The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-09

One must-not play with love. The
old adage has told us 80. and Kate Drill
hnghnm ut least Ind proved Its truth by
her own experience. Perhaps she had a
slight penehant for her cousin before
the farce had begun, but at any rate the
performance OF II had done serious
damage. The interview at Hampstead
had shown her the fact beyond the pos
slbillty OF any further self-decepuon,
and she knew now-acknowledged now
the motive OF her recent anxiety TO see
Arnold and Miss caTstairs quickly mar
ried.
Well, the young lady. the devoted
Bella, was less anXiOusl That was per-
fectly evident. She was not disposed to
make anything even family resembling
a sacrifice for the sake OF the man
10 whom she was engaged. Then"
said Miss Drillingham, why should 1
make one for hers? I win not! am
doing what Arnold asked OF me with
her own approval. II my compliance
should lead TO his falling In love with
me and telling me so, he Will receive an
answer very different from the one he
would have received yesterday. i con-
slider / am perfectly justified. l won't
raDress my feelIngs for the sake OF that
vulgar piece OF modern Sevres-thnt Is
what she looks like! ! won't fight with
myself, / won't DO cool towards him
when don't want to be! II Is duel
between us two. Miss Bella Carstairs;
YOU have the advantage up TO the pres
emit, for he Is SHY enough 10 care for
you. but shall win and will beat you
yeti"
wrong, but wrong or right, II can only
be recorded that she followed the pro-
gramme she had laid down for herseit
10 the letter.
far TOO much grnnde dame. Miss Drill
bingham, TO fitrt openly, or TO encourage
with consciousness HoDetoun was
never able to say TINT the change which
occurred between them began at any
particular hour. or even on any particu-
lar day. He only realized by degrees
that change had come.
And Il was difficult 10 define what the
change was. Well. perhaps FOR one
thing they talked less OF Bella-for Kate
would have seorned 30 disparage her to
him, however artistically. Perhaps
also they did not refer so frequently to
their mock betrothal-the Jesting allu-
slong 10 Il were absent from their con-
yersatIons now. But still II was hard TO
exprtzs the new difference in words; he
merely realized that they talked TO.
Cether more like any other man ana
woman who are seeing lo<ot each
other: for example, he could not have
told her to-day that she made him
think OF her al q "chum-'a Jolly good
fellow" He remembered that he had
said that once. and wondered why ne
did not think so still.
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abie-far from Il. He had never liked
her SO much. never before known she
was so charming, so graceful, 50 witty.
she had not mentioned her flteful visit
10 the Carstairs 10 him, and when he
heard OF IL. II was a fortnight AFTER
wards, and from Bella herself.
He received the news with complex
emotions. Euphemistically aA the IN
teryiew was described, he was inteIl-
gent enough 20 comprehend that his
cousin could not have an opinion In II
altogether favorable TO his fiancee, and
this interview was confirmed. moreover,
by the silence she had maintained on
II mad been very tactful OF her. very
nice, 10 have said nothing TO him. An
other woman would have said: II went
10 endeavor to further your Interests:
and the girl would not listen to me.
OF course Bella was helpless In the mat.
ter-lt was her mothers influence that
was TO blame-but Kate could not be ex-
pected to know that, and she had Ger
tn!niy displayed great delicacy towards
him. -.
Tor n "By the way" he said, 81 did not
knog OF your visit TO Mrs. Carstairs and
NJ, an tha ntber day II was Rwfully