Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-02-16

| some love AFFAIR III WuieA q MISS
| NTH was concerned; in what manner
do not know.
When Captain Welter said this he
rode away and rejoined his compan-
| ions on their way to town. Captain
Zenith said to Lieutenant Doyle:
was confident of it.! His sudden de-
parture and her simultaneous dlsap-
pearance convince me that they have
gone to New York to get married and
10 keep out of my way until the family
| becomes reconciled. OF course, the ev-
idence, after all, is only c1rcumstantlai,
| but it is nevertheless convincing. l
shall follow them to New York by the
next train. If you hear from him In
the meantime | shall be glad to have
Won wire me at the Gilsey house.
would appreciate the kindness all the
more if you also telegraph your inforS
| nation to my wife. >.
Certainly it looks very much as IL
you are correct; yet doubt, for kno"
Jaouese so we'll that l cannot help
doubling, and fear that there is some
hing worse. | e rnestly hope that you
will find her in New York with him; II
YOU do she will be his wife before you
get there and she might do mucn
worse: she would be happy woman
and would have a worthy husband.
! However, if l learn anything l shall
AXE pleasure in doing as you wish
Captain Zenith babe the lieutenant
goodbye and drove to the telegraph
,fice where he dispatched two mes
;ages.
The first message was to the Chlef
IF the detective bureau of the New York
police department.:
"Iieutenant Jauuese of Pennsylvania
Cavalry left Minersvale for New York
suddenly, last night. Stella zenith
disappeared same time. Probably
marry on arrival. If not too late pre-
1ent. come by next train. Report
1t Gilsey house
The second message was to Mrs. Ze-
lith
"Adjutant did not accompany troops
,ere Left Minersvale last night for
New York. Gave love affair with
Miss Zenith as reason. Beyond doubt
she is with him. l follow by next
rain. Address Gilsey house"
The train was not due to leave until
eng after noon and Captain Zenith
waited impatiently through the hours
hat TO him seemed so very long. They
.arried and Jagged and the minutes
died and crawled as though they, like
men, were 10th to join the past; as II
hey were sensible of the advantages OF
ielays to runaway lovers; as II they
:ook delight in foiling pursuing par
ents.
The loaing, indolent hands upon the
Hal at last reluctantly loitered up to
he figures indicating the hour OF de-
oarture and Captain Zenith took his
place in the coach. He had secured a
berth, not because he hoped to sleep,
notwithstanding he had not rested at
all, the night previous, but that he
might be undisturbed, as he desired to
conceal his growing nervousness from
lis fellow passengers.
He was almost hopeless of prevent
ne the marriage and tried to hope that
he future happiness of his child might
not be altogether ruined if he failed;
but he could not divest himself of his
fear that the young stranger that had
turned his daughters heart from heE
own family would prove to be unwor-
Thy to possess the pearl he had stolen.
True. he knew but little about the ad-
iutant, and that little, aside from the
elopement, was wholly to the young
mans credit. Undoubtedly the adju-
tant was we'll thought of by his COM
rades, who ought to know his worth or
Worthlessness; and he had made
pleasant impression upon his pursuer;
he appeared to be man of probity
and to occupy satisfactory station IN
fe.
While all these things ran through
Captain Zenith's mind his sounder
Judgment steadily and persistently as
serted that a young man who, having
tut months acquaintance with achild
If sixteen years, would induce her tC
Zee with him, even to lawful marriage,
without asking the assent Of her faith
ar to her marriage, must be destitute
If honor, and would not scruple to
abandon a wife if he grew tired Of her.
| his one act uprooted all of Captain
Zeniths growing respect for the adju~
amt and the Captain fretted at the de-
cordered the more anxious he grew,
i'll his impatience became scoTching
lame in his heart.
How slowly the train moved! How
often it stopped. How uselessly it oft
IN stopped, too Have railway man.
agers no regard for the haste OF
through passengers? No, or they would
ct these Ly-way people wait for slow
rains, Slow trains? Goodness knows
his train is slow enough! Surely it
nuet he losing time! No; not if his
watch was reliable and the time card
rue! He nalf suspected his watch OF
rregularity-the watch by which he
Ned for years sought to regulate all
others!
At last sleep relieved him and when
he awoke day was dawning. The train
was not moving. He ought to be in
New York; evidently he was not! He
inquired what station they were at and
the answer was: This is lot station.