Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-17

Lucille laughed.
81 will not allow II. You shall M,
60 on in this ridiculous fashion"
my dear Gilbert, don't You think
that il is you who are ridiculous inst
now? You silly fellow" she confined.
drawing near him, what does IL matrar
to you If half the men in the room are
In love with me, when you know I'm nor
in love with them? There, don; talk
nonsense, and De OF to your ride"
why don't you come, too?' asked
her husband, half Modified, again.
"I-oh, no. couldn't possibly spars
the time, dear; heaps Of things to do.
and letters to write. Goodby for the
present"
And with a laughing farewell sbs
trlpped out of the room.
The smiles, however,yanished as shs
sank into low chair iu her boudoir.
and picked one note out OF the heap that
lay 10 her lap. Mrs. Corin's pretty dim
pies disappeared and her brows con-
tracted into frown "a she reri:
dear Mrs. Corin:-Y0u know. Of
course, that an engaged to Miss Kath-
een Mayse. Don you think that, IN
der tho circumstances, 10 would be BET
ter for you TO return NE some very fool
ish illusions OF mine, when You stiu
have? | an sure YOU Ni.i see the adv.s-
ability of this, and viii De good enough
TO give the packet 10 my freud Apple
garth, who will call upon you at twelve
this morning.
Yours sincerely. w. l."
Il shall do nothing of the SORT ex.
claimed Lucille, when she had read the
letter for the third time Engaged ID
Kathleen Msyse, indeed. Engaged TO
her thousands, he ought TO have said
a horrid, plain. little red haired thing.
without an idea In her mind /. is per
fectly disgusting, the things men VIII
do for money; out / did think Wutrld
was different | dld believe him. 40
| least" And she rose from her chair.
Indignantly. why, not year ago he
was ready to blow his brains our, be-
cause / would not marry him, and
now"- She finished her sentence with
a dramatic gesture. A dangerous little
| person she looked as she paced up aud
down the pretty boudoir. The TACT VAS
that Mrs. CORN WAS suffering acutely
from the complaint, which, 10 cur
nursery days, We called dog-in-the--
mangerness.
Married before the close Of her first
season 30 man whose hold Oh life aud
fortune were alike more unstable than
any one had supposed, at twenty.Uue
! she was left widow with an Income
which allowed small margin for opera
| boxes or partisan toilets, Goth OF which,
with tout ce que sen suit. were exceed
irgy dear 10 the ltt,o WOmau'S heart.
! Launched among Il certain sol, how
ever, she was swimming with tue stream
! 10 no very safe port wnen Gilbert CORN
-au elderly banker-came.saw and was
conquered.
Some one says somewhere that there
are no wedding oe.s which DO not rlng
| the knell OF somebody's happiness, aud
certainly on LuclIe'S second marriage
morning Wilfrid Endicott might well
| have been dubbed the Knight OF the
Rueful Countenance. ii aud the pretty
! little widow had. for some time before
! Corn's appearance upon the scene, been
| engaged IN a very serious iirtation-so
serious. indeed, that when her elderly
sutton declared himself! and LucIe muir
INJURED the fatOful Yes Sne bad a
nearer approach TO aQua.m Of conscience
| than she had ever Experienced.
Without doubt, had Wilirid Oeen suit
| ably endowed with this worlds goods,
there would have been small cnance for
Gilbert, but, s. things were, ~ 49,, =
was luxury they could not afford. as
! Lucille told the angry young man when
/ he came 10 upOra.d her for her faith
leSsncss. The little woman was not
without a taste Tor dramatic situations.
and on the whole she "a her iOyed
! mere far ewell interview with Niifrlld;
! she wept q httle IN a becoming fashion,
and gave utterauce 10 few sentiments
! OF the Blanche Am0rY type and ended
! by saving that she won .iau % Keep
| hisslettars az souvenir " their dream.
though she had lad express COM
mands on WiIfrd rs 10 their conduct 10
each other after her MARRIAGE, Lucille
had no intention o. their being oOcyec;
unfortunately, however, ana as every
YER lining has It's dark cloud, Gilbert
CORN was a. ieaious as Moor, and
p
Endicott having reached his ear, 10 was
speedily made clear to WHirl that Mr.
CORN was by no means % find a place
among the marIs cOmpia,s2nts.
Acting on the principle That when
mans heart is broken he gathers up
the pieces and melts them together az
the nearest candle. Nuirid had gone 10
Kathleen MRyse for consolation, "u'ch
consolation was possibly all The more
effective that. as a set.oG 10 her red
hair and hazel eyes. the young lady was
sole beiress TO one OF the richest ron
founders 10 England.
The engagement had been iorm4Hy
announced a few days ago. ana soma
how Luclle's maid had not iound ina.
her lot lay among the lilies anu roses Oh
life ever since: aud this letter cdpptu
everytblng-the calmly impersona. toms
of Tit might have been from
auy one 10 any oue-an1 her
hands clipched as she thought o' '"'
contents Of the packet thar 'he WAS W
summarilY called on 10 deliver UP 'o
this Mr.. Appegarth
Mrs. CORN unlocked drawer 10 Isr
writing table and took out small par
Gel neatly tied up and docketed.
Letters from W, June-AuSus"
1898"
She united il aud glanced over one or
two Of the most passionate. .,..
ITO think that be could "rIte "@o
that. and then be 80 utterly fairness
she exclaimed. I'VE great m.au u
send the whole lot to that niue M4t
girlr' She paused. u "ol'o O' 10
ligh,fully dramatic thing 70 90,
savored OF FrenSh novels ana "1 u'1o
plays. NO, no; it wou.dn oo ,-io.
There's no knowing sne mig I lu1.o
a scandal, and II 10 got 20 "''J'''
ears IT might be zwkwar1. ~ 49,, 49,,
pose there's nothing u d. a'te. a'' -u,
meekly deliver them up. H'" 80" 49,.