Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-01

still more why she Nd ever u'ouSnt
him good looking
Whatever the nature Of Jack We're
ker's business at ROstreVOr. it was not
finished quits as soon as Dick appeared
Co think IL would be. for two weeks
passed and ne was still at the quiet
seaside resort. Mrs. joyce was hos
u.tal.ty itself. constantly inviting the
Two brothers to luncheon and dinner
at The little hotel where she had put
ZIP. but Jack seldom made his appear
a1ca
1t was evident to Nellie that it was
She whom he avoided, and considering
Aer hatred OF him it was strange how
lndSnaut she was at the thought
His ewes haunted her continually;
she found herself perpetually longing
10 bring thar look 10 his face that it
He4 worm when she told him he was
TO forget, and then she was always
comparing him. unc0nsciously, with
his brother, a comparison in which,
strangero relate, it was her fance that
suffered
Jack is coming up tonight to say
goodbye. remarked Dick one evening
at dinner, and Nellie was certain there
was relief on his face. but she allowed
her grandmother 20 say the necessary
polite things and only longed for the
meal 10 be over
1t was easier far. she told herself,
90 climb 10 R0strevor Stone in the gath
crng darkness than to meet the gaze
OF those gray eyes. easier the stiffest
accent than ID utter "a formal goodbye
90 the man Who had shown her her
own heart,
she was engaged 10 Dick. and Dick
was GraGnie's favo~ite. and the Joyces
neN5rhroke fai,h-bUt she mus, be away
Nhen 5acW came tonight
hos-rey0r Stone is more easily
climbed i'm broad daylight than in the
dusk OF l6,e autumn evening. and
presently Nellie. whose thoughts were
lar distant. found herself embracing
Mother Earth.
lter RAIL- coming so Unexpectedly. to-
sether with the intense loneliness of
The scene, caused her TO close her eyes
for moment ana theu-thea a most
wonderful thing happened Strong arms
were suddenly placed around her, her
auburn mead was pilloWed on a broad
chest. and Ia tone of ineffable tender
ness voice whispered in her ear three
little Wcrds-bpJ -hree words which
made all the WORLD seem glorifed.
My liJ,le girl, il was all ne said,
1uJ Nellie lay stiN with c0sed eevs,
wondering coUo heaven hold greater
rapture than this.
Jack, the violet eyes opened, and
ff-..n.T rrr rr.-..f..rt.,s,- 81, lf-
brother, and the next moment the TWO
stood facing each other in the dusk, and
al cnsuished cry burst from him.
God forgive me- never meant you
20 know loaEiug into the sweet young
face. which now reflected his own mis-
cry, 'bu- l am going away, and l for
g1J myself.
-I- was net your fault, she muir
INJURED while despite the pain of the
awakening, there thrilled through her
the exquisite delight of loving and
being loved. "Bu, take me home now
o.. Gr3D-le. and do as l shall Try TO do
forget
"I- is the second time YOU have told
me Co Gas0-then as now. 1 am the
wrong mll-it is the fate in the lie
Of some
~Itfe itself is wrong, I think" she
cried. struggling for a moment against
temptation 10 Dee true to her heart at all
costs. "But Jhere-le us so home,
/ am iret.
"Have You heard the latest?" eX-
claimed one gossip TO another six
months la.er. You know the firm Of
Nerekec d CO. Wen, it turns on, that
one of the nephevs Of the head Of the
F.r-Dick Vereker-has been for
months defrauding his uncle. and Try
ING 90 put it ell down 10 his brother
Jacks account. taking advantage Of the
likeness between them. The fellow was
e-gareI % pretty heiress IN Ireland,
and thought 20 have got her before any
thing was found out. but the bomb
has burst. and everything is known
And the girl heartbroken' OF
course2'
"B- no means. for this morning her
MARRIAGE is in The papers; she has con-
e7los herself with the brother
"Irst the way Of women all over the
world is the sentitious remark of the
man about town. but under a clear,
s.arrv skv en- the veranda of a foreign
bo-el vi0let-eyed girl is murmurlng
m her husband. as ne bends tondly
over her slight form, Not the wrong
man this time, Jack, thank God. II ne
g1vrf-e~