose house she was asked
me to drive her in his gig and did, and
came to grief believe, Sophia / had too
much champagne, aud that is the truth of
it. We had rather too merry sn afternoon
meal. / drank too much wine, confess
Naughty boy! But tell me-did you
sit next to Mrs Lsnigsn at lunch2'
mo; at the far end of the table"
There" Sophia said twice over, putting |
Q kiss bet Reen the two wordE--"there, | for. |
give you the champagne
She torgsvs him; bat the hot fellow
would not so easily forgive the slsnderous
folk Who had made free with his name
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slaudsrer cut, and faced Mrs Hands, and
faced John Done, to whom she referred
him, aud how John Done turned very pale.
md declared that Mrs HAnds had taken up
in earnest what be had said in Jest, and
how 70 exculpste himself John Done made
nj bis family quarrel forever with Mr..
Hands. sad how Mrs. Hands by the trans,
notion lost fifty dinners aud about one
hundred lunches annually for the remain
Ter of her hfs--sll this, if | were TO tell,
sould I'll more pages than / can compute
n moment, and time and space press,
md | must and shall soon make an end.
So We 90 back to Sophia and her Percival.
He will not consent to marry her "a q
,oor man. He viii 90 back to Australia
.ud make his fortune. Note, reader, how
be manages him.
"Oh. very we'll" cries she, tossing her
lssd sngrily. "0f course | can't say FiH
'OH marry msF three times running You
must do a. you please"
She walks from him to the window, and
ooks out, qnits in q pet.
"fou know What mean" explains he.
lie has followed her. You know well what
mean"
well, if do, then you need say no more
bout it"
And she turns her back on him.
L only say can't N AIRY you az q poor
ian" 4
Very we'll; don't marry me, then"
but don't want you to speak in that
ay."
And | don't want you to speak at all. I
Sophia, you need not be so illnat1red. "
She turns on him, making ready TO tell !
b the second, which this tins was sizsble {
ne without any mistake.
20, | know what il Is; you have some q
her woman out in Australia whom You
ant to marry, and this is all preteuse" d
Want to marry SONS other woman out
Australia Percivsl cried, .sghast at I
is thought. "Apothsr womsnl Why, l
ophia, look here
BE sinks 81 her feet, and then be presses o
n handkerchief to bis ips-not her hand q
-humbly siguifying that anything about q
u n