Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-02
|! MERE INTERLUDE'
ny THOMAS HARDY.
rCOSTINUED !

1s' 49, 10 the railway station, where
% ' ';.,. to.k from her luggage small
b'P''.. r ;r,msdiste uecessarie9 which SIZE
guns ,1 " IN any case have required after miss
F01 -. ho,t. That same afternoon they
.ss, .I up the lire to Truro.
''I r,.,Ie, Stow las his rane was)' despite
I;,I.ipful indifference to things, was
D. co,sCul of appearances, and made
''' ;,n,pey independently Of her, Though
!E' ~, same train. He told her where she
L ~, -, %. hoard and 10 3giDgs in the city,
coG4u - merely q distant rOl to her Of o
aal INA ~ kind, went of to his own quar-
pro- . 80 70 see about the license.
tsrS aG lLn n She SAW him in the morning
u ". tho nave of the pro, cathedral In
't,V S.. ~ ,hsy walkel together IN the
:aS me-, I''s ,rIare he told her that the license
l'.- ,3 b1 ready nexs day, and would be
NV ,ISL,s me day after, when the ceremony
H" ,3 30 reformed as early after s o'clock
~ y thew should choose.
3 n w. Sonrtship, thus renewed after sn in
ii ~ two years, was as lmpetuous,
s e. avsn. as il was SHIRT TIE next
y, w ga ANS and passed, and the final arrange
70. 80 ,gsre y7sd,. Tneir agreement was
:. - 80 the ceremony owe: as soon as they
,sss;5rv could the mex. mO7Licg s. rs te
:, Psuzaace at once, and reach tEat
s'.Ss in tine fer TIE tOat's departure the
s E'..s 5sv 1t was in obediecCe to Baptista's
49, ~, rfo-egt that Stow consented thus
80 Thcl9 journey to Sciliy by lend
-. =, ~, vstsr At one heat, and not 10 break it
;, p.rz,, co: she seemed to be oppressed
.ib dread Of lingering anywhere, this
Sat act OF disObodienc9 10 her parents oace
. 49,, he'd, with the ght on her mind
,sst her home had to be cow sed by the
5;,r,o.rre of it. To face her ditfic llt,es
oy.r the ws.e- Immediately she had created
liam was. however, a course mO;e desired
by B4Dtis'a than by Ger liver, though fJr
orte he gave way.
Tie EEK, morning Yves bright and warm
4. -lase whi.h hsd preceded it, By 8
o'c,os,k i.se med neer Y noon, "a IS ot;e1
- cas. in ;hat PSF. OF England IN the
,rnrsr ssascc. BE- 9 they were husband
,.6 vie. Tkey packed up ard departed
" the eulisst train after the Sc vice, and
a, the way discussed a: lss gtl what she
loud sew on ne ting her -enta CHARLEY
9o,3 .ng the turn Of each phrAEe. Iu her
,,v.e.v tley rad tlav la3 - early that
y5.n thsy reached PERI nee they t uad
,bs.e we're nearly two hours on thar hands
b,toye the steamers time for sailing.
BaD,.s.s was extremely reluctant 20 be
ssD promenading thu streets Of the water
ny NJ re with her hus band till, as shO-e
taxed, tie household at High Town
should k4o9 thu unexpe ted coures Of
events hon her own lips, and it was jdst
,o.b'7 if not likely, that some Scil,Oaisn
riga, BE- pIOwliDg about there, or even
have tore sc-OSs the sea 10 lCOS for re-.
r meet any O1e to wkOn she was known,
and 70 have 20 reply TO awkward questions
a5O1t the strange young man ct her side
bs.o,e her well framed announcement had
ben delivered az p:oyer tine AMI pace,
VS. q tti1g she could Lot ccutempl-ts
win tuuan'mi'y. So, instead of lCosiog
a. lie Shops aud harbor, they went along
lie cas-: a llt;l9 way.
Tie heat o. tie morning was By this
,.ae intense. They clsmbe;ed up on some
Ifs. aa7. while siiti:g there locking
srourd 4, St. Michsel's mcuut and ct6er
cFfe,.s, Charles said to hsr that he tho h5
&c wcul1Iua down to the beach at their
!.et aLd take iust one plunge into the sea.
BaDtitl id not much Ike the idea Of
bairg left sl9ns: it wfs gloomy, she said (;
brt he ASSURED hsr he would rot be goI g
u're than a q1a't.r Ct "a hour at the out
:ls, anil III, TaS lively assCn e1.
Down &c vent, disappeared, appeared
a2aia and lOlked tack. Then he again
gOle.d-d and vani bel, til as q small
T3yer ohi.c, Sc ssg hin emerge from the
nook tha. had screened him. cross the
white i;g OF foam and walk into the IN
lla:;rc mara Of blue, O'cs in the water
lessemed - inclined 20 auIry than b =
Ike; be rema.u nd q Ing time; and, unable
either 70 appreciate his skill or C:i"ci'e
bis Eaat ttls st that distance, she with
d.ew Ger ,y=s tSom the sp,t and gsz 4 q
TIE still oG lire o: ST. MiChSels-now
55sGE!lly :Oltd in gray.
sEe AK y for h. ho1r OF dePslt1!e
sld 70 eoDe p. Olce with tie approaching
ilC,isu ,h.tsEewtu' d have to m lnipulata
IS b.. he nj, sect her into a reverie.
!. VAS TOW TlesdaJ; size VOull reach
lcms Ia the evtn'ng-a very late time,
l1sT woa.t sly; but, IS the d lay was
ls,eav.dsut, they wnnld deem har mar
;sga tO-UOr7ow 20 Mr.. II diegan 5 i'll
Eac.,,e3.e Taen ChHles would have ID
produced from the b 6kgcouad. i was
a'e'nb.c undertaking. to II ink of, ard size
2Io,t r' Z cited her tsmsrty in wedding
50 tulg that morning. The rage of her
Htsr wouli be - crushing; the reproactes
y. 1er mother so bitter; and. p r6aps,
eas'.ss would answer holy, and, perhsp',
@lie estraug mant till death. There had
0Co7m1s.y bssn no alarm about her at ST.
AaiJ :, or somebody would have sailed
;s'os' toUq1ire for her. She had, in a
s;'et written stth3 beginning of the week
,EoNeo o! tue boar at Th;cn she intended
" leave her c)uD'rv school house; al d
'oI lis Der friends had probably pr.
"l's1 tlst by such timirg ,he would run
;!3A OF l,s;ng the Saturday boat. SEE
l1 missed i. aud as 8 conseq ueuce sat
~'s On !as SHIRE s. Mrs. Clgr.es StO~.
MS brought her to the present, and SIZE
.l'ned from the outlines of ST. Nciael's
go1at TO look up for her husblnd's form
LS vas, SO tU a. she could discover, no
STlSsf IN the sea Then he was dressing.
:. 4>IlDga few STEPS she could see where
- clothes lay. Blu: Charles was not BE-
% P41.s:a ,DOkel back sgain at thu water
= o'H''ce'mtn', as if her senses were the
s W. in o; s,ms sleight of hand. Not 3
sSAo' spot resembling mans head or
-! lowed anywhere By this tina she
rs ~ alarmed, and her alarm int snsifed
NC, r-st Sle perceived a little beyond the
os ~ OF nerEu,band's bathing 3 small sr:a
II rNet the quality Of whose suffice diff,r.
s Jol that Of the surrounding exosuse
;-e NVF se vegetation Of Soma Eo7l match