Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17

J eXplanatorly 10 8 she mas q gOOd
deal to attend to lately, and, I suppose, has
got rather careleSs-that's women's way. But
il / amt bring her round I'll speak to Cash
wiler-rn get him to use his influence with
Mrs Hop. So cheer up, my boy; heI make
it all right"
The appearance OF q bouquet on the table
of Mrs. HopkinSon was no rare event; never
theleSs, Mr.. GaShwtier's was not there. Its
hideous~ contrasts had offended her woman's
eye-it Is observable that good taste survives
the wreck Of all the other feminine virtues
and she had distributed it to make bouton-
nieres for other gentlemen. Yet, when he
appeared, she said to him hastily, putting her
little hand over the cardiac region:
I'm so glad you anne. But you gave me
such q fright Al hour ago"
Mr.. GaShwiler was both pleased and as
founded. What have I done, my dear Mrs.
HopkinSonF be began
@Oh, don't talk" she said, sadly. what
have you done, indeedl Why, you sent me
that beautiful bouquet could not mistake
your taste in the arrangement of the flowers;
but my husband was here. You know his
jealousy. 1 was obliged to conceal it from
him. ~Nersr-promise me NOVEMBER 60 it
again"
Mr.. GaShwiler calamity protested.
mo! l am serious! l was so agitated; he
must have seen me blush"
Nothing but the gross flattery Of this speech
could have clouded its manifest aoSurdity to
the Gashwiler consciousness. But Mr.. Cash
wiler had already succumbed to the girlish
half timidity with which it was uttered.
Nevertheless, he could not help saying:
@But why should he be 50 jealous nowi
Only day before yesterday I saw Simpson, Of
Duluth, hand you o nosegny right before
him!'
SAh," returned the lady, "he was outwardly
calm then, but you know nothing Of the
scene that occurred between Us after you
left"
But gaSped tho practical Gashwiler,
Simpson had given your husband hat con-
tract-a cool fifty thousand in his pocket!"
Mrs Hopkinson looked as dignifedly at
Gashwiler rs was consistent with five feet
three the extra three inches being apyramidal
structure Of st~raw-colored hair, O froad Of
faint curls, = pair Of laughing blue eyes and q
small beltei waist. Then she said, with a
casting down of her lids:
sYou forget that my husband loves me-"
and for once the mink appeared to look peni-
tent. It was becoming; but Us it had been
originally practiced in simple white dress,
relieved only with pale-blue ribbons, it was
not entirely in keeping with befiounccd layen-
der and roSecolored trimmings. Yet the
woman who heSitateS between her moral ex-
preston and the harmony Of her dress is lost.
And Mrs. HopkinSon was victrix by her very
audacity.
Mr. GaShwiler was flattered. The moss dis
solute man likes the appearance Of virtue.
But graccs and accomplishments like
yours, dear Mrs. Hopknson," no said
o~leasinously, belong to the whole cOun-
try" Which, with something between
a courtesy and a strut, he endeavored to rep
resent. And shall want to avail myself
Of all" be added, in the matter of the Castro
claim. A little supper at Welcker's, q glass
or two Of champagne, and a single flash Of
those bright eyes, and the thing is done"
But" said Mrs. HopkinSon, Il have prom
ised Josiah that l would give up ell those
frivohties, and, although my conscience is
clear, you know how people talk! Josiah
hears it. Why, only last night, at q recep-
ton at the Patagonian minister's, every
woman in the room goSSiped about me be-
cause l led the german with him. As if a
married woman, whose husband was in
tsrested in tho government. could not be civil
to the representative of q friendly powerf7
Mr.. GaShwiler did not see how Mr.. Hop
kinSon'S late contract for supplying salt pork
and canned provisions to the army Of the
United States should make his wife Suscep-
tible to the advances Of foreign princes; but
he prudently kept that TO himself. Still, not
being himself a diplomat, he could not help
saying:
But 1 understood that Mr.. HopkinSon did
not object to your interesting yourself in this
claim, and you know some of the stock -"
The lady started, and said:
aStockl Dear Mr.. GaShwiler, for heavens
sake don't mention that hideous name to me.
Stock, l am sick of it! Have you gentlemen
no other topic for a ladyF'
She punctuated her sentence with a mis-
chievous look at her interlocutor. For q
second time, l regret to say, that Mr.. Cash
wiler Succumbed. Tho Roman constituency
,k D.v,,,9 - - e, l., lp,aI - hanpflp
ignorant Of this last detection of their great
legislator. Mr.. GaShwiler instantly forgot
his theme-began to ply the lady with q GER
tain bovine-like gallantry, which it is to be
said to her credit she parried with q playful,
terrierlike dcxtsrity, when the servant sud,
denly announced, MIR. Wies."
GaShwiler started. Not so Mrs. Hopkin-
son, who, however, prudently and quietly re-
moved her own chair several inches from
Gashwiler's
"Do you know Mr.. wilosf she asked pleas
artly.
mol That is, I-ah-yes, I may say
have had some business relations with him, y
responded Gashwiler rising.
Wont you stayT she added pleadingly.
sDo.n
Mr.. GaShwiler's prudence always got the
better Of his gallantry. Not now" he TO
Sponded in som nervousness. Perhaps
had better 60 now, in view Of what you have
Just said about gossip. You need not men,
ton my namc 10 this-er-thiS-Mr. Wiles.
And with ono eye on tho door, and an awk'
ward dash Of his lips at the lady'S fingers, he
withdrew.
There was no Introductory formula to Mr..
WileS' interview. He dashed at once in me
diaS res "GaShwiler knows a woman that,
he says, can help US against the Spanish girl
who is coming here with proofs, prettlneSs,
fascination, and what nOtl You must find
her out
~WhyF' asked the lady laughingly.
Because I don't trust that Gashwiler. A
woman with a pretty face and an ounce OF
brains could sell him out; aye, and u with
him"
~Oh, say two ounces Of brains. Mr.. Wiles,
Mr.. GaShwiler is no fool"