Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-08-28
WHEN A MANS SINGLE.
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one side, as it had a habit
OF doing when she felt disdainiul, and
the glory Of her beauty filed him Of q
sudden. Tho barCnct pushed The door
close ard turned 20 her psSSlonately, q
finn over his eyes, and his hands out
stretched.
''Ms,y," he cried, ais thcro no hope
for me?'
NO" said Mary. opening the door for
herself, aad passing out.
Sir Clement stood there mOtIOnless for
minute. Then ne crossed 10 the fire.
place and sank into a iuxuriOusly cush-
Toned chair. The sunlight came back
TO his noble face.
This Is grand. glorious" he muir
INJURED, in an ecstasy OF enjoyment.
10 the days that followed the baro-
nets behavior was little peculiar. De-
casiOnally at meals he seemed 20 re-
member that a rejected lover ought not
TO have a good appetite. IL, when he
was smoking in the grounds, ne saw
Mary approaching, he cOyertly dropped
his cigar. When ne knew that she was
sitting at window be would pace up
aud down the walk with his head ocnt as
il life had lost interest 70 him. BY aud
by his mind wandered, on these Occa-
sions, to more cheerful matters, aud be
would start 20 find that he had been
smiling TO himself and swiShlug his cane
.playfully, like q man whO walked on
air. IL might have been said or him
d that he tried 10 be miserable and found
IL hard work.
VIII, who discovered that the baronet
did not know what /. D. W. meant, could
3 not nevertheless, despise 3 man who
had shot lions, but me never had quite
the same respect for the king Of beasts
J again. AS for GreybroOke, he rather
liked Sir Clement, because he knew
that Nell Gin her own words "loathed,
hated and deSpiSed' him.
s GreybrOoke mad two severe disap-
pointments that holiday both OF which
were 70 be traced TO the capriciOuS Nell.
II had dawued on him that she could
not help liking him little # she saw
him take famous jump over the Dome,
known 70 legend as the Robbers
Leap" The robber had lost his life In
irving 70 leap the stream, but the cap
tain practsed In the castle grounds un-
Ill he felt that he could clear 1t. Then
he formally invited Miss Meredith 10
come and see him DO IL, and she told
him instead that ne was wicked. The
captain and VIII went back siieRtiy 10
the castle, wondering what on earth
she would like.
B Greybrookes other disappointment
: was still more grieyOus. One evening
he and VIII returned TO the castle late
for dinuer-an OtfenSe the colonel found
Il hard TO overlook, although they were
going back % school on the following
day. VIII reached the dining room
first, and his father frowned on him.
'YOuare quarter OF an hour late,
William" said the colonel, sharply.
"Where have you been?'
VIII hesitated.
ado you remember" he said, at last,
80 man called Angus, who was. here re-
c porting on Christmas eve?'
Mary laid down her knife and fork.
"a painfully powerIul-looking man, "
said DOwtOn, "ln hOOnailed boots. 1
remember him."
"Wen, we have been calling on him, -"
said VIII.
calling on him, called on that impu-
colonel; "whst DO You mean?'
"Greybrooke had row with him some
time ago" said win; Il don't know
what about, because il was private; but
the captain had been looking for the fe.-
low for a fortnight 90 lick him mean
punish him. We came upon him two
days ago near the castle gates?'
Here VIII paused, as 30 he would pre-
fer to jump what followed.
"Aud did your friend lick him then?'
asked the Colonel, at which viii shook
his head.
sVbv not?" asked Sir Clement.
"Weu. " said VIII reluctantly, "the
fellow wouldn't let him. He-he lifted
GrevbrOOke 40 In his arms and dropped
him over the hedge.
Mary could not help laughing.
"The tegEar-I mean the fellow
must have muscles like ivy roots" VIII
blurted out admirlngly.
"I fancy, said DOwtOn, "that have
seen him near the gates several times
during the last week.
every likely" said the Colonel short
~. ''I.caugbt him poaching in the
Dome some months ago. There IS
something bad about that man"
Papa - said Mary.
Atthis moment Grey brOOke entered.
$50, Mr.. GreybrOoke," said the Colo
mel, II hear you have been In Silchest-
or avenEing an insult"
The captain looked at VIII who nodd-
ed.
II went there" admitted Greybrooke,
blushiug, "to horsewhip reporter, but
he had run away"
'Run away?'
eyes. Did not VIII tell you? We
called at the Mirror Office and were told
that Angus had boited to London two
days ago.
aud the worst Of IT," interrupted
VIII, "is that he ran OF without paying
his landlady's bill"
~ knew that man wss a rascal" ex-
claimed the colonel
Mary flushed.
al don't believe II" she said.
"You don't believe it," repeated her
father, angrily; land why not, pray?'
observation-disclosures l DON'T said
Mary.
CHAPTER VIII.
N FLEET STREET.
Mary was wrong. 1t was quite true
that Rob had run away 10 London with
nut paving his land ady'S bill.
The Immediate result OF his