Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-09-30
NiDtoD
NarcoarE's
Romance.

Have you ever been in Iove?" said
the child, gravely.
NO" said the man; and faint smile
crossed his face at the memory OF the
hundred and one flrtations which had
f,ckered at different dates across his
career.
"Oh, but you must have been" con-
! tinued the child, earnestly" Every
body falls iu love several times before
they marry, mamma says. Mamma
says shall be in love several times be-
fore marry, but that is nothing at all,
aud then l shall marry and settle
down"
"When do you intend to marry?" said
the man, scrutnizing the pretty child
more closely. you are scarcely old
enough yet, are you"
ION. yes" she said eagerly. zone Of
the Prime eSses was married when she
was Just Is, mamma says, and l am
nearly 10"
Indeed. Perhaps you are engaged
already?"
well, not exactly. You see, he
wants me to marry him IN two years,
but we are not exactly engaged. Nam
ma wouldn't. hear OF it, because he
hasn't left School yet, and | haven't
seen him since; but il he asks me again
at the end of two years, we shall be en-
gagged properly"
do YOU want TO marry him so very
much?"
"N-no." after a moments thought
"Not very much. / haven't thought
about il. 1t takes so much time 10
think. YOU see. But it would be nice TO
be engaged. One would be able TO put
ones hair up regularly II one were en-
gagged, should think"
The man glanced at the tawny name
which she pushed i'm patiently back over
her shoulders as she spoke. 1t would
be a pity, he thought, 10 anticipate.
even by day, the moment when those
glorious tresses would be delivered over
10 the ill.treatment and eclipse Of hair
pins.
If were engaged to you" he said,
81 should ask you TO keep your hair
down as long as possible"
Thee | won't be engaged to you"
repIied the girl naively. besides, /
don't even know your name. l Don
believe it is really Brooks, OF Sheffield
i have spelt Sheffield with two rs; Is
that right?-becaus 1 heard that lady.
the one with the very yellow hair, call
Won something else. What is your real
name? You must write it down here. "
She was engaged in selling tickets for
a rattle at a country bazaar, and she In
dicated 10 the man the sheet of paper
whereon she had written the names OF
the ticket holders. The seventeenth
snace on the list was inscribed with the
words Brooks, OF Sheffield" The
claimant Of that pseudonym took the
pencil which she held out TO him and
signed himself stanton Harcourt."
"And now you ought TO tell me your
name" be said.
INV name is Rosie-Rosalind Alice
Jane Devine-and we live at Wey-
bridge. Do you know Weybridge? 1t
is in the part called America. | am
STAYING here with the Harlauds. Do
you live here?"
No, am just down FOR the day
STAYING with that lady, the One with the
very yellow hair"
II see. / suppose you are In love
with her9 Not2 Well, l am glad.
Would you mind taking care OF this for
me while 90 after that man.?
She kept on coming and going IN the
course of the Afternoon. Il was evident
that she had privately established Stan
ton Harcourt as a sympathetic friend
who might be honored with the duty Of
buying tickets for her rallies, and de-
Dot where valuable property might be
| left with security. She talked 70 him
in her queer way now and then; but
she had very keen eye TO business,
and was continually darting of toward
some Dew'face with an appeal for her
rattle.
Stanton Harcourt, moreover, cement
ed this friendship OF day by present
ing her with large painted screen
which he was lucky" enough TO win In
one Of her rallies.
81 am sorry you don't live at WeV-
brIdgel were almost her last words TO
him. ut would be so nice. Perhaps
YOU may come there, thought"
Shortly after that Stanton Harcourt
went to Norway for about six weeks and
epioyed all the pleasures Of rnughing IL,
| including horrible food. After that be
Joined a yacht and started round the
world 10 slow and luxurious fashion.
One way aud another il was not until
three years after that country bazaar
that be found himself once more settled
| in London for the season.
"Who is this beauty Of the year?'
be said to friend az Lady Glenlyn-
don's ball.
Lady Rose verdsn," replied, the
other. lord Salterton's daughter
presented at the May drawing room.
us sd e here?"
Eyes. I'll point her out TO you; in
troduce you, If you ike. Do you see
that tall girl in blue, the one with the
beautiful hair, passing Us now"
Stanton HSrcourt gazed in tbs Oh,
rection indicated, aad owned 10 himself
that the opinion of society had not
erred. He saw before hini q tall. beau
tiful. fair girl, whose height Overtoppsd
that OF most OF the u - while hel
figure was so gracefully Rortioned
that il was impossible 20 to az
inch of her stature. HeI WAS a
fair as & Cover. and the coli OF
her hair suggested tresse - would
clothe her like mantle we're they
once unloosened.
''Introduce me" be So Aod 50, u
time. Sir Stanfop. as intro