Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-01
CHAPTER.

MORTISfER's LAST WORDS TO AANGAN.
DR.. Leland went up stairs to the
apartments OF tue Mortimers, where
Inez welcomed him as warmly as II he
had been absent years instead OF hours.
In the short time they kad known
each other these two had become great
friends. There was a sympathy be-
tween them that had spoken more in
actions than In words, and IneZ, as she
searched her heart to account for the
strange fascination he had exercised
On her, was convinced that for the
first time in her life she loved.
In all her intercourse with Raymond
she had never been swayed with the
emotion that had lately stirred her.
She had respected Raymond because he
had been her brothers. friend, and
her brother himself had frequently spo-
ken to her of Raymond's attentions and
their significance. 1t was gratitude to
q benefactor that she showed, not love
such as was now surging within her,
and in the innocence and simplicity OF
her nature she was being dragged into
deception-a deception to herself more
than to Raymond. Now love in its
fullness cleared the vision Of her afec-
tions and brought before her truer
appreciation of the eccentricity OF
feeling that refuses &c play upon tbs
subtler senses till the song OF the
emotions has sn affinity for its au-
dieuce.
When we last saw her, she was read
ing the home paper that reported her
brothers resignation. Philip explain
ed it to her. He did not thoroughly re-
count the details with which we are
familiar, and the suppression Of his
own inner questionable relations with
Raymond gave to the story stronger
semblanCe OF injustice to her brother,
whom Inez deemed the sonl OF honor.
1t was this devotion TO her brother, the
attrlton OF years OF study for his hap
pness, to preserve which DR.. Leland
would sacrince millions and forsgo
vengeance on Raymond. He did not
want it undermined, and his physicians
Judgment told him that its destruction
might mean her own.
Give woman an ideal in which her
affections ara conferred, and her own
reason is overthrown with it, II the
iconoclast succeeds in topping her lit
tie god, whatever 1t may be. These
fair daughters OF Eve, susceptible TO the
pregnant frailties Of humanity. pass from
one allurement TO another, untouched
by the deeper passions. But the wom-
an with heart and soul squirting the
exercise OF mind cannot be tickle, and
the man or cause she warns 10 caH
be dealt no blows she does not feel as
keenly as the direct object OF assault.
It is this concentration OF sentiment,
created and crystalliZsd In undivided
interest, that keeps the memory OF trst
love safe from everything but the grave,
and that warns the mother more 10 the
first born, round whom cluster the de-
lights and the anXieties that ushered In
the GROWING glory Of her wonanhood
maternity.
Inez loved DR.. Leland. There was
tenderness in his words and actions to-
ward her that evidenced reciprocity OF
feeling. There was much In common
between them 10 their tastes, outside
Of the pecullarlties OF his professional
researches. that brought them together
in conversation and exalted each in the
others view. There was mutual love
for certain pursuits, aud just as men or
women. separate or jointly, beget from
enthusiasm 10 one worE-work agree
aole and commanding united allegiance
"A regard for one another, so did these
Young people draw closer and grow
more dear 10 each other. Beyond that.
they had special cause for mutual
esteem-building from an insight ts
each others character an ideal that had
3 vivid personality typifed in the pic
lures each saw while looking at the
other.
ITo BE CONTINUED.