Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-11-04
M)eelins Reeistee
THE BURNIHGOF ALLIHGSFORD HOUSE,

1aRS AhASS SoA1 hOuSSS WHICH 10 tAO WV
am speaking of, was not. But Oh the
other hand, the plrk was one Of the no
blest in England, and contained sore
splendid shooting. The kennels aEO, at
no great distance from the house, were T =
nOWned both near aad far. The enormO Is
tout caught in the Alling. which ran
thIo lgh the park, were often ment.O ned iu
the Field, and had furnished many a days
work 70 the lo,al tax 'dermist. Add 10
this that the 10 Use was built Of red brick
and fully insured, and perhaps you will
not feel so much torriie1 when ask you
to come with me and burn it, for that is
what mean to Go.
Rsmem ber what 90 lsend it viii be TO
conversation at local dinner parties for the
next elk months. What story for mine
host at the Eagle in the village to tell for
tbs rest of his life. Then think of the new
curry at Cutstone, which has Just started
working, and Of young Mr.. Smith, the sci
entidc architect, who has scarcely had
single Job sincs he dss'gnei tie Town Hall
so successfully two years ago. 1 admit
that, as rule, barning down family mar
s;ons is 10. nice thing TO 60, aud least of
all at Christmas time; but thiak th2t
YOU will sgree with me that in this cSse the
circumstances render tie act jus ,iiable.
1t was Christmas Eve, aud mos. Os the
guests hal gone TO bed, for, inCe Vi, 1t was
long past twelve o'Cl)ck. But SIR John
and his b other, Colonel Alling ford, still
remained in the smoking room, chatting
over lssi pipo and tum5ler Of tofdy.
well, it's his own fault" said Sir John.
Hes had as coed chance as man could
wish for, ST er dinner, alone with her in
the conservatory t T for nesriy qaar'e7 OF
an hour, tie thermometer standing at
eighty-fye. II rs cou'da't pull himself
together 10 propose then, sll con say is
Il at he n:veT will. The boy ought to be
a'haued of himself
"Yet the ycunss ct is worth dcz OF
the puppies one NEE s nowadays" replied
the Colonel. II shall never 70 9 the day
he got his V. c. ut Asaallaa GsshA. l
fancy can see him nov, filing hack on
our za1e5a wi h scarcely twenty n Il, and
these two KropJs they hal taken ont o.
the Arab fort. Most fellows woul1 have
left thu guns when TINT amtuSh attacked,
and small bltme e:thsr. Mt so Harry;
he knew that if the rebels got them back
they could h4y- gv uS tie ysly dacs OF
a time Cf it Il !e:f1csments came up,
50 he stuck 20 them like man, and brought
them in safely, to-"
4 = f,aa L nj
him? Auy fool n ste that be wants to,
and know that Nina wants 10, snd we sll
want them tc. New, If were de I'd sg3i lst
the match it would have b5en over and nm
isfel lorg 90. Teen the gill WONT htlp
pull him on either. She oCgat to tl;t with
youuS JsrviS."
>'Wsl, well, Jack; TIE things have
wonderful K, ak OF coming tight when
we least expect. Anyhow, cant ses low
our t4lGiIg If tae II ght will Improve
matters. It's ora ter pa one; I'm CT
to Ee1.'
So, after tie master of lhe hcue had
satisfied bims=lf that ell the fasteuiogs
were secure for toe night, tie two ti-e old
brothers It ode rp stars together, ca, die
stick in hand.
''Jack, I believe that window on tie
stairs is open; feel Just like sneez;ng,
and the gallant Colonel pu:lel oat mis-
haudke. chef and with it his pipe, which
merlily gLmtoled down two light o!
stairs, and then, 20 judge by the sound,
shattered itxli on the hal stow.
'My oldmeer ch11m gon9 At last. Never
mind. Hoe no oae trips up over this
stem tomorrow mcrnirg. Goodnight
jack
Good n'gi%."
Thar lelrocms were both on the first
flor, and in half an kolI's time, as bits
healthy old gentle men WITH cl5sr con-
sciences, they were both fast asleep.
More than was Captain Henry Neville,
who lad been f7Verishly pacing his room
for the last htu-, hlrl'y knowing what he
thought of or what ne aid. Promoted cut
Of his tarn for distinguished SEW CO, he
was tie YOU Q st Captain 10 Hsr Msjes'y's
army, and with his sis ht figure, clear skin,
and the VIZ smallest attempt at mus
taChe, Looked mere boy. TLOIgh No rtlI-
ton of the Allingf, rls, re hld been known
to both Others no n his CHILDHOOD, and
was nov IN T. e last week Of ,oag visit TO
their ho1s9. Two months before III had
found that be was locking fcrSaId to this
visit with special impotence, though not
for one minute would he have admitted 1t.
Now that IT wal nearly over ttc-e was no
conceal:ng from himself that he was head
over ears in love with Nina Dsll nStoo, the
Bsronet's niece. But however brave ne
was in the field of b4tle, Master Harry ID
this sff,ir slowed a l6mentatls want Of
courage.
Nina was en- heiTe9s, while Harry g for
tuns was all 10 chancery; that is to say,
there was no telling whether il was his for
tune or somebody e'se's. He thought that
to push his suiE would be to beiray Sir
john kiadaeSs. Who YVES he, pepp'lass
Captain 10 regiment of fo)t, to marry MIRA
Darlington, hires to one Cf tbs finest es-
states in England? 1t hid always ben
Joke ia tie regiment thst ttolgh Melville
was tie best fellow that ever stepped"
he could rcYer be brought 10 thiuk HIM
salt ar hing bat q fool. Even when he
got his Y. c. it did not seem TO him tia
he had Gone angling particularly brave;
he hai GO1e his duty, ar Il so woLl | any Ct
the other fellows. Hence, to such modest
temperament it SEEMED the height Of pre-
sumption to hope that Nina would ever
C,me to rec; p 'ocate his affection lie that
she did so already never occured to him.
Poor Eel Ow, he was really to be pitted;
the Ist fsw days he had looked quite i'll,
taking long walks by himself, and SEEM
ing in society, as one Of his fri-nis tx
pressed it, "as nervous as a cat" And