Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-23

bItNtlt troubled.
4 am certain something Is wrong,
he persisted. II have done sOmeth -ng
that has offended you, or said some
ching stupid What is il? Do tell me.
Il can't There Is nothing to tell
Really there is not"
You would tell me If there VASE
"Of course.
And YOU .cye me as much as ever?'
"Oh, yes
he looked into her eyes, asking them
muely 20 tell him the truth. And he
Thought their expression was strangely
cold The light had surely faded out Of
them He kissed her silently and went
forward C'arice was standing there
looking at the rising noon.
Goodnight he said. holding out
his hand
How grave YOU look" she answered,
not seeing the hand
The moonlight makes people look
unnatural"
"I, does not reach the deck yet"
Good night. he said again. and he
Went down the stairs.
She looked after him with o smile.
When he had gone, she turned her head
and called
Betty"
Yes"
Come here AID So with me. Hold my
hand. That's right Let US watch the
moon Don't talk. ! want 20 think
and 70 make YOU th.uk-as I DO"
The cloud which Bslla.rs had fanciel
be noticed did not dissolve In the night.
l- was not drawn up ElysteriOusly into
the sun 90 fade i'm gold On the con-
rrary next day ne could no longer pre-
tend 10 himself that his anxiety as a
lover rendered hrm foOlishly Self-cOn-
Ec.1us. dangerously Observant Of the
meresJ trifes. There really was a
change i'm Betty and a change which
grow He BECAME seriously alarmed.
Could iJ be possible that the ardent pas
sion which she had displayed in The
first moments of their engagement was
already subSd.ug as Cyuics say passion
subsidies after marriage? Such a up
position seemed ridiculous. The ardOr
which has never fulfilled itself is not
liable 10 cool And Betty was a young
girl who had not known love before. II
she tired OF e after So short an expert
elce OF It's delights. she could be moth
ing less than a wholly unnatural and
s,Or,ed being And she was strange
lv natural. Be',airs rode out alone
with her along the bui't-up brown
roads into the desert, and tried 10 inter-
est her. but she was distracted and
seemed deep IN thought Often she
didn't hear what he was saving. and
7han she did hear and replied. her an
-W rs We're short an careless. and rather
l,U sSed than encouraged the subject
20 which they were applied. Be,Iairs,
or 'lst. gave up attempting 20 talk. and
from time 70 time stole a cautious
glance ar her pretty face. He noticed
that it Wore q puzzled expression. as if
She were turning over something in her
mind and could not come 90 a cOuciu-
sion al0u. n. She did not look exactly
4 sad but merely grave and distrait. At
length ne exclaimed. determined TO
rouse her into some sort OF cOmrade-
ship.
You never caught that headache, did
ycr,"
Nar.ce'S. YOU mean2 No
coming on nOw?'
on no. I feel perfectly We'll. What
made you think it vase
You won't talk 70 me. and YOU look
So prsterna,ur3ily serious. I am sure I
have Unwi-ticgly offended yOu?'
No YOU haven't You are just as
Won always are. better TO me than l de-
serve"
You deserve the best man in the
world"
4 already have the best woman"
"Mile Ler0uX"
eyes. C'arice.'
You admire her very much"
cor course. I would give anything
20 be like her"
BoUa'rs hesit1ted moment Then
Dec said with q slight uneasy laugh
"But YOU are wonderfully like her"
Betty looked surprised.
"I don't see how she answered.
No. because we never see ourselves.
Bu- when I first first new You both.
was immensely struck by Jhe curious re-
semb'ance between YOU. IN mind. in the
things YOU said, iu the things YOU did,
the people YOU liked.
We both liked YOU
eyes"
II would have been strange If We had
both loved YOU" Betty said, musingiy.
B=l'3trs laughed again. and gave his
horse cut with the whip. II only
wanted one 90 do that he said. not
quite .ru,hfully "And, thank God,
have got my desire.
Betty did no, answer.
Haven't To-" he persisted.
You know whether YOU have or not.
she answered How beautiful the sun
SET is going 20 be tonight Look az the
light over Kornak.'
She pointed towards the temple with
her whip. Bslairs felt a crawling de-
spair that numbed him. What did it all
mean2 Was rs tOrtUriug himself fool
ish'v. OF was this instinct. which
gnawod az his heart, thing TO be
Tece1ed With? When ne left Betty at
Che dahabeeyah. he walked slowly, In
Che gathering shadows. along the path
which skirts the dingy temple OF Luxor.
This change ,n Betty was simply mex
pAcab'e, I'm no way could ne account
tor it. She had not the definite, angry
GOODNESS of o girl who had made a
dreadful mistake. and hated the man
VINO had Ted her to make il. No, She
med rather In a state of mental
transition She was setting foot on
some bridge which. Bella!rs felt, led
away from The shore on which she had
been standing with him. Was her first
,raAspor, OF love and joy a pre,ense?
lie could not believe 50. He knew IL
was genuine. That was the puzzle
Wl.c. he could not pg, together. And