Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04

"Oh, do 60 on, Di, exclaimed Miss
Lane, the gushing young lady, who
dreaded, above all things. a dissertation
more political than personal did he
20 to Russia lately and get into trou-
BILE? I've heard that he did"
He certainly went" replied Di, "a
short time before he came to live here;
and many of the London papers spoke
highly of him and his adventures and
what he did there"
with a certain set anything he could
do would be considered right" Mrs.
Gunter remarked, cynically. But there
are some people who think that his ro-
mantle errand to St. Petersburg was
purely personal.
There was nothing invidious in the
mere statement she made, for to any
man a personal motive may be allowed
as not being in itself unworthy because
personal; but in the way she made 1t
it distinctly conveyed the idea that
Francis Osbornes mission would not
bear the light of day.
ut was personal" said Di; 81 don't
think he has any reason to make
secret of the fact, though he doesn't
care to discuss It, BERTHE and happen
to know the truth about it. because he
was talking to us once about the ten
dency in all initial stages OF reform to
destroy without having the ability to
reconstruct. He told us that in his
opinion, even in Russia, where the peo-
pies wrongs are greater, perhaps, than
they are anywhere in the world, such a
course was certain to lead to nothing
but wrong and misery. And then the
talk drifted to Russian matters general
ly, and we asked about his travels
there, and be was very much"
"Cut up" said BERTHE, who generally
backed his sister up with monosyllabLes
when he could find them, and with
many mods and approving slanees
when he could not.
Eyes" continued Di. "He told us
that he went there at first with no fixed
plan in his head, such as he afterwards
carried out among the sick and suffer
ing, but simply and solely because he
knew that ST Petersburg was in fer
ment, that some outrage on the Car
was premeditated, and feared that seine
one in whom he was interested might
be implicated in the plot. His object
was to prevent crime, | think" she
added in lower voice. For if he had
found this particular person in the Rus
sian capital at that time he would have
known that there was grave danger.
"a very romantic story, indeed" FROM
the vicar.
"Oh, quite delicious" from Miss Lane,
who did not catch the sarcasm, as her
eye was now on the nearly boiling urn.
Did he find the person? Is 1t true
that he followed train Of convicts and
found his friend dying?"
Il believe he followed the train OF
some unfortunates who had departed
before his arrival, under the impression
that the person he was seeking was
among them. But it was a mistake;
and the sights he saw, and the hard
ships he underwent"
Knocked him all into cooked hat, y
interjected BERTHE. coming in at the
critical moment, just in time to cover
the fact that his sisters sympathetic
voice quayered a little.
"All that kind of thing is very en-
PERTAINING, no doubt" said Mr.. Por-
cher, but in this country, as there
are no convict trains and no-no hard
ships, it would be a satisfaction to
us IL Osborne would come out and let
us have his views before continuing
on his present mad course, which is
certain to make the lower classes
round him dissatisfied with their posi-
ton. If he is a Socialist, why doesn
he wear a red necktie and call him
self so at once?"
I'VE asked him what he called him
self, didn't we, Bertie?" said Di. His
answer was just like himself, frank and
straightforward I should wish. he
said, to keep my sympathies too broad
| for any name to cover them. l call
| myself nothing; l leave that to my
| neighbours, they have a rather large
selection, daresay,' and when he had
laughed at himself and US, he added
gravely that, in spite Of all he had
seen, or rather because he had seen SO
much, his one desire was like
Gothe's dying request: More light. y
Meanwhile" said Mr.. Porcher, stirr-
! ing the tea he had just received SO vio-
lently that Miss Lane pulled her skirts
away in haste. Meanwhile he is Civ