Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
CHAPTER XXI.
RECONCILIATION.

SOTne scales mai tallcn lrOW lily EYES.
saw clearly that il woman loves a man, as
| had now good reason for supposiug that
blanche loved me, it is not her place that
she should ~ always giving evidence of 1t
without something in return. My inherent
dislike TO the uamby PANTY Interpretation
Of love peculiar to EastpOrt hal lei me un
consciously to suppress all external methods
of cvincing affection. Something now whiS-
pereI 10 me: +, more confident in your
thought toward her \ woman needs 10 be
reIlJ sure of the love of the man she would
choose. and the greater her love, the greater
may be- the doubt n to its return from you,
unless such return be shown clearly, unmis-
takably.
met Blanche the next day. Possibly |
carried this thought in my eye for as it met
hers there seemed in the lighting up of her
features recognition OF it, She took my
offered hand with frank, winning smile,
and an upeuu - of manner which said moro
than any words could have done Words,
after al. are hat ono means for conveying
thought. and noS always the strongest.
She desired to return to the Bar as soon rs
possible, being still anxious on her uncle,S
account
We travelled on horseback. The moon was
ut its full as we rode back to the Bar to,
gethcr
Tut my trials were not yet over. hal
thu greatest Of all 10 meet. | was burdcned
with sense of Over-much obligation to Il
woman. Three times hal this girl Stcppe
in and served inc at n crisis; first i'll loaning
mo money; second in rcScuiug mo from the
high binders; thrifty in confirming my story
az the trial She had performed all the
practical chivalry in the affair, and looking
over the whols matter, felt a sense OF
humiliation.
| was silent. Possibly she felt my depres-
sion. Moods may travel from mind to mind
in close rapport n we'll as words.
What are you thinking of, JohnF said
she.
\ month previous should have evaded the
question, ami said: "Of nothing in particu-
lar" Latterly had come to the conclusion
that between some individuals at least, the
fewer secrets Of any sort the better; the
''some" being limited in this case to two.
1t WAS hard work To speak my thought. II
seemed to resist my attempt to drag it out.
Il would bury itself deeper than ever within
my breast. And when heSitated it conjured
up immediately a series of evasiOnS, with
plausible reasons for using them
shook them Off and said: blanche, the
tronble is now that you've played the mans
part a through aud l the woman'S, and now
that it's all over l want to so and hide myself
SOMEWHERE
You feel then, under too much obligation
to a woman
We'll, that's about what mean" re
plicd
Suppose she aSked, our situations were
reversed, and You had been of the service to
ne that YOU say have To you, how would it
In proper for M To feel"
oh, WELL ] replied ''you know whats
generally expected of the man in these mat.
tcrSr
Expected by whom" she asked.
by the world-people, everybody"
And what right has the world-people.
every bo,ly-to expect What. That the
man should bear of all the honors of knight,
" service while the woman stays at home
and does fancy work. Has the world any
particular business i'm these matters, which
concern Blanche Seton and John Holder.
Listen, John: th'rc is side to your case.
Pardon me if | take the liberty of arSuiu,
il for YOU | do 50 the better tu
argue my own. Il is not, | admit, easy or
pleasant for mpu or woman TO act in opposi-
ton To the worlds verdict or opinion i'm any
matter Nor may it always be wise, Ger
,ainly not profitable, so to DO The world
docs expect the man to act the mans part in
ali that concerns the woman The world Is
right also in this respect, though the maScu-
ine half does not always fully carry its sen
timentS But when a woman sees an Oppor-
tunity To serve the man she loves. will she re
FUSE To 81 serve him if the opportunity does
not take the shape she desires! Certainly,
my womanly instincts recoiled from facing
the crowd that night in the hollow Ger,
tainly, / had rather not have faced that
SQUIRT room full of mcl, and in this country,
where now a woman Is show, stared ut
and Stared through with sentiment
far more Objectionable than mere
curiosity. But was there any On,
else to act at the time! Was not conf
PEELED to do as l did quite rs much for INV
own sake rs yours, for had | not So done
would not my responsibility in the matter,
had harm came TO YOU. have haunted and
harassed me ever afterward! Was il not
eAANeA lGNtlSNk Sl0-
uation, and would You not do the same for
me! OF course you would should expect
it Of YOU. mean by expect that | know
YOU have it in YOU 50 To do Be assured,
John, that if you wish to stand well with M,
you will not lack for opportunities 20 AZ: ike
man And now is there any other grew
anCeH
There is that affair Of the fandanSo
house,
DO You wish to exchange your present
company for what You may find there to-
night% she asked, arrhly
As some sort Of luck would have IT, NO
were obliged to pass through a camn tlial
very night where one of these standing n wells
WAS in full blast and quite open to our in>pec.-
ton from the street | turned nv heaa
away.
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