Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-11

final handshakings put an end 20 all
conversation. and in few minutes Two
disconsolate faces were TO De seen at
the window of a smoking carriage as
the train steamed slowly out OF the lit
tie station.
Bachelor rooms had seemed very I'M
attractive to Ralph after this sanford
holiday, and every day as he went to
town he found himself specializing as
TO when the Macdonalds would return,
and wondering whether he ought TO
postpone his call until their AT Home
cay He began also to take a most un-
usual interest in the postman. and he
made no attempt to conceal his sats-
faction when one evening he received
a letter in Kitty Macdonald's hand
writing, bearing the London post
mark.
The letter was characteristic, and ran
as follows
Dear Mr.. st. Clair:-We all return
ed from Sandford yesterday. and should
be so pleased if you could dine with us
on Friday at Z o'clock. We want to
ask your advice on matter OF great I'M
portance-the fact is, we have promised
to arrange some tableauX for Fancy
Fair al the end Of next month, and we
haven't the faintest idea how to set
about it, The family is much distract
ed on the subject, but | feel sure you
will be able TO give US some suggestions
if onlyyou can spare the time.
Hoping you will be able to come, be-
lieve me to remain, yours sincerely,
KITTY MACDONALD.
"P. S.-We only tried one picnic al
ter YOU left, and it was q dead failure
Ralph smiled as he read the letter.
Fancy the Macdonalds arranging
anything" he said to himself, with a
laugh. why, they couldn't do it TO
saRe their lives. 1t will be great fun
though. helping those girls to scramble
through the performance, and 50 say
ing he wrote off at once accepting the
invitation.
This act marked a still further stage
Of the romance, and Ralph began 10
realize that his views Of life were I'M
dergoing a very considerable change.
He was too happy, however, to pay
much attention to the matter, and week
after week he found himself at the
: -acdonalds'. entering with the greatest
interest into all the trifling details OF
scenery and costume. In fact, hittys
dress was entirely his own design. She
had declined to act in the taD!eauN
when plans we're first being discussed.
81 always burst out laughing Ill the
middle Of the performance, so what IS
the good OF my taking part?' she had
said. merrily, to Ralph, and he had ad-
mitted that there was some slight DIM
Guilty in the matter. However, by way
of compromise. she had promised to
assist in the tea-rOom, and since the
bazaar was TO be an Oriental scene,
Raiph had suggested those soft flowing
dreperies Of pale blue with her Eastern
embroideries which had suited her falr
so delightfully."-.
The tableauX were not given on the
last evening Of the bazaar so Ralph
released from his duties as stage man.
ager was able TO enjoy Kitty's society
to the full. ard more than once he
carried her off from the tea-room to see
the entertainments or to promenade the
hall On returning from one Of these
Kitty tried 10 assist one OF
her friends by acting as saies-UCMah'
Now. Mr.. ST. Clair, she said. mer-
rily, holding up a cheap metal photo
graph frame. I'm sure you want to
buy this, it's very cheap-only fifty
cents
I'm sorry to contradict YOU Miss
Macdonald" replied Ralph, grayely,
but I'm afraid the actual yalue Of the
article cannot exceed the sum OF hVe
cents. Now, Of course, if it contained
your photograph, it would be cheap at
a V!
Kitty laughed triumphantly
' Then YOU shall have your bargain
she exclaimed, and hurrying across the
hall, she waylaid her small brother,
who was much engaged at that moment
with large stick Of chocolate cream
and sent him home with instructions
to ask her mother for one of her latest
An hour later Ralph received his
bargain from Kitty's own hands and
paid money with a smiling face. Then,
as he compared the photo with the fair
he said earnestly:
THE likeness is splendid. Miss Mac
donald: this is the best bargain ] ever
made in my life. You cant imagine
what pleasure you have given me to-
night
Ralph carried his bargain home in
triumph. and sat gazing at it for some
time before he put it away that night,
with his other secret treasures. Then
he went to bed, but not to sleep-his
head was aching too much to do that.
Why his head should ache so much he
hardly knew. for the Fancy Fair had
not been such particularly exciting
When sleep id at last
come to him ii was Of that troubled,
rcstL3ss sort. which brings neither rest
nor refroshment, and he woke IN the
morning feeling tired and depressed.
Even the thought of the previous even"
iug tailed to rouse him as h sat mo9l-
ilv over his breakfast, and h 5egan TO
wonder if Kitty felt equally limp and
miserable.
He felt almost inclined to so and in
uuire that afternoon, for II was sat
urdav. but then he remembered that
she had told him she was going away
for the Sunday. so he determined to
go golfing instead. 1t was not par
ticularly cheerful day for golf, for
fine rain kept on falling at intervals.
Ralph never troubled himself much
about the weather though, and he and
his friends continued playing until the
fading light put an end to the game.
BY the time he returned home ne
was soaked to the skin, but he had often
returned in this condition before, and
a hot bath and a quick change OF
clothes had always sufiiced to make him
remedies did not seem to act as well
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