Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27
THERE ARD OTHERS

see, have no one to talk to-no one to
advise me. think l must be the lone
Hest girl in all this big pre-occupied
| world"
Il should have thought you would
have more friends than you could keep
within bounds" l said kotly.
Friends? Has anyone many friends?
have plenty OF acquaintance, but |
think no friends. Let us not talk OF
this any more, though, Mr.. Stanton.
have forgotten myself"
Forgive mel can't obey you,"
protested Just one word. AS you
said, this is only our second meeting,
and 1 have no right to ask favor OF
you, yet am going to do it. | beg OF
you, as l never begged anything be-
fore, that you will forget how short
time we have known each other, and
that YOU will take me for friend-a
friend in the truest and best sense OF
that good, much-abused word. swear
to you that you would find me loyal
She looked up at me in the sweetest
wav. with eyes that glistened through
sheen of tears.
81 believe that should find you So
she answered falteringly. "And, oh,
how l do need friend-though you
NAV think me disloyal to say that,
when I have a home with those who
have meant to be kind to me-" Her
ewes had dropped, but now she raised
-, -~-~.-, nnd mot mine--ea I'm astlY.
have you for friend
Then won't you begin making use of
me at once?' pleaded with an eager
ness 1 could no longer disguise.
'T-am 1 not making use of you now?
All, know what you mean! You
mean I am to tell you the things which
l have let you see are troubling me-?
But much as 1 need help and advice
could l do that now, SO soon? You
must already think me very strange
girl-half mad perhaps. Well, l have
had almost enough of late to drive me
| be, when we know each other a little
better, L But the man is stopping.
We have come to the doctors you
spoke of, suppose?"
I neither blessed the cabman nor the
| doctor at that moment. Still less did
l do so afterwards, knowing that, if
we had not been interrupted then, it
might we'll have happened that the
| whole course of our two lives had been
| changed.
However, there was nothing to be
done but ascertain if the eminent man
was at home, and able to give his at
tention to somewhat urgent case.
The poor girl, too, was evidently suf-
fering, and in highly nervous state,
and it would have been cruel, now that
the opportunity had presented itself,
to keep her for a single instant from
the restoratives doubtless at hand.
DR.. Byrnes was to be SEEN l intro |
duced Miss Cunningham to him, de- !
scribed the accident, and left him with |
her to do what he could for the in !
jured ankle. Afterwards l had still the |
joy Of driving to Park-lane with her .
in anticipation. !
l was only called when DR.. Byrnes !
was ready to send his patient away.
DO you know what was the first |
thing that this young lady did before 1 /
had time to begin any ministrations?"
he jocularly inquired, and though the
girl looked up at him with imploring
eyes, he persisted. Why, she tainted
away, and If she had to do it she
couldn't have chosen more proper oc-
casion. There | was, with all the
known remedies at hand, and l pro-
ceeded to use them, with the most sat
isfactory results, as you may see.
don't think you will have any further
trouble in going home; and now that
she has been well dosed and we'll ban
daged, the best thing she can do is to
eat hearty luncheon"
Once again settled In the cab, we
were but few moments drive from
Sir Walter Tressidy's house in Park
Lane. as l knew to my intense regret.
With willy forethought, however. sug-
gested going somewhat out of our way
to the establishment of certain bicy-
Gle manufacturer and member who
would send for Miss Cunningham's ma
chine and repair it before the accident
1t had met with could be conjecturad
by those not supposed to know.
Try as would could not induce ]
her to continue the conversation thar ,
had been broken short. The brief In