Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-09
A Bolt From the Blue.
BY DORA LANGLOIS,
Author Of THAT Red-headed Woman, I" The Kiss of JUDAS 1.-THE
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for you everywhmeexcept. Of course,
In tho right place. l want to tell you
Some other time. Mr.. Osborne. Now
I am going to present you to Lady
Emilia Dachet- Lady Emilia-Mr. o.
borne" and. with her quiet smile. Miss
Wilfred. having completed the introduc-
ton. turned away. and left tho tive TO-
gether.
III yon can spare the time from your
more important avocations. Mr.. Os-
borne. I should like you to talk to me a
little" her ladyship said She had tax
en- In the tent ensemble Of tho man at q
glance. and was now regarding him
with a. little apparent interest a
though he were a very familiar object
She had an insolent and daring way Of
saying and doing what she liked not
uncommon to the woman Of her set
noticeable also among the women OF
quite another order: but with her IL
might De said hat what she did seemed
right.
Osborne caught her vein, and, deter
mining not to be serious with her an
swered:
Don't accuse me OF having any av-
ocation here. Lady Emilia. Believe me
l am not such a boor as to bring sucn a
thing into these sacred precincts, and II
! possess an a~vecat,on, l certainly ,lef
it at home. with my boots and my
morning coat"
You will not escape me in that way
she laughed. II krow that you have
ideas, and l want to hear about them.
1t is so seldom that we meet with any
one In our set who has anything OF
that sort to spare. that it Is quite re-
freshing. i believe that 1t Is because
We find it SO difficult to get out of the
dead-level OF IL monotony that we
open our houses to actors, and authors,
and bohemians generally, and, though,
we pose as patrons, l daresay they pity
us. Now, I am quite willing to be pitied
for my deadly dizziness and want you
to tell me about the innovations you
have introduced into your house
hold"
She had quite decided in her one swift
glance that Osborne, though a crank"
perhaps, was not so to outward seem
ing. She had an eye for beauty, too;
and there was a certain masculine
beauty about the figure of this man.
and those portions of the face not COW
cred by his beard, that reminded her
of that ideal for eve im~mortalized by
Michael Angeio's'David.
To Osborne was given the happy
quality of being able to be serious him
self, without resenting the levity of
others; and, though naturally annoyed
(Lady Emilia always commenced by
annoying those whom she wished later
on to enslave he answered.: 81 dread
so much the crime Of boring you, that
/ shall tell you nothing, unless in the
categorical style"
That means to say that I am to
exert myself" she said, with a fash
ing smile. Well, if you can make me
exert myself, you have done wonders.
This Eight-Hours question now, a hor-
rid subject, bald and uninteresting to
the last degree, as a rule, how do you
find the thing work in your home9"
You know, then, that have an
eight-hours day for all my s~ervants?"
Yes: one hears that, as soon as one
hears you mentioned: How Toes it
work?'
Very well, I believe. am satisfied:
and, l assure you that. in spite of a
generally-accepted belief in the con-
trary, ! do get my boots cleaned, and
my clothes brushed, much like other
people,"
There vas a merry twinkle in his
kindly brown eyes, and Lady Emilia,
noting it, tapped the palm Of her hand
with her fan.
Let us be serious" she said. How
did you-''