Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29


the Shingles and to the gives
said a popular young woman. az size
dropped another lump into hT tall
glass of tea.
Some of us looked bewildered, aud
she went on to explain.
"You see, there ale some r1en VINO
appear to be very devoted slaves. They
vii come TO tea with you cs often as
YOU invite them, and swear that the
divan in your den is The happiest cor
ner Of the earth to them.
They will dance with you at
cotiIlon, but they will never take you
10 one. because that means flowers ana
a carriage. In othe; words, they are
perfectly delighted WIN your society
d. long as IL does not coat them any
thing. These are the Shingles, and
their name is legion.
ION the other hand, as blessed
Offset. are the gives. and they are
lust the incest men in TIE werld.
"You are almost afraid &c mention
new book in the presence OF 'givey,
for the next morning It Will be lying
on the hall table when you come down
to breakfast. He always waits to see
If you have an engagement for the
play before he makes LIS own, and he
strews your path with flowers and
candy"
But. alas" broke in fair-haired
southerner. with 4 far away look,
there is such a fault as being too
givey."
Never marry n naval cfhcer." my
sweet children" said 4 married wo-
man. no matter how 'givey' he is, un-
less you have a better krack of bear
ing dlsappointments thar nave.
when Jack sailed away 20 South
American and left me, months after we
were married, dried my tyes with
the thought Of what he would bring
me when he returned.
81 have forgotten what had partic-
ularly set my heart on. but when at
the end of FIVE long months. he came
home. preceded by three huge boxes,
my hopes rose to the boiling point.
4" Shut your eyes little woman he
said tearing away at the boards of the
smallest box, and guess what | have
for you.
81 could hear the straw being pulled
out in great handfuis. and | guessed
everything from set of china to a
live South Sea lslanicr, when, in
tone of triumph, ! was told might
open my eyes. They rested upon a
pair of horns, taken from the head of
some wild South American creature or
other.
only his look of perfect and entire
satisfaction and pride IN the selection
of present for young wife helped me
to control my feelings and say, in a
semi-uuavering voice: They will look
lovely over the smoking-room mantel.'
But that is not ALL said, perfect
ly oblivious to my struggling emotions.
Once more my hopes rose. Once
more | shut my eyes and guessed mild
ly.
"Once more opened them-to a pair
of horns, larger more hideous even
than the first. I felt as if were losing
my mind. Wherever l looked horns,
harms. horns rose defiantly before me,
until they seemed to fill the entire
room.
Now. what do you think of those
feliows?' he said. Monsters, amt they!
Finest pair you ever saw,
Fine l echoed family, and made
a meek suggestion about the front hall
being the proper setting for them.
But watt he shouted, throwing off
his coat, and attacking the third and
largest box.
"'You haven't seen the biggest sur
prise of ALL Now guess!
." Horns!' l murmured weakly for
strength and inclination to dissemble
further had left me.
Jack dropped the hatchet and rose
to his feet
Somebody told you he said fur
iously. Z know it was Tomlin, and LII
break every bone in his body for being
such a smart Alec .
"And did you never cure him, Mrs
Norton?" asked the quiet girl.
Never, my child" was the answer
MEN are disappointing creatures, but
when you reach my age-the age of lost
illusions-ycu will find there is on
ideal, at least, which may he realized
daily-a good dinner"