Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-06-07

"And his own"
"Ies. it behind here somewhere. I've
searched the gun-rOom, and can ma
no trace Of il.
"Ahr' It is the simplest ejaculation,
and means only regret on the part OF
Verl.0e-On. but IL is a. matehwood TO
the flame Of the younger man pas
sonate indignation against fate-
against the w0rld-agalnst the woman
he loves but already begins TO doubt.
"AsI have told YOU cries he fierce
". "I have no proofs. l don't ask you
10 believe I'm me We parted in the
gun-ro0m. He told me- he was going
TO the Warren. I was going 10 Up
lands. I have only my own word for
all this-a poor thing in the eyes OF an
expectant world. Give me UP, my lord,
and
Now. Now, Now" says the old man,
lifting his thin and pale fOrehnger.
what is the GOOD of your going on
Ike that? I'm your friend, George.
and one biz OF advice l give you. Don
lose your temper over this sad analr.
"A man who has lost everything as
have LOST" says Meredith, may well
lose his temper. too.
He Is silent for a full moment, then:
There is one thing. Lord Nerhng-
t0r"-he pauses. 81 should like you
to know that Dick and I were not such
bad friends as Won have been led to be
reve. Poor old Dick and we his
voice sinks very low-"had dispute
Yesterday over that dog. You heard
Oil. Z .ae Bur- he stops altogeth-
e- and turning TO the window. covers
his eyes with his hands Il declare 10
heaven saws he in a choked voice. /
would gladly be lying where ne Is now
e."
eyes, YES. YES" says the old Lord
heavily However. take heart boy
Heis not dead yet DR.. Ration IS even
o. the on.nion that there is a talnt
hone for him."
"Has he" eagerly, recovered con-
srousuess?'
"No but he may"
olrv life is I'm his dying hands, says
the Young man. slowly III he RECEIVERS
-if he even grows conscious, the sus-
r.oio, of this hideous guilt will be
lifted from my shoulders. II he dies
dies" miserably, without speak
ing"
~I k1ow-lt will so very hard with
YOU But not so hard. my dear fellow
T. IS difficult To- convict the innocent
poeoa. The law is tremendously
clever. George" anxiOusly. did no
one see you i'm the Uplands?'
NO. a soul AT least deJectediy,
q saw mo- one
l- was unfOrtunate-tha quarrel
Yesterday. I am told you took each
o1ec 6y The throat and
And as I have told YOU, everything
mas been terribly exaggerated. Ii was
pl mo- means so bad as that" with a
dismal smile "He lost his temper,
and SD did I. We were always a bit
Violent. YOU know. and we had a tussle,
and ended by Dicks pushing me
-s-.nSt the water barrel and telling
mo 30 go % the deuce or '-, or
something like that Nothing more, I
swear And this morning to-day"
-7 p4uses. how l0ng-hOw awfully
tS DO seams-he came up here and
o-.zed. Oh. poor old Dick, didn't
want ,oay-aud.' hOarsley made it Up
WIN me. He rode over here on pur-
pose"
ana no one saw the reconciliation? -
LOT. Ferlngton's voice is sad.
NO. one. Truly, the stars in their
''-.SaS fight against me"
redyth, says the old peer, lay
.s his hand on his arm. lis it true
~. last year, in town. there was ri
--F between YOU abOut-abOut the
'..as lady YOU are going TO marry?"
uoS. reluctantly. admired her
,,F much. I know. But l asked her
ne had proposed-Or if she had ever
Tor him. and she said no
,Aa. said the old lord again.
o this time Meredith fOrgetS 20 re-
ny 10. He is lost in q reverie, in which
-. Young lady appears TO him in
- undesirable light. Does she really
oln? Had she ever loved him?
~'er since Dick came so unexpected