Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-07-09


me break the rules so often euae va
never free from punishment OF ever SoIS
10 come within measurable distance u
the height Of my ambltion-tne BoOu
conduct prize. When remonSeraeSu
WITH him he said II did not matter, ohiy
mnfTs ever got a conduct prizes out ~
Aid matter. Ny aunt had promised ty
Give me a sovereign the hr1t time
broupht home prize, and, ithanAs Z"
Barker. she has that sovereign still
later in life we found ourselves III
the sama office I'm the city. Barker az
,acbed himself TO me on the strength
~ onr old sehool-fellowship, aud again
,,,o6s nv life miserable. He Is Dump
lions self-assertive, healthy, atnletIC
SORT of a man, is Barker, Wnlle l au'
modest and nervous. He forced hIm-
seIf upon me, and then ala tne
most reckless things imaginable WIN
ont thought of what the consequences
Uiobt be- He would, even without d
ticket, enter c train In motion SOL
than miss 10, aud, what was "OiSg'
was with him be would dIag me- II o.
ter him. II ventured 70 hint thae We
were breaking the bylaws anu ul,s a.
be summoned, he laughed anu san, u. -
would be all right. According "
ker whatever he did that be shouIu NO.
have done would be all right-aHu
must say he was lucky -.
Tse ticket collectors always tooA rs
word and his money without even u.u,
,oa tbat ne had Oeen trying 70 uelI -l'I-l
tSe com many, and porters have acIua"y
srcaG apd a0etted him by opening uOots
and saving. Come along, SIR, "neu
they ought to have stopped hliu-Ou''
then. Barker always tips porIeFs'
Ee had q tandem tricycle., too, ana a, ne
masu me 90 for rides on IL Win hIin'
As socn IS we were out OF town nc
df6n't care much what he did. IL we
Oassed a nice park or a wood, he would
vropose that We should turn In and
have a smoke, and when l pointed out
ahst there was q board up threatening
trespassers with prosecution, be would
laugh, and, as usual, say 10 would De
All right. He always left the lamp be-
hind. assuring ne that we should De
back before dark, but we never were,
and for the last mile or two used 20
ride in fear and trembling, though we
were never stopped. l believe Barker
bribed the police.
Luckily, consulted my doctor about
tricycling, and he said l was too ner-
yous for Il, so Barker had TO find an
other victim. 1 Joined a lawn-tennis
club-Barker said tennis was all right
when men played alone, but that women
turned il into a babies game, so l
thought I should be free from him
there-snd through that l became en-
gagged To Sophy Bell. We had been en-
gagged some time when we had little
discussion about going 70 the theatre,
which led to-but you will see what II
led TO II you read 10 the end; so, with
out further explanation, 1 will repro
duce as much Of il as concerns my
story.
Really, Algernon, I don't much
care about going at all" said Sophy;
but there were tears in her eyes as she
spoke, and l knew that she did
care, therefore l firmly but mildly in
sisted on my point.
THAT is nonsense" I said. "You
know you have been looking forward
TO IL for months. Three weeks ago you
asked me whether l had got the tickets
yet"
eyes, but then" she began, aud
stopped. Then, apparently recognizing
how foolish she had been, she sighed
and added: Never mind, dear. I'll
60 il you wish It
"Oi course, wish to give you pleas
IRE, Sophy" replied. And really the
gallery is"
''Ohl for goodness sake, don't begin
all that over again." she interrupted,
speaking with tartness that surprised
me. ats settled now, and l will be
ready by ESQ. Mind you're not late,
Sir"
but, Sophy," l protested, "fi come
down for you it will cost me threepence
each way, and, besides, there is no time
The doors open at 1880, and we ought
TO be there at least three-quarterS OF an
hour before that. Suppose you meet
me In front OF st. Paul's at 8. We can
easily walk from there.
She gave me glance, the meaning Of
which could not fathom, then sighed
again, and said she would be there. 1
explained to her how, by starting Ia
good time and walking part Of the way,
she could save a penny in bus fare, and
we parted In the usual manner.
AsI walked home, / thought that
perhaps / bad made q mistake Ia ever
taking Sophy 10 the theatre at all.
Probably Inever should have done so, but
when we were first engaged, a man
who owed money to our firm
had sometimes given me or
ders. They were always for
two, and 10 had seemed q pity not to
make use Of them, but, unfortunately, l
never told SOphy that did not pay for
our places, and when that man died sud-
denly 1 found myself pledged, on the
strength OF a promise from him, to take
her to see Gentle Gladys" at the IRE
prOachable. Our engagement had
reached the practically sentimental
stage when money saved should mean
furniture bought, and l hoped she
would cordially fall in with my Sugges-
tion that on this occasion we should 20
10 the gallery.
She disappointed me. I am not a
mean man, but 1 do object TO paying
eight shillings when you can get prac-
tically the same article for two, and
could not make SOphy understand that
the gallery is, practically, just the same
as the upper circle. She said she
thought l could afford something bet
ter, and though l told her il was not a
question of what 1 could afford, but OF
where we should get the best value for