Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-08-16

"Mr. Maitland was here to-day, 1 am
told. am sorry 1 didn't see him.
should have liked to see him."
81 don't think you would" L
answered. HE isn't much to look at,
and as conversationalist he cannot be
called brilliant. He had no news to
give me, except that certain Sir Ed
ward Sutton is dead. He seemed 10
think that would interest me; but, as
have never had the pleasure OF meeting
Sir Edwar dSutton, it didn't"
Well. of course l was watching him
narrowly while l spoke, and OF course
noticed how the color rushed into MS
pale cheeks. He told me, in rather
unsteady voice, that he had known Lazy
Sutton all his life, and believe he went
so far as to add that he was sorry to near
Of her bereavement. He changed the
subject with suspicious haste, but that
he had not put it away from his minu
was proved by the irrelevant rephes
which he returned to each successive oo-
servation that I laboriously made until
1t was time for him to go to bed. Wnen
l wished him good night he made me a
little formal speech in which was
thanked for my great kindness and hos
pitality, and assured me that he couid
not remain much longer as ourden
upon my hands. He hoped that In Few
DAYS he would be strong enough TO
travel I'D to London, where he had some
business to transact. Did l, he in
opired. happen to know whether Sir
Edward Sutton had died in London?
Because, If so, he would call upon the
disconsoate widow.
was not able to enlighten him upon
that point, but the next morning ascer-
tanned, by searching through back copies
OF the Times, that the late baronet had
expired about a fortnight before at his
residence In Berkeley square, and l lost
no time in acquainting him with the cir
cumstance. Perhaps l half expected that
this would lead him to speak more frank
ly to me, but it did not. He only seemed
to be perturbed and excited, and several
times during the day he reiterated his
desire to get up to London as soon as
possible.
Now it was simply impossible for him
to incur any such fatigue, and the effect
OF his mental disturbance was to throw
him back, and bring on return OF the
feverishness from which he had been
free for some time past. DR.. Bowles
was not at all pleased when he saw bis
patient.
"Mr. Longfeld has been worrying
himself, Miss Selby," his medical adj
&r1A in t0n4
voice. THAT won't do, you know. III
we are to have worry won't be answer
able for the consequences. l don't
think you quite realize how little
strength the young man has to spare.
realized, at all events, that it was
necessary to relieve him from worry,
and that must be my excuse for the
course which l determined to adopt. If
there was any indelicacy-and l dare
say there was-in my seeking out, with
In a few weeks of her widowhood,
woman who was a total stranger
to me and questioning her as to
whether she still remained true
to her first love, l couldn't help
it. 1t was not delicacy that was
likely to restrain me from doing any
thing in my power to save Jacks life.
So discovered that it was incumbent
upon me to hold a consultation with my
solicitors, and having instructed Mrs.
Robertson to telegraph for me at once
if any change for the worse should take
place in Mr.. Longfeld's condition, be-
took myself to the hotel in Brook
street, which l have frequented ever
since I came of age.
am not generally accounted nery-.
Gus person, but cannot deny that ex-
perienced considerable trepidation and
discomfort as Irang Lady Sutton'S door
bell 1 was going to do very bold and
unconventional thing, and the chances
were largely in favor Of my motives be-
ing misconstrued. The butler informed
me, with an air of grave surprise, that
her ladyship was not receiving visitors
at present, but gave him my card, tell
ing him to say that had special reason
for asking TO be admitted, so, after
short interval, during which two sable
clad footmen had kept an eye upon me
lest should decamp with the umbrellas,
was requested to walk up stairs.
ASH entered the drawing room, who
should come bounding out and almost
knock me over but Granville Maitland,
M. P! He looked slightly confused,
but did not explain his presence or ask
for an explanation of mine; he only
mumbled something, which l suppose
was meant for greeting, and trotted
down stairs very quickly. don't know
whether he was as much astOnished as
was, but ! could not devote more than
second or so to thinking about him,
because Il had to concentrate all my
mental powers upon Lady Sutton and
the unauthorized mission which | had
undertaken on Jack Longfeld's behalf.
She was very pretty little woman,
with golden hair and blue eyes, and l
hope it is not i'll natured to say that she
had evidently taken some pains to rem
der her widows garb attractive. As
she held a pocket handkerchief In her
hand, and as her eyelids were rather
red, ii was to be presumed that she had
recently been in tears, though whether
these had been shed as tribute to the
memory of her late husband seemed
less certain. One comfort was that she
knew all about me and about Jacks ac-
cident. Mr.. Maitland, who had been a
most kind friend to her, had given her
all the particulars, she said.
"And il you have come for-for the
reason that suppose, Miss Selby," she
continued hesitatingly. you may feel
assured that you have nothing to dread
from me. Mr.. Maitland, l know, has
told you my story, and l am sure you
must have concluded, what is perfectly
true, that l have justly forfeited any
claim that l may ever have had upon
Mr.. Longfield."
81 think you have" 1 answered can
didly-for, although had foreseen the
sense in which she was likely to inter-
pref my visit, l was not the less annoy