Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-06
PART THREE-CHAPTER TX.


Sc thrust, ne PARTED, ne dropped hts
point
Eight o'clock, and Major Kerr sat sip
ping Madiera 10 the dining room a.
Brothert0it manor.
whats The use OF eight eandles?" he
said % NOltaire.
"Only four, sir" says the butler, de-
posing two branches on the table.
Il see eight-nO, sixteen. Well, let
'em burn! Economy be hanged! l say,
niggerw
"What. slr?" Voltaire perceived that
his deteriorating process had been ef-
fectual. Kerr saw double and spoke
thick
"Tm tired Of sitting here alone. Can't
you sing me a song?"
Il used to sing like a bobolink, sir,
but since lost my front tooth the mu-
sic all leaks out in dribbles. There's a
redcOat sargent just come into the
kitchen. He looks like a most Almighty
powerful singer. Shall bring him imp
ayes. I amt proud. a Kerr can as
sociate with anybody"
I'D the majors sword and pistols from
the sideboard. Plato was in the hall,
stationed to watch the door OF the par
Tor where the lady Of the manor was sit
ting solitary. His father handed him
the arms. The seven seals of mystery
had been opened, and Plato was deep in
the plot.
"Take 'em, boy" says Voltaire, "and
be readyw
Ready for whatP Neither OWNED.
But Plato took the weapons with dig
nifty and became a generalissimo In his
own estimation. He brandished the
sword, and made a lunge at some i'm
apinary ANTAGONIST Then be lifted a
cooked pistol and took aim. 1t was
comic In the dim hall to see him going
through his silent pantomime. He
thrust, he parted, he dropped his point,
he bowed like an accomplished master
OF fence. He raised pistol, bowed
graciously, as il to say, "Apres vous,
monsieur" touched trigger, assumed a
look half OF triumph, half concern, then
laid his hand upon his heart and smiled
the smile of one whose wounded honor
Is avenged. All this was done without
so much as q chuckle.
While Plato was at his noiseless gym
nastics Voltaire, through the pantry,
had conducted the sergeant into Major
Kerr's presence.
Skerrett, with his mustache of and
in a disguise 8 world too shrunk for his
shanks and shoulders, looked much less
tbe hero than when he first stepped
forth upon these pages. Indeed, at this
moment he did not feel very heroic,
He was sanilig under false colors. He
was acting a lie. He did not like the
business, whatever the motive was. He
took his seat vis-a-vis the rival major,
and thought, "If fair play is a jewel, l
must give the effect OF paste set In
plnch-beck at this moment"
"Glad to see you, sergeant" says
Kerr. speaking thick. That's right, "
to VoItalre. "Give him some wlnel
Fine stuff they have In this house. Bet
ter than regulation grog, sergeant"
The newcomer nodded and went at
his supper vigorously.
"GodShave tn King, sargn! Bup-
pers!" says Kerr, holding up his glass
aSlant anu spilling little.
.'Bumpersp responded the other.
".Frustrate their politics. Confound
their knavish tricks" chanted Kerr.
"Rebblstricsh, mean, sargn. Cufoud
'em. Buppers?" -,
sBumpersp' Skerrett rejOined, still
feeling great computation at the part
be was playing.
"Sargeant, " says Kerr, 'Tm going to
tell you something"
Skerrett looked attention.
"Pm going to be married tomorrow
spoken confdentially.
"Ahw
"Don't say 'Ahr sergeant. An eK-
preshes doubtsh. Say OH sargent. l
askitshpussonlefaver, sargn. Say on!'
sOhp' :,
,sThst's right. Oh is congratulation. "
He made muddy work with the last
word. Eyes, sergeant dooced pretty
girl, dooced pretty property. want 10
see her. sargeant?"
mo, l thank you. -,
Eyes, you do, sergeant. Don't ten
mel I'm a lucky fellow, sergeant Al
WAYS was with women. I'll have her
down In the parlor by and oy, and you
cant look through the crack OF the door
and see her. She loves me so much'
sergeant, that she's gone up stairs 10
look At her wedding dress and wish Tor
tomorrow"
fro BE CONTINUED.