The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-08
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED.


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bleating. The bullet threw up a spun
Of mudto the right OF the wced.wreathe,
piles. EJ e N
"Tbrows high and 10 the right. 70,
try, Maiaic. Mind, irs loaded nj
round" @7i T77tS
/ Maisio took the pistol and s,eppe,
delicately TO the verge OF the mud, he
hand firmly cloeed on tho butt, her lei
eye and mouth screwed mp. Dick sn
down on n tutt OF bank and laughed
Amomma returned very cautiously. II,
was accustomed to strange experience
In his afternoon walks, and, finding tn,
cattridge.box unguarded, made investi
cations with his nose. Nlaisle fred, bu
could not ace where tho bullet went.
VI think 1t hit the post, she said
shading her eyes and looking out across
the saillesH sea. 1- $40
u know 1t has gone out 10 tho Ma
ration Bell Buoy" said Dick, with ,
chuckie. Fire low and TO the left
then perhaps you'll got 1t. Oh, look n,
Amomina he's eating tho Csrtfidgesl'
Maisie turned tho revolver in Lel
hand, just in time 10 see Amomma
scampefing away from the pebbles Dick
threw after him. Nothing Is sacred 10 a
billy'goat. Being well fed and tho at!oreJ
Of bis mistress, Amomma had naturally
swallowed two loaded pin.fre cartridges.
Maisie hurried up TO aHsurc himself that
Dick had not miscounted the tale.
"fe8, he's eaten two."
"Hurrid little beast! Then thcy'll
ogglo about inside him and blow up,
and sesve him right. Oh, Dick
have l killed your ~
Revoivers are tricky things for Young
hands to deal with. Maisie could mol
explain how 1t had happened, but n veil
OF rteking smoke separated her from
Dick, and she WAS quite certain that the
pistol had gone oil IN his face. Then she
heard him sputter, and dropped on her
knees beside him, crying, "Dick, yon
aren't hurt, arc you? | didn't mean it,.
"Of course you ton't,s said Dick,
emerging from the smoke and wiping his
cheek. "Rut you nearly blinded me,
That powder stuff stinga awiully." A
neat little splash OF gray lead on stone
showed where the bullet had gone.
Maisie began to whimper.
Don't" said Dick, jumping to his
'eet and shaking himself. Pm not Il
bit hurt" ~ :"
mo, but I might have killed YOU"
protested Maisie, the corners OF her
mouth drooping. "Wha. should l have
done then p . n
"Gone homo and told Mrs. Jennett."
Dick grinned at the thought; then, soft
ening, "Please don't worry about ii. Be-
sides, we are wasting time. We've got
10 get back to tea. I'll take the revolver
a Bit" w
Ataisie would have wept on tho least
encouragement, but Dicks Indifference,
albeit his hand wan shaking rs he picked
up the pistol, restrained her. She Law
painting ION the beach while Dick method.
lcally bombarded the break water. "Got
It at last!" he exclaimed, as q lock OF
weed flew from the wood.
LET me try" said Maisie, imperious.
". "I'm all right now" They fired in
turns till the rickety little revolver ear.
ly shook itself to pieces, and Amomus
The outcass--because he might blow up
at any moment-browsed in the back.
ground and wondered why stones were
thrown ut him. Then they found balk
Of timber floating in pool which was
commanded by the seward alope OF
Fort Keeling, and they sat down TO-
gether before this new target.
tNext holidays" said Dick, az the now
acknowledgement revolver kicked wild.
ly in his hand, well get another pis,
fire, that will carry farther"
"Tnere won't be any next holidays
Tor me-" said Msisio. "l'm going away"
"Where to?"
~ don't know. My lawyers have
written to Mrs. Jennett, and I've got to |
BIO educated somewhere-in France, per-
haps-1 don't know where; but shall
be- glad to 60 away"
81 shan't like it bit. suppose |
shall be left. Look here, Maisie, is it |
really true you're going7 Then these |
will be the last shall see any,
thing of you; and l 20 back to school
next week. I wish"
The young blood turned his cheeks
scarlet. Maisie was picking grass tufts
and throwing them down the slope at a |
yellow sea.poppy nodding all lJy itself |
TO the iilimitable levels Of the mud.hats
and the mill-white seq beyond.
81 wish," she said, after q pause, that
L could zee you again sometime. You |
wish that too?"
"Yes, but it would have bsen better
lf-it-you had-shot straight over there
down by the breakwater.""
Maisie looked with large eyes for a
And this was the boy who
only ten days before had decorated !
horns with cut-paper ham,
frills, and turned him out, bearded dc.
rision, among the public ways! Then
she dropped her eyes: this was not the
boy. 5go
Don't be stupid" she said, reprov-
ingIy, and with swift instinct attacked |
the side issue. "How sehsh you are
Jus. think whatI should have felt il
that horrid thing had killed you! I'm |
quite miserable enough already"
"Why? Because you're going away
from Mrs. Jennett ?"
NO"
"From me, then ?' F5
No answer for a long time. Dick
dared not look at her. .Ho felt, though
he did not know, all that the past four
years had been 10 him, and this the
more acutely since he had no know.
leege to put bis feelings in words.
II don't know" she gaid. II suppose