Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09
ourselves and people will ask who that
distinguished looking young man is
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ourselves and people will ask who that
distinguished looking young man is"
And the fastinatingly beautiful wo-
man with the Delft eyes
They'll imagine everything about us
except that we are newly married ana
are just ordinary Yankee people. You
know how you tell yourself stories
about people at sea. 1t will be perfect
ly gorgeous to be running away and
not have anybody know where we are
to be all alone in the big world-just
you and l.. sufficient to ourselves"
You're quite sure you'll enjoy it,"
Enjoy it? Why, I'm on fire now. l
wish we were going to-day.
'1'll send a messenger around to the
Cunard office now and see If we can
get a stateroom. But there won't be
any trouble; it's so early" Cowles
wrote a note on card and gave it to
the waiter with instructions. uer
81 didn't think of that said Miss
Noel. There won't be so many inter-
esting people along. Well have things
more to ourselves. But where are we
going when we get there? l mean.
travel?"
Cowles slowly selected the fork for
his fish. and looked out of the window
at the sunshine. Then he began: Il
know a little gray and brown Old VII
lage that is six miles from anywhere.
1t is at the edge If the hills among
green meadows. 1t has only one street,
and half way UP it is q Dig stone house
with a wall in front which encloses an
old garden There are flowers there
and a great tree for shade, and little
pool of water under the tree where the
birds come. You may sit there all day
and read, or work, or paint The
place will do for you to try your hand
at housekeeping. Chops and potatoes
for breakfast. roast beef or a FOWL AT
noon and tea at five"
You shall see how well | can man
age. And you will paint the livelong
summer; paint the old houses and
gardens and the meadows outside the
village
"And you," finished Cowles, his eyes
following the movements OF her fingers as
she pressed her fork into bit OF sweet
bread. I'll paint your hands, you know.
Van Dyck had models to sit for his hands.
There are no hands like yours. In the
evening we'll go for run through the
fields or over the hills, up through the
pasture to the stone wall, where we can
see the sunset, and look off to the west
where there is big river, and city,
and an old cathedral"
He stopped and smiled dreamily at the
nictllre he had in his mind.
please go on said the girl; its al
most as good as being there. Perhaps 1t S
better; for things aren't always as nice
as you think they're going to be"
Cowles came back to himself and his
eyes twinkled as he said: For instance,
you might be seasick,"
Il always am"
and instead of moonlight, we may run
into a storm and have rough weather the
whole way; and instead of people telling
romantic stories about us, they'll think
we're a green bridal couple"
ooh, what if we don't have good voy-
age; we'll have a glorious time after we
get over. The old gray house and the gar
den with the big tree will make up for lots
of annoyances.'
"Of course; and when we're out of the
world it won't matter what the world says
of us
"What?"
II say, we shant know about the para
graphs in the newspapers or the specuia-
tons as to where we are and why we went
away And it won't matter if the cuts in
the papers are horrible. We shan't see
them qJc re rr
DO you mean that it will get into the
newspapers"
Cowles slipped at his glass of water as
though he were judging of the quality of
a wine. "Of course" he answered there
will be a column or two on the front page,
loaded, with scare head There will be
pictures of both of us. 1 suppose they
will take that one of you in the black
evening gown cut very low. They usually
prefer that kind"
But they mustn't, 1t would be horribly
vulgar"
"Oh. that won't matter. You'll be away
and you won't know about it. We shan't
care what they say. either."'
But what will they say?''
"Oh. they'll try to find out why we ran
away People don't usually go off just to
be romantic! They'll say. perhaps. that
your father wouldn't consent to the mar
rage"
But that's absurd. Everybody knows
they've expected us to get married ever
since we were children
They might say all sorts Of unpleasant
thines."
But that would be wicked. What right
have they to say such things? Can't we
do as we please without people suspecting
us?"
I'm afraid not When you go beyond a
| certain point the world takes your affairs
in hand"
And is our trip to be spoiled because
people NEEDLE with things that are none
Of their business"
IF you have excitement and romance,
you must be willing TO pay for it by suf-
fering little unpleasantness. Those
| things so together. OF course. the artist
didn't get that into the picture you tell
about, but you can't expect a man to paint
everything"
at was very fascinating picture" said
the CARL. soberly. as though reluctant 10
give over the idea.
~ suppose there might be some natural
| worry over us at home" said Cowles.
softly. but his lips twitched.
Il suppose I'd have to tell them. OF
course. it would never do to go without
| mamma knowing where we were
''No. We might get out announcement
cards and send them to our friends on the
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