Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-04-26


aud waned rs other days. The Oculist,
a tiay man with reputation which it
took two continents to hold, came and
did his work and went his way, leaving
behind him success, Joy and the GER
tainty, humanity speaking, of permanent
cure. For months TO come the utmost
care, quiet and caution were enjoineds
and then, II all things should so well,
the night Of years would give place to
the bleSSedneSS of sunshine.
During the operation the patient had
been held under an anOdyne, and when
she came again to herself it was TO tind
the bandage still over her eyes and all
external circumstances much as they
had been. Her disappointment was in
tense.
"You did not let me see" she said re-
proachfully, ''and wanted to see-just
one little blessed glimpse of light after
all this long darkness.
They comforted her with reports Of
the success of the operation and the
oculist's cheering forecast, and preach
ed patience to her, as though she need
ed it, and also as though the flag end of
siege Of patience were not just the
hardest part of al.
Royals plans for departure had been
made and announced. but he fingered
for day or two, treating his resolution,
and anxious likewise for little rest be-
fore more happenings should come.
you had better 20 and be done with
it, Mrs Hart insisted. ''You can't
tell her yet, because she's woman and
will certainly weep when told, and tears
at this juncture would be ruipouS.
You'll be obliged TO come back in a
couple of months 10 meet the executors,
aud then you can make q clean breast
all around"
Even Phyllis was sensible about it, a
great deal too sensible, Royal thought.
He would like 20 have seen her manifest
more desire 20 keep him with her. In
his rapidly growing absorption in his
new emotion he neglected 10 allow for
the fact that the girls heart was too full
OF the gloria i'm eXcelSiS over her own de-
liyerance 10 admitof much fretting over
tribes But, then, when did an absence
of months from the side of the beloved
ever appear triae in the eyes of man
In love? To Royals thinking the women
but particularly PhylliS-diSplayed a
callOuSness that was indecent. Love, as
we'll As amour prOpre, was wounded, and
be felt sore, restful and very low in his
mind.
do YOU think she'll ever forgive ne?"
be gloomily inquired Of Mrs. Hart on
the eve OF his departure. Il don't see
how she can myself. 1t seems such u
horEid job TO have put up on womanl
Ii didn't look that way at the time TO
me, OF TO John Royal either, that I'll
swear. IL looks tremendously different
now from what'it did then.
Which il is not TO be wondered at, con-
Siderins that love had provided him with
the capacity for another point of view.
Mrs. Hart turned her head away and
laughed in secret places. She saw how
it was with him, and gloated over il.
The solution of the difficulty would
come In the natural and SOul-satiSfying
way dear 70 the heart of woman who
healthny loved romance.
There is no reason under heaven
why she shouldn't forgive you, she re-
sponded, cheeringly. "YOU did crazy,
witlesS thing, but you did il with good
intentions, and entan yled yourself as
badly as you did her. And you are GER
tainly doing your utmost to redeem
your foolishness. Don't be diSheart-
ened. When Phyllis shall have gotten
over the shock OF your change OF iden-
/ tity things will adjust themselves and
she'll adopt you. Come back when the
| frution of her hope is fresh on her, and
You'll find her in too sOftened and
thankful a mood TO admit of harsh
| Judgment"
Royal gravely regarded her.
After all" he observed, Specula-
lively. "a live dog is better than a dead
lion"
If you ike 20 put it that way she
/ laughed. To me is sounds untlatter-
I Ing, and do not admit the inference. "
Then they spoke OF other matters.
The light in the parlOr was Subdued,
I for the shades We're lowered. 1t was
/ irkSome 10 Phyllis TO be confined to
/ one room, and Troublesome TO other peO-
pie TO run about and lower shades, so
Mrs. Hart kept the whole house dark
ened. aud CROPPED and stumbled about
herself the greatest amiabiiity, COM
polling her servants and guests TO do
the same. Sometimes, however, when
Phyllis was not In the room, she
would pull up a shade and let In flood
OF light. 90 convince herself, she said g,
that the was only by choice an owl. She
uncovered q window now and stood be-
side e. talking TO Royal.
Neither OF them noticed that Phyllis
had entered the room. She knew her
way about perfectly, and was seldom
awkward or unfortunate. The trSt in
timation they had OK her presence was a
low. delighted laugh. They started and
turned, 70 find her in the full light of
the window, shading her uncovered
eyes with her arched hands, from one
OF which daugled the bandage.
Mrs Hart jerked down the shade with
quick exclamation at her rashneSS. and
ROYAL caught the silk from her hand
and replaced IL over her eyes She sub
mitted, laughing softly an the while,
and paying not the faintest heed 10
their reprOacheS.
IL have seen. have seem" she kept
murmuriug with eXultation.
After moment or TWO she said. In a
different voice:
"How changed you are, John, Quite
like q different man. I never should
nave known YOU iu the world"
CHAPTER NJ.
For miles out from q thriving city of
the west wagon track leads into the
mountains; not into the heart Of the ad
jacent mining district, for there the
plethora of ore is great enough TO re-
quire speedier methods of disagreement
than can be- furnished by mule teams,
but back into the wilderness of the ran
yes which rise crest on crest, summit
above summit, and melt and blend in
the violetS and puppies OF illimitable
distance. The road, little used in later
years for heavy traffic, has become
scarcely more than an old trail, but af-
fords pleasant. if circuitous route to
some of the isolated mining camps hid
den away ia the canyons.
The city lies in a gulch, which it has
outgrown, and from which it has thrust