Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

to which he had resorsed the past summer
had worked welt--had, IN truth, not only
grown and fiourished, but had borne fruis
a hundred fold.
-You havo been III, y he said, taking her
hand tenderly in his, and altogether forget
ting 20 let it go again
~Oh, yes; very i'll; awfully bad.
thought was going to die one week, try
ing gently to release her hand
%But you'wre better nowF-holding on to
it ike grim death.
@0h, yes, Pm better now; quite wen. in
fact'-giving her hand another little
wriggls.
Reminded Of the hand, and that It was
still in his possession, Lucy allowed it TO
slip from his grasp as far as the tips Of the
fingers; and then, by a bright inspiration,
made remark which justified him In keep
ing it for quite ten minutes longer.
@But you'wre vewry thin, he exclaimed,
in commiSerating accents @Your hand Is
like a skeleton-nothing but skin and bono"
@Well, it is rather thin, certainly" admit
ted Olive. looking down upon it with COM
zeal air, and then laughing outright at the
contrast it presented to his strong, wellcov-
cred one
Lucy was Just going to say, Il wish you
would give it TO me, thin or not, when the
door opened and the butler announced miss
Smith, so Olive withdrew her hand hastily
from his, and he, instead Of proposing, said,
-CoR-foundln 10 himself
Vel he might, for ne knew Miss Smith
no one better, who did not live in her vicin-
ity. And really for that afternoon any pri-
vate conversation was altogether OF an end;
for Miss Smith, having caught Olives hasty
movement AMI the irown upon Capt Lu-
cy's handsome face, sme!t a rat, and stuck
ike a leech or a ferret on the chance OF
finding out fresh bit Of news with which
to go round the neighborhood the following
day.
Lacy had reason for knowing Miss Smith,
and for knowing that, if it were possible,
Miss Smith would contrive to outstay him
He fairly groaned within himself when he
saw tho lavish afternoon tea which came in
in Mrs. Weyland's wake. How he would have
blessed the sight Of the dry bread and but
ter and thin, watery tea, it was so often his
lot to meet with in the pretentious society OF
garrison towns Alasl alas! the tea was
fresh and strong. the cream Of the thicke>t,
the bread and butter looked delicious, and
the cake had come from BuZzard's. When
Lucy saw 1.-THE general appearance of the
festive board. mean, not that the cake had
come from Buzzards-he gave up all hope
Of ousting the enemy. However, by dint of
almost turning his back upon her, no did
eontrive TO monopolize Olive; and Olive was
nothing loath.
ave are going to have a small-a vewry
small-af,ernoon dance on Wednesday" he
told her, in a confidential tone, that was
scarcely above whisper. ~You will have
the formal invitation tomorrow. You'll be
able to come, hope"
@Oh. yes, and DO very grateful for being
asked" answered Olive, promptly.
sIfs a yewry small affair-only about
FORTY" he went on "You see, so many OF
the fellows are away"
"Yesp
Olives tone was distinctly inquiring.
SYes: about half, Of course. And, by the
by, HarkneSS-you remember himP
ayes"
Olive could scarcely speak, her heart be-
gan to Loat so fast and hard.
@Ahl well, he's away, too; been away
thwree weeks or more
1Oh, realIyp
her aid, as il had done before. Her tone
was admirably indifferent; and, indeed, no
one who heard it would have gathered from
it that she took oven a. passing interest in
that officer. And yet what deadly disap-
poinliuent filed her hearth How utterly all
the delight and glory Of home seemed for the
moment 10 have died out! For the time
Olive Weyland found herself "alone, and
iourueyiug il a land Of sand ami thorns"
Imcy's voice recalled her somewhat to
herself, and Relped her to throw aside the
effects of her disappointment.
sYou will give me some dances" he asked,
very humbly They arc oil to be round
ones. Shall we say tAwree waltzesP look
ing at her imp.orlGgy.
"For YOU to forget, as you did the last
pronised your said she, with laugh-a
very shaky sort Of laugh, hut one brayely
managed for all that
sForsetl As if l could forgot anythingp
he began, paSSionately.
mo! then YOU didn't forget themP think
ing the while how utterly he / been taken
ur, about the time OF her birthday, with
EVELYN Baumme. "That only mikes it
worse. By the by, have you heard that
Miss Baumme is engaged"
Lucy laughed.
sYe,: and to Jack Downe He is q lite
the best fellow in the world; and how nice
abe Isl"
~Vcry"
Owe thought no was uncommonly COO
about it; but after all, perhaps Evelyn
Baumme YVES not the sally CT whom b,
had told her.
sAnd how is Sailyfp she asked
"SaIlyP
Lucy positively started
ayes; tho Sally you w1re going to try
ha,ousy upon. Done you renember' Did
{ anSwerl 1 never gave you that locket,
lid If7
~No!" He had recovered himself by then.
-But You might give it to mo now. My
birthday is past, you know
Il will I'll get it the next time l go TO
ilyS:own," Olive replied. Slut you have
lDt told me how is tho fair Sally, and how
'ou are getting onP
"Oh. she Is all right, I think, now, anil we
~ getting on vewry nicely, thank you; al
'nSt, hop, so, -" he added modestly.
al am glad to hear it, with little sigh
or her own disappointment
tcart like a sword, though it was sword OF
~.umpi, with q sensation that was haiI
.!c,Sure. hall pain think if the redouot-
bls Miss Smith had not becn sitting OH ;he
,,her side Of TIE room discussing certain
natter of gossip with Mrs Weyiand, VINO
raS bored to death, bus too polite to sho"
Lucy would promptly. there and men,
ave taken the darling OF his heart IN MS
arms, and begged her never, never, never
% long as she should live, LIT him hear her
Ugh like that again.
But alack! alas! there sat Miss Smith-an
xceedingly hard. dry and Ito Lacy me!aH-
holy and inconvenieut fact TACT as
ratural as life. AMI, like a nightmare or the
Indigestion. not to be gos rid of; and there,
90, did Miss Smith remain until ha could
linger no longer.
~D.sagwreeable old personr he said with
in himself 1t was just like his luck that
she should have but five minutes walk to her
own door, and that he should not only have