Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-07

strange sparkle II ber eye Snlen AAHe
frightened him
4 beg your pardon" be sAid meekly.
And though the monsntsrY excitement
faded a. quickly a. It had come and Anne,
murmuring sons half ineligible excuse,
was sgAin her quiet sell, this momentsry
glimpse Of . fsrisr nature beneath gave
him food for reflection.
Can Midway have not been what he
seemed on the surface after all? be thought
70 himself. What can make her 90 VIM
dict7e against ~mAtriuonyY
Bat it was growing late and kenneth
had still some las. preparations to make
BE rose slo.ly and reluctantly from his
chair.
i mus. be going, / fear, he said
Anne too, had risen They stood to-
gsther on the hearthrug. A slight, very
slight shiysr passed through her. Kenneth
perceived It. -,
You have caught cold, Itsar," be said
kindly. Fer the room va warm and the
Ere vas burning brightly.
No l don't think 90, she said Inditer-
I entity. %,
You viii write TO ne GOE snd then!
he SAID next o.,
oh certainly-not very often perhaps,
see replied lightly, but nov and then.
I STAY and she turned away toward her
EntiDg table. tel ne exactly how TO sd'
dress you. Tour name-is Jour surname
/ encugh?-,here Is 10 other Graham IN
your regiment
No he Esid sbsentlT, Il suppose not
| Yea. ius, nv nane..and the regiment snc
| AllsRherry which viii be our hesdquar'
ters. You might, if you we're very sn'sole
YOU might write 10 Gsllss-s letter over
land would wait FOR ne there for It was
the days Of long sea- for al troops to
India.
Anne returned to her former position on
the hsarthrug the moment st the table mad
restored her courage. I'VE shall see. she
said, smiling again.
Then Kenneth said once more, | must
20, but he fingered sill q Moment.
You must have caught cold, Anne, OF
slss Tou are very tired. Yors ~ so white,
and from his height above her, though
Anne herself was tall, be laid his hand on
her shoulder gently and ssa brother might
have done and looked down a. her pale
face half in~gairingly. 4 eush Of color
lor o. instant TO her cheeks The temp
talon vas strong upon her 20 throw on thai
cslnly caressing hand, but che resisted II
and looked Gp orayely With q light almost
Of defiance in her eyes.
L an perfectly vel. l assure you. But
perhaps | an a little tired. | suppose IT
Is getting late.
And Kenneth stiaei s sigh Of scarcely
realized dsspoiucmsl, and quickly drew
back bis hand.
Yes, it il lA.e. | an veEy thought!sss
Good bye. then, Anne. God bless yoa.
and osiore she had time TO answer h'
vas gone o.,
Ambrose me, him IL tie hall, With veil
meaning oEciouscsss bringing forward
his coat and hat His presence helped tc
dissipate an impulse which seized Major
Graham % rush up stairs again 70: enc
other word Of farewell Had be done sc
Sha, would be have found? Anne sob6iaG
viii the terrible intensity Of q seltcon
,ailei nature once the straIn IL Withdrawn
-z55.ing 10 the bitterness Of her grief and
toe cruelty OF her modification With odj
one consola: on. 49,,
All least he does uosdespise m. MD
/, well" she whispered 20 herself.
And Kenneth Graham, as he drove away
f. il bis cao, repeated TO himself. She i:
20 cold. this evening particularly. Aud
Get. can i. os ths; /, was 70 hide eny other
feeling If I thought 50 good God
aud be half started up as il 10 call to the
driver. out ssl dsSn again. No, no,
mus, 20, be a fool l could not stand @
repvlse from hsr-I could never see bel
again. Better no: risk il. And then
an 80 poor!
And in the hustle and hurry Of his de
parture be tried 70 forget the wild fancy
which for q moment had disturbed him
BE called the mex. day.
Bl, the few weeks shich followed passed
heavily for Anne Il vas a dead time o.
the ~rear-fhere was DO special necessity
for her sIsrtiug hsrselt 10 throR of the
overwhelming depression, and strong and
brave SO she vas. she allowed herself to
soma extent 70 yield TO 1t.
If only be had not come bsck-it | h.d
never seen him again she repeated 70
herself incss1an,ly. Il had in a sense for
gotten hiu-,be thought Of him never
troubled me al the years u my marriage,
/ suprose I had never before understood
hgg / could care. How ! WISH | had never
learned it, How | wlsh ne had never
come back,
/. vas above sll in the s~t,ernoons-the
dull. early dark, Autumn afternoons, which
for some weeks had been enligsnsd oy the
expectation. sure two or three times q
week TO be fulfilled Of Major Graham
"droUoiny iu'-,hat the aching pain, The
weary longing grew so bsd as 70 &c we'll
nigh intolerable.
Hog shall | bear it,, said poor Anne
/ 10 herself sometimes; 1t i5 so wrong, &c
urwonanly, So selfish, too, when | think
! Of nv children. How much have to be
thankful for-why should / ruin my life
/ by CRYING fer the one thing that is not for
me- II is worse, far worse, than II he had
died had ! known that he had loved me,
I could have borne his death, 1t seems to
me"
She was sitting alone n afternoon
/ about FIVE weeks after Kenneth had left,
| thinking sadly over and over the same
thoughts, when a TAP al the door made her
look up.
Come in" she said, though the tap
hardly sounded like that Of her maid, and
no one else was likely to come 10 the door
Of her own room where she happened TO
De. Come in" and somes hst 10 her sur
prise toe door half opeud and old Ambrose
voice replied ,
If you please, maam then stopped
and hesitsted.
Come il" she repeated with q touch Of
impatience. VIVA. il IT, Ambrose?
Where is Seton?
II you lease, ma an, l couldn't find
her-that ia 10 say Ambrose went on
n~ervoQsl7, "Ididn't look for her. Thought,
ms'am, | would rather tell You myself.
You mustn't be startled, uasm," and
Anne q. this looking up at the old man
Jaw that he WAS pale and startled looking
hinself but it's,..its Major Graham.
Major Graham repeated Anne, and
/ 70 harssl: he, voice sounded almost Ike a
-. UWbas obort him. Have vnu