The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-05
DgISYS MISTAKE.

"Daisy, you don't mean it, 1 am
sure?"
''Why shouldn't1 mean it2" pouted
Daisy. "of course 1 mean it. And
what's more, Mr.. Fred Marchmont, l
don't consider it to be in any way your
affair ii choose to so with Kenneth
Sadlerp
"Daisyl l thought We understood
each other better than this"
"Thats just the way" said Daisy,
jerking cluster OF honeysuckles down
from the vine and beginning impetu-
ously to tear the perfumed chalices
apart. because / walked and danced
and sung with you, and let you come
here Sunday evenings, you fancy
81 fancied that you might in time be
brought to love me, Daisy" inter-
rupted, gravely. "Wa4 1 wrong"
"Yon can understand what you like,
sirw
stood one.half minute looking at
the dropping white lids that covered
the blue eyes which had lured me on
she never lifted them-and then turned
and walked away
So took the $40 train for New York,
firmly resolved to exchange love for
law books.
It was about ten o'clock, dismal,
rainy night, when | marched upstairs
to my lodgings. Mrs. Mullany, the
janitress, met me half way up.
Take this vaIise upstairs, will you,
Mrs. Mullany I'll 90 round by Tape &
Alordens-it isn't late!"'
The weazen.iaced little lawyer was
putting away his last documents as |
entered his dusty little den. He started
back on seeing me.
"My dear Mr.. Marchmont! this is in
deed an unprecedented pleasure. am
delighted TO be the iirstto communicate
TO you your good fortune"
l sat down, pale and bewildered, with
the In yer's words pa;tering about my
ears like verbal Niagara. Nor was it
until the explanations had been several
times repeated that | fairly compre-
hended the new situation OF things.
"On condition that he. will assume
and bear the old family name, which
has always been mine, / leave and be-
uueath to my granddaughter. Freder ic
Marchmont, the whole OF my fortune,
without any exception or reservation
whatever"
That was the gst OF my quaiat old
Uncle Johns will, and that was the
way in which Fred Marchmont merged
his identity into the confused sea of
John Smiths" aud the struggling law
student became transformedin into gem
tlemau of elegant leisure.
More than year mad elapsed, and it
was n tempestuous evening in middle
cember, with eddying gusts OF snow
borne along on the sharp, sudden blasts
that encountered you like whlrling
spears. was returning homo from the
French restaurant where had dined
on quails and delicate pate de loie gras.
Home! HAD emerged from Mrs.
Mdllanv's dominions TO Il marble palace,
where my suite oil pretty rooms still
bore OH the outer door the imposing
words: 'Johh Smith, attorne" and
counsellor at law"
"Hallow ! Involuntary calculated,
as entered the apartment.
The. door was partly opened-and by
the rudy light of the fire could see
that the easy CHAIR was wheeled into an
entirely new corner, with something
white curled up i'll it1 depths.
'"It's Smart's good-for-nauCht little
poodlep mentally exclaimed.
And advanced DTiskiy to give the
poodle to find other quarters; but,
stopping to enforce prccept into prac-
tice, started back rs ii l had been
shot.
1t wasn't a poodle at all; it was
q baby.
l stood facing the door in a sort of
placid desperation, prepared Tor any
thing that might dawn upon my vision,
from Bengal tiger to an old maid in
spGctacles and bombazine.
But nei her one or the other appeared.
There was faint rustic OF some delicate
material, that light echo of an elastic
footslep. and to my ineHable astonish-
ment Daisy Moore came up TO me,
flushed and pretty!
She came close up TO me and put her
little hand coaxingiy on my shoulder.
"Coniess now, John, that you are as
tonished to see me and baby here! ]
knew YOU would be. And you haven't
even kissed Jacky, you unnatural fell
lowl Isn't he pretty?"
She caught up the baby and held him
triumphantly under my nose.
"Please kiss him, John-just once"
And kissed the center Of tho merino
cap in sort OF mechanical obedience
to orders.
"Thafs a darling, Johnl-And now
I'll tell you how We happened to come.
Mary's here, too; you've never asked
after Mary, you hard-hcarted fellow"
made a husky, inarticulato sound,
originally intended to signify, "Who on
earth is Mary?p but susceptible OF al
mos. any Interpretation.
"She had TO STOP at the depot to see
about the baggage; so brought the
baby right here And l just ran down
to the door TO see ii the hack was COM