The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-17

She nodded. not deslSsing from l,sr
idiasran1g. ri N < M n
.'rhat sorne one has dared I'D Hint
thar IN t-tyol lsnow what L NEAR. 80.
Apparenti,. she did. for she answ erred
In q low ynlcNe I. A \. ,l.ili IS IN
THAT Is II. 4 Itovc.he ard so,,ethlnr h,
the drawing room th "a mortiinR nd
what would they say IL youS came IA
London with me
Thereiwas q motnentsk pause and ,yit,,
q sudden Eulp, Luke Stanton plunged
mahfnly into the deep waters OF q dccla-
ration. They would say ii, TRUTH mn
ne could NOT bear to lSge her TINT ne
loved her, titae no wanted nothing bette
thnn 70 hcar her sayf that she would be
his wife. Would sfc say II here--now?
Ne WAS an old man--tri pie her aye, nc
doubt--bp t--bi,t 4 He stoppcd. nut Of
breath and red of face, and Miss Aibnt,
covered her face win her hands nnti
made no answer---e ven w hem having Me-
covered i,irEsif, Mr.. Stanton pressed her
still further. 20 = i II N y A 2 "
II don't know, she murmured; ~
must think, Lar, 10 surprised. ~, n 4.
OF course slie would have time to think
.r=untll tomorrow. Would she tell him
Tomorrow 4, n 2 N n, Z
An lnart.culate sotrnd no doubt meant
yes. and then canit, u more coherent:
You will 80, nov, Yton,t YOU r., ! want
to- be alone, L n Z. X &, Y & 4 Il n
And with many, d backward glnnce,
Luke Stanton 1Yeie He chuckled 10
himself again as In his own room llie
eyes fell on the bowl of,Water. cold Doyy,
bysyhlch he ha1 opened Observation-Disclosures.
He would be fiyaeiy caught; and 1t was
not q case OF cutting or lila nose 10 SPITE.
his face. for Kittie Aiban wns8as pretty
q girl as a nyOTs could wish and Il per-
feet little lady, x M, i,
~. He tpols unusual painB over his drests-
Ing, crumpled innumeva BILE ties and at
last twas re aty. To his 1lsma I. how
ever. when all the GueEss had filed into
the table q shoteg he had 10 realize that
Miss Albaii, whose seat, It Is needless 10
say, yasneSt To his owa. syas absentii!.
* On questioning the walter he found
that Miss AlbarlJ dinner hid been sent
TO Z her room I4llke wa 5. dlsapp ointed.
ind o. little alarmed: he tfldgeted about
after the meal In an aiml,ss sort OF fish
Ion, and finally cent q messages to In
squire after8the abseptee. The arsWer
came that Miss Ni1an had headache
When u Snian OF slxtyssrr6ws himself
up 10 "a pitch or taking unto himself a
wife, the presence of the dear one elect
rs necessary to prevent him from re-
9tlecting too deeply on all that the step
may mean ana the, evening seemed Very
long 10 Mr. Stanton. II
miss alban was visible at the usual
hour In the breakfast room, and an arX-
iou5 inquiry, less carefully wordeds this
time, ELECTED the same reply. Really
uneasy now. Mr.. Stanton penncd d note
OF coincidence. II hegssl: My dear Miss
Alban," and ended. Yours. always sim
cerely." The poor man wandered about
ifeebly until lunch time, when the same
thing was trepeat ted. A leaf hastily torn
from his note book. on which he hoped
that 9"Dearest Klttie, would not forget
her promise and would come down pres
entity and end the suspense OF Hers, al
ways, l.. ST. was this time pushed un-
der her door with his own hand. and q
few moments Later q snail three-cor-
nered note was brought him, with n la
comic Communication inside OF .A:30 on
the parade" I.
twas an hourand a half to that time.
and 1t had to be got through somehow.
Luke Stanton was not distinctly impa-
tient. His mindsw:e made up :she would
be able to spite Adrian and attthr same
time secure q delightful companion for
himself. But he wanted 1T settled
Surely no girl In her. senses could re-
fuseand the great charm, about Kittle
Alban was her extreme sensibleness.
iE He knew the exnctspotwhcre he would
be sure to meet kittie, and he was
hurryIng toward 1t. when he carromed
against somebody coming in the oppo-e
site direction. e,
II beg Why. what the deuce
"Father!'' u &
Adrian Stanton held out his hand per-
3sunslvely.
father, you are going to shake
hands: / felt I must come down
fgg55".Did you?! We'll, that's unfortunate,
because I'm going back to town,
| t".But, dad. listen tome. +
6"I won't listen. ] tell you; besides I
have an appointment i can't stay.
e The pink muslin frock was distinctly
visible; Luke felt that the tuation was
intolerablc. s;.aSt 3 3! "
zone moment. You must stay. My
wife Is llereyou'll see her-you Il Z:
iii see her d Z So 90 " x
Directly, won't you. Mr.. stanton?". a
soft voice broke, in before the unpardoa-
ablesword was uttered.
5"AIiss Alban," stammered Luke, this
Is my son. Il re Il 80.
a..I Know and, to the old mans ilor-5
| ror and anaGement, kittie slipped her
armwithln Adrian's. and my husband"
Luke Stanton's face became purple:
| he opened his mouth to speak, and then
all:ofEa sudden stood silent. My Dear
est Kittie. always your own, l.. s. The
| words seemed to buzz round him.. And
without giving himself time 10 collect his
Thought, Kittie began to explain; the
idea had been hers; he doctor had or,
dered her sea mir and quiet anu had. sug-
gested Great Startmouth. Immediately
a.fterward Adrian had heard of his IA TIL
| er's intended stay, there. and She. insist
| ed on having her own way. And, now,
he knew her. wouldn't he have. n little
mercy2 Adrian broke in. Couldn't he
understand Here Luke broke In quick
| by. He would see them Later on at the
I!hoteit Butfas he walked OF Kittie ran
after him and pressed q crumpled paper
l5into his hand He opened itinpprehen-
| slveIy. I was Ills own note, and behind
! Twas scrubbed hastily: Forget all
this. No one shall even. know. What
ever you decide. believe that.
IA familylpnrty OF three dined In Mr..
1 iStanton's2 private room that night. and
;at dessert, Mrs. Stanton, jr., received
from her father-ln- law us a wedding
| pfeScn;, a check for e 1000. written. not
on Il proper form. but on a sheet torn
from a notebook. ~ 4 I,
s"Queer old chap! Fancy writing n
check on q scrap .ot paper like that. re-,
married Adrian cftcrwari: but Mrs. Ad-
rlan only Laughed. She undefstood,-
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