Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-22
A STRATAGEM.

..,-.tsq am quite sure / never
.. . ,,s,-ion the name before
o-i,3 YOU never did; and, indeed
.,ms kind friend recommended
me- presume l s.10un neVer
-.,-.f nm ont. he is poOr' put,
-,r-ptd, HIS drawings ana
a. .s ars enough 10 elevate one
..n,t say SO, When did he
c-.r- an hour ago He walked
lm the city.
Aua,ie Hail. YOU don't mean
IS the rag2mutin 4aat l S-a"
.,, tle walk. Ike s3lcr, THIS
SOON! -.
mufin. Flora, be is a perfect
man. Perhaps his coat may Ue
v.rn AKA .ureat5are; Is shoes
corn. but pity the person vino
mink of his poor apparel while
..- his scul-it ace. Thank Hea-
ann above such miserable pref
am l. aunue. comparatively
bu--dear me-a rag man.
cannot allow YOU 70 speak
manner Of any person in whom
er interest. Mr.. Garland is 10
- an inmate Of my house as long
chooses. and during mis- stay l
So upon your treating HIM
.-r.c-: us GcCerenually, i'm truth,
- would the sChemelng man Wlo
such favor in your eyes.
~ bowed and turned away her
Nrs HAN thought chat she Eau
r her by her eiCqUence; but could
2 -.v. ,ooked into her eyes and seen
.,rtev.ous light shining in their
.-.. ..a.ns or watched the dimples go
.~.t ...rr, about her lips she would have
-f I'M aI.cze-hcr different Story.
.W.u YOU so 10 the p3r.or with me /!
I'm Obliged 10 60 out while, ana must
rpon your entertaining Mr.. Car
.t trl.ng my abse-re. IL would be
...r.r-.5le in me 70 leave him a.one. ~
f.s YOU know. Aun,ie Han, that
~ os his beautiful face, he may be
rght-hnge-5l ~-d there Is any
,t,y OF plate que within reach OF
r,or. ard he T. ieA,-he might, you
ado Flora. mlsohieY.Cusly
1g and Gaping her hands
ECua"
"N13m?"
.Fo 5w me TO the parlOr'
And Flora followed her. holding both
her white Gimpled hands over her
mouth the while, and shaking with mer-
-frent iu her face crimsoned TO ude
ve.y roots Of her hair Once in the par
Tor uhe Young lady G.d not seem to bet
GER her manners greatly. When she
was presented TO the artist she stared
uucaemOufOUsly at his ragged coat and
torn Shows. and then INDUCED in some
thing very like a litter in spite Of her
a,mcs a1,uorishing giarces. She did
not even say she was happy 20 meet MI
Cr0nd. or I'm fact Ucter any or those
li1-e winning sentences Werlich grew 50
sweet upon her lips In ,he vain hope
OF bringing her niece back TO her aC-
Clss,cmel ease acI rci-er SIS, Mrs. Hall
proposed that the ards- SHOULD snow
her the cor. ems of bis pcrLOliO, we'll
knowing hat she had q real and true
appreciation Of the beautiful in art as
well as in nature.
SHOW her uhat dark, quiet face. Mr..
Garland I mean the one with lie slum-
br0uS eyes AMI sweet, dreamy mouth"
said the good lady. arXoOUsly.
The sigh, Of the picture was too much
fer Fora 0quanimity Whether she
laughed. cried or cCughed. MRS Han
was puzzled 10 determine for she hid
L5r face ia her Handkerchief, and ap-
po1red 20 De doing al three
Isn't &c beautiful?-O how beauti-
fc,;' said Mrs Han as {, 20 draw Mr..
Garland's attention from her niece.
Very beautiful" answered Flora. re-
covering q share of her sCif-pOssesSiOr;
eat least beautiful to those who admire
tlac s,yle of face in which the chin is
nearly twice as long as the noser' she
added, in an UndSrtCne, as her aunt
turned away.
Mr.. Garland bit his lips. and bent his
head over the picture uu-il its soft waves
OF brown hair shaded his face Turning
about suddenly, Mus. Hall supposed, by
the confused way in which he had hid
his features. that Flora had said some
thing 90 iujUre his sensitive feelings.
ana SO remarked. ir a tone OF mingled
rerroaoh and anger. as he turned to
lea'e che room. chat If Flora had no re-
Spect Tor herself as a young lady
OF EotnJ ana education, she ought GER
tainly 90 have for those who bon-rpd
hr house by their presence; and she
did ~, care. furthermore. to see anv
further display. in the presence Of her
guest. of Miss FlOra's hOydeuish. school
girl ways,
An. good Mrs Han, Could one have
had the power. as she rode off over the
hills. with saddened. troubled heart. tC
glance back upon the poor artist and
hCr rOguish niece. how her eyes would
have prOtruded from her head in aston
isluclt, Garland with one arm thrown
Familiarity around the round, plump
w8.S- OF Miss FCra. while his deep,
brown eyes rested lovingly upon her
beautiful face. She would have seen
tre cherished pictures tossed in a hur-
ritl confusion upon the carpet at their
feet. and the "slumbrous eyes and sweet
mouth crushed and wrnklet in The
white hands Of Flora, Could she have
listened she would have heard strange
.ngS spoken; would have heard ten
i- broken. ha,f-formcd plans of tha
fJusre and earnest VOWS of Unchanging
love; would have heard Et,'e outbreaks
Of merriWen- In which her name was
lngC,y ar1 mvsteriouS,y mentioned.
Bg. happily for her peace Of mind and
IN" pleasure Of the young people. she
l not see or hear and so evry ching
went On smoothly and well
The next day. by some strange. magli-
oal power. Mr. Garland found himself
ir possession of q new coat and pair
". nicely fitting shoes; and when he at