Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-10

don thlnh ne dld; put he might
sir
well, I fairly gloated over the tor
ture I would put that man through. [
was In a thoroughly vindicuve mood.
and 7 thought l would make him suffer
for the unpleasantness some Of his kind
had made us. SO l started. But ASH
went l began to remember certain
warnings against these ebullitons Of
rage. | remcrGbaT5 Tat was not ex-
actly COMMUNICATIVE hief of that house
and whoever came / was always to
treat them well. I decided not to usa
violence. / would use strategy. [
would see how the land lay, get my
bearings. be sure of my ground and I
would carry in with me thick black
frost that should Immediately settle
over everything, and utterly wither the
man with his lightning rods, or his en-
cravings. or whatever he had.
az peeped in the drawing room. Now
NTrs Clemens had been making q tour
Of the house that day, and had gather
ed ND nine or ten etchings in title sil-
Yer frames and arranged them on the
foor to try the effect for certain space
ON the Wall-had left them there, and
there they were. I'd seen EN- thous-
and times. but EdidnG know it then.
II made me feel good to think had so
nearly hit ii, and walked In. As luck
wnIId have IT,. he had taken from the
+able \ Russia leather portfolio and held
1t in his lap. OF course, Id seen that
portfolio a million times, but didn't
know that, either. L walked IN feel
ing especially well and so, so capable,
as I took in the situation and prepared
to meet thefoe.
He rosevwhen went In and put OUT
his hand. / took it and let 1t repose a
minute in mine: let 1t lie there-then
let It drop. That was good for a start
er. Then stood there, and didn't say
ANYTHING. didn't ask him to sit down.
I didnf sit down. l knew that pause,
a deep. deliberate pause, we'll distribute
ed over the surroundings, would be
highly advantageous.
"He said, Mrs. Clemens is well, N
hope?'
"'Oh. YES, she's well-well enough!'
at could see that was hard Onefon
him but after. a minute he tried It
again. Miss Clemens is well" 7
Eyes. she's we'll enough
.'Then. that pause settled again, and
Won could feeh it over everything,
never enjoyed anything more in my
life.
"That instant'ft struck me that some
time, somewhere. l had seen that PIC
ture. SO with a wave ofJthe hand saidS
blandly. Never mind, we've got that
one
congratulated myself, but still l didn't
saw ANYTHING. and when in despair he
began TO lift the second one thought
INV bluff had been so successful that
would try it again, so 1 said, indiifer-
emily:
too
GENTLY met Charles Dudley Warner in
the mountains-and he, ah-spoke TO
me about calling at his house. CouIu
you kindly direct me"
what a chance! L fairly covered
him with directions. Certainly GER
tainly-right out the front door-down
that street-straight ahead-you can't
miss it. and ne was out in trice.
'But when l came back and saw all
those pictures on the floor, | began TO
feel q slight sinking at the heart. It
struck me that perhaps I had not been
so very clever after all. had sent thaa
man away without his property, and the
more I studied the.proposition the more
uncomfortable 7 became. Then l called
up 20 the second story:
"'Do YOU know anybody by the name
Of Mr.. 3D. e. Martin?
Martin? said Mrs. Clemens. Is ne
tall and fair, wears glasSes|
NO, that amt the one
'eThen Claire came from the other
side and she called down, why, he's
the gentIemanswe met at Mr.-Huttons,
and we invited him particularly to cali
when he came to Hartford
Its all right L said, he's been
here
".What have you been .doing-what
have YOU done? We urged him TO visbJ
us
cts all right. I say-he's been here
7 didn't know who ne was, and he's
qone-gcne to Mr.. Warmers. thought
| he was selling etchlngs.'
ooh. how terrible! You must go
right after him and apologize
What shall I say? Tell him took
him for a peddler?
But something had to be done, so [
rushed wildly down the street Inc
Warmers house has a door the upper
half of which is often open, and a cat
/ or a Christian may easily get IN over
| the lower half, and so into that hallway
I bolted. Il was no time for ringing
| electric bells and ia an instant ! stood.
breathless and disheveled IN the draw
! ing room. Ny. but there was ice all
aoundi There sat Susie Warner as sim
as q frozen image at one side OF the
room and B. z. Martin was bolt upright
on the other side.
81 didn't lose a minute. My dear fell
low. I cried, why did you let me 30 on,
so? Didn't you see | was not myself2
Why didn't yOu-oh-say something
do something-and bring me 10 my
senses
why, I observed. Mr.. Clemens, that
you seemed-ah-p reOccupied. and-er
| rather disinclined for conversation;
but I conjectured that you were absorb
ed in your work
&" That's just it, / put In triumph
antly. absorbed in my worlz-absorbed
in my work. You've hit It exactly!
''By this time Susie was on 10 the
whole business. She twigged. and the
atmosphere thawed She had taken
him for a book agent.
"Well. we gathered around the man
and we invited him to dinner and break
fast and lunch, and 10 balls and par