Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-16

sesalar oRenses. JACK checked hin
wlth = sudden gesture and then lai,
a hand upon his arm.
You aresls kinds Of i rascal. zies
field" said b. and you've never beef
anything eises Therefore it gives M
the Q pleasure to applaud any &C
OF yours. It IS right to lie il q lad,
wishes it"
ziegfeld stopped and sloweiy remov
ed his hat, while he looked steadil.
at his companion.
Permit he" he said. II have no
Iyet read IT."
He took ,out the note and scanned i
by such hshtsassh he could get upon 1t.
This Is very unfortunate" he said
she. will be sorry to wound you. | in.
fer that you have read this: quite par.
donable under the circumstances"
Il supposed that the hat was mine
and the note also, of course" rejoined
Nilmont, reddening.
Quite So, quite So" said Ziegfeld
softly. 'It is regrettable, truly regret
table. I trust that will not interrupts
your friendship with Miss Corey"
"As it happens" replied Wilmont, Il
am sailing for Europe tomorrow"
Indeed! had no idea OF it."
Nor I until this minute. Ziegfeld
you scoundrel, how do you dare to In
! trude yourself into the affections OF a
good woman"
Il am not a saint" responded Zieg-
field after a pause. "and many unkind
things have been said Of me by yourself
and others. Yet. now that this great
| good fortune has come to me. I have
taken new resolves and
Wilmont put both hands to his ears
and groaned. The other regarded him
sympathetically.
Perhaps you are right to 60 away
he said. g" know how / should feel in
your place. The south pole wouldn.a
be far enough away TOR me. And you.
who have money and leisurev-
Il shall certainly go" replied VII
mont, "and / shall see neither her nor
you again. But one last word, Zieg-
field. II Ithear that you are not striv-
Ing by every ounce OF manhood in you
to be worthy OF this woman, 1 shall
come back and kill YOU. You are the
'vilest sinner mentioned In the hymn,
but the lamp holds out to burn for you,
and l will not presume to set a limit
upon the redeeming power OF a true re-
p~entance. But We'll, you know met
"Goodby," said Ziegfeld kindly. Il
will remember what you say. And
and don't think about her. She'll un-
derstand. We've talked 1t all over.
She couldn't bring herself to tell you,
but I said, Grace, the, -
Wilmont swore a round oath that
made the air fairly stagger. Then he
turned and fed down the avenue
Ziegfeld watched him with a smile. d,
Thinking, thinking, thinking, Will
mont hurried along, not knowing
where he was going.
A mile away, he suddenly hailed a
cab, sprang into it and was whirled
back again to the door of the Corey
house.
The girl herself was In the big hall.
The children were just concluding their
game OF cards by the fire.
Grace" said he. "did you write a
note to me?"
"Of course l did," she answered.
isn't It that which brings you here?"
"You put it in my hat said he.
NO." she replied; "in you gloves. l
just tucked 1t in one OF them. Didn't
you get it,"
Oh, my.p said Bobby. 1T must have
been that which fell on the floor when
l put the things on the rack. But you
needn't look for 1t Oracle. Mr.. Zieg-
field picked it up when he came out and
put 1t inside his hat"
Precisely" said Wflmont. Then
he laid the hat down. and got 1t. After
ward we changed hates. and he got It.
I won't say just how that happened.
but he pretended that It was his. and
that he knew you'd written 1t to him
and that you and he had discussed me
as an animal and that I'd better go to
Europe"
The villian!" exclaimed Grace. He'd
better go there himself"
He'd better not" rejolned wilmont-
"Td take him over In Belgium and
shoot him. But, Grace, this relieves my
mind. l thought you liked him, and I
couldn't quite bring myself to tell you
what sort of a man he Is. And now
now you know"