Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08

TOO weak Tor anything 10 strong IS Ia
grande passion. especially II his fash
lon.
The Major forgot that the master
passion has thousand ways of assert
ing its powers. In PROSTATE mental
and physical state it might-and had
steal its way into the mans very soul
and life quits unawares, holding him as
completely in its grip as If it had
struck him at its feet with one blow.
and there held him equally its captive.
And meanwhile, as they reached the
western part of the gardens, Erleston
asked his campanion, rather abruptly:
Glare. did you leave them because
you thought they fatigued me?"
My motives were mixed, Mr. Erles-
ton. as most human motives are. ! did
not intend to remain until you were
tired Enough is as good as feast,
especially this first time. Secondly, l
had caught sight of Mrs. Mocking-b bird
afar on the hall steps. She was shad-
ing her eyes and looking towards us,
and then descended the steps. She
was certainly coming, and l did not
choose her to intrude on you when she
chose, not till we choose So off we
came, and here we are at your own
quarters" as she swept the carriage
up the incline on to the terrace and to
the window. Have / kept my prom
Use, sir, OF guarding you from the
Yankees onslaught"
Glare, you are an angel"
Without wings. then" she laughed,
as he stepped from the chair and passed
into the room with her.
After dinner Clare made him recline
on the sofa, and when she had settled
him there and herself in her usual
fauteuil beside MIN, she was wicked
enough to ask demurely:
And now, please, was that ordeal so
terrible after all?"
"Ah, you wicked Clare. to triumph
over the fallen,"
'You evade. sir. Confess frankly.
was it so bad? Yes or nor
Wilfred's dark eyes turned on her
with a sort of flash in their depths.
"You were with memo"
For one second the woman paused
before she said:
Then you won't mind, one evening
soon, going-you and Into the draw
ing-room, when you feel that you can
bear the noise without a headache?
You see, we have to get the brain as
well as the body back to the strength
and balance by a careful mixture of
use and rest
Il know it. I know you are always
right, Clare. I'll try not to mind any
thing you wish me to do. / wish to
Heaven you would sometimes leave
me, and go and enjoy yourself amongst
the Others"
mo, thank you, Mr.. Erleston, my
duty is here with you; and l am far
happier here too, than with them, and
you felt alone, you who need me And
they neither need nor want me-"
A thrill that startled himself went
through the mans whole being quick
throb of every pulse that instinctively
held him silent. The same instinct
that makes one, when between sleep
and waking from an exquisite struggle
to keep asleep that the dream may
last, and it's fools paradise.
He lay for minutes SO still that
Clare had almost thought he had drop
ped into quiet sleep, when his soft
voice dispelled the hope Without
turning his face from the window, he
said, as if following out a train Of
thought:
Eyes, Heaven knows 1 don't know
what l should do without my sweet
Saint Cecilia. But as to that last-the
others-well, fancy that, to some at
any rate, the advent of handsome Mrs.
'Savile would be very welcome"
He turned his face as he said that
in lighter half-quizzical way. He
must. The dull, vague, gnawing pain
within resistlessly impelled him to find
out If shelf there were, in truth,
cause for that restless pain-jealous
pain, was it?-that had crept in when
he noticed Durant's meeting with
Clare. And why had she never even
mentioned the family2 Why did that
slight color cross her velvet cheek now
as her clear eyes met his?
Perhaps it would be welcome" she
said, with a shrug But l am more
than content where l ssn and what
am. love my independence and free,
rowing life, you know, as much as you
do yours
Eyes. But" he said, eagerly, the pain
not yet dispelled though less heavy, Il
could come and go as l would, you as
those would to whom you we're cour-
iere, the Durants, for instance
Lady Durant, you mean. Sir Maui
rice only joined us for month in
Rome. after which they came home
"And you remained in Italy?'