Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24

various distinguished persons, and, as bad
been epigrammatically expressed by ono OF
the guests, the history of the country" was
taking its leave in phrases more or less MEM
orable and Characteristic. Some Of these
y.ledictory axioms were clever, some witty,
a fcw profound, but always left as q genteel
I contribution to the entertainer. Some had
been already prepared, and, like q card, had
served and identified the guest at other man.
Sions
The Last guest departed, the last carriage
rolled away when the servant ventured 70
indicate the existence Of the dispatch to bis
master. who was standing on the hearth rug
In m attitude Of wearied self-righteousneS.
BE took it, opened il, read il, re-read IT, 9na
said:
There must be some miStakei 1t IS not
for me. CcI the boy, Waters"
Waters, who was perfectly aware that the
boy had left. nevertheless obediently walked
toward the han door, but was recalled by bis
master.
sNo mattsr-at present"
sIt's nothing serious, Williams" asked Mrs
| Rightbody, with languid wifely concern.
mo, nothing. Is there a light in my
studyF
sYes But before you 60, can you give
me a moment or two"
Mr.. Rightbody turned little impatiently
toward his wife. She had thrown herself
/ languidly on the sofa; her hair was slightly
| diSarranged, and part Of O slippered foot
Was visible. She might have been q finely
formed woman; but even her careless desha-
blIe left tho general impression that she was
severely Aanneled throughout, and that any
ostentation OF womanly charm was under
vigorous sanitary surveillance.
Mrs. Marvin told me tonight that her son
made no secret OF his serious attachment for
our Alice, and that, if l was satisfied, Mr..
Marvin would be glad to confer with you at
once"
The information did not seem to absorb
Mr.. R~ight5ody's wandering attention, but
rather increased his impotence. He said
hastily that b would speak of that to-mor-
row, and partly by way Of repriSal, and partly
70 DISMISS the sQOJSct, duoeN'
Positively James must pay some attention
TO the register and the Thermometer. It was
over 20 degs. tonight, and the ventilating
draft was closed in tho drawing room"
That was because Professor Ammon sat
near it, and the old gentle-aans tonSilS are so
sensitive
He ought to know from DR.. Dyer Dot
that systematic end regular exposure to
draughts stimulates the mucous membrane;
while fixed air over sixty degrees invari'
ably
i Gm afraid, William" interrupted Mrs.
Rightbody, with feminine adroitness, adopt
ING her husbands topic with a view of there
by directing him from 1t; ~Pm afraid that
people do not yet appreciate the substitution
of bouillon for punch and ices. observed
that Mr.. Spondee declined it, and, fancied,
looked disappointed. The ibrine and wheat
in Gqueur glasses passed quite ~unnoticed,
too"
And yet each half drachm contained the
half-digeSted substance Of q pound Of beef.
I'm surprised ut Spondee!" continued Mr..
Rightbody, aSgrievedly. "Exhausting his
brain and nerve force by the highest creative
efforts OF the Muse, he prefers perfumed and
diluted alcohol favored with carbonic acid
gas. Even MIS-. Fsringway admitted to me
that the sudden lowering Of the temperature
Of the stomach by the introduction Of
ice e.
YES; but she took a lemon ice at the last
Dorothoa reception. and asked me if l had
Observed that the lower animals refused their
food at Q temperature over sixty degrees"
Mr.. Rightbody again moved impatiently
towards the door. Mrs. Rightbody eyed him
curiously.
You will not write, / hopeF DR.. KEEP
pier told me tonight that your celebral
symptoms interdicted any prolonged mental
strain"
Il must consult a few papers" responded
/ Mr.. Rightbody, CURLY, as he entered his
library.
1t was a richly furnished apartment, NOR
bidly severe in its decorations, which were
symptomatic Of q gloomy dyspepsia Of art,
then quite prevalent. A few curios, very
ugly, but providentialIy equally rare, were
scattered about. There were various bronzeS,
marbles and casts, all requiring explanation,
and 50 fulfilling their purpose Of promoting
conversation and exhibiting the erudition Of
their owner. There were souvenirs Of travel
with a history, old bric-a-brac with a pedigree,
but little or nothing that challenged attention
for itself alone. In all cases the superiority
Of the owner to his possessions was admitted.
As a natural result nobody ever fingered
there, the servants avoided the room and no
child was ever known to play in it.
Mr.. Rightbody turned up the gas and from
a cabinet of drawers, precisely labeled, drew
4 package Of letters. These he carefully ex-
AHMED All were diScoiored and made dig
niied by age, but some, in their original
freshness, must nave appeared trifing, and
inconsistent with any correspondent of MIR.
RightbOdy. Nevertheless, hat gentleman
spent some moments in carefully peruSing
them, occasionally referring TO the telegram
In his hand. Suddenly there was q knock at
the door. Mr.. Rightbody started, made a
ha~lf-unconScious movement to return the
letters to the drawer, turned the telegram
face downwards, andthen, somewhat harshly,
stammered:
"Ehl Whose there's Com in"
Il beg your pardon, papa" said a very
pretty girl, entering, without, however, the
slightest trace Of apology or awe in her man
ner, and taking a chair with the self-poSses-
sion and familiarity of a habitue of the
room, "but | knew it was not your habit to
write late, so l supposed you were not busy.
l am ON my way TO bed"
She was 50 very pretty, and withal so ut
terly unconscious Of it, or perhaps so con-
sciously superior to it, that one was provoked
into a more critical examination of her face.
But this only resulted in a reiteration Of her
be- Ity, and perhaps the added facts that her
dark eyes were very womanly, her rich COM
plexion eloquent and her chiSeled lips full
enough to DO passionate or capricious, not
outstanding that their general effect suggest
ed neither caprice, womanly weakness nor
passion.
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