Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-06
BOOK SIN.
LADY BE1UTT'S JOY
CONTINUED
CHAPTER !.


MAIDS sudden excitement. The old woman
D,ssed her hand fasbly across her forehead,
tyy,ps, il seemed, to coliec! her thoughts
and then began to speak.
Have bssn ssieep2 must have beer |
HsleeO! Where is Jones2 Did | not see
her bess? D, Sophy, l have had such 81
odd dream! | thought there Was . oali
bers-ia this room, and yet my osd "ss
here TOO and lying on Il, and oe'"eeh TIE
dances s girl il blue dress, whose lace i
could not see, came and sat on the otuside'
and she had lover With hsE, and they
were toSing and ki:sIug, and then calico
ont somet6iuz end atJerTard sToSe. lsuP'
p2ss | aSoks. / had nor known L was
asleep" ,.-r
The maid subsequently, told Sophia that
so far "a sbs knew. her mistress had no.
been asleep st sill; that al Of sudden she
bsgan 10 cal out very loud rs If she we're
scoldiug; and that in tba midst OF a tor
rent cC words she became deadly pale Sno
seemed to faint away Seeing this, the
maid had rushed OF tor Sophia, aud upon
,heir return the old woman Was come 10
herself and sitting doRn az Sophia haa iei'
her The doctor mad been seat ior, made
the usual inquiries aud EXAMINATIONS. sno
ordered his Catis nt 10 bed for day or two,
saving that sac had overtsSked her strength
hut when alone WITH Sophia nc told her THAI
there had evidently been an stsck IN the
brain which might be the torerunner Of
soue,hine very grave, or might be only
symotom OF weakness and old age.
Tine latter tbins,' he said as be was
leaving; your mother is very aged per
son. | snould fancy, aud hsr last decay has
probably oeyuu. How long she may live
no ons eau say; but she val not De me
same woman again, and the rest OF her hle
viii b. going down bill, how tas! or no"
slow depends on hec constitution and oar
care"
Il told YOU, Sophy, that | felt little
shaken" toe old woman said when her
dauSh,sr cane bach To her bedside. Don't
Won remember what said about the peach
trees? A little resF, Sophy, will set me 40
a little rest. have had hard life OF It
Anioyiug mgself; dou't feel tired OF that
In the least, bat every one wants res; some
times" ,,.,
There followed the contraction OF life
which is the sure token OF Advancing age
Old Mrs. Temple got up late; she seldom
drove out, and then ouly al the sunniest
hours, and she had oil through the day her
Etfie dsicAcieS--lurtle soup 10 tablespoons,
champagne in tiny glasses, and all the ususl
dainty forms of nourishmeUt for wasting
lives. Sophia remarked, however, that her
r,o,bar Ua4 more than ever sOlicitous about
expense
Il declare il is o sin % be eating this
soup" she would say How much 10 this
= ouart?-a guinea dsrsssy. And as to
sending to Gunter's. Sophy, it ia waste, SIN
full vase. You would get II quite as GOOD
at toe coufscyioaecs, here Fancy 1t
went on with champagne and turtle at this
rate for year or two, Why, money would
come to An end, Sophy-money would come
to an end.
could not do that for you, mamma
she asked one day. IS the old woman was
6guriug over her bank book
"You, Sophy" she answered, with a
CLEAN Of her former yivacity. "You, dear,
child YOU would not know which side Is
which-Ehich ia the mother and which the
banker
Let Archibald help yeG, theng' Sophia
Pejoined.
Archibald, indeed" the old woman ex.
claimed. "Tsst great man stooping 10
nv little bit Of business would be like 3
camel trying.to get through needles eye
No, thank you.
ElseRhere, too, some CLEANS of her oil
Apirit broke through The clouds Of weakness
and illness, but Sophia, watching her ns,-
rowly. thought toe Vivsc;ty oaly assumed
Even nos she fancied she could discern . |
look of deeper care on the old Womsn's
face So she returned 10 her calculations |
Next day they drove to the bank, snd feeble |
"a Mrs Temple was she insisted on going
in alone; and she had long interview with
the manager When she came out she
showed Sophis a roll Of NOES.
1.-TWO hundred and 6t;y pounds, Sophy
she said. II shall put it in my drawer, sad
If ] am not able to get out again this win
ter there will be money enough TO 90 on
with. don't wish snJons to go to the
bank about nv business again-mind that;
aud you need not pay shy bills just at pres
ent. Whist ready money Is Wsnted We can
take cut OF This
All this was alarming to Sophia. She
WAS not the girl TO give way 70 covetous-
uess al a tune like this; bat Who without
uneasinsss, eoald tacs the prospect OF sup,
Mica perhaps suddenly Gu off az the most
trying juncture2 As to her herself So
mia ala not feel mueh anxiety. Had Per
eiysl eontiuued true to her, how gladly she
would have put any fortuneshe might have
inherited into his hands TO repair his loss
Int now she was not interested enough 70
fear poverty. Beyond care fox her mother
she imagined there vas nothing to live for
She hsd tried even after ars. Hands visit
no disbeheye the reports which had seemed
40 fatally authenticated; but the very next
day Sibyl told her that she, too, had heard
from another quarter the most Indifferent
account of Perciyal At this Sophia be-
came hopeless. II was curious that the :
only person TO whom. she said anything !
about her trouble was Preudergsst What. J
ever bad psssed at tie time OF his proposal !
had set up something ike sn intimacy be- 7
tween them; and one dsy when he called, y
noticing that she looked pale, he made I
some remark uuoa the trial her mothers 3
illness must be.
ut is not, msmma," she replied; that Il
/ could bear; bat Oh, fssl so weary and
sickl have heard such dreadful things a
about the man believed loved ms. Have n
you heard anything2 Oh, do you believe r
Il sllY' {
81 am afraid Brent has forgotten him. 81
,sIf," PrsndergsSt replied grayely, and said q
DO more. -
Meanwhile her sisters, with the above ex
,epson, maintained on the subject an y
,minous and dsesry silence; aud her mother p
vhom she carefully kept in ignorance of
be reports never mentioned Psreiysfs d
Iams. So poor Sophia, with her broken
IOOss, went her dull round from day to %
ay nursing her mother and communing Ys
nth her own sad heart, snd there was not 50
ne ray Of ehssrfnlness 10 her life. She
rev pSls and worn; sud though she tried 20
) be chssriul, every ons could see that Y
are was eating her spirit ana strength 70