Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-10-02

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ou.PTER XVIII.
,rrry OF ROB ANGUS.

81 wander sway run uttu'
en- y IN his back on Ben-Shee'
,l5 reking the glen of Quharity
na''S5 IA gIsss. IL was a purple
p , 49, prder a sky OF gray and
t white thread that was the
8l'u twisting round heavy
Ioa~ ,rtainside and a broken
b o. AVER that was the Quharity
saG o. bsrk aud forward in the
gglls stream reluctant 10 be
I @, the naked eye they were
,.saks that overlooked the
o.-.' erarv side but the south. 1t
Iy- .ss mountains, however, but
l.i tsa, Interested the Colonel
i'.1t -Es was sitting up frOwning,
ID. +, what he saw.
-s .tsc.ump Of trees to the north,
.l on elem Quharity Lodge warm
~. man and a lady emerged on
They had not advanced a
vqris. when the male rider
ny. go as If for something he had
TheIady rode forward alone.
5s.tr.ln came into sight about
lime a mile TO the south Of the
'- Tb, feld-glaSs lost him a
zines but be was approaching
md be aud the rider must soon
,s,res. habitation to Col. Abin-
ma school house, which was
ann hundred yards distant. 1t
9o the other side of the white
.-5 is approached by a straight
5-or which heavy carts can jolt
SIMMER months. Every time the
-~i,ii goes up and down this path
s,5.s take part Of it along with
There is a stone In his house,
p, the door, which is clipped and
N owing 20 his habit of kicking it
me mud OF his boots before he
inside. The dominic was at pres
-f1- listleSsly on the dixie that &C
,,aiss this path TO the highrOad.
Colonel was taking no intereStin
,s5eyrian as yet, but he sighed as
rbei the lady ride slowly for
Where the road had broken
--b bump ia the valley her 1.-the
n green stood out sharply as a
---,s against the high ragged bank
earth. The Colonel had rec
his daughter, and his face was
bed.
-rg an the time they had been at
d-s be had never mentioned Rob
ii name % Mary, chiefly because
had rot given him a chance TO lose
prrer. She had been more demon
frs I'm her love for her father than
d and had anticipated his wants in
ttbat rr3ti6ed him 81 the moment,
Iurbad him afterwards. In his
\ Ace she seemed quite gayly happy
blhaj noticed that she liked 70 slip
/ ybl 90 the hillside by kerell ana
lre alone for hours az time. Sir
i stt D0wt0n was still at the lodge,
W. Colonel was respondent. he
n ysrv wei that without his consent
h would never give her hand 10 any
but be was equally aware that
b.su1wer ended. Where she got
4 notions be did not know, but since
4 became his h0usekeeper she had i'm
s,ai the Colonel CuriOuSiy. He was al
6ading himself taking for granted
4 purity 10 be something so fine that
a00yed him 90 be careful. Mary
.c,ed other people in the same way.
~ came 60 know that she was very
person, and so in her company
b became almost fine persons them
s. Thus the natural goodness Of
1ani asserted itself. OF late the
f 1e. had felt Mary'S presence more
j ever; he believed in her so much
al 90 his anDoyance) that she was a
zion 20 him.
|Yhle Col. Abinger sat in the heath
! P-rtlrbed in mind, and trying 70
Isllds himself that 10 was Mary'S
B. the pedestrian drew near rapidly.
ie1ty be and the rider would meet
u le school house, and before the
rider, who had again emerged from
cump of trees. could make up on
companion.
DE dominic, who did not have such
lee Of the outer world as this every
came 90 the end of his path to have
oS az the persons who were nearing
.IOu opposite directions. He saw
,1e pedestrian wore an elegant silk
and black coat, such as were not to
900 10 these parts. Only the delve
which he walked suggested a man
b TlrumS.
-ia pedestrian made o remark about
weather as be hurried past thedom-
Ha was now so near the Colonel
bis face could be distinctly seen
olgh the teld-glasS. The Colonel
cat and turned white and red. Then
tEg.ass jumped quickly to the
asoll pan. The pedestrian started
e2g5e suddenly in sight of her,
TIE same moment her face lit up
Pr The Colonel saw it, and felt
is heart. The glass shook in
tnuS bringing the dominic ac-
~ utO view.
ue was now worth watch
00ner had the pedestrian
than the old man crouched
seem noticeable, and ran
When be was within ten
is quarry he came TO RESI-,
-eld-glaSs told that he was
here the dominic turned
buried back TO the school
ering as he ran.
Angus come home In q lum
G Us one o. the leddieS frae
~ / maUn ava 20 ThrumS
81 b Angus, Robbie Angus,
4 Z a tOOn there'u be about
dup to Mary Abinger, feel
ID her goOd-aiternOOn was
Thank YOU in a church
gan stops. He felt himself
again.
thing in the world is that
pass through anything
pure. Mary had never
81 the test, but she could have
MI er soul spoke in her face,
M looked at her the sound Of
olce seemed a proclamation.
VIZ was not all soul. She under
flYn instance, why Rob stammer-