Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07

The idea or conveyance is not SO
familiar to the inhabitants or Scadden
as IL Is 10 the jewellers in large cities.
When they want to go anywhere within
q distance OF five or SIX miles, they
usually 60 on foot. And then in this
case there was the money to be thought
Of But after brief hesitation Rachel
said
"Yes, that is the only way, suppose.
I can think OF no other, can you, Mr..
Grove? Hudson keeps Wagonette up
here. doesn't he? | will run and get IL
- won't bs a moment-if you will hold
mother" And before he could stop
her, she ran up little side street, leav-
ing him with the old lady in his arms.
When the first shock OF horror had
passed away, Grove felt more ashamed
OF himself than be had ever done in his
life before. He would have given
almost anything to have eXtricated him
self from his awkward position. In his
anxiety 10 know whether anybody was
looking al him, he kept twisting first
one way and then Another. Ha asked
Mrs. Vane whether she could not stand
alone, and the poor old lady did try
very hard, but excitement and fatigue
had brought GA a sort OF temporary
paralysis, so that she had little control
over her limbs. Grove, therefore, had
to continue his support.
Still there was no sign Of Rachel. 1t
almost seemed a. il she had forgotten
him, she had been away so long. At
different times number of persons
passed in the distance, and all stopped
to take ia. tho full significance OF the
strange sight on the quay. Worse than
all, Wllmott came out or Mr.. Dukes
house, and when he saw mis- friend hold
ing Mrs. Vane, his head hanging down
Behind her back, ns stared in amaze
ment, and then hurried oy on the other
side. After that, Grove felt that DE
had indeed let loose the deluge.
Presently shabby little waEonette,
with a weary old horse In front, came
slowly along the quay. twas the very
vehicle which Rachel had gone IN,
search of, and as it was evidently re-
turning from a journey, the cause OF
her prolonged absence was explained.
Grove called TO the driver to stop.
With good deal OF difficulty he man
aged TO place Mrs. Vane on the seat,
and while he was thus engaged several
men gathered round, and one OF them,
thinking TO be OF some assistance, closed
the door. Grove stopped down to open
it again so as TO get out.
"Surely, Mr. Grove" said the man,
you'll never let the old lady go alone.
She'd be shaken Oft the seat before
she'd gone two yards"
At another time Grove would have
resented the mans Interference, but he
was far too embarrassed to utter
word. He merely dropped back by
Mrs Vane's side.
A few moments later, just after the
wagonette had started, Rachel came
hurrying along the quay. She was In
side before Grove well knew what was
happening. lie made feeble attempt
to rise, but they were already going
forward again.
81 have been hunting everywhere for
the wagonette," said Rachel. ION,
Mr. Grove, 1t is good Of you. Without
your help I really don't know what l
should have done"
Grove hung down his head. He was
distracted by the thought OF being seen
with the VaneS He would gladly have
laid down on the bottom OF the vehicle
to escape the curious gaze of his fellow
townsmen. AS 1t happened, there were
a dozen or more Of them goSsiptng In
front tho Dragon. At the sight OF them
be said desperately:
MRS. Vane, you find the wind too
keen, don't you?"
And although she made gesture OF
dissent, he seized her pig umbrella.
opened it, and sheltered himself behind
it,
In the street they passed Aunt Pris-
ella on her way home TO her cats-that
was a bad day for the canaries. She
stared very hard when she saw Alistair
Grove In such company. That this was
some new development OF his plot
against herself and her family she felt
sure.
When once in the open country out
side OF the town, Grove began TO breathe
more freely. He felt better able to
listen to Rachel, who quite unconscious
OF the real state OF mis- feelings, was
warm In her expressions OF gratitude.
With the exception OF the members OF
her home circle he was the only person
TO whom she had: had an opportunity OF
speaking for some time. she knew
that the people in the town shrank
from all contact with her family.
Groves conduct therefore appeared to
her to be exceedingly noble and chlV-
alrous.
As she talked he began to raise his
eyes to her face occasionally, and he
could not help being struck with It's
beauty. II only Scadden society would
give It's approval he felt he could really
love her. More than that, he would
even marry her without penny OF her
own. With such girl IL would be
pleasant to SO through life much a. they
were doing now, OF course under shelter
of a highly respectable umbrella In case
public opinion should at any time hap
pen TO turn against them for the mo-
mont. That was the mischief OF the
thing. Everybody was against them
now, and the result might possibly be
the loss of a fine property, Smartng
from his recent experiences Grove was
inst in the mood 10 defy what most he
feared, and spirit OF logged resistance
arose within him, though IL was scarcely
likely to prove lasting.
Under its influence, however, Grove
slighted at the cottage, instead OF re-
turning ia the w&gonette. He went In
and talked to Mr.. Vane, while Rachel
put her mother to bed. Afterwards,
when she came downstairs, she made
tea for him, and they had long CONVEX
sation together, the old man protesting
10 listen.
The effect Of the incident upon Rach-
els mind may be briefly stated. In the
hope Of maintaining her fatner and