Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03
CHAPTER I.
DIANA ON A BICYCLE

% AAA NAts sue MdS UELLttl
rs OF her machine-and nerves;
Lo' ON the slope OF the hill she let the
""ee-S run freely, and did not trouble
~ use the brake. The white dust
S-OuoeO the air as she spun down to the
Ic'e4' ana the heat of the day-a July
DOoll-"as so great that she was fain
70 ulSmOunt for the sake of GOODNESS. !
Il Wdyslde fence offered a tempting
seat and, with a questioning glance
u right and left, the girl balanced her
Sel nightly on the tOpmOst rail- Here
sue pefcned in a meditative fashion,
ana tanned her flushed face with her
a.ia" MAJ. A pretty girl in so uncOn-
teA-louaI position, unchaperoned and
-tiiess would have shocked the sus-
el-pi4lCles OF our grandmOthers. But
lAls is the age of the New Woman,
anu The girl was a type OF her epoch.
\ AssJredly a finer representative
cpua not have been found. She was
ana straight, deep-bOsOmed and
~. Her sunbUrnt complexion,
rviceable tailOr-made dress and
stout shoes of brown leather de
ed @ preference for life out OF doors.
across her broad forehead, round her
Well-shaped head, 1luttered tiny curls
IN Loose mass Of FURNISHED gold. For
The rest, q nose aquihne and two steady
eves-0l grey. a mouth rather wide, red
iippel and firm; there you have pOr-
trails .u your minds eye, of a charming
gegdewOman-new style. Dina must
no1 been just such another; but for
n ness, sympathy and wCMaGly
81 ISIS the maid surpassed the .Od-
lcJ Up mythology is to be credited,
ID was cold, serene and-vide Ac-
~ ol IS Disaster trile cruel. On the
Gle. this mortal was more lOveGble
that immortal, and less danger
otherwise the comparison holds
Miss Dora Carew was q modern
IN a-On a bicycle
IN ortly Diana. of Kent. resumed her
= nd folding her arms stared alb
- across the fields. She saw not
r" or meadow. hedge or ditch, wind
Sitf 70 rustling tree. for her mind was
suit bed in her own thoughts, and
h--as indeXed by her changing eX-
'i5ns-did not seem 70 DE over
heEt. Dora frOwned, smiled wrink-
her forehead into two perpendicular
q between the eyebrows. and finally
geIa gesture of impatience. This
no drawn forth by a glance at her
Ditch. Il do wish he would be pune
h." she muttered. jumping of the
Sce; "if not, / must Further
.ech was interrupted by the crisp
Walton of a bell, and Immediately
wards a second bicycle. whirling
= the slope. brought young man
T. feet He was smart, 1.-the and
some: also he was full OF apollo
fcr being late; and made the most
Nla0le excuses, hat i'm hand.
De YOU know. Dora, doctors time
1his Own" he concluded; and
,,tained by a new patent-an aris-
e patient. my dear this he said
ubdued ~9ride-"Lady Buryi'lc.
! Lac HernwOod Hail.
Burville," replied Miss Carew,
u Laura Burville?
lott looked profoundly surpris-
10 not know that her name IS
aura. The said; "aud how YOU came
Il heard it ytAlay, Allen, for the
hst time" "
Indeed, From Nhom?'
Prom the lips of lmy guardian
ear. Edermont poke of Lady Bur
vile9" The youuJ doctor trowned
th0ughtfully. "Suange. This morn
ing Lady Burville spoke of Mr. Elder
mont"
What did she say. Allen? No. wait
with an afterthOught-'W why dld she
call YOU in? Is she ill2'
dispOsed-slightly iDdisposed-
nothing TO speak of. Yesterday she
was at church, and the heat was TOO
much for her. She tainted, and So
Tie completed the sentence with
shrug.
"Ohi" said Dora. putting much eN-
upession into the ejaculation; "and yes
Ter3av my guardian also became indis-
posed I'm church.
"Chiuum Church
They looked questioningly at one an
other. the same thought in the brain
al each. Here was q stranger IN the
ne'rhborhocd. q guest az Hernwood
Hqu and she inquired for a recluse
scarcely known beyond the walls OF his
house Again, here was man who
III not been absent from the district
f.r ...-.. twenty years, who dwelt in
,~fci retirement, and he mentioned
~, r-ne-the unknown Christian
Venice the strange lady. This co.
irr9once-if it could be called so-was
..if -, tho extreme; and even these two
,,,erspiciOus young people We're struck
Nv i-s singularity. Dora was the nrst
~ sneak. and her remark was appar-
emily irrelevant.
Come with me TO the Red House,
~. ,,ovinv towards her Dicycle.
,.3lr Edermont is i'll.
~ronsecuent upon his indispositi0n
-, ,,ssfordav. I suppose. % replied Scott,
follcwiug. since you VISA IT, o'es
hut do not fc get my position IN 'Ae
house. -, a,;7,3
MIS- Carew waited until he ghded
.l-o-side and they were oOth sWlnSlAs
|e-si.v down the road. Then she Slanc-
~ LII him with q smlle-a uiue rosNlSh'
and wholly charming.
.svbat is your position in the mousse
..1e fs necessary TO explain, my DEAR
m, fbe son of Mr.. EdermOnt' Oldest
t-iend am one Of the few people he
-.'1,.,irs ~ see him. With his sanction,
az, ,-o1r most devoted lover. But -
-, ,,,,, tbe doctor became emphatic
en-. .,-, E5e-mout will not have me as
..--si,sI attendant he will not have
a -'.,,,, So my calling TO see him pro-
iC-ollv is rather-Iorglvc me- my
'sa-C-t-;s rather imperuuent
srben Won must be impertinent
1. 20 save his life, - retorted Dora
$50, .He has never been really Ill
I,,,- r. SO far as know; ana I. there en-,
pr. 80, ~ mo- occasion Tor doctor at the