Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

bark the letters EN- and "a" inter
woven. It was roughly done, for TIN
light was fast dying out. The girl stoot
by watching.
So Allen journeyed to London, ant
Nancy went every morning to the foo
OF the old, disheveled tree.
Six months later the papers announc
ed the engagement Of Allen Dare, thu
popular dramatist, to one of the fash
ionable actresses Of the day. Name.
read the paragraph with a strang,
numbness at her heart.
He had forgotten the little girl in
the country.
Two years had passed. Again it was
September, a fair evening, with a soft
breeze moving the tendrils Of a wo-
mans hair caressingly, and some warm
streaks of amber tinging the western
sky and the narrow. foot track lying
like a brown thread among the soil
tary fields. 1t was a very fiat land
scape, and broken only by some irreg-
ular hedges and one old, shattered
tree.
Presently the dark figure of a man
could be d%iscerned, moving rapidly in
the direction of the m AS she was
walking slowly, almost lettering, it was
no difficult matter to overtake her;
yet for a short space he fingered some
httle distance behind, as though hest
tating whether to address her. Sud-
denly, however, he moved forward i'm
p%ulsively, till he all but faced her.
Nancy! Nancy! Is it really your"
ALLEN! Mr.. Dare!" a low, startled
voice made answer.
"Oh, yes" he cried, in his old, inn
petuous way; Il know it is only right
that l don't deserve even that. |
know l have wronged you beyond for
! g%iveness, that you must utterly scorn
me; yet, above all, l know that l love
you, Nancy, and / shall always love
you"
Hush, how dare your" She was
looking him full in the face, unf1inch-
ingly.
. so it is wei that. My love is an
insult. l might have guessed it."
ut requires no guessing" the woman
answered, coolly.
She moved On a pace, drawing her
loose cloak about her that it might
not brush him as she passed by. He
bit his lip, noticing the cat. She walked
rapidly N He followed.
After all it was NO worse than he
had expected. There was still hope.
Success had come so often to him.
Surely he could win back this little
/ girl who had once made him her all.
She did not increase her pace, but
allowed him to overtake her. She was
not angry, only indifferent.
why do you wish to speak to me
again? 1t is better not"
Because | cannot bear to leave you
thus. Hear me out this once. 1t can
do you no harm; it will at least give
you the satisfaction of remembering
that you have not refused mercy to
the most miserable wretch on earth
do no harm? l am not sure, per-
haps because l am not so clever"
Spare me that? Surely you must
know that, when / say l love you, !
come with a free hand and heart
suppose you have heard that old tale
but. Nancy, you know"
Il know nothing about you, Mr..
LAW DIG iACCit uplCu, CACGpI ludl
you write very witty plays"
Hear NE but this once. If | have
acted wrongly, / have suffered also. Is
ut not sufficient punishment to realize
that ones success may prove a CHASTITY
failure?"
Il do not understand you," she an
swered. in the same cool, regular
voice; besides, your failure or sue
cess does not concern me-"
ITO have lost you Observation-Disclosures
would be failure to me-"
Indeed! l was not aware that YOU
tried to win me-
There was no anger in her voice. He
noted 1t dejectedly. She would not
take the trouble to be angry with
him. She was as inexorable as the
iates, his inveterate enemies.
Nancy, you would not be so hard,
80 merciless. If you knew, if you could
only know all. l was a silly, reckless
boy, Nancy-you know what l was
open to any impression. / was elated,
fascinated, by the glitter OF it all, till
l altered. l imagined myself in love
with the wit and beauty of a vain
woman, and many other things quite
as untrue.
AT last l sickened of It all, and the
veil fell from my eyes and I was alone
with nothing save the popularity that
palled upon me. Then / thought of
the sweet old days when life wis
simple and work hard, and I had only
love.
Month after month / yearned for
the old love, longing to seek you; but
was ashamed. AT length remem-
bered how kind you were, how patient
and loving. Nancy. it was for you /
worked, for you l coveted fame. If the
fruit of my ambition has beguiled me
from the path of my love, the strength
OF that love has brought me back,
through the snares and brambles, a
humble suppliant at your feet"
ALLEN > poor A1leni Is it
even so?"
They had been walking quickly, and
wore approaching 'bhe solitary tree.
The sight Of its thick, black somber
body brought to the man a food CT
tender memories.
"Here!" he cried dramatically, slet
me renew my pledge 20 you. On this
tree the letters Of Dur names - a.