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

cOiOr8 were eAh1Ao. -
shone upon the slopes ana ghmmereu
mon every leaf In the groves.
THESE were the manor ianos- Eacn
enot Edwin Brothertoft remembered as
. scene of his childhood's discoveries OF
facts and mysteries In nature. Iney
,ssIrad an for an hour, and Brothertoft
grew almost gay with memories OF MS
' ..no Won see that white shining
.hrongh the trees?" said Jierck, halt
;na .sIt,s the river. Ten steps and
ro,,,II see the house. Now, Major, I'll
9o:and look after my boys and come at
noon for your orders.
III" Iiarck turned back into the wood.
Major Skerrett stepped forward eager
~ He had an eye for landscape. de
bod also a soldiers eye for every new
bit of possible battlefield. :,
Ten steps brought him 70 the ease ..
the slope. A transcendent proSpec.
suddenly flung out its colors TeIoIe
him First was a stripe OF undertaking
INLAND thoroughly Octobered. Then
Strina If river. bending like belt In q
Saa that a breeze is twisting between
i,s fngers. Then beyond highlands,
30. co Glowing as the foreground, nor
60 STARTLING blue as the blue water, nor
90 sirn nIe as the sky, softly combined
cd -apaated all the elements or beauty
Ha tnrned to give and take sympathy
from his companion. Mr.. Brotnertols
ves not beside him. He had seateu
bimsef within cover Of the wood.
ssComa ont. sirl" called Skerrett with
| enthusiasm. 81 am so oewlluereu WIN
this beautiful prospect tnae neeu W
hear another mans superiStlve W sas-
isfv me am not in dream. Come OUT
sirl We are quite safe.
The day wore on, and in this pause
of action the two gentlemen opened
their hearts to each other.
| II was the intercourse OF fatner ana
CON each wanted what the other gave
him. 81. II. ,,,nd
orow deeEcr with man VINO nao
foncbed bottom liz, thought. He was so.
bered and softened BY the spectacle OF
one so faithful to the trutA 'Ns' ""s - -
him, so gentle, so indulgent, weaKeneSS.
perhaps by sorrow, but never soured.
The sonless junior said: "Ah, SKIER
rettl YOU are the young oak. If | had
had YOU to lean upon 1 should not have
lost force to climb and bloom. Such
merry heart as yours makes the whole
world laugh-not empty laughter, but
hearty"
At noon Jierck Dewitt came to re-
port. He and the boys were safely MA
| in his fathers barn.
"Ike mostly sleeps" says Jlerck'
"Sam plays old sledge with dummy,
and Hendrecus is writin' something In
short lines all beginning with big let,
ters-poetry perhaps. He's an swIui
great scholar"
Their plans were again discussed and
orders issued.
"Well," said Jierck, "at dusk I'll have
nv men and fathers runt pony for the
prisoner to straddle down at the forks
OF the road waiting for you. Nothing
can stop US now but one thing"
"And that?" asked the major.
SIS Lady Brothertoft. II she sus-
picions anything before we're ready to
run it will be all up with us-haiter
round our necks and all up among the
acorns."
So Jierck, still ''stiff as the lord chan
cellor," and yet timber as a snake In the
grass, took his departure.
Afternoon hours went slower than
the morning hours.
"The sun always seems to me to hold
back in going down hill" Skerrett said.
ST wish he would tumble to bed faster.
am impatient to make our success
sure"
"Your sturdy confidence treasures
me-" returned Brothertoft. 81 am happy
there is one of US whose heartbeats will
not unsteady him. lose hope when l
think what failure means to my daugh-
ter"
ST must keep myself the cool out
slider, with only knight Grants share
in this adventure, Peter said.
A hard task he found thisl The
father so charmed him that he felt him
self, for his sake, taking very tender,
fraternal interest in the young lady.
1t was so easy to picture her In her
chamber, not mile away, looking
tearfully for help toward the hills. 1t
was so easy to fancy her face-her
fathers, with the bloom OF youth In
stead of the shades Of sorrow-and her
character-her fathers, with all this
gentleness that perhaps weakened him,
in her but sweet womanliness. Peter
Skerrett perceived to the full the ro-
nance of the adventure. He frequently
felt the undeveloped true lover
in him grew FESTIVE. He thought that
he was all the time putting down that
turbulent parsonage. Perhaps he was.
But it must be avowed that he often re-
GREETED his mustache, despised his Ill
fitting coat and only consoled himself By
recalling, ut will be night and she will
only half see me-" AS evening approach
ed Peter Skerrett perceived that his de-
sire to redeem this fair victim from
among the bad and the base was be-
come passion, He also noticed that
it's fervor kept him cool and steady.
Silent sunset came. The crisis drew
near. Doubts began to curdle In Edwin
Brothertott's mind. He looked over the
broad landscape aud along the solemn
horizon, and all his own past spread be-
fore him, sad colored and dreary.
"Ah, my beautiful childhood" he
thought. "Ah my ardent youth, my
aspiring manhood, my defeated prime!
My life utterly defeated, as the world
measures defeat-and all through her!
All through her, the woman l loved
with my whole heart! Please God we
may not meet tonight! Please heaven
| we NAV never meet until her dark hour