Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-11

"The stage-oh, l 1org0t 10 tell you'
Won must forgive me-hasn't run from
here for W years; 1t runsfrom Gordon
instead"
i. II must walk, then" was the answer.
"Walkl" be shouted. MADAM, are
you sure that you are quite sane? why,
It's ten miles II It's a block. what VIII
you do with Bessie; leave her here?" he
asked with calm irony.
II shall have to carry her," was the
reply.
couldn't get ten feet from this spot
J you'd get lost; lamentably, irretrievably
lost. You'd drown. Stay here. expect
a conveyance from the majors"
'sHow can we wait here?" she asked.
''There is scarcely any shelter"
He OWNED that she was shiVering.
"You are cold" he exclaimed. rake
/ this coat. 1 insist on IT,"
He removed the overcoat from Bessie
and handed it over to her, while he rap
idly Invested himself OF the coat ne was
wearing and wrapped ii about the sleep
ing child.
"Mr. Torrance, this is altogether too
much. l really cannot allow this" he
protested" but he had become deaf.
''pye got another in my Yalise," he
said. "Ill get it outfit you'll hold Bes-
sic a minute. Better take it or I'll
wrap the dogs In it. BY the way,
where are the dogs? Well, I'll be
blessed. l actually believe I've forgot
ten them altogether and let them go on
" ..ofD tba ba 01auamQn diGnit
know, ] didn't tell him."
She laughed heIplessly with him at
the absudity Of the affair, and said she
was very sorry, it was all her fault, she
was entirely to blame. She accepted
| the ovarcoat finally, and he got out his
shooting coat and put it on; 1t was not
very heavy but it would serve. He felt
an internal warmth, a heat that was
generated within his breast, pervade
his whole being as he Numbered around
In the wet searching for some sticks
with which to start q fire. 81 don't see
what can have become OF the majors
rig" he muttered. The fire would not
burn, and having exhausted his entire
supply OF matches he was giving up In
DESPAIR, when he heard the snort of
a horse not far off. Hello there" he
shouted, cropping his way in the direc-
ton whence the sound had nut No
answer. He kept on. Presently an OBJ
iect a little blacker than the night
doomed up ia front of him, and he went
I'D to il; by feeling he made ii out to be
a carriage, to which was attached a
pair of horses. He surmised that it
was the majors rig, but where was the
driver? He climbed up on the wheel
and felt about the interior for that
functionary; at last he clutched him
and shook him vigorously, a measure
that elected a sleepy "Ya-a-s, sah."
"Zebe, is it you, you black rascal?
Wake up"
DAT YOU, Mass DickP" came In a lit
tie clearer tone.
Eyes. Wake up, and drive over here
to the station. How long have you been
slumbering here?"
"Jes' come dis minnit, sab. Mus
hev gone TO sleep while waitin' TO de
cabs"
''Well, be lively now. You'll get to
Cedar Hollow tonight, or rather this
morning, and won't have to walk,
| either" he said, as he made his way
| back to the platform. "The dusky rep
rebate had his horses hitched under a
tree while he was sleeping peacefully in
their blankets in the carriage" he con-
cluded with q laugh. She-murmured
something about his being very kind, as
the vehicle drew up to the platform, as
be helped her in and handed Bessie In
after her.
"Zebe, this lady will ride to the Hol-
low with Us. Have you any baggage,
MADAME"
mo. My trunk will come down by
express later. Your poor dogs, Mr..
Torrance!'
They laughed again at this, and
Torrance had to explain to Zebe that
the dogs would probably come down by
express later, too. They got started at
length and FLASHED on drearily through
the mud and rain on their long a tedious
drive. After two hours the horses
hoofs struck the gravel road on the
the majors grounds, and finally drew
up in front OF a gloomy pile In which
but a single light was visible.
yves heah," said Zebe with a sigh,
waking from a long dose in which all Of
his companions had shared, leaving the
horses to find the way by themselves,
indeed the only practical plan.
whats that" exclaimed Torrance.
rousing with q start On hearing the
barking Of dogs.
ooh, yes. Go into the house, Zebe,
and wake up one OF the girls and tell
her there is a lady here with a little girl
who will stay all night. Tell her TO
get the spare DON ready, II It's not &C.
cupied. We are here, madam" he said,
opening the carriage door. Here?
Where?" was the sleepy question.
"At our destination; at the majors,
where you will remain for the rest OF
the night. OF course you can't find
your people tonight, and If they are
not expecting you they will not be
alarmed"
but what will he-what will hc-the
major-say?" she asked, as If hesi-
tating to accept the profered shelter.
"Who? The major? He will con-
slider it an honor; he will thank me for
bringing you. l don't know whether
you know the Virginia spirit or not,
but IL is, l can assure you, one OF I'M
questioning eager hospitality"
Zebe went out to look after his horses
and Torrance stood a long time by the
fire Of kindling logs, INDUCING the
odter and inner feeling Of warmth and
musing strangely; an emotion Of pity
sprang up in his heart as he thought OF
the mother and her beautiful child,
whose hair he yet felt on his cheek,
and he swore to himself that he would
do anything for them, anything, no
matter how hard; he thanked vaguely
the kind fate shat had thrown his mans
hahn In the way of thir need,