The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-10

Wneu MEsr heECIeSdl salu that ileE
Clem's friends should be her friends,
no less dear to her than to him, she.
undoubtedly meant vt and honestly
tried to like them. In some instances
she succeeded, but those who were
lucky enough to come into her good
graces were not the ones who had been;
closest to Glen. after all; and Glenn, re-
azng this perfectly well, yet took the
matter with a great deal OF philosophy.
"a man would be a fool to expect
anything else" he said on one occa-
sion. ut is natural that woman
should want to be The. whole thing to
the chap she has marked for her own
and the feeling oughtto be encouraged.
She considers, properly enough, that 1t
is a sort Of unkindness. to have in COM
mon with a third party all kinds Of
sympathIes and alIinlties and assocla-
tons in which she. cannot share. She
feels that she Is TO some extent an OUT.
slider, and she doesn't like that to any
extent. however magnanimous she may
k. understood that before i married,
and made UP my mind. that, as much
as l, think Of you. 1t wouldn't be any
particular sacrifice to pass you up. You
will feel the; game way yourself when
your time Gomez, and your wife will
feel that way, too. II you realize that
at the start, rs did, you will save
yourself some trouble"
The man he was talking to said that
that was all right and that he wasn't
losing any sleep or appetite on account
Of Clem's neglect; that, In fact, it was
something Of q relief to be neglected.
At the same time Kercheval had
fondly hoped that. things might have
been different, especially in view Of the
generous. declaration his bride has
made. he had spoken to her about this
particular friend. not a great deal. Ger
talnly. for the reason that after a GER
tain stage of their acquaintance they
rarely talked about anything or any
body but themselves; still. he had found
time to say what a good fellow Pugh
was and how they had always trotted
together from the time they first met In
their freshman days; also he had In
1udIclously related some of the scrapes
into which they had got.
Mrs. Kercheval listened very sympa-
thetlcally and protested that she was
dying to see Mr.. Push. and that she
knew that he must be nice or her Clcm
would never have chosen him for a
friend. and when Pugh did call she was
very lovely to him. After he had gone
and the = street door had clos
ed on him. Kercheval turned to his wife
with glow Of pleased anticipation on
his face and said: well, what do you
think Of him, little woman?"
The lady raised her delicate eye
brows the mcrest trlfe in the world and
elevated her shoulders in n correspond
Ing degree. Then she said: well. he
isn't o bit like what I thought he was
going to Debut I think he is. quite
nice. Did you ask him. to dinner on
Wednesday," -. ii7g''e.;.> 'se-ir-Fs n
-"sure." replied Kerchevnl. You
Joined me in asking him, didn't you?
Why" 4. s
oh, nothing. ;only-I suppose,
though he might as well come then as
any other time" -,--=--,s- --.2.
Later, Mrs. Kercheval Justified. her
lack Of enthusiasm on the subject of
Pugh on the groundithat he did not
seem to treat her husband with the
consideration that she thought to be his
due. She had been listening to them as
they argued political questions, and il
fired her soul with Indignation to hear
their visitor tell Glen that the noble,
beautiful and logical sentiments and
opinions he uttered emanated from q
low order Of intelligence or were
"buncombe" and rot" Further, she
believed that Pugh. whose great fault
was his contempt for all manner of
fFivol!ty, had led Glenn. into most of the
mischief he had ever got into. and she
thought that he might still have dan
geFous influence over him.
mat was only one case. None Of the
iht!mates seemed exactly to IT. for one
reason or another. But there was one
OLD friend that remained to Kercheval,
unmoved by the dislike and even jcal-
'ousy OF his wife-rema!ned to his 10y,
his pride and his soace, admittedly;
That was his pipe. How long Kercheval
had possessed that pipe none OF his
other friends knew. 1t had always
oeen with him. his constant companion
until he began to call on his wife. Then
4 ne left 1t at home In, his regard for the
prophecies. so that the first time that
MEs kercheval ever saw It was when
he brought her home. 1t was perhaps
j o'e iiFst thing that he showed her.
a isn't 1t a beauty?". he asked, taking
Hifom Its Scared md stained case and
n SWING 1t tender rub with the silk
handkerchief that he carried principal
'ot mat purpose. And Mrs. Kerche-
va; oeing then unaware OF It's contain
hating properties. as well rs OF the In
M4.aa'e love that Glen bore for 1t, said
"a' II was too lovely for anything, beg
!, o.. nm TO smoke 1t then and there, 1T
.H MN and finally remarked on tho
~ OF the general effect. with
me various engaging Accomplishments
"@ little ceremony seemed almost sa-