Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-21

/ landed NJ IlNerpOol. anu tne next Jay
he made it all right. No thanks TO
YOU, though. How popular you Will
become before longif you go on med
ding with other peoples affairs IN this
way"
Il am very glad tina, Thorold has got
what he wanted, said Lord GulSe
meekly. lit was 20 fault Of mine that
he didn't get it before, or that Miss Les
lie had contriyeG 20 offend The other two
men. Personally hadn't a word TO say
against her. >,
..Oh. no: YOUR machinatiOuS were d.
ra,.red against somebody else. Well, |
ann very much obliged 20 you, am sure.
I You certainly know how to avail your
self of the privileges Of an old friend,
land 10 isn't strict regard for ceremony
/ that IS ever likely 90 Inconvenience
you"
Lord Guise sighed.
All, YOU are In q different mood to-
+ dav from the one that you were in when
saw YOU last, said he.
That was an interlude. told you
81 nj the time Occasionally one does
like 10 forget the truth about ones old
friends for an hour o. two, If one can. "
But perhaps you don't know the
rrnth. Sybu. Anyhow I don't want to
defend myself now; only want to de-
fend YOU against yourself. l have a
horrible fear that you may be tempted
10 throw yourself away upon little,
low born alien.
"Oh. YOU really would consider that
throwing myself away2 I ShOuld have
thouoht that. setting one thing against
another. YOU would have placed me
pretty much on Jhe same .eye. with Mr..
Schneider
You say that 90 veX r-e. rot becauSe
Won believe il. For heavens sake,
Svbil. don't make thc mistake OF imagin
inc that any amOgn, OF wealth could
atone 10 YOU for The humiliation OF call
ing that man your husband.
He is = very decent sort o, man in
his wav." said Lady Belvo.r.
Your butler aud your cOachman are
very decent sort OF men in their way,
have no doubt Come, Sybil, don
often ask favor Of you, do l? AT least
promise me that whatever happens you
won't marry Schneider?
1 why should I make such promise
have told you already what my view
upon these things are. There Is one
right person; all the rest are so Verl
Z much alike in point OF responsiveness
p that il is hardly worth while to draw
I distinctions between them.
70 is there right person n your case?
= asked Lord Guise; and his voice wa'
Z not very steady a. he put the question
b WHO knowS9 Ii there were l should
e hardly tell YOU, should l? A. any rate
e don't think any such person Is iikel.
e 10 interpOSe between me ana Mr.
l. Schneider
r Lord GuiSe remained silent. Within
him was raging desperate conflict o
which his interlOcUtOr was fully cognl
Y zant. and which she watched with mucl
a satisfaction through her half-clOSed eye
e lids. 1t ended abruptly, after the fash
: ion i'm which she had quite anticipated
T that il would end. Starting 10 his fee
and grasping his hat, he said:
}; ..Wen. | can do no more than protest
;, and that isn't much good All the same,
4 l felt that could do no less. Good-by
Svbil: thank you for having listened K
l. me 50 patiently
n Not AT all" answered Lady Belvoi1
: politely; lit has amused me very mucl
: 10 listen 10 you, I assure you.
II With that she gave him her hand an'
II a queer look which caused him to lowe
I. his eyes hastily and the interview ter
Z minated.
About an hour after this Smartl
e attired and complacent looking gentle
' man of low stature stepped briskly NJ
e 10 the door of Lady BelyOir'S mansion
i and inquired whether her ladyShtp wa
, AZ home. This gentleman was not un
known to her ladyship'S dOmeSticS, VIII
q may have received instructions respect
:. ing him, for he was NJ once admitted
Z and conducted upstairs. Mr.. Schnei
u der had perhaps 10 right 20 look com
II placent or 10 feel hopeful: yet tn
l. world had gone 50 remarkably We
with him of late that his sell confidence
y .iiillogical, was not wholly unnatural.
r During the summer and autumn h
~ had largely increased the number OF nj
j ariStOcratic acQuaintances; he had ha
t. 2 singularly successful racing season
4 he had become a member OF pariamen
re and he had looked into his affairs wit
re most satisfactory results. Finally, h
y had been informed, through what ha
lie appeared TO him TO be an Inspired char
D. mel. that Lady BelyOir had arrived /
l. London. All these things caused hiI
y 20 believe that his star was in the a>
Ie cendant, and his heart beat with i0you
"a anticipation a. he mounted the stair
with which he had been 50 agreeabl
? familiar six months before.
Yet. after the lapse of barely half a
fo,-orfsa of fortune mig N
J. have been seen retracing his steps wit
q a sadly creStfallen mien. As he paSse
u out of the door he glanced SuSpiciouSI
l. al the servants to see whether the
u We're smiling; he actually forgot I
: smooth his hat before putting it on. ant
e he wandered away as il he neithe
g knew nor cared whittier he was going
u which was in truth, the case. PoSSibl,
= il was unconscious cerebration that tool
g him 10 a club of which both be and Lore
-' Guise were members; for 1t Is certain
J. that of all people the last whom he dc
= sired TO see at that moment was Lore
GuiSe.
Lord Guise, however, desired yer,
u much TO see him. and it was Lore
= GuiSe'S habit to take what he wanted
He took poor Schneider by the arm an'
: led him into an untenanted room
Well" said he. ''what luck? y
: course | know where you have been"
Its all up" answered Schnelde
{ gloomily; ''She'll have nothing to say Il
| me-"
GuiSe made an effort to conceal the
satisfaction which he felt. and evinc'
the sympathy which he did not feel. L
, was not very successful one: but thai
! was of little consequence, for his friend
/ was not looking at him. He said:
''Well, you see, Schneider, no woman
likes to be cut. You would have done
better 70 go abroad, like ThOrold and