Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-11-25

cons qatnce of the fogy which had for Q
few daysprevailed toward ev,'ning, maxim,
twilight navigation dangerous.
This being Saturday, there was now NJ
other boat TIL Tuesday, and it b:c,a,e OBJ
vlcu5 that hare she would have to Ismair
for the three days unless her friends should
think fit to rig out one of tie island sailing
boats and me to fetch her-a not very
likely contingency, the sea distance beipp
neaily forty miles.
Biptists, however, hsd been detained in
Psnzsnce on more than one o. c ,sion bstore,
either on account of bad weather or some
such reason ss tie pres Mt, and she was
therefore not In any psrsonal alarm. Bat,
"a she was to lie married en- TIE following
Wednesday, the dslay was certainly incon-
Venltnt ID q more than ordinary degree,
sincs it wouli leave less than days intsr-
val between her arrival and tbs wedding
ceremony.
Apart from the awkwardness she did not
much mind the accident. 1t WAS indeed
curious to see how little she minded. Per-
haps it would not be too much to say that,
although che was Going to do the critical
deed of her life quite willingly. she expert
enct d an ind:finable reli: at the post me
ment Of her nesting with Heddegan. But
hsr manner after making discovery Of the
hiudrsnce was quiet and subduej, even to
passiyity itstlf, IS was instanced by her
having, at the moment of receiving iufor-
nation that the steamer had ssiled, re-
piled 'O5," so coolly TO the porter with
her luggage that he was almost di:ap-
pointed at her lack of disappointment.
Tie question now was, should she re-
turn again 10 Mrs. WAGE, ia the Devonshire
village, or wait in the town st which she
had arrived? She would have preferred 10
go back, but the distance was too grei:
moreover, having lefs the place for good,
aud somewhat dramatically, to become a
bride, return, even for so short sp.oe,
would havs been trifls humiliaiing
Leaving, then, her boxes at the station,
her next snxiety was TO secure a ref psct-
abe or rather g'ntetl lodging in the popu.
Ter seaside re ort confronting her. To this
end she looked about the town, in
which, though she had passed
through it half a dozen times, sh
was practically stranger.
Blptista found a room to suit her over a
fruit +re!' shop, where she mlde herself at
home and sat herself in order after her
,urney. An esrly cup of tea having re-
Sised her spirits she walked out to recon-
noiter
Bling a school mi,tress she avoided
looking st the schools, and having a so
of trade conuection with books she avoid
ed Looking at the booksellers, bat weary
ing of the other shops she Inspected the
chu;cIes; not that for her part
she cared much about ecclesiastical
edifces, but tourists looked at them
and so would shea iceeding for which
no one would have credited her with any
great originality, s1ch, for instance, ss
that she subsequent showed herte|f to
p3sNss Toe churches soon oppressed her
St. Mary's was reither old nor new, St.
PAuls was quite new, AID she could fiud
70 others.
Yet the town and the walks in this lard
of stl 4 SbeIries, these headquarters Of early
English II ,wers and fruit, were then, a.
always, attractive. From the more pic
tura ne walks she went to BarbiCau street
and the pier and the hal bor, and looked at
the men at work there, lca1ing and IN
loading as 10 the tina OF the Pfm 1icisns.
mt Bap:ists? Yee, Bsptista it it,
The words were uttered bshind her.
Tuning round, shs gave start and be
came confused, even sgltsted, for q mo.
ment. Then she said, in her utual, uu-
demonstrativa manner: "Oh, is it really
you, Charles?'
Without speaking again at once, ard
with half emile, the newcomer glanced
her over. There was much criticism and
come rceontmont, ovon temper, i'll his eye.
l am g,ing home" continued she.
''But have mis- ed the beat"
He tcucsly seemed to take in the
meaning OF this explanation, in the
intensity of his critical sur-
vsy. Teaching s.ill?" What q
fine school mistress you make, Bsptista,
wa1rsnt.' he said, with a sight flavor of
care lsm which WAS not lost uloa her.
~ know I'm nothing to brag Of" che
replied. That's why 1 have given up"
20 given up? You sstonish me-"
~ hate the profession"
perhaps that's because am in it"
ooh, NJ, it isn't But l am going to
enter on another life altogether. | am
going to be mar led next week to Mr.
Da7id lIaddegan.'
Thu young man, 70. titisd as he was by
natural cynical pride and pssionateness,
WINGED at this unexpected reply, notwith-
standing
WHO is Mr.. David Heddegsn ~ he
asked, as indifferntly IS lay in his power
She informed hi N tia. tie bearer OF the
name was a general merchant of Hugh
Town, st. Mary's Island-her fathers
nearest NEG ibor and Oldest friend.
"Ihan we sh'n't see any thing more OF
you on the mai olaud?" inquired the school
master.
ooh, doa't know about that" said
Miss Trewt1eD.
Here eace.h the career OF thu bale O.
the boarding school your father WAS fool
ish enough to send you to. A general
merchants wife in Sicily. W II you sell
lou.dJ of eoap and pennyworths of tin
tack, or whole bars Of sapon ,ceous matter
ard great tenpenny nsik?"
"He's not in such small way as thatm
she almost pleaded "He owns. shipe,
though they sre rather little ones!
"Oh, well, it is mech the came. Come,
let us walk on; it is tedious to stand still.
l thought you would be ia lure in edrcI-
tiop," ne continued, when ths obeyed him
and strolled ahead. "Y,u never showed
power that way. You remni me much
Ct soma of those women who think they
are sure to be great actresses if they 90 on
the stsgs, bscsu'e they have apretty lace,
and forget that shat we require is acting.
Bat you found your mistake didn't " NJ"
'D1n't tauut me Charles." 1t was 70.
tie able that the young schoolmaste,'s