Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-10

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~ am delignsedd to be of assistance,
I replied, starting to repair ne
fate the tire. Would only that the
other h,-s-ss naianetnred The job was
too>soon accomplished.
"You are staying at the hotel.
aren't your" she queried as she got
ready to remount. II have seen you
at dinner. Oh, shall we be in time for
dinner, do you think?"
/ rather like the I'VE" 1t seemed
to imply that need not raise my hat
and clear off. So I mounted and rode
beside her.
I'VE can just manage it, l fancy"
Quoth I, looking at the time-'that is.
If you ride little quicker"
You pace me-" said she, laughing
gayly.
And I 1aughed gayly, too. as if it
were capitol joke.
She sat next me at dinner that night.
and I did not glance at the top far cor
ner once during the whole meal. Mr..
Faulkner somehow did> not put in an
appearance We chatted merrily and
INCREASINGLY, and the dapper youth
ON my right hand, looked at
more establishment than ever.
She overfiowed with mirth
brightness, and | did too. Only nS
and again my inner conscience would
say: You are making a fool of your
SELF and you will suffer for it. You
are losing your heart to one who can
not give you her hand"
But as I looked at her and her eyes
fell shyly- beneath my ardent gaze |
choked conscience back with piece OF
chicken or submerged it in glass Of
hook.
"Are you going to the Pavilion con-
cert tonight" I inquired handing her
dish of strawberries which matched
her lips to a nicely.
Eyes Are-are your" There was a
nervous quaver in her voice thought.
Eyes. Might THAT isis Mr..
Faulkner away?"
ooh. yes; he has been called to town
for few days"
"Then perhaps can help You to find
the tool gate"
CAS- Mrs. Malaprop would say. that
duty shall revolve upon you, If you
will be so kind" was her reply.
1t seemed to me this was the most
sparkling wit | had ever encountered.
But ah, let me draw veil DER it
all, Why should l recall the bliss of
those few days together-together on
the pier, together in the happy valley,
together laughing at the niggers. to-
gether scaling the slopes of the Great
0fme? Why, indeed wh~n the YEA a-
l how tsrturing?
I was in love, and madly in love,
and happy to be in love when | was
with her. But when I was calmeT and
she was absent and the truth smote me
I could have fed to the uttermost end
of the earth with very wrath, with very
shame. I felt / was a villain, and all
the deeper dyed because 1t seemed to
me I was not altogether Objectionable
to her. and that / was becoming less
and less so each time we met.
MY passion, however, only boiled
within me. / took care of that. let
it have no tongue.
Her husband was away longer than
she had anticipated, but he returned
one afternoon quite Unexpectedly. He
Jumped out Of a brougham which had
brought him from the station Just as
she and I were entering the hotel The
heel of one of her shoes had come on,
and / had been pelled-upon what
delicious compulsion-to give her my
arm. He scowled at me darkly as he
espied us, and her smile was distinctly
abashed. He greeted her with single
snappish word and went off to his
room. not vouching to be introduced.
That look of his pursued me- | cohid
not dismiss 1t from my minds eye.
II served only too we'll to call me TO
NV right senses. | saw the Quagmire
I was stepping into. l saw jealousy
and the divorce court and scandal and
misery ahead.
So that night I did not appear at din
ner. ] had summoned up courage TO
fy remembered Colonel New
comes story Of how sometimes the
brayest thing to do is to run away,
heller SHELTER as fast as you can.
And at 9 o'clock ] was at Colwyn
bay-not far off, but far enough.
In the smoking room or the hotel
encountered the dapper young gentle
man Of Llandudno.
"Hello!" he cried. you here You