Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
YOUNG MRS. MONETTE;;
OR,
DIANA OF THE TOWER,
Bemsh" "That Girl From Texas"
AN Fo
Copyright 1929, By Jean nettc H. waIworth.

was in hint had to come out. Be-
sides, dear LADY, something in the
usefulness of her looks touched his
tender heart to the quick, you are
right. There are very few of us who
have had nothing to live down. Very
few. But for all such there is COM
fort in the reflection that nothing can
down us irrevocably but our own mis-
deeds. The wrong-doing of others
may cast us down temporarily, may
make life heavy urden, may even
blot out the sunshine for brief while.
but it cannot consign us to the purga-
tory of the hopeless in this world or
in the nexc. See, you have made me
preach sermon"
Zone full of comfort to me-"
She put one of her hands into his.
He clasped it firmly and STOPPING, with
old-fashioned courtesy, pressed his lips
to it.
Dear lady, if only might be a
comfort to you; l am yours devoted
ly."
And Ledyard Fielding, coming from
Milly with few supplementary names
for Mrs Monette's invitation list, Sc
lected that identical moment to enter
her presence.
Of the three, little Hedges was the
only entirely unembarrassed one. He
turned upon Fielding with what that
gentleman silently pronounced "colcss-
al effrontery."
81 have Just had the assurance to
beg our dear Mrs. Monette to alter
the date of her entertainment" he
said
It was at little Hedges, not Fielding,
Harriet looked in answering.
And Mrs. Monette is only too glad
to do it, since it may be of substantial
service to friend OF Mr.. Hedges. We
can easily change the date"
De, hey required that Fielding
shor.d take perfunctory interest in
tn. affair, especially since he had per-
mitted himself to be decoyed by Milly
into coming there with that supple
mentary list.
"And the friend?" he asked.
'Is Teddy Holbrook," Hedges said,
and Immediately began to dilate upon
the industry of his favorite pupil and
the brilliant reception that must await
his two pictures on artists day at the
academy.
Presently the two men vert away
together, Ledyard carrying with him
the consciousness that he. had made
''three sorts of an ass of himself in one
evening"" He had no business coming
He had no right to Degrudge Hedges
the gathering of this sweet flower,
which in days gone by he could have
had for the plucking. Thirdly, he
had been so taken aback by that ten
der little passage revealed by the part
ing of the velvet portieres that he was
conscious OF having comported himself
more like jealous country loot than
the man of the world he was presumed
to be.
Why should he care? Did he care?
The two questions swung with the
monotonous motion of pendulum
through his tired brain long after he
had shaken Hedges off and turned into
the Central park to wander aimlessly
among the winding ways before going
home.
No one could possibly have been
more surprised than little Hedges
himself had he known that he was at
the bottom of all this emotional dis
turbance. He had shown himself per-
fectly willing to be shaken off by
Fielding, for he wanted to get home
before Teddy should have retired.
He wanted to tell the dear boy how
that charming Mrs. Monette was go
ing to "clinch matters for him." He
found Teddy standing in front of the
easel which held one Of the pictures
that was to be hung at the exposition
of American artists. His hands were
folded over his breast and his eyes
were rivetee upon the canvas that had
cost him sc many hours of pain and
pleasure. He did not hear his master
come in. Hedges sent his voice ex-
citedly ahead of him.
"You have not been tampering with
it, hope?"
mo, sir; I never expect to touch it
again Nor do l ever expect to come
up to it again
"Poof! bah! nonsense! You are but
a beginner. You are novice. You
are little boy playing at art yet"
Teddy TUNED to him with a sober
smile "AlI of which is true. You
could say a good deal more in the line
of detraction, sir, with perfect reason,
but l fancy there are certain produc-
lions of every creator. certain books.
poems, pictures. into which their own
souls get eatangled once and for all.
1t is an experience that can come to a
man but once in a lifetime"