Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-28
BOGYS NEW BOOK.
rcortinued from See0nd &c. J

No foit that Tula h2d OuIdbou Ms
5ignitv and grossly insulted nm; A'SeI
oneontinr All his favors and all his de-
,otiop after winning his commence
"a ofter he had placed himself n
Sf+5o, whore every emplOye III MS
tti,,isicn had discussed his favoritiSm'
re Girl had put him out OF his own Gag
cd made him walk home. sac nau
irnored his power and deSpised DIS
Wbat Story she could tell the Dan
oerress. and how they would laugh a1
-, 4 Colonel Thompson gave
her orders frequently, for 1t Afforded
Mn, obsoiute pleasure 20 see no" IL
hr,oiliated her to receive them. de was
dad she had sensitive nature
would make his revenge easier but 40
laDew O far more potent means OF sc-
comnlisbipg this than Dy hard WORK az
tbo otice. and the latter was ehlla's
Dlov m the master stroke be hao IN
mind. She might Illustrate his perseca-
riop M the Office; IL she had influence
enough she might secure another posi-
ZION but she could never parry the
master stroke dealt very quietly that
evening al his own dinner table IN
these words:
'.My dear, do not wish either you
or Mamie to visit Tula Fairlelgh AGAIN
She is the mistress Of a certain Con-
Gresham, whose name their Is no need
Of mentioning. I have been completely
deceived in her.
Very quietly dealt, that master
stroke, Letcher Thompson, but none
the less masterful for that.
OF course the lie became current ana
was generally accepted as truth. Iuls
was Stunned and made miseraole-ig-
uorant the meanwhile OF the siander'
Here is what Mr.. Bogy writes;
Nobody knew how the story origlna-
ted. Somebody had told somebody VINO
had In turn been informed by someoody
else. that Tuia owed her position more
IN a certain charm she had exercised
over an important parsonage than 70
the Civil Service, and, though the name
Of the influential victim OF her fresh
Young beauty had not been dlvulged,
various surmises were made and her
name was coupled with that OF u half
dozqn statesmen who were as famous
for their amours as for their eloquence
in Congress.
THAT wicked old Thompson wanted
her all TO himself, said Mrs. Paxton,
a sprightIy graSs-widOw, TO her best
friend, in the dreSSing-rOom. las soon
as he found some one else had been
before him the old wretch was mad, OF
course, and that is the reason he has
stopped his attentions to her"
"wELL, DON'T CARE"
returned Miss Grinder, as she arranged
her blondined curls. "She was never
civil TO anybody, and she posed for
saint"
DolHe Dangerness pitied Tula; yet
she dared not express her sympathy.
She knew that her own reputation was
bad. and she feared to make Tula's
worse by manifesting deep friendship
for the wretched, maligned girl. So
quite uuwillingly she ignored the clerk
from Missouri, still secretly longing for
time to help her.
Herbert Brown hears the cruel story
against lula and resolves to help her.
He gives her good advices and seeks his
fancee, asking her, q young
woman Of high social standing,
to befrlend lula. The society
woman refuses, giving her refusal the
weight Of the following argument:
"Wen, II l did what you ask, II
called on and recognized this girl as my
equal socially, because she has fallen
under the dlspleasure of her chief, l
ought TO do 10 for every other girl In
similar position, and all the girls In my
set ought, In duty bound, to go and do
likewise. What would Do the result2
It would break down all social barriers
and social barriers must DO maintain
ed. The very preservation of society
demands it. What is the happiness OF
one or twenty or a hundred girls 20 the
preservation OF society? And you ask
me % take this first Step-me, whose
opinions are so pronounced and well
known
TIE STORY BEVERTS
TO Col. Thompson. The situation is
told in this way:
The day following the Svening OF Her
bert Browns call had not been pleas
ant one for lula at the Office. Letcher
Thompson's hatred of her had become
passion, but seeing her, being so near
her day after day, other and older pas
SiOns commenced TO work, and TO I'M
dermine his hatred. At times, when
the battle was ferceSt, he would look
az her from behind his paper for long
intervals, and as the perfect figure and
fair face Of the girl impressed his senses,
he would make up his mind 10 plaCate
- 4
thing, and try 10 all over again. But
he could never approach the subject.
She never spoke 60 him unless it was alb
solutely unavoidable, and II their eyes
ever did meet his only encountered a
hard glance that was very unnatural TO
the gentle face, and that be could not help
feeling was for his own special benefit.
But, however hard the path Of virtue
may prove at times, the way Of sin is
generally an easy one, and the devil
generally finds a means OF removing the
barriers on his thOrOughiare.
BE that as it may, Letcher Thomp-
son, having that afternoon imbibed
large quantities OF certain elixir
which might have been labeled ''The
Devils Own, but wasn't, made bold to
speak to Tula.
''Miss Fairleigh," he began awk-
wardly. She turned towards him with
flushed face and angry eyes. But he
waived that.
LET by-gOnes be by-gOnes between
you and me" be said. you treated
me pretty mean after all did for you,
and have been hard on you for il; but
what's the use of Quarreiling forever?
! will make it easy enough for you here,
and you can have what salary you want.
Only make it uD. Saw you'll 20 driving