Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-11

thinking hard before he again spoke,
that It's time as somethin were said
by one or tother. | courteu youi
mother fowerteen year ana tnieo
month, and though I don't 80 so lar aS
to say l 'olds wi short courtshlps as
rule, still l niver 'ad no reason 10 re-
pent. though they do say, marry IN
'aste and renent at leeshure. raPs
you'd like me to speak to Jim, friendiy
| like. and put it to i'm? Not as tner
no need fur 'urry. but somethin might
be said def'nit' as to the year arter
next. or if that were considered TOO
soon. the one arter that, fur though
doesn't old wi 'urryin' things on;
neithe, 'Me:a, my gal, does l old WI
shillyshallyin'."
| parents proposition, bit of threau
and seemed TO be turning the matter
over in her mind and weighing us pros
and cons.
Then with merely some half dozen
pins in her mouth, she up" and spoke
and her words were the words OF WIS
| dom.
well. father, 1 won't go for to deny
as l aren't thought as Jim 'ltchens
were a bit over back ard in comm Tor
rard. and know the ne.ghbors do talK'
so p'raps if you could give I'm an INT
it might 'elp i'm to know is own nina,
which he don't seem to do not at pres
| int and if il don't do no good doh
see as it could do much arm.
Here the clock, giving way to excite
| ment. struck II without stopping 10
take breath.
Mind YOU" continued Miss Binks,
as soon as the clock had done speaking,
and pointing at her father with her
needle. don't want for you to be ara
On i'm. only jest to find out what is
hintentions IS. or whether he's got any
or's likely to ave"
So one morning old Binks put on his
hat-or rather his daughter put 1t on
for him. jamming his head we'll home
and took his stick and toddled OF
down street" charged with the deli
cate mission of plumbing the unknown
depths of jim Kitchens matrimonial
inclinations.
What tranSpired IN the course OF this
momentous interview has never been
d;vulged. Possibly old Binks himself
might have been to blame in that he
failed to bring to bear upon the matter
that delicacy of fact for which it pre-
! eminently called.
At any rate, when he returned home
it was plain that the little old man had
been considerably put out" This at
once made itself evident to his daugh-
ter, who met thim at the door, and, TAX
ing from him his hat and stick, in
CURED, in 4 voice IN which not even
the presence of pins between her lips
could disguise the signs Of interest
amounting almost to eagerness:
well, father"
''Not at all, 'Melia, not all" was the
tremulOus reply Il should say any
thin but sichr
"Lor, father exclaimed Miss B.nks,
with an attempt to quell her rising agi-
tation by placing her hand on her
heart-an attempt that was baked by
a rampant of her favorite implements,
of extra large size. "Lor, father
She could say no more, but laying
violent hands on her parents coat col
lar, she bore him across the tagged
passage into the front room, where,
depos:ting him in his ebow-chair, she
mounted guard over him. Now, faith
er, speak your mind"
'Melia, my gal, it's my belief as he's
bin maxim a fool o. you. Leastways,
all as l could get out O. i'm when |
puts it ii i'm straight, was as he
weren't prepared to go to SIGH lengths
as TO menshin any particler date, as he
couldn't abide be!n' 'urried. nor yet
drove-drove was is very words. 'Melia
as he niver see no good come Of It.
All as he could and would say was as
he'd be round as usual come Sunday"
Father" cried Miss Binks in a voice
choked by emotion and pins, lest you
leVe i'm to me"
Sunday came, so did Jim Kitchens.
Mr.. Kitchens leaned against the fence
and chewed a twig, wondering at the
unusual time taken by his lady-love in
putting on Der bonnet
He turned and looked up at the win
dow, but Miss Binks was too quick for
him, and lodged behind the curtain.
Once the idea of going boldly up TO
the door and making inquiries present
ed itself 70 him, but the idea being al
together too venturesome, and entirely
without parallel in tia annals of his
courtship, was abandoned as soon as
formed.
Then the church clock struck the
quarter before four, and, with a start
Mr. Kitchens realized that his 'Melia
was not forthcoming that day.
Mr.. Kitchens was fiabbergasted As
he slowly turned and left the gate II
was to him almost as though the uni
verse were turned upside down.
Mr.. Kitchens rubbed his left whiskeI
against the grain, and opined that this
were a queer START So she meant to
give him a go-by after all these years
did she? And all because-at least, he
s'pOsed that must be 1.-The wasn't al
together prepared to rush off and get
married within a couple of years time
On the whole, he wasn't sure that he
hadn't had a lucky escape Such a dis
play of temper as he had just been
treated to seemed TO indicate plainly
that she was not the sort of young Wo-
| man to have made him comfortable
A party as would turn nasty over such
a little thing as that wasn't the right
party for him.
All the same, as he passed absently
along, he was conscious that the pros
pect of commencing another lengthy
courtship at this time Of life seemed a
very uphill and doubtful sort Of one.
As to the lady herself, no sooner did
she realize that she had actually sent
Jim Kitchens to the right-abOut than
she sat down and had a good cry, and
forgot all about putting the kettle on.
There was, as may be imagined con-
siderable comment in the town when IL
! became generally known that the