Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-13

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and put my vessel in stays.
We were soon settled in our house by
the sea, but Pepper pulled a long face
when got him nicely fixed in the ham,
mock on a lovely June morning, and
preached the great subject For the
first time I began TO realize that he was
aging and losing interest in the stir
ring questions Of the day, for he didn't
seem TO feel the least culver of excite
meut az the thought of building a
cup defender, and as matter Of
fact hes pOOh-pOOhed and threw
cold water on the whole thing
Lofty indignation in hammock is not
| impressive. and combined with specks
andgray whiskers and a little skull cap
becomes positively funny, though he
didn't know it.
Very few fathers have been as indul-
gent as yours, my dear, >" said he L
have gratified too many of your foolish
whims. but this is so ridiculous that it
is not 10 be entertained for moment.
Build q cup defender, indeed. What
under the sun do you know about
yachting even if I had a fortune to
fling away. No, no, my dear Julia.
| Don't be absurd. You may have row
boat. or q small sail boat now that
Bobby is here to help You sail 1t, but
let me hear no more such nonsense.
You are not a child any more
burst into tears Ii is one Of my
accomplishments; they taught us in the
convent 20 weep becCmingly and with
OUT deepening the tint Of our pretty lit
tie pink noses. Pepper was visibly dis
turbed.
Good heavens~ he grOaned, trying
to- get out of the hammock. Don't go
on like that, Julia, Julia. You'll dis
trb the neighbors.' They were half
q mile away
You are hard-hearted parent, ~
s0bbed /, jumping up and running in
the house. Il ask for yacht and You
offer me a row boat, On, pepper, you
have broken my heart.
locked myself in my room and crleS
for TWO hours. Pepper was on the piazza
and knew he would hear me perfectly.
IL wasn't a waste Of time even If 1t had
mo- effect upon him, for 1 did my finger
nails and rearranged my upper dress
between the sObs. He was not at DIN
ner that night. Bennett, his man, said
he had gone up 10 town on business. L
smiled and pegged away al my Nes-
ser0de pudding In triumph for / was
| sure my tears had made an
/ impression. and in the evening l wrote
/ on toNew York for three or four smart
I Yachting rigs from Redfern.
What's up?' said Bobby, saunterlnS
I'm about 1880 from the lawn where he
. had Just finished his pipe.
"I am. but I'm going 20 bed at once
murmured J. Bobby was enough TO VeN
q saiutwith his slow way and his want
of enthusiasm. He was, and IS, an
/ Ad9nis. and looked up at me deliberate
lv with something in his blue eyes thaa
made me exCuisitely uncomfortable.
Have / heard anything about a falr
/ yach-swOmanH said he IN Inat mock
| ing voice of his.
IF YOU have you will see her soon, ~
| cried 1 smartly, "for I am going on a
cruise tomorrow
"Fow? Where? Why?' Bobby's
beautiful blond mustache twitched sus-
plciously
II don't know how, or where, or Why
but I'm going" said /. and l sailed out
Of the room with as much majesty as
was possible 20 a young woman VINO
| felt herself an object of derision.
Bobby walked up and down the piaz-
IN for an hour afterward. / fancled /
| could hear him chuckling
But the next morning when l drew
ND my shade and looked out the win
/ dow. there. riding at anchor few rods
/ from the shore was the very cutter OF
/ nav dreams. the snowy wilderness Of her.
| hull reflected back from the glass-like
water. and her one mast tapering
| gracefully 10 the sky. Grace was just
the word for her. II was expressed in
the sweep of her bow. the bold under
! cutting of her stern. the airy lghtnesS
with which she fcated on the outgoing
tide. and. above all she had about her
such an atmosphere of freshness, trig-
ness. daintiness. that my feminine soul
went out 10 her with a little shrek Of
/ delight. I caught up an opera glass
| from the table to read the name on tho
! stern as it swung round into view. half
/ r0ping 10 see my own, for had not tns
least doubt that IL was peace onerlnS
| from pepper. who had rushed mp TO the
| first ready-made yacht store and
bought this beauty to appease my an
ruish. But. no. In large gilt letters.
| there was only one word. Lady.
I flew into my clothes and down
stairs. Bobby. with the everlasting
and omnipresent pipe, was there be-
/ fore me.
Then Bobby informed me that the
/ yacht was his and proposed that we gef
married right away and take our we'd
ding tour ON the vessel.
"Weu. after breakfast Wen talk it
over" 1 said, assembling. Bobby
gave my hand q little squeeze and we
went in. Pepper had not returned and
there was q new romantic relish about
f1a oatmeal and the boiled blueiish.
with Bobby looking unutterable thlnSs
/ across the table. I was not so wrapped
ND i'm this new infatuatlOn, however.
-rat I forgot TO be angry with pepper.
Who had treated me 50 shabbily, and /
was bound [ would be even with him
somehow. That bit of news about the
/ kerosene trust encouraged me 20 so
I ahead, too.
So an hour or two later when Bobby
and I had made OH our plans for get
ting married and setting sail In the
I Lady. / took him aside and q WlJA
much gravity:
Bobby. old fellow, this is my last
request as q single lady. Lend me the
I r0wboar for q little while. l want 10
row around the point and mediate
upon The momentous step I've are
/ about to- take