Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-02

without drawing suspicion upon her-
self. Like n wise woman she lett the
smaller. and went in for the larger prize;
a less clever one would have tried Tor
both and have failed. She failed, IL Is
true, by an oversight. She could never
have noticed that the piece of paper
wrapped round the crescent was peculiar
in any way. or she would not have left
IL ON the table among the others. She
tnrncd il of well when Evelyn recOg-
nized il. and made the most of her time.
I She was within an ace of success, but
fate was against her. And Carr lost no
time either. for that matter, for | have
since found out that the telegram she
sent was TO Birmingham, where he was
no doubt hiding. bidding him meet her
I'm London earlier than had been ar
ranged. OF course he set of for the
scene of the accident directly he heard
of il. having received no further COM
munication from her. We only arrived
ten minutes before him. For my part
admired her more than ] ever did be-
fore when the truth about her came out.
/ considered her 20 bee a pink-and-white
noneuitv. without an idea beyond a neat
adjustment of pearl powder. and then
I forrd tnat she possessed brains enough
ro outwit TWO minds of no mean caliber,
namely. YOURS, Middleton, and my
ovn Evelyn was the only person who
Ibod the slightest suspicion of her, and
tbat hardly amounted 70 more than an
instinct. for she owned that she had no
reason to show for nc.
81 wonder Lady Mary was SO COM
/ ,fetalv taken lon by her 20 start with |
II don't, replied Charles. Il have
/ even heard of elderly men being taken
! i'm bv Young ones. Besides, suspicious
people are always liable todiStruSt their
own nearest relatives. especially their
prepOSSeSSing nephewS, and then lay
themselves open TO be taken in by entire
strangers. She wanted 10 get Ralph
married, and she took fancy TO this
girl, who was laying herself out TO be
taken fancy 10. In short she trusted
% her own judgment. and il failed her,
as usual | wrote very kindly TO her
from abroad. telling her how sincerely
| Sympathized with her i'm her distress
at finding how entirely her Judgment
had been nj fault; how lamentably she
had been deceived from first 20 last, and
how much trouble she had been the in
uocenr means of bringing upon the
family. / have had no reply. Dear
Aunt Mary, That reminds me that she
is I'm London now. and l think a call
/ from me- and a personal expression of
sympathy might give her pleasure.
| And be- arose to take his leave.
l mad let Charles go without contra
/ dieting word he had said. because, UNI
forruratlv. was not I'm position TO do
I SD. A. I have said before, l am not
rfvcu 90 SuSpecting friend, eVeS
I though appearances may be against MN.
land still believed In Cars innocence,
/ though must own that was sorry that
ID. never answered any of the numerous
| letters / wrote 90 him, or ever came 10
,., me- I'm London. as had particularly
asked him 90 do. OF course | did not
lba'ieyr chat he was married 20 Aurelia,
for 70 was only ON the word of a stranger
and police Inspector while l knew
from his own lips that be was engaged
no d rountrvwomau of his own. How
ever. Doe that how 10 may, my own rooted
conviction at the time. which has re-
manned mistaken ever since, Is that IN
some wav he became aware that he was
lunfu>tlv suspected. and being, like all
Americans. of q sensitive nature, he re-
Fired ro his native land. Anyhow. / have
Ircyer seen or heard anything OF hun
since. I ann aware that Jane holds
different opinion, but then Charles had
pr.'udized her against him. So much 50
ltaat 10 has ended by becoming subject
Don which We do not converse together.
saw Charles again few months
later. uu Sultry night in July. l was
/ leaving town next day 20 DE present at
RaIul's wedding. and Jane and l were
I -alkiug 10 over towards lO O'clOck-the
/ first cool time i'm the day-when he
walked in. He looked pale and faded as
/ Dee SAT down YEARLY beside Us NJ the open
window and SrOked the cat. which was
\ taking the air on the sill. He said that
ne felt the heat ana he certainly looked
very much knocked up. ! do not feel
heat myself l am glad Oh say.
FL ann going abroad tomorrow he
g. said after few remarks ON other sub
ie,t>. 1T is not merely question OF
pleasure, though | shall Dee glad 20 be
.0l' of London. but have of late become
lam object OF such Increasing interest to
have decided ON taking change OF air Tor
.at.Hc."
-Dl YOU mean 10 say YOU ar6 not 90
Ing down 90 Stoke Noreton for Ralph'S
weddings" l exclaimed Il thought we
should have travelled together, as we
/ once did six months ago.
FL can't go, said Charles, almost
sharply. Il have told Ralph 50.
Il am sure he will bee very much dis
appointed. and Evelyn, TOO. and the
wedding being from her uncle'S house,
as She has no home of her own. Will
make YOU absence all the more marked.
1T must be marked then. but the
voung people will survive il. and Aunt
Mary will bc thankful. She has not
spol,cn 20 me since ! made that little
caU upon her in the spring. When j
mass her carriage I'm the Row she looks
the other way
IL ann glad Ralph has cOnSoled him.
self. said. "A good and charming
woman like Evelyn and nice steady
fellow like Ralph are bound TO be happy
together" 49,,
Yes" said Charles, y suppose they
are. She deserves 10 b. happy. She al
ways liked Ralph. and he is good lei
low. The model young men make all
the summing nowadays. In novels the
good woman always marry the SeaPe-
grace. but il does not seem TO be the
, case in real life
ANYHOW. not i'm this instance. re-
marked cheerfully.
s.No. not i'm this instance, aS you so
iustlv observe" he replied, with a pass
/ inc CLEAN of amusement in his restless.
tired ewes. "And now" producing a
| small packet, las l am not going myself
/ want % give my wedding present to
the bride into your charge. Perhaps
you will take il down tomorrow and
give it into her own hands with my best