Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-20
SEQUEL.
ICONCLUDED.l
CHAPTER i.

cnr;osity immensely, would have pointed
n one of the most remarkable features OF
the production. For the mathematical
reader viii know that it is the property OF
- circle-no matter how vast II bs-that II
Won pursue it's circumference patiently you
must at last reach the very point IRON
which YOU start. So here, reader, have
Won and been companions now tor SIX
months, and on the best OF terms, trudRing
without a murmur the round Of this novel,
and now June 6ads US in that very dining
room, With its minghng lights, from which
VA at 6rss started. For the dining room
WAS Eserton DOOHttle's; and among the
company were no. Sophia only, out her
husband, PerliVal Brent And no" let US
ascend TO the drawing room and TsJoin the
ladies, and with the evening our novel, too,
shall close.
One poudsrous figure We mias Arch
bald Goldmore no longer moves IN the Net
tlsweIl society. Fifteen long years ago
that levis,hal paid the great debt OF na'
ture. The grand reserve which had hung
around him ell his life long was never, even
to the last, rufled by one fold. RespOOsi-
bic he was. Just, good, in his own way but
Sibyl never got very near TO him. The pair
had not q quarrel in their hives; partly De-
cause he never meddled with her, partly De-
cause each Was impsssive and cold, parlly
because they never loved each other. Love-
nv reader. Is q grand ingredient in quar-
rels. The husband end wife walked spaTt
through life, and never exchanged one cor
dial confidence. Even when Goldmore
WAS seized with what be felt suEs was to be
his mortal illness he did not communicate
his forebOding to Sibyl This was not be-
cause be feared Frightening her, but only
from his way OF keeping things 70 himself
Before long, however cORceslment became
impossible The doctor entered the house;
the end vas in view.
"Sibyl" the old man said one day, when
he was rather better than usual, Il wish to
say word 10 YOU" he drew himself up
lille with a faint remembrance in his air
of his famous testimonial style, You
have been 70 me loving and an honor
able wife. When die you will lind that
have recognized all that You will not be
hampered by any foolish restrictions l
desire to return you my thanks as II ne
had been speaking at Puolie dlnner-''or
YOUR unvarying consideration snd attention
to ali my wishes
He paused, aud she stood beside him and
did uog speak, nor sboW any sign OF feeling.
She onlv regarded him GNedlY; and he,
after waiting to gather little strength,
added in the simplest way:
God bless you my dear, and watch over
you when | sm gone.
And then, although her face moved not
a whit. he saw one tear come out aud stand
on her eyelAsd and roll down her cheek. 1t
Wss the only tear he had ever seen her
shed. Perhaps from her it signihed more
than foods OF weeping from an ordinary
woman. Ii vas sincere, anyhow, not as
sumed; and Goldmore knew II, and the
sight eomforred him before he died.
Liberty and fortune be certsinly left her;
and Ar the time OF his death Sibyi vas IN
the very height of her mstronly beauty.
Her dgure Was full and rounded, her hair
as fresh as when she was twenty, and her
movements full of grace and dignity. She
was by no means young; but hers was
STYLE of beauty which Time finds 1t hard to
destroy snd We al expected that she would
have married sgsin. This expectation was
the mors'reasonabls because che MAINTAIN
ed her more youthful bsbits But five years
went nv. ten. fifteen, and still Sib5l Geld
more did not change her name. And now
there appeared upon her most unmistsk-
able signs of age; aud, curogsly enough,
"a her beauty more and morS deeaSed, she
she seemed more ard more resolved 10 let
all the world know what = beauty she
tbought herself She grew effected, sat IN
pastures dressed for tweniy-hVs-we even
fancy that she rouged little.
Meanwhile, her old reserve and her silent
WAYS remained the same. She talked b'tle,
and took no pains with her conversation.
She treated most people with naughty re-
serve Strong and sensible as she was,
S;bVl WAS never able to see thai che was
growing an old woman, and that the ahec
tstion of physical beauty bad long ago
been ridiculous | grieve to write 1t OF
Sibyl for whom have ever felt respect
and even regard, bat the verdict OF Kettle
well vas that she-oncs . queen in our so
eiety-hsd become-dresdtul world
bOrsi i
Caroline at the ssnetims, had changed
with years in quite smother way. You re-
member how well she used to dress?-sIl
these girls dressed we'll But Caroline, as
she became intellectual began to neglect
her person, and rather affected sloysnhness
She would wear morning dress In the
evening, or 90 to q concert in shawl Ike
n parlsh blanket, which she would pin
across her breast with some old brooch that
shs might have picked up in Hanwsy
street. In fact, Car became tearfuliy blue,
and would even talk about Hebrew during
diuner, attacking tender young eurstes who
had never seen Hebrew grammar, fright
enipg the poor young men out Of their
senses, and ruining good dinner. IL ad-
dition to this, she became woman's rights
lady. and made speeches advocating female
suffrage. Upon these occasions Egerton
used to 60 70 the back Of the hall with 81
umbrella and applaud Also, if it was q
strange town, he would nudge his next
neighbor when the speakers came on the
platform:
Gan you tell me he would ask, in low
whisper, which Of thsss ladies is Mrs.
Egertou DOolittleY
Curiously enough, the stranger was never |
able to point hsr out
81 should liked to have seen her" Eyer
ton would say. People assert she is
tremendously clever woman. Indeed, II
know she is. In fact, you may spread 1t
with confidence; she is q tremendously
clever womanP
And in this way, my dear, Egerton
would cay to her when they got home, in
this way intend to get your mans up. tie
the kind Of thing thst is done with &C
tressss. snd-sud popular preachers, and
statesmen too, | understand. Some one
goes about-perhsps the man. twin brother
opretsudiuq he does not know him BY
sioht: asks. Isthat the great Mr.. So-snd-soY
Probsbly the other says, i never heard OF
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