Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-09-01

picion in bis mind. The others locked at
I me too, and there was an awkward silence
/ when Levens had finished speaking, and l
could see that they scented something
wrong somewhere and that / was mixed
up in it somehow; so ] think I'd better 90
Il should be more comfortable else
where"
AS he finished speaking a sudden idea
occurred to me.
You bad a great wish to 90 abroad az
ter your fathers death, Horace; have you
that wish still?" He looked at me IN
ouirinely. Because, if you have, " / went
on. 81 think l can help you. How would
Won like to 20 out 70 our Melbourne house
far q year OF two.
The cloud on his face lifted as If by
magic. $500,
''Do you really mean it, Gsrald?' he
cried forgetting in his deligh. the stiff
"Nr. Ouinton" which had amused me.
1T would be the best turn You could pos
sihly do me.
when could you be ready to sail?"
Ready? Nov. On Monday-any
I time vcu like 20 name'
NAY, nay; stay and see Cynthia and
me made one first, - said, smiling at his
/ Quickly fred enthusiasm. The Sorata
sails on Wednesday, and you could over
/ take her at Plymouth on Thursday night.
/ is that soon enough?'
For an answer he stood up and took my
hand, and there was signs OF tears IN his
eyes
You and have never been very good
/ friends he said, with a sense Of shame
I IN bis manner at last. You have always
I Thought I behaved badly 20 Cynthia, snd
/ have always resented your interference
/ between me and my own sister. l have
behaved like a beast all the way through,
and Reg your pardon, and am very CRATE
iul to you
"There's nothing to be grateful to me
for. bat I'm glad you can see you have
been rough on poor Cynthia. Now for
1 business. I'm going TO give you chsque
| for twenty-five pounds-you're sue to
want some extra things After the we'd
ding Pn give yOu another ten for your
wine bill. going ont, and this you must
manage on. I've had one or two heavy
expenses lstely'-his face flushed quick
/ lv. and I saw that foolish Cynthia had told
him something-"sO that 1 cannot afford
to be munidcenr."
ITS more than I deserve" he muir
INJURED.
Then if YOU really think so, try to de-
serve it better By letting Cynthia hear OF
vour doing well out yonder. LIS not my
/ way TO lecture you, you know, Horace,
ard don't want to impose conditions OF
bind Won down in any way, because i
don't believe it ever does q bit OF good
but, if you care for yOrr sister the least
bit in the world, show IL by steering clear
Of .ba horse racing fraternity, my boy.
And now must be Of l wish l could
come out 20 Kentish Town with you but
. it is impossible; have an appointment at
4 o'clock. Don't trouble TO come TO the
Office again unless you wish 10. You'll
have plenty to do between now and Thurs
dav morning, and III set things right with
Lsvens. BY the by, don't think l shall
see either Cynthia o. you sgain before the
fatal day-so, remember, 1880 sharp at
the chuTchw
lie wrung my hand and left the room
but he opened the door again the instant
be had closed il TO say
"pluever puta shilling on horse again
as lorg az I hve-I swear it!'
When got back to Clayhill that night
told my mother and Jem what l had
done with regard to Horace, and they re-
iOiced openly over the plan.
1T will relieve poor Cynthia for q
while, at any rate, - said Jem, although
the wretched cub is SUE to turn up sooner
or later 10 wear her lie out Of bel"
had told them that Oynthia's past
worry had been due to Horacs's gambling
debts, ard Jem's indignation had known
no bounds; but on the subject of the
chequs I had been as silent IS the grave.
"Have yo7 seen Cynthia to-day, Ger
ald?' said Jsm.
'No," l answered; ''I have been too
busy
1--WE went up this morning and tried
hard to persuade her to come down and
spend tomorrow with us, but she would
not hear of it,. It would be her last Sun.
dav with Horace, she said, and she must
\ have him quite TO herself she Is so
| strangely quiet and self possessed, she
/ seems to me TO be in quite dreamy stale.
I She started in most extraordinary man
/ ner once or twice to-day when l pestered
l her for an answer to my questions. The
mother says her nerves are shaken by be
/ inc so hurried over her marriage; but 1t
seems unnatural to me for woman to be
so scared at the prospect Of marriage with
I a rnan size cares for. 1 don't think 1t
would affec. me like that.'
Although I should have found 1t diff
cult TO put my thoughts on the subject III
to words, it is nevertheless a fact that
Jem's remarks produced a certain new
anxiety in my mind about Cynthia. did
not like 20 think Of her as being so calm
and still, so intent upon her own thoughts
as TO need an emphatic reminder 10 recall
her to whs. was going on ronnd her.
Considering how thoroughly satisfied l
was with my scheme for her cure, 1t was q
little surprising thst, when Wednesday at
last arrived, i. found me tortured with a
certain unaccOuntable conviction that
something bad gone wrong
I slept late in the morning, for had
lain awake well on into the small hours,
thinking Of many things, and moment 1
began TO recover consciousness before I was
sufficiently awake to think clearly, was
in terror Of some impending misfortune.
When was at last fully aroused from
sleep, my first clearly formed thoughts