Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-06-30

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Is such bad one" '~
On, Wen very soon set things rip,.
L SAID, reassuringly, and the loog
gratitude bestowed upon me mad
think that l had never before met
so charming or so handsome a gin,
this Miss Gwynne.
Whipping out my spanner, l adm.
ed it, and proceeded 10 tighten M .
loose nut OF the steering bar. Inr
that the young lady's machine Wa.
thing but good one. In fact
quietly telling myself what an ms
and old fashioned mount it wa. +,.
winsome and apparently well In ".
rider, when, to my dismay, the s-.
broke short off, and the nut attach .,.
it rolled in the road.
Now, here's a pretty CO.. / b,,-
out, redding with mingled c3rm'.
and veXation. "Whatever shan ms
now, Miss Gwynne?"
reply. " -'' l'
Well, I've landed you IN this s.~..
and you must allow me % s4 Nm, ".''
Of it, that's all" W. o-'
Il can only suggest" adds ..,
as you are so far from home r.. .-@
allow me to see you to some ll's -.'.+'
! try TO get new bolt and rm r .''.l
sibly you can tell me Of .lf..r-,-
to put Up for an hour or Two. .sr
a stranger about here. can r-r-
manage TO wheel your mac4.le ami ~.
own along"
There's one great objection %
a thing" she said after q pause. m
fact is, Dick-I mean my bro.a.r MI
Gwynne-has left me without ID r..r
in my pocket" She colored u1 Gin |
ingly at the confession, and weat 9.-
or course, he doesn't know That
it's nay own fault. 1 often go ON. w.
out bringing my purse, but declare
never will again"
She gave little laugh. as if So con.
ceal her vexatiou, and added. AL.
1 can't accept your kind suggestion"
On the contrary" / returned e
eagerly still, 1T is the greater r
why / shouldn't comfort you. es0cc.
as your predicament is entirely d..
my carelessness. You don't know
annoyed | am at having rendered
wheel useless, and, under the ciru.
--lces, | feel in honor bound to req i
The mischief; and if YOU viii afford i
t-e happiness Of seeing you made con-
;,--11ie. can, no doubt, very soon gt
:1-- mount put right
Really, 1 don't see what else / can 4.
---e- The circumstances" was the au-
sT=- with o little sigh as OF regre-
--=-- with q light laugh and IN a mo-
-s-----z zone, she added oh. .
~ ! make 10 warm for brother d..
va ne meet a deal he cares al3u
80 t-- see be hasn't even troubled 3.
~ lax y 11t CUT whether I've broke.
- LEX 60 -c--alo. between you a.
80 = -a-=s --e idea OF lost gruua
81 -s- IS b moving Mr.-Mr.-"
t-'a- 5-z-CCl-quite AZ your slrr.
lez
IL Brandon. there's turn.
ne -E1 z nile down the road which
WIZ -zss us 20 jus, the place we want
-.H- --1 VII De able 10 run on Go 81.
----z-E 80 ss- what you need for rr
H1ss- T-a-e's 70 place nearer. and ra
z--z-- ycu viii be very glad wlen SD.
have 5--e with such q Uo15.soa
companion Is l an proving
On The contrary quite r.eas.
interruption 70 ny journey ga .ur
yentured, and Ireal.y though, aa. 81
Gwynne was the most cha.mr
unconventional girl / had ever r .. 'l
fact, we presently reached The M
had spoken Of all too soon 10 SID. l
newly awakened emotions.
| found. on inquiry, that | could
st. Adams quicker by taking
short cuts across the fields than o.
ing around the road, and so ]
mined to leave my machine at the
As for poor Harry, / was by th.
utterly obliyious Of his existence.
Looking in upon Miss Gwyn1s
fore leaving the house, / found ho-
'eady enjoying an appetlzing repa
sight which mCmentarily gave me u
lualms of conscience concerning
Inner / had promised my chum sl1
pc ready for him by the time he rcao
he George
Pardon me, Miss Gwynne," said =.
haven't had a chance to settle with
andlord yet, and he may look for r
nent before l can return. Except d
.oppers, this note. as it happens, is
smallest amount / have about ne
,ray accept it as the loan which r
ay you will insist upon your br0thc
lajor Gwynne, returning"
delicately placed a i've pound no
lpon the table, and then. blushing f.
iously at the rather curious look
orded me-which / recalled 10 ut
Don afterward-I hastened frCr .e
DOM.
Having procured what / wanted 20
IT, Adams, was back well under
wo hours. OF Miss Gwynne, howo
could see no trace.
oh. the lady went soon after vr
eft, sir" said the landlord, in arTr
0 my interrogations. "She said rol
know which way she'd gone. and b
p oNAu loAC AGI DIOLItt s DIG. ....
-ou'd arranged to come back for l
md TO settle up with me-"
What! | fairly gasped. "Cora u
n my maehine-said l was her brother
md left me to settle up? WIZ, Wha
arth are you raving about, man
Amt raving at all" snapped '
andlord, cycling me suspiciously. "nt
but | hope it's all right. She"
Hope it's all right" l interim
IT'S all wrong. If sl
was her brother-and gone OF
ny almost new twenty guinea D.
md M five pound note tool Oh
is all right for her, no doubt M
'ery clever swindler that girl mu
That machine she's left behind
worth the price Of old iron. Ami
ct her slip Fay under your very
Icould hardly repress d gToan a5
now neatly l had been deceived
ielt very hard hit both in mock