Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-04

f9cf fnAI she was lLlt OBJNtt VI 81 IIUCA
attention Sportsmen of all sorts
sided innocenuy up to have look at
her. one and all enyious of Rev. Frank
Simpson with whom she was holding
an animated conversation.
Only enc person present ould have
informed them who she was. and That
was Charley Dandy, the man just ar
rived from foreign parts, and ne, like
the good fellow ha was, kept his kn0wi-
edge to himself.
Votes in the wood! The horses hear
the glad sound. and do their best TO at
crat their riders 3t enc on 10 It by wh;n-
ny,ng. fise-;ng. snatca.ng at their bis,
and all the devices they can think Of
ia 13ct. likely 10 convey the hint tha,
they wo1d IKE to be eff,
But the sad riders are all so busy
giving tongue on their own account
or the one engrCs5;ng 9ubjec, Of the
Lady Of the Dragon"
It was no until Captain LomaX's
chestnut mare. indignant at her master
hitting her over the head because she
won't stand still. You brutew ra3rs up
and deposits the captain on his back
in The muddy ride, thereby causing Q
temporary cessation in the c0nvo satiOn.
that It occurs to somebody chat there
IS q dead silence everywhere else but
m the ride, and that it is quie On the
cards that It is a case Of found and
gone away
Mr.. B0underby's big Drawn horse can
stand it no longer. A snatch at THE
On IF IA
shaped bend, which catches his master
we'll on the nose, and ne is eff down
The r.de followed by the rest.
And when they are got to the end of
the covert (Which lies. by the way, ON
che top eff the HAD, what a terrible sgha
awaits them
In the valley beneath. GER a.nly two
/ miles off, are the hounds in full cry,
running at a pace hi locks like kill
ing all over; and in their wake, sailing
away at Their e3s5. are four people
| three hOrszmen and a lady.
The lucky quartet are the Earl, his
hun.sman, Charley Dandy, and the
Lady ar the Dragon, and ne latter, IL
is plain 60 see, has far and away the
best of It.
In the water meadow hard by the
brook his horse had failed to clear. lies
the Eg-l Of Hareicld, evidently griev-
CUsly nur,.
he IS not alone however, for a lady
! KIN ling 40 his side, is supporting his
head with her lcf, arm, while with the
ether hand she gently wipes his forehead
w.tl a handkerchief stepped IN water
from time to time by Charlie Dandy,
who brings 10 in his hat.
A. Usic holding the three horses
completes The picture.
a little more brandy, Captain Dandy
-thanksi All! Thank God he's COM
ing to-" she eXclaims, as in another
minute some Color-ever so little
comes into the pallid cheeks, the eyes
open. and the Earl, after looking help
lessly around for an instant, speaks
family:
You are very kind to me. You Will
make them send for Ned wOnt-you?
| feel faint-PTom-ise'
81 promise faithfully came from
the lips OF the girl at his side. Then
she added. simply: Il will send for
him myself l am his wife,
Ii is Christmas time and festivities
on q grand scale are going ON at Hare
field Place-festivities which eclipse al
together those which took place when
young Lord Blythebury attended his
majority.
These, if YOU please are to celebrate
his home coming after his marriage
A great dinner to the tenantry is be-
ing given in the old banquetting hall,
and the last toast-that of their noble
host, the Earl of Harefeld-has just
been drunk with every token Of good
viii. and replied to by the recipient in
appropriate terms Hardly has the
Earl resumed his seat amidst yOciferous
applause than, from the centre of the
room, a hammering on the table is
heard. requesting silence Ii is our
MISUNDERSTANDING friend-the ire
pressible Charley Dandy.
My lords, ladies and gentlemen"
he says. You have toasted every one
nearly in this room. / fancy, this az
ternOon, except myself, and 7 am not
going to make a speech. which is not in
my line. I feel bound. though, TO re-
mind YOU of another person you have
forgotten, who. being lady. cannot. of
course. speak for herself That being
the case. / take upon myself to propose
it. I ask YOU one and all to charge
your glasses and drink to the health Of
The lady at the Dragon. Holly
Leaves.
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