Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-09-09
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WON BY RER SHOES


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What do you mean?"
81 Isean that found nv wife In that
identical shoe store. Como on. I'll tell
| you how 10 happeSsd as we go along.
81 fanc.ed my heart was broken when
| Fanny El.is eloped with an utter
stranger; bus didn't know then how
much 1t takes Nriously TO iniurs that
i elastic bit OF physiology.
! "Well, one evening l had been OUT
very late, and was retnrniRg leisure
10 my rooms at the hotel. half incli
TO rejoice that there was Spbod
/ frowns aud curl papers to sco!d -
| not coming homo sooner.
"But 1t was rather lonesome adN
tage. after all, and cooldn't help
| knowledging as much TO myself as
| fitted the key Into the creaking io0
and entered my solitary room.
There was one thing which hadV
not left-a paper parcel, bearing no d.
rection, but tied up with multitudinons
coils of twins. BY way Of solving tho
mystery. gave the twine slash with
my penkniie. and-what do you think
the uafolded paper revealed?'
Possibly bottle Of brandyW
mo: but pair OF the smallest, pref
test, most natty looking boots Ia tho
world!
81 rang the bell furiously, and de.
manded OF the waiter what IL all meanr
He was respectful but irm--the parcel
was for No. 80, the boy who brought IL
had declared, and there was no gsinsay-
ing that 50 was the number OF my room.
After all, they were very pretty
shoes, and evidently moulded by tho
impress of very pretty feet. Slender
round the ankles--high over the instep,.
and dantily narrow at the toes.
~ always admired gracefully shaped
foot.
And the more l contemplated the
boots standing right and left on their
slender heels on my hearthstone, the
more / was convinced that none but tho
trimmest and most piquant OF woman
kind could ever have stood In 'em.
MY dreams were swarming with To-
| initesimal shoes all night long, and the
| hrst thing OF which | became conscious
In the morning was that ] was sitting
bolt upright on the floor, trying wish
all the force Of muscle and bootjack TO
draw one OF the fairy shoes on 10 my
mammoth psSr extLap11x-->-
after breakfast ! wrapped tho artls
cles neatly up and sauntered round TO
the establishment whose blunder had
cost me so many unwonted thoughts
and novel reflections.
"'Beg pardon, sir, I'm sure--sorry
| you should have taken so much trouble
/ Quoth ne courteousiy. Mrs Seymour
sent them 10 DO mended yesterday
uorning, and thsough the carelessness
= my errand boy they were taken 30
"a o. 50 Marques Hotel, instead Of No.
S5o MarQue street. Very sorry-yery
sorry, indeed.
"Sorry-so was /! What business had
those dainty boots TO belong TO a Mrs.
Anybody? Crash went my castle In the
air.
81 was so occupied that did not no.
tice the noIseless entrance Of new
conner, nor did look around, until /
heard the man OF shoes end yolublo
sentence OF apology With
az regret IL should have caused you
any annoyance, Mrs. Seymour"
Then / started. Where had / ever
seen that face before? Dark liquid
eyes, hair parted from the low brow In
| ripples OF siiken jet, and a complexion
OF pale. clear olive. relieved by a dress
Of worn and faded black; remember IL
all, as people sometimes remember vague
gllmpses OF q previous life 10 some OBJ
livion Swallowed shorel
II stood rooted To the spot, until Mr.
Hylton alluded 20 me as the gentleman
who had brought them from Marques
| Hotel, aud | was obliged to bow awk-
wardly. She blushed to the very eye
lashes.
Eyes she said, almost 10 whisper,
4 am obliged TO stndy economy since
my poor husbands death. A quarter,
did you say. Mr.. Hylton?'
"The instant size spoke every cloud OF
doubt rolled away from my brain; re-
membered IL all. knew that the pale
young widow was my Fanny Ellis.
Fanny, have you forgotten msT
"'HeDry Lynn!
81 took both the Qulverlng hands IN
mine.
Eyes, I was right; those boots never
could have belonged TO any bnt 6 pretty.
tim!d creature like Fanny Seymour. 1
carried them home for her. aud I'm very
much afraid didn't hurry myself on
the way. How could with the little
glove resting 80 softly on my arm?
"She told me her whole life, and when
/ heard the cares and trials through
which she had passed ceased 10 wonder
q. the pensiys droop OF her eylashes
/ drew my chair 3 little closer-it was
pretty close beforehand said:
"'Then you have not been . happy
wife. Fanny
"she shook her head, with a scarcely
preceptIble sign.
"'WelI, don't you think ] went on.
| inslnuatingly, that IL yOG were 10 try
the experiment second time IL might
| be more successfulY
Her soft eyes said In Their uplifled
wonder:
what can yon mean?
"T mean that want 20 marry you
ssId /, plthly. / love you VIII you.
have meY
And If you are 10 any way eudgus 70
know what she said, ask my wifei sAe'lI
tell you al!,about is. and show you, into
the bargain, the very boots that hauHted
my slumbeA on that Wild October
night. - ? Globe.
Mrs. PIN, I wznt you to
| take FL K on the parade.
john re. mum, Edo WON'T
follow
follow
"Pa IL" exclaimed the