Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-08-28

than other persons. All that society
knew was that he hated England be
cause one Of its daughters had married
a curate. The Colonel called at the inn
and found Sir Clement such an atten'
teutive listener that he thought the
baronet's talk quite brilliant. A re"
| days afterwards the strangers trap!
were removed to the castle, and then az
met Miss Abinger, who was recently
home from school. BE never spoke Il
her OF his grudge against England.
1t is only the unselfish men who think
much, otherwise Col. Abinger might
have pondered little over his guest
| Dowton had spoken OF himself as an
enthusiastic angler, yet he let hi:
flies drift down the stream like fsller
leaves. He never remembered to &C
| a-fshing until IL was suggested to him.
He had given his host several reasons
for his long absence from his property,
and told him that he did not want the
world to know that he was back In Eng
! land, as he was not certain whether he
would remain. The Colonel at this re-
quest introduced him to the few visitors
at the castle as Mr.. Dowton, and was
surprised to discover afterwards thai
they all knew his real name.
II assure you" Mary's father said to
him, "that they have not learned II
from me. tits incomprehenSlole how
| thing like that leaks out"
II don't understand IL, said DoWton,
who, however, should have understood
it, as he had taken the visitors aside
| and told them his real name himself. be
| seemed to do this not OF his own free
will, but because he could not help 1t.
1t never struck the Colonel that his
! own society was not what tied Sir Glenn
ent To Dome Castle; for widowers with
! grown-up daughters are In a foreign
land without interpreters. On that
morning, when the Baron vanished,
nevertheless, the master OF Dome Castle
was the only person in it who did not
| think that it would soon lose Its mis-
tress, mere girl though she was.
Sir Clements strange disappearance
was accounted for at the castle, where
! alone it was properly known, In various
ways. Miss Abinger, in the opinion oil
! the servants hall, held her head 80 high
| that there he was believed TO have run
awav because she had said him no. Miss
! Abipger excused and blamed him alter
nately to herself, until she found dull
satisfaction in looking upon him as the
| villain he might have been had his high
forehead spoken true. AS for the Col
onel, be ordered Mary The had no need
never TO mention the fellows name to
him, but mentioned it frequently him
! self.
Nothing had happened, so far as was
| known TO disturb the Baronet's serenity,
neither friends nor lawyers had been
aware that he was England and ne had
received no letters. Many remember ed
| his occasional fits OF espondency, but
! on the whole he seemed to revel in his
visit and never looked happier than the
night before he went. His traps were
sent by the Colonel In fury to the little
| inn where he had first taken up his
! abode, but IL was not known at the cas-
! tie whether he ever got them. Some
months afterwards letter from him
appeared in the Times, dated from Sue7
| and from then until he reappeared al
Dome CastlGs the Colonel, except when
he spoke it himself, never heard the
Baronet's name mentione d.
Sir Clement must have been very i'm
pulsive for on returning to the castle
| he had intended to treat Miss Abinger
! with courteous GOODNESS, as IL she had
been responsible for his flight, and he
had not seen her sgain for ten minutes
before he asked her TO marry him. He
meant TO explain his conduct in one
yay to the Colonel, and he explained II
in quite another way.
When Col. Abinger took him into the
smoking-room on Christmas Eve TO hear
what he had TO say for himself, the Bar
onet sank into chair with a look OF
! conteDtment on his beautiful face that
said he was glad to be there again.
Then the Colonel happened to mention
Mary's name In such a way that he
seemed TO know OF Sir Clements proposal
to her three years earlier. At once the
Baronet began another story from the
one he had meant to tell, and though he
soon discovered that he had credited
his host with q knowledge the Colonel
did not possess, IL was too late TO draw
back. So Mary's father heard to his
amazement that the Baronet had run
away because he was In love with Miss
Abinger. COL Abinger had read "The
Scorn OF Scorn," but it had taught him
nothing.
"She was only schoolgirl when you
saw her last" he said in bewilderment;
but hardly see how that should have
made you 6y the house like-yes, like
thief"
Dowton looked sadly at him.
81 don't know" he shid, speaking as
| II with reluctance, "that In any circum-
stances | should be justified in telling
YOU the whole miserable story. Can
YOU not guess it? When l came here l
was not free man.
"You were already married."
"No, but was engaged 10 be mar
rled."
"Did Mary know anything OF this?"
NOTHING of that engagement, and
but little, l think, OF the attachment
that grew up in my heart for her.
/ kept that TO myself"
"She was too young" said the wise
| Colonel, "to think Of such things then;
aud even now I do rot see why you
! should have left us as you did"
Sir Clement rose to his feet and paced
the room in great agitation.
at is hard" he said at last, ito speak
OF such a thing to another man. But
let me tell you, Abinger, that when
was with you three years ago there
were times when l thought would lose
my reason. Do you know what 1t is TO
have such a passion as that raging in
your heart and yet have TO stihe II:
There were whole nights when walked
up and down my room till dawn.
trem0led every time l saw Miss Abin
ger alone lest should say that to bel
| which had no right 10 say. Her voice