Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-07-29
new THE q VEL LOST PET.

then Quartered with his regiment at
Aidershot, start his wife on the first
Journey Of sep, alton which had oc-
CURED since tReSr marriage, he bade
her farewell with fun and anxious
heart She WAS only going to spend
three days in london with some
friends for urgent shopping purposes,
prior TO q months holiday in Scotland,
in which the colonel hid leave to join
her But many an excellent husband
had seen his spouse OF 70 the Canaries
or the Cape for a years sojourn with
less sorrow and anxiety than our
fond colonel experienced over this little
separation Of thirty miles distance,
and seventy-twO hours duration, from
the wife of his bosom.
The fact was that he had only been
married three months, and had not
yet become familiarized by use to the
possession of so precious a treasure as
a wife With his supreme bliss, there
fore, was mingled a constant, tOrturlnS
anxiety lest anything might happen 70
rob him Of this priceless jewel. 1t was
quite natural. Most men who marry
for love are attacked by this disorder
in the early days of matrimOny; ana
all of them, it is safe to say, expert
ence an entire recovery. But the
complain, though free from danger, is
often. while It lasts, most severe. And
our excellent colonel was Just then III
the most virulent stage of an abnorm-
ally sharp attack.
He had these we'll defnd character
istie symptoms He could not De
away from home for more than an
hour or two. without longing 10 hurry
back and see that it was all right with
Pet. III Pet went out riding he was
in a perfect fever until she returned;
and when she did so he breathed many
fervent prayers Of gratitude that she
was brought back 70 him alive ana
well, and not In a mOrbund condition
upon a hurdle. If Pet cOughed alarm
ing thoughts Of bronchitis, pneumonia,
pulmonary consumption at once fitted
across his anxious mind. II Pet
throat was a little sore alarming sug-
gestions Of diphtheria and typhoid
fever occurred to him. If Pets head
ached he was sure she must be sicken-
ing for something fatal And on he
went Immediately for the doctor.
Then, in another way. He laoored
under the delusion that every man who
knew her must envy him the posses
sion of Pet; nay, most actually he
, impelled an Irresistible desire to steal
from him so sweet a treasure. NOT
could he ever see any other fellow
making himself agreeable 10 the lady
without suspecting that there, perhaps,
was some nineteenth century Paris,
fun Of deep designs against his domes-
tic happiness.
OF course, this was pure falacy, the
result of dementia contingent upon MS
complaint. In almost all cases OF de-
mentia. in fact, the same general prln-
cole is to be noted, namely, the eXaS-
9. geration Of one idea to the virtual eN-
clusion of every other. In the case
of one poor sufferer, il may be his own
iniouitv: OF another, galyanic BAT
teries: of another, the wicked cOnspir-
acv of friends; of another, the purchase
OF top hats by the gross Or IL may
assume a personal forfQ, such as satan.
the pope, Queen VictofN or Dir. Wv
stone. In cur good c0kanel s ca IL
ned 81 NIhere
out Fl. Vie had very
on the brain.
was In that condition,
Pet if only for three
v, blow; and he saw
NE into the train at
with deep sorrow and
Nings or heart. There were
SKIS which she had TO run,
rotecting hubby at her side.
of the jOurney-thirty lone
a line cOngeSted with ira
risk of the London streets
be had often heard, nineteen
accidents occurred every week.
risk Of annoyance from imperun-
ent gallants. And a score Of others.
7 The colonel was quite sick with ap-
nrehension. and cursed the cruel duties
which Kept him at AldershOt and rob-
he'd pet of her natural protector for
three whole DAYS Then there was an
other Circumstance that worried him.
When he babe Pet goodbye, with
fnll heart and almost choking voice,
she had not burst into tears, or even
seemed very much depressed. Nay her
manner and her aspect had been al
most cheerful What was the mean
ing of this? Could il possibly be that
abe was glad to go; that she regarded
this three days separation as pleas
AMI little holiday? Perish the thought,
The mere suggestion Of it was high
treason to Pee And yet, why-why
had she not burst into tears and be in
consolable. and vowed that she could
not leave hubby? Was it possible that
Pet was only like other wives? But,
no! he would not be so despicable-SO
absurd a notion to rise up in his mind.
Il must be choked then and there. SO,
acting on his resolve, he swallowed it