Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-13
CHAPTER VIII
LADY RIVALS, WITH THE FoorLIGHrS BE-
TWEEN THEM

LADY RIVALS, WITH THE FooTLGGHrs BE
TWEEN THEM
Psrcivsl got bis own way, after all, II
the matter OF marrying sJ a poor man
Fortune, Henry Fielding tells US some
whrre, never does things OF halves. Iw<
months after Psrcivars uncle died. and i
wSs found that, in spite OF his wlte's cajol
ing, he had remembered his nephev; and
though the bulk of his property went to hit
stepsons, he LETT Percivsl the fifteen hun
dred year which he had 80 long allowed
to his father. So Psrcivsi did not msrry
as poor man, after all, snd the little mo-
ther, hod she lived, might have confessed
that sometimes love Gnds out the way to
fortune too.
Wedding bslls come ringing 10 as my
story nears its end. Sophia Temple Is the
bride the Gun shines on. IL is quiet mar,
risge; but loving eyes are aoou, her and
upon her. Seven long yeors she has wait
ed, Gld now the day has dsWned that
makes her happy. AL is sunshine. The
little wedding feast is full of pleasantly.
E.ertpu Dcolttle makes speech, in
which de assures the company that he al
WAYS maintained, in the face OF everybody,
that Tophis would find some one to marry
her some day. he did not exactly mean
what he said, but that some one would turn
no; for he had heard thBt there is never q
Jock out there is q Jill-not that he mesnt
to imply that Sophia was not most charm
ing; quite ihe reverse; but still it requires
foresight 70 $40 how any given thing will
turn oas, but still hs always said so, in spite
of everybody; and there the thing was that
day, and nobody could gsinssy it Aud
Goldmore hands Sophia solemniy into her
carriage, and off they go for life and love-
and the story is told.
They come back again and settle in the
Bseches, which has lain vacant since Mrs
Temple gave it up. They began their
married life with every promise OF hsppi.
ness and with the brief sunshine OF this lite
warm aud bright before them. May | re
late one little incident2
Exactly q month after their returu home
Eyertoa Doolittle came in one morning
aud asked to see Sophia privately; and
when he was alone with her, and the door
shut he drew a long plsybill out of his
pocket.
"LoOk here, Sophia be says, in voice
Of alarm, look at this
The bill announces that in neighboriBg
city there is to be for one night only pre-
Torrance Of The School for Scandal,
with Mr. Lauigau as Charles Surface and
Mrs. Lsuigau as Lady Teszle.
II cali it serious, thing for you, Sophia.
Egerson says. "Ifyou will take my advice
as a relstivs, l ahould keep Percivsl in the
background. You will observe it is only
for one night, aud IS q prudential matter |
should keep Percival in the background"
Does she2
Come here, sir, ;" she says to her husband
after Egerton had gone do you see thisY
She shows him the Playful, and be looks
q little foolish aud conscious.
81 want to see the Lsnlgan' Percy, she
saws. "You must take box for us both
to see the Lsnigan."
"You are testing, Sophia
Never was more serious in my life. l
must, and will, see Mrs. snigsn"
So the sbashed husband hiss to take a
box, and in dus time they are waiting for
the cartain to rise.
"Nov, which is Mrs. LsnigsnT Sophia
Asks. after the play has begun.
There" Percivsl says, in the satin
iress"
"The blue satin dress2 Surely THAT is
not Mrs. Lsnigsnf" Sophia puts a very
emphasis on ''thAt." az
"Yes, that is she" Percivsl replies, with
,htious swkwsrdness BE feels very much
.shamed of having admired her. he can
zee nothing in her now at al.
"Mrs. Lsnigsn is not the woman with