Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-09-11
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,erson; and the somewhat fOrid design
orasenus a blucbird sitting on pink
wig. so that We may hazard the asSer-
tion that her artistic taste is not as yet
S,IIy developed. She is fresh country
maid, or the somewhat rich cOlOring
would not have taken her fancy, and
she is short, tribe stout, or big man
ike Angus would not have fallen in love
with her. Reserved men like gushing
girls, so she guShes and says, 'Oh N.Y.
md her incest dress (here Dick shiT-
,redl is of a shiny satin, with dash OF
,ich velvet here and there. Do you fol-
Ow me?"
yes" said Mary, at is wonderful.
I suppose, now, you are never wrong
when you build up so much on so
utte?'
Sometimes we go a little astray,"
admitted Dick. 81 remember going into
n hotel with Rorrison once, and on 3
table we saw sailOr-hat lying, some
thing like the one Nell wears-or is it
yOu?'
1.-THE idea Of your not knOwingw said
bis sister, Indignantly.
"Well, we discussed the probable
owner. I concluded, after narrowly ex-
aiming the hat, that she was tall, dark,
handsome, rather than pretty. Rorri-
son, on the the other hand, maintained
that she was a pretty, baby-faced girl,
with winning ways"
And did you discover II either OF you
was right?'
yes" said Dick, slowly. SIN the
middle of the discussion little boy in
velvet Snit tOddled into the room and
said 10 us, Give me my hat.
In the weeks that followed Rob had
many delicious experiences. He was
present at several tea parties in Abing-
er's chambers, the guests being strictly
limited 10 three, and when he could not
pretend 20 be i'll any longer he gave
tea party himself in honor Of his two
uurseS-his one and half nurses, Dick
called them. At this Mary poured out
the tea, and Rob'S eyes showed so plain
ly (shOugh not TO Dick) that he had
never seen anything like it that Nell be-
came thoughtful and made a number Of
remarks on the subject to her mother as
soon as she returned home.
1T would never do" Nell said, look
ing wise.
What does Mary say about him?'
asked her mother.
''Sbe never says anything" said Nell.
Does she talk much TO him?"
''No; very little"
THAT is a good sign" said Mrs.
Meredith.
II don't know" said Nell.
"Have you noticed anything elseP"
Nothing, except-well, Mary is
longer in dressing now than l am, and
he used not 10 be-"
81 wonder, " Mrs. Meredith remarked,
'if Mary saw him at Silchester after
That time at the caStle?"
''She never told me she did" Nell an
Iwered, "bUt sometimes l think-hoW-
ever, there is no good in thinking"
1T isn't thing you do often, Nell.
BY the way, no saw the first Sir Glenn
ent at Dome Castle, did he nOt?"
Yes" Nell said, "he saw the impos-
tor. and don't suppose he knows there
IS another Sir Clement. The A6inger's
don't like to speak of that. However,
they may meet on Friday, for Dick has
got Mr.. Angus a card for the Sym
phonia, and Sir Clement is ID be there. "
what does Richard say about it?"
asked Mrs Meredith, going back ap-
parently upon their conversation.
We never speak about IL, Dick and
/" said Nell.
"What do You speak about, then?"
"Oh, nothing" said Nell.
Mrs. Meredith sighed.
"And you such an heireSs, Nell" she
said; 'yOu could do 50 much better. He
will never have anything but what he
makes by writing; and If all the stories
be true half Of that goes to the Colonel.
I'm sure your father will never con-
sent"
"Oh, yes he will, j." Nell said.
IF he had really tried to get on at the
bar" Mrs Meredith pursued, cit would
not have been so bad, but he is, evil
IDENTIFY, 10 be newspaper man all his
life"
Il wish you would say journalist,
mamma, Nell said, pOutlng, ''Or liter
airy man. The profession Of letters is
noble one"
perhaps It is" Mrs. Meredith as
seuted, with another sigh, land I dare
say he told you so, but can't think II
very respectable
Rob did not altogether enjoy the
Symphonic, which is polite club at
tended by the literary fry OF both sexes;
the ladies' write because they cannot
help n; the poets who excuse their
verses because they were young when
they did them, end the clergymen who
publish their sermons by request OF
tbeir congregations, the tourists who
have been 20 spain and cannot keep il
20 themselves. The club meets once u
fortnight, for the purpose OF not listen
ins 10 music and recitatiOnS; and the
members, Of whom the ladies' outnum-
Der the men, sit in groups round little
lions who roar mildly. The Symphonic
is very fashionable and select, and hay
lag heard the little lions roaring, you
get cup Of coffee and go home again.
Dick explained that he was member
OF the Symphonic because he rather
liked 70 put on the lions skin himself
now and again, and he took Mrs. Mere
oItn and the two girls 70 il TO show
them OF what literature in its highest
branches is capable. The elegant
dresses OF the literary ladies and the
suaye manners of the literary gentle
men impressed Nelps mother favorably,
and the SymphOnia, which she had
taken for an out-at-Jhe-elbows club,
raised letters in her estimation.
Rob, however, who never felt quite
comfortable In evening dress, had bad
une Of II, Tor Dick carried him or at
once aud got him into a group round the
&uthoreSs OF ''My Baby Boy" to whom
hoo was introduced as a passionate adj
mlrer Of her delightful works. The lion