Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-10

HuoNn ySa SASo6Su Su1ou8h ny
agency. You take her from beggary,
and pnt her in a position of compare
tive luxury. She has sat to you day
after day. smiled at your compliments,
and-well. to put it bluntly. has had
every opportunity and encouragement
given her to fall head over ears in
love with you. Is it quite fair, do you
think. to let it go on?a
Godfrey was completely taken ahack.
Great Scott. You don't mean to
say you think I'm such a beast as to
encourage herr" he cried. "You know
as we'll as | do that l have treated her
only as l have treated all the other
models before her. Surely you would
wish me TO he civil to the girl. and
try to make her work as pleasant as
possible for her? If you think I've
been a ~blackguard, say so outright"
My dear Godfrey. nothing could be
further from my thoughts" answered
Fensden in his usual quiet voice, that
one OF his. friends once compared to
the purring of a cat. Il should be a
poor friend, however, II l were to allow
you To go. on as you are going on,
without an expcstulatlon, Cannot you
look at it in the same light as l dog
Are you so blind that you cannot see
that this girl is ia ling every day moro
deeply in love with you? The love-
light CLEANS in her eyes whenever she
looks at you; she sees an implied :
caress even in the gentle pats you give
her drapery, when you arrange 1t on
the stage there; a tender solicitude for
her welfare III you tell her 10 hurry
home before it rains. What is the end
of II all to be? / suppose You do not
intend making her o III wife?'
MY WIFE" said Godfrey. blankly, as
il the idea were too preposterous to
have ever occurred to him. surely
you must be jesting to talk like this?"
II am not TESTING with you, II you
are not testing with her" the other re-
piled. You must see for yourself that
the girl worships the very ground you
walk upon. Yet there ia still time for
matters to be put right. She has so
far only looked at the affair from her
own standpoint; what is more, ! do
not want her TO lose her employment
with you, since 1t means so much to
her. what / do want is that you should
take hold of yourself in time and pre-
vent her from being mad unhappy
while you have the opportunity"
"You may be quite sure that I will
do So" Henderson replied. more stiffly
than he had yet spoken. Il am moro
sorry than 1 can say that this should
have occurred. Teresina Is a good girl,
and 1 would no more think OF causing
her pain thar / would of striking my
own sister. And now I'm of TO bed.
Goodnight"
True to his promise. his behavior next
day, so far as Teresina was concerned,
was so, different that she stared at him
In surprise, quite unable TO understand
the reason of the change. She thought
she Must have offended him In some'
way, and e~ndeavored by all the means
of her power to win her way back into
his good graces. But the more she tried
to coneiliate him, the further he with
drew into his shell. Victor Fensden,
smoking his inevitable cigarette, waited
to see what the result would be. There
was a certain amount of pathos In the
situation, and @ closer observer might
have noticed that the strain was tell
ing upon the actors in 1t, upon the girl
in particular. For the next fortnight
or so, the moral temperature OF the
studio was not as equable aa of old.
Godfrey, who was OF too honest a nature
to make a good conspirator. chafed at
the part he was being called upon to
play, while Teresina, who only knew
that she loved, and that her love was
not returned. was divided between her
affections for the mar and a feeling OF
wounded dignity for herself.
81 wish 20 goodness | could raise SUI
ficient money to get out of London for
six months" said Godfrey. one even
ing, as they sat together In the studio.
I'D be off like a shot"
Fensdeni knew why he said this.
Il am sorry I can't help you" ne re-
piled. 81 am about as badly of as your
self. But surely the great picture sold
well?"
Very well; for me, that is 10 say"
Godfrey replied. But I had to part
with most OF it next day"
He did not add that-he had sent most
of 1t to his widowed gister, who was
very badly off and wanted help to send
her boy to college.
A short silence followed: then Fens-
den said: IF you had money. what
would you do?"
60 abroad" said Godfrey. quickly.
f'The strain of this business is more
than ] can stand. II | had a few hun
dreds 10 spare, we'd go together and not
come back for six months. BY that
time everything would have settled
down 10 It's old normal condition"
How little did he guess that the very
thing that seemed so impossible was
destined to come to pass.
eTo Be Continued)