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

moor. 4 day later FOrsythe came, ana
! there was q brief parley between him
self and the man whose degrees were
b far beEiad his own. And then faint
odor of chlorofOrm filled one wing OF
/ the OLD inn. and an hour afterward MISS
/ Mary Nar.0ran woke &c knowledge
that The crushed hand had been saved
+ in the hope Of final restoration.
Not beautiful now" she said next
/ day 10 Frera. when ne came to see how
she was progressing, but l thank you.
/ And I thank God that it was not my
right hanL.
She considered the sound limb pen
sively. stretching and spreading tne
I Ions. slim fingers with a mouTniuI
I smile. 1t can still work and accom-
plish.'
What" he asked. to divert her
thoughts Samplers? No - those
were our grandmOthers rights, wereh t
+ theye Antimacassars2 Our mothers
/ claim those. But you OF to-day de-
handwriting.
His sarcasm did not escape her. she
ley back or her pillow, smiling
thoughtfGlly.
You dislike the wide field for US,
she said Why
Il viii tell you tomorrow; you nave
talked enough for to-day, ami | want
YOU 10 give me your friends address,
So that I may write TO them.
she c0lOrcd suddenly. THAT, she
said. you needn't trouble about l am
an orphan Aud though when she
was established on the sofa in the big
p.~ior below he came often ard regu-
Iarlv and often 90 see her, she never
spoke 20 him of her belongings
on other things they talked much.
His Cistaste fer society and society
women die not touch him in his inter
course with this stranger. She was OF
another world-full Of simple candid
questions auG variable Whims-now ca
ger in defense of this modern develop
Meut. now strangely Indifferent, even
ignorant en- an9ther-a puzzle that by
IT'S perplexity interested and attracted
his curiosity One Gay he would leave
her. sure in his opinion that sucn in
genuOusness could be but the outcome
of an uninstructed mimi, the next by
some quick grip of a subject, she had
persuaded him that her ignorance was
simulated And as the days grew into
week the charm Of her individuality
grew too.
He had gone back to his brothers
house al Nuu Moor, but generally found
some excuse or other for riding over 10
Kings Arms, BrescOe.
John Treve Oh fed him for his devo-
tiun 10 a case, but Mrs. John shook
her head ana remembered that misOgy-
aisls-and Worsley had always pro-
lessed himself Cne-are converted by
the simple medium Of a glance.
One day she drove over with flowers,
grapes ana a little patronage TO see the
invalid "Phyllida" was the name she
had bestowed upon the stranger. 10
meet The sort OF adjeCtiyes with which
her broJher-in-law had painted her.
Now. Mrs. John was brisk, wide
awake little person, who priCed herself
ON reading riddles, and came 10 Bres-
COe quite assured that she would quick
Is find out whether the young woman
possessed a grandfather, mind OF man
ner.
But Miss Marjoram, reading letters
in the wide window, with a quicker
upon her broad, white brow. was in her
most uucOmmunicatiye mood.
simple. ingenious, timid. My dear
WQrsley. she is the veriest bit of ice
disdainful ice. too. How blind men
are" cried the small lady on her re-
turn 10 Dun Moor manor.
WorSley Frere, who was putting
few sporting and scientific trophies
into a box, turned his deep eyes on his
sister-in-law dOubfully Are we?'
said he: Il suppose we are.
To prove how blind he felt himself
impelled TO ride over to the old coach
ing inn for the second time IN three
days.
Mrs. John watched him start, and,
standing under the venerable porch,
said to herself, "Phyllida, indeed! But
your learned man is always bat
To the bat, nevertheless, Miss Ma
joram accorded her usual bright smile.
You have brought them, How nice
of YOU. You give me such peeps into
an unknown world that l forgot my en-
forced rest
He opened the box he had brought
with him. and spread out these signs
Of his activity before her-photographs
neatly mounted with intiniJeSlmal notes
al the foot of each; specimens OF the
African flora and fauna and scraps OF all
sorts: and, with her hands folded IN the
pathetic attitude he had begun to Know
So well. she listened TO his description
Of the expeditions in which each item
had been secured, and laughed and
sighed her comments
Suddenly. with a change from the
wistful 20 the peremtOry, Mr.. Frere,
she said. why do you grudge the wide
field 10 women in world where there
is SO much to do and see?'
They are untitled for it. Home
should beRheir province.
She laughed disdainfully. Home.
The word is nothing TO some people
if it is everything to others. With you,
l suppose. it is meant to cover a multi
tude of desires. But it doesn't often.
If YOU. keen on scaling mountain tops
or crossing deserts, had been condemn
ed to tread on feather beds-how would
YOU have liked it? Men are So She
halted.
so WHAT" he asked amused at this
unexpected display of temper.
But she was laughing now, with the
childHke look in her eyes. SO discrim-
mating and wise. They know Just
which is the most reprehensible and
clamorous among the new women.
let me see if l cen touch them OFF '2
right order" She laid her soft sount
hand before her. and beginning with
the index finger said, soberly First
the LADY orator.
He nodded, smiling; her pretty