Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19
PART II.


hone not destined to be fulfilled.
For though Maisie wrote home to
"papa" the morning after Mrs. Engle-
woods dance, earnestly begging for
leave 10 return TO the country at once
instead of going on TO her next visit,
and assuring him that she felt she
would never be happy in fashionable
society, never be happy anywhere, in
deed. away from him and everything
she cared for, papa was memorable. 1t
was natural she should be homeSick at
first. he replied; natural and, indeed,
unavoidable, that she should feel
strange and lonely; and, as she well
knew, she could not possibly long more
10 be with him again than he longed to
have her. But there were all the rea-
sons she knew full well why she should
STAY in town as had been arranged.
The very reasons which had made him
send her now made him say she must
remain. Her good sense would show
her the soundness of his motives, and
she must behave like his own brave
Maisie. And the girl never knew what
this letter had cost her invalid father,
nor how he had shrank from opposing
her wishes.
"She set of so cheerfully," he said
to himself, and she has only been there
three days. And she seemed rather 10
have enjoyed her first dinner party and
the concert. or whatever it was, that
Gertrude Englewood took her TO. What
can have happened at the evening par
ty? She dances well, ! know, cut she is
not the sort of girl TO expect or care
much about the ballroom admiration"
Poor man! it was so far disappoint-
ment TO him. He would have liked to
get merry, happy letter that morning
as he sat at his solitary breakfast. For
he had no fear, no shadow Of a fear,
that his Maisie's head ever could be
turned.
~ have guarded against any dangers
of that kind for her, at least" he said TO
himself, provided have not gone too
far and made her too sober-minded.
But no; after all it is erring on the safe
slde-considerng everything"
Three or four evenings after Mrs. En-
plewood's dance Despard found himself
At musical party. He was in his cwn
milieu at this time, and proportionately
affable-with the cool, condescend-
ing affability which was the nearest
approach TO making himself agreeable
that he recognized. He had been smiled
at by the beauty OF the evening, much
ENJOYING her discontinue when he did
not remain many minutes by her side;
he had been all but abjectly entreated
by the most important OF the dowagers,
a very great lady indeed, in every sense
OF the word, TO promise his assistance
at her intended theatricals; be had, in
short, received the appreciation which
was due 10 him, and was now resting on
his oars, comfortably installed in an
easy chair, debating within himself
whether it was worth while to give Mrs.
Belmont fright by engrossing her pref
" daughter, and thus causing TO retire
from her side in the sulks Sir Henry
Gayburn, 10 whom the girl was talking.
For Sir Henry was rich and was known
TO be looking out fer wife, aud Des-
pard had long since been erased from
the maternal list of desirable possibli-
ties.
"Shall I?'' he was saying to him
self as he lay back with smile. when
q voice beside him made him look up.
II was that of the son Of the house,
friend of his own; the young man seem
ed annoyed and perplexed.
"Norreysl oh, do me good turn,
will you? l have to look after the
lady who has just besn singing,