Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

and ! nuah spread ovsr her inca Some
day. II he IS not very careful. he win
get Into trouble"
.shQuId not be at all surprised TO
hear 4 scodfrey replied.
Tdens turning to the man in ques-
tIans he stSsed taAin to be OF abont
HIS business. For a moment the youth
/ seemed fncfiped % refuse, but present
fly he thessk4 better OF 1t, and marched
of down the street. looking back o
and akain3as If to see whether the En-
! Efishman IND the gin were stiii cou-
versing together.
And now. Teresina, I have a little
plan to propose to you." said Godfrey.
when the other had turned the corner.
"As told you just now.I am on my
way to England, and, therefore. shall
only be able to spend tonight in
Naples. From the announcements I
see they are playing Taust' at the
Opera House. Why should not you and
your mother dine with me, and go
there afterwards? 1t would be a plea
SAINT way OF spending the evening, and
we could talk of old days"
Teresina clapped her hands with de-
light. In her love of the opera she
was a genuine N~eapolitan.
1T would be lovely she cried. my
mother will come,rI feel sure. 1t is
kind of you, signor."
1t was thereupon arranged that they
should meet at a certain place. dine,
and then go on to the Opera together.
Having settled this. Henderson return
ed to his hotel, wiled away the time as
best he could, and when the hour ar
rived, set off to the rendezvous.
Punoutal to the moment he put i n
an appearance at the place. 1t was a
restaurant not unlike that in which he
had first met Teresina and her mother.
He could not help recalling that mem
orable evening as he waited on the
pavement outside, and his one wish
was that Fensden could have been
there to have shared the entertainment
with him. When the signora and her
daughter arrived, it vas plain that they
regarded the occasion as an important
one. They were both attired in their
best, and, SO far as colour went, the
signora herself was not unlike a bird
of Paradise. Teresina was more So
berly clad, but Henderson noticed that
a necklace with which he had once pre-
scented her, as a memento of a certain
piece of extra work she had done for
him, encircled her slender throat. AS
he looked at it, he thought of the day
on which he had given it to her, and
as the remembrance occurred to him,
he wondered whether it was wise on
his part to play with fire for a second
time. The signora greeted him with
southern volubility, and, as o as he
could get in a word, Henderson sug-
gested that they should enter the res
taurant Having done So, they seated
themselves atione of the small tables,
and he gave his orders. 1t was a ban
quet that was destined to be remem-
mered with pleasure by two Of the par
ty, and also iby a third, for another and
less romantic reason.
And so you are returning to Eng
land, signor?" said the signora, when
the first pangs of her hunger had been
a%ssuaged. Then, remembering the cir
cumstances connected with the latter
portion Of their stay in London, she
| added pathetically: II think, if it
were possible. I should not be sorry to
return-even though the winter is so
cold and it rains so often"
"If you feel as if you would like to
return, why do you lot do SOP" asked
Godfrey, with a quickness that caused
Teresina to look up at him in sur
prise, and then to look down again
VIII equal ININi ny L am ohtO VIZ
sina could get plenty of employment.
/ would do all / could to help her. For
my own part, l never could under
stand why you left so quickly"
Ii he had reflected for a moment, he
would probably have been able to ar
rive at an understanding of the reason
that had prompted her departure. He
was too modest a man, however, to
think of such a thing. Nevertheless,
he changed the conversation by max
ing inquiries as to their present life
in Naples, and then went on to talk
OF Fensden, who at that moment, could
they have seen him, was fast asleep
in a railway carriage, on his way from
Jaffa to Jerusalem. The signora had
never been partial to the impressionist
artist and poet, and she had a vague
idea that it was to that gentleman's
agency that they owed the fight of the
owner, and the consequent cessation
Of Teresina's employment at the studio.
She was too prudent, however, to say
anything on that score to Godfrey. She