Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-26

Maisie simply.
Two evenings ago she would not say
good night at an. he thought But he
made no attempt TO do more than DOW
quietly.
"You are very-cold. grim-no, don't
know what 20 call il, Maisie dear, said
the lady. her cousin and present chap
eron, as they drove away, "ln your
manner to men: and that man In partic-
ular-Despard Norreys. IL is not often
he is so civil 70 any girl"
II deteSt all men-aH young men,
replied MaiSie irritably.
'sBut. nv dear, you should be COM
monty civil. And he has been giving
himself. for him, unusual trouble 10 en-
terrain von.n "Can be know about her?
Oh. no, il is impossible" she added to
herself.
Miss Fiorde closed her lips firmly.
But in a moment or two she opened
them again.
cousin Agnes" she said. half smil-
ing. ~ am afraid you are quite mis-
taken. If had not been what you call
commonly civil would he have gone on
talking to me? On the contrary, l am
sadly afraid l was far too civil"
cousin, "what do you mean?"
"Oh." said Maisie, 81 don't know.
Never mind the silly things / say, i
like being with you, Cousin Agnes, out
don't like London. / am much hap
pier at home in the country"
But, my dear child, when i saw you
at home a few months ago you were
looking forward with pleasure to com
ing. What has changed you? what
has disappointed yOu?"
''I am not suited for anything but
quiet country life-that is all" said
Miss Fforde.
u''But, then, Maisie, afterward, you
know, YOU will have TO come 70 town
and have a house Of your own and all
that sort Of thing. 1t is necessary Tor
you to see something Of the world TO
prepare you for"
'Afterward isn't now, Cousin Agnes.
And 1 am doing my best as papa
wished" said the girl weariedly. do
let us talk OF something else. Really,
sometimes do wish were any one but
myself"
'.Maisie," said her cousin, reproaeh-
fully, "you know, dear, that isn't right.
You must take the cares and respoEsl-
binties Of a position like yours along
with the advantages and privileges OF
IT,"
"Iknow," Miss Fiorde replied, meekly
enough; "but, Cousin Agnes, do tell me
who was that very funny-looking old
man With the long fluffy beard whom
you were talking 10 for some time.
"Oh, that, my dear, was Count Dali
miati, the celebrated "sO-and-so, and
once launched In her iptiOnS Cousin
Agnes left MaiSie in peace.
Two days later came the afternoon OF
Lady Valence's garden party. 1t was
one OF the garden parties 70 which
Everybody" went-Despard NOrreys
for one, as a matter OF course. He had
got more qualification and less annoy
ance out Of mis- second meeting with Miss
Fforde; for he flattered himself he knew
how TO manage her now-'that little
girl I'm black. who thinks herself so won
derfully wise, forS0oth!'
Yet the sting was there still; the very
persistence with which he repeated 70
himself that be had mastered her
showed 10. His thoughts required to
her more than they were ia the habit Of
doing 20 any one or anything but his
own immediate concerns. Out OF curl
OSity, merely, no doubt; curiosity In
creased by the the apparent improba-
bilitv of satisfying It. For 10 one
seemed 70 know anything about her.
She might have dropped from the skies.
He had indeed some difficulty 10 recall
ing his personality to the two or three
people 10 whOm'he applied for informa-
tiOn.
"a girl In black-at the Leslies' must
cal party? Why, my der fellow, there
were probably a dozen girls in black
there. There usually is a good sprlnk-
ling of black frOcks az evening parties, 3"
said one OF the klOwers OF everybody
whom he had selected 10 honor with his
inquiries. "What was there remarkable
about her? There must have been some
thing TO attract your notice"
''NO, on the contrary" DeSpard re-
piled, 'She was remarkably unremark-
able" and he lOughed lightly. 1T was
only rather absurd. 1 have seemed
haunted by her once or twice lately, and
vet nobody knows anything about her
except that her name is Fforde.
Fred" said his companion, that
does not tell much. And not pretty,
Pretty, oh, Yes. No, not exactly
pretty" and a vlsiOn Of Maisie's clear
cold profile anc-yes, there was no
denying it-mOSt lovely ewes, rose be-
fore him. "More than pretty" he would
have said had he not been afraid OF be-
ing laughed az. II don't really know
how 20 describe her, aud il is Of less
than no consequence. 1 don't suppose
/ shall ever see her again.. and he went
on to talk Of otlj Jr matters.
He did see her again, however, and It
was, as will have already been supposed,
Ut Lady ValsnCe's garden party that he
did so. II was h cold day, Of course.
The weather, W h ITS usual cOnSidera-
tion had changed that very morning, af-
ter having been, Tor May, really decently
mild and agred lble. The wind had
veered round 20 4 te east. and It seemed
not improbable tlNt the rain would look
I'm, an invited gu /, IN the course Of the
afternoon.
Lady Valence Jared herself in de-
spair, but as u y could remember
the weather ever Aeing anything but
highly detestable 4 q day OF her garden
party, IL is 20 be b ed that she in real
ity took 10 more SUSCEPTIBILITY than
she allowed DesOS strobe about feel
ing very cold, anuI Wondering why he
had come, and why, having come, he
stayed. There was long row OF con-
servatOries and ierneries and glass
houses Of every De- Tree Of temperature
not far from the Ia w, where at one end
the band was piayikg, aud at the other
some de,udcd bein1s were eating ices.
DesDard Shiyerei. Nhe whole was too