The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-24
WINNING A woMAKs LOVE.
Alssrnon Perksnham Tried a New Recipe
without harked SAGE -.

without h1Tkod SAGE -.
Cleveland Leader; Algernon Perken-
ham had for a long, long time loved
Alice dOrsay ervently-almost Wadly;
n,t sne had not seemed to return his
,oss.5n with the enthusiasm that he
sould have wished AS matter of
tgrt she had always seemed to be-
o,me intensely Interested In horses or
sol or the latest novel whenever he
mad begun TO verge upon the subject OF
1--we This had disagreed with the d.
rs,ti0n, and, consequently. the spirits
n MIR. Prrkenham, He quit hanging
a,,u1d tho stage doors, cared nothing
@r the stories thatwere told at his clun
ami aroused the anxiety OF his mother.
one day he got hold of book, in
vbica he read that the surest way To
win a W0mans love was to appear in
JFerent 10 her; to treat her as II she
were unworthy OF being taken serious
IL. and 10 dispute everything that she
said,
AIgernon Perkenham's heart gave
mighty lean when he read this, inso-
mucl that his tonslls were almost
Knocked from their foundations,
IN begin Tonight" he said to him
self IN make her think that look
up5n her rs the dust beneath my feet
IN paraiyZe heF!"
So that evening he called at the
dOrsay palace, for, as he told his
friends, he had the ongtray there" the
perkenhlms and the d'Orsays belng
mutually interested in the stock yards
business,
The beautiful girl swept into the
drawing room after the young man
had waited half an hour, and exclalm-
ei'
"Oh, good evening, Mr. Perkenham,
I'm so glad to see you. It's beautiful
evening, isn't it," o
yawned and replied;
"Oh. dunno. II ain't so warm"
Warm" she replledin some surprise.
40, It Isn't too warm. It's just nice"
Think so? Seems beastly to mel"
"Why," Miss d'orsay said, as she sat
down In a chair that was plenty large
enough for two: you seem to have n
Erudge against the world this evening,
! hope II Is not because l had to keep
you waiting? / assure you couldn't
help"
oh" he interrupted, don't worry
about that. haven't any kick coming
against the world. Fact Is, feel SO
good l can hardly keep from whoopin'
right out,, As for your keeDln me
waItin', didn't mind. was havin'
such a good time here all by myself
that II YOU hadn't come down for an
hour don't 'spose I'd have noticed it,"
She looked at him steadily for mo-
msni, and then said:
Your sister Lillian was telling rSn
last week that Won were not enjoying
very good health. I suppose that Is the
reason we have not had the privilege OF
seeing much Of you lately"
Some folks seem 10 be nightly In
teresJed in the state of my health" HI
replied, maintaining his devll-may-
expression with some difficulty, for his
Impulse was 90 throw himself at the
sweet maiden's feet and tell her that he
could not live without her love. my
health has never been better'n It has
been lately" he went on. "The reason
haven't called here very often is that
I've had other engagements. l broke
several pressin ones just to come
around this evening, for l 'sposed you'd
think It strange II stayed away any
Longer, and / wouldn't have you worry
about me for anything. Say. that's u
bcastly way you've got your hair done
W. Makes you look forty years old.
Now, " you'd wear your hair back fur
Their on your head, It wouldn't make
your nose seem to turn up so much at
the end II Il
Eu; she had suddenly risen, and,
without snylng anything hurried from
the room
A moment later the butler, who
weighed ore hundred and elghty-seven
pounds. and had big fists with long
tufts Of hair on them, appeared IN the
doorway and said:
Miss dOrsay says to trun youse out,
and tell youse dat IL youse ever come
around here wild annuder jag, she'll have
youse run IN"
Three minutes must have elapsed be-
fore Algernon Perkenham was able to
gather himself UP at the bottom Of the
marble steps and limp away.