Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-25
A SEASIDE SENSATION.

y The autumn season at Marlborough
On-Sea was at its height. All day long
the wide, white beach which lay in The
very eye Of the sun from morning till
late afternoon, hll been bethronged
with white-fr0cked girls and behannel-
ed youths, while tiny Cupidons in every
stage Of dishabl.e sc1mDered and dab
bled and played to the music of the
band.
All the light music and laughter Of
Marlborough seemed TO center on the
sea front, which stretched, a tw0-mile
line of handsome houses, round the
horseshoe Of the bay.
Every house was adame from roOftree
to basement, and the clear ripple Of
girls voices, the thrum of b3ujOs. the
tinkle Of pianos ami guitars, made a
sy mphOny OF sweet sounds in the sum-
mer air.
At the Beach Hotel, which stood OPP
posite The Spa and the great band stand,
all the private sitlng-rooms on the
tfst floor made fine display Of bril-
liant Examinations AMI smart toilets
AT the big corner room, where there was
big family Of young girls, a little dan
cling was going On. Ia one room they
were playing cards, in another d man
sang to the sharp p.nging of mando-
lin.
At the far end Of the r.bb0n-l.ke line
OF light a woman s3t alone. She was
slender and tall, with waved masses Of
rudy hair drawn loosely from her tenn
pies, and tawny orange eyes chat gazed
out at the beautiful. September night
from under long. level JrOws.
Hers was the single room from which
no sound came; not even a sigh TO min
gle with the merry disc0rd She sat a
very statue OF silence, one hand sup
porting her round chin, the other loose
~ clasping a letter.
1t was that letter which turned her
into stone; and yet it gave her freedom.
wealth and the inestimable boon of a
good mans love.
Dear Madam: We have TO inform you
that Mr.. Ade2ne died this morning ear
~. We shal. be glad to hear from you
when il viii be convenient for us TO see
you on business. Yours obediently.
SPARKINS & MOORE.
Il was very short, and yet Ruby
Adeane read it a score OF times before
she droppei iJ into her lap; for # was
pregnant with the fate Of two lives
her own and anOthers
And as she remembered that other. Il
was as though intangible thought in
ducad a real presence. A light tap came
at the door, and she had but time to
thrust TIE letter into her bosom before
it was opened and closed again, and a
man walked toward her
Dreaming, all alone? Why. have
been all over The hotel for you. I've
searched the big unwi1g-room, the
conservatory and library. l even ven
tured into the FOrster's room one mo-
ment. No that really expected 70 find
YOU there-they're dancing like der
wishes, and all the men are boys Blu.
are YOU not well? Is anything
wTong?"
For as she rose his quick eye saw that
she was not dressed for society or public
rooms. A tea gown Of luminous white
fell in full folds from her throat, and
bo.h wrists and fingers were bare Of the
splendid jewels she generally wore. But
If this mans eyes saw that. his lovers
ewes noted that the cordiality Of heI
manner had frozen into stiff consTaint
and that she did not look at him as she
CURLY answered that she was well, bu
in no mood for company.
as that hint for ne to go?"