Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-28


stroking his mustache, and looking very
modestly at lovely Olive.
"I-2r-said my sister had got twins,
Lucy continued $50 she has, you know;
and didn't think it necessary to say it was
thwrco years ago."
bat if you are found outl" Olive cried
laughing.
"Oh, if / am found outr Struggling his
shoulders, as if that was very remote con.
tingency, about which he need not particu-
larry trouble himself.
swell, you did get it, and that's the great
thing" said Olive, smiling. $50 now come
and see the marquee. | was on my way to
see how the men are getting on with it. 1t
is where we dance this evening"" she added,
by way of explanation TO Hardness.
HarkneSs made her Il rave little bow
followed by polite little speech expressive
of Joy at tho good fortune he had to he ono
Of those who wero SO lucky as to have the
chance Of dancing in the big marquee that
evening.
"But you arc really to dance" she said;
ayou are not to get into n corner and look
as if you were simply dying for a cigar"
"Iuever smoke cigars, " lie replied, gravely
Lucy laughed out aloud. 81 should think
not; the very fouleSt bwr!ar-wOoJ you ever
saw in oil your life" he Informed Olive Il
assure you it sets evewry enc in bnrwrackS
COUGHING as soon rs ever he bwrings it out
Have you got it in your pocket, HarkneSsP
81 don't take it to make calls upon ladies,
Hardness answered Now, Lucy. on the
contrary, Miss Weyland, is 80 devotedly at
tacLed to his clay that ne goes so far as to
take il to church with him"
"Not really" she said, smiling up at Lucy,
who began to laugh in a Shamefaced way,
and Redeemed little under the gaze of the
black friuSed gray eyes.
"And a week or two ago" Hardness went
on ruthIe 'sly, che created quite sensation
i'm IIleminSter cathedral, and set all the
grandceS of that distinguished city agog. 1t
WINS such n jok,. We had hal an awful oil
swell Of a general 10 morning service in the
garrison church, and consequently TO lunch
Mt our mess afterwards; and as this Old gen
tleman sat and proscd and prOscd till half
nost three O'clock it was all we could do to
cot out Of uniform and into morning clothes,
md drive down to the cathedral III time for
afternoon service at four OF course Lucy
couldn't d0-do-I mean couldn't lire with
ont a pipr, squeezed i'll somehow or other.
So Lie smoked on, in the cab, and rs we
reached our DIES nation before it was half
finished he just showed it into his pocket and
went innCcently in, as If he had never done
anything half so wicked as smoke a pipS IN
all his life But by anu BY was sitting
! IN the row of stalls immediately below him
i heard fearful scutllg behind ME, and n
smothered laugh, and when lookel round
there was poor Lucy, with face as red as n
turkey cock or his full dress tunic, trying
yainly to get ut his coat tails, and his coat
| tails were smoking and Smudging like fire
mt picnic!
Owes face had been growing moro and
more interested with each word that fell
| from Hardness lips, and her gray eyes
| opened US widely as an astonished chilPs
And how did you put it outs" she do
manded.
Hardness laughed more than ever.
"Od, one Of our officers happened to be
next to him, and promptly crushed the smok-
ing tails into better behavior. An awful
dandy he is, too-qu,te the Snowman of the
regiment, and he was going out to tea after
service. / assure You Lis facs OF concen-
trafei disCust-when the excitement Of the
moment had passed over, and he realized the
| fact that the spiC-and-span yellow gloves
! barracks were for the most part black
! enough for n funeral-was very fine"
@Ol, but gave him mine, and-er-mine
were newt put in Lucy, with an air OF ex-
Postu alton
GOh, then it's really trueT Olive cried, In
surpriSe
"True?-as Cospl," answered Harkness,
| solemnlv; "and if he had happened to sit IN
nv Mace instead of where he did. there is
/ no saving what might not have been the
consciousness For | sat between two OF the
c,ercymen; AMI if Lucy's pockets had burst
| into flames there, an had set the SUPPLIES
on fire, why. that would have been nare-up
no mictake about it,"
"Take care you leave it behind to-day,
Olive 50 i, with laugh, to Lucy; for am
| going 10 wear a muslin frock, and you
| happened to set that on fire out in the open
| should not have the ghost OF chance
am take care never 10 set your fwrock ON
fire." murmurei Lucy, in a very low voice,
so that his friend should not hear it.;
/ then added, as Mr.. Weyland approached
them, IF it were your heart nov, Miss Wey-
| land"
sAhl if it were my heart Capt Lucy
she answered, gayly.
ayes. dear dad; we are going to see your
beloved horses, certainly"
| As the thrce-Olive, her father, and Hark-
ness-moved away in the direction OF the
stables, Lucy found himself singing uncon-
sciouslv, Us he followed them, in very soft
voice, a line or two Of Dives song:
But when my seven long years ars out
| Oh, then I'll marwry Sally;
And Oh how happily wen live!
But not in our aleT.
! Olive heard him and looked back.
EYou don't sing it with much expression,
she said, turning to walk beside him
"Iwoud sing it with expwression enough,
he answered, al l thought they're was the
vewry faintest chance Of Sallys even-looE-
ing at me-
EPoor thinyl7 remarked Olive but with
| l. for 0ha