Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-24

EYOu were not DORM nere-uOE
A long pause.
81 observe they call you 'Stanislaus joe
OF course that is not your real Manner
Mem.-Miss Alice had never called him
anything, usually prefacing any request
with a languid, @O-er-er, please, misterer-al"
explicit enough for his station)
@Noh
Mis- Alice trotting after him, and bawl
ing in his ear-Fhat name did you sayi
The man doggedly)-I don't know.
Nevertheless, when they reached the cabin,
after Il ~half-hour's buffering with the storm,
Miss Alice applied herself to her mothers es-
cort. Mr.. Ryder.
What's the name of tue man who takes
care of my horSA"
aStarislaus Joe" responded Mr.. Ryder.
as that allF
mo Sometimes he's called Joe StaniS-
laus."
Miss Alice (satirically)-I suppose it's the
custom here to send young ladies out with
gentlemen who hide their names under an
aliasl
Mr.. Ryder greatly perplexed-Why, dear
me-, Miss Alice, you alters 'peared to me as
gal as was able to take Eeer
Miss Alice G~nterrupSng with a wounded,
dove-like timidity)-Oh, never mind, please!
The cabin offered but scanty acconimoda-
ton to the tourists; which fact, when in
dignantly presented to Mrs. Rightbody, was
explained by the ~good-humored Ryder from
the circumstance that the usual hotel was
only a slight affair of boards, cloth and paper,
put up during the season, and partly dis
mantled in the fall. You couldn't be kept
warm enough there" he added. NeVerthe-
less Miss Alice noticed that both Mr.. Ryder
and Stanislaus Joe retired there with their
pipes, after having prepared the ladies'
supper, with the assistance Of an Indian
woman, who apparently emerged from the
earth at the coming of the party, and dis
appeared as mysteriouSly.
The stars came out brightly before they
slept; and the next morning a clear, unwlnk-
ing sun beamed with almost summer power
through the ShutterleSs window Of their
cabin, and ironically disclosed the details OF
its rude interior. Two or three NANCY, half
eaten buffalo robes, a bearskin, some sus-
piciouS looking blankets, rifles and saddles,
deal tables and barrels made up its scant in
ve1ltory. A strip of faded calico hung be-
fore u recess near the chimney, but so black
ened by smoke and age that even feminine
curiosity respected its secret. Mrs. Right
body was in high spirits, and informed her
daughter that she was at last on the track OF
her husbands unknown correspondent. "Sev-
enty-four and Seventy-five represent two
members Of the vigilance committee, my
dear. and Mr.. Ryder will assist me to find
them"
Mr.. Ryder!' calculated Miss Alice, in
Scornful establishment.
Alice said Mrs. Rightbody, with a Sus-
picious assumption of sudden defence, "you
injurc yourself, you injure me, by this exclu-
sive attitude. Mr.. Ryder is a friend Of your
fathers, an exceedingly we'll informed gentle
man. have not, of course, impaired to him
the extent of my suspicious. But he can help
me to what l must and will know. You
might treat him a little more c~ivilly-or, at
/ lCdSl, " IllllS bSblGA bLlAA " ~ LIZ ~ 'SASI
your guide. Mr.. Ryder is q gentleman, and
not a paid courier"
Miss Alice was suddenly at entive. When
she spoke again, she asked, why do you not
find something about this Silsbie-who died
or was hung-or something of that kinda"
Child said Mrs. Rightbody, don't you
see there was no Silsbie, or, if there
was, he was simply the confdant of that
womanF'
A knock at the door, announcing the pres
ence of MIR. Ryder and Stanislaus Joe with
the horses, checked Mrs. R~ightbody's speech.
As the animals were being packed, Mrs.
Rightbody for a moment withdrew in conf
dental conversation with Mr.. Ryder, and, to
the young lady's still greater annoyance, left
her alone with Stanislaus Joe. Mss Alice
was not i'll good temper, but she folt it neces-
sary to say something.
IL hope the hotel offers better quarters for
travellers than this in summer, she began.
1T does"
Then this does not belong to iti'
No, na'am."
who lives here, thcnf'
II do."
"Ibeg your pardon, " stammered Miss Alice,
Il thought you lived where We hired
where we met you-in-in- You must ex-
cuse me-"
I'm not a regular guide; but as times were
hard, and l was out Of grub, l took the job"
"Out Of grub" Job" And she was the
'Iiph - What would TanrI- Morr;,, sor2 II
would nearly kill him. She began herself to
feel a little frightened, and walked towards
the door.
One moment, misS!"
The young girl hesitated. The mans tono
was Surly, and yet indicated a certain kind Of
half-pathetic grievance. Her curiosity got
the better of her prudence, and she turned
back.
This morning." he began hastily, "when
we were coming down the valley, you picked
me up twice"
81 picked you upf' repeated the astonished
Alice.
"Yes, c~Ontradicted me; that's what l
mean; once when you said those rocks were
volcanic, once when you said the flower you
picked was a poppy. / didn't let on at the
time, for it wasn't my say; but all the while
you were talking l might have laid for
YOU"
II don't understand YOU" said Alice
haughtily.
Il might have entrapped you before folks.
But l only want you to know that I'm right,
and here are the books to show it."
He drew aside the dingy calico curtain, re-
vealed a small shelf of bulky books, took
down too large volunes-one of botany, one
Of geology-nervously sought his text, and
put them in Alice's ouI...etched hands.
Il had no intention she began, half
proudly, half embarraSSedly.
Am l right, miss!' he interrupted.
Il presume you are, if you say So"
That's all, ma'am. Thank you!"
Before the girl had time to reply he was
gone. When be again returned it was with
her horse, and Mrs. Rightbody and Ryder
v,ora ouoit;n- hor DE- lg;. an -.