Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-09


mo you not and him An original.
= md him breezy and refreshing IN 4
way. was the reply. He Is more In
terested in things and more impressive
than the majority: but he does not so
the length Of being ridiculous. Posi-
lively I did not get a single laugh at hia
expense"
HE takes himself seriously" replied
Mrs. Gunter. glancing sideways with her
beady eyes at the relict Of the late Mr..
Dachet. II wonder what marriage viii
make Of him?"
Marriage! Oh The pretty cousin?
His tiance is here then tonight"
mo, she is not here. It is not the lit
tie cousin. The fiance would hardly be
received here though, by the way, she
is one of tho handsomest women in
Paris"
"Indeed?" said Lady Emilia, sitting
a yawn. ut is to be hoped they will be
hdPPy, dh0 Al tuoL hlhd " thAA6s udL
sort of man usually makes a mesalli-
ance. / suppose. Not that 1t matters
much. l don't know that any of the
Osbornes were distinguished before the
time OF his father, the Recorder and
then her ladyshlp wrapped herself up
In her mantle OF bored exclusiveness
and drifted away among her many
friends
'1Hullo BY yourself, Eva? Now. that's
what I call a special dispensation Of
providence. Where's Maria? Why isn't
she looking after you?"
1t was Osborne, who. after threading
the crowded reception rooms for some
time in search of his missing relatives,
had come suddenly on a fair young girl
alone under one of the palms of a small
conservatory.
She looked up, Frightening at his ap-
proach, and answered:
THE fact is, Frank, Maria seems 20
have some fish of her own to fry to-
night. There is an ugly Frenchman
here, who has quite m~onopolized her
while l."
Have been left to shift for yourself?
Eh. little woman"
Il don't know that that matters,
Frank. since you seem pleased TO 5nd
RE alone"
The girl was twenty, but she looked
even younger; there was something i'm
mature about her beauty, which lay
| chiefly in her large violet eyes, her pale
creamy skin, and beautiful fair hair;
but almost appealingly childish as she
looked in her simple white robes, there
was a self-restraint about her, even a
| suggestion of sadness, which seemed to
, indicate that the brave and steadfast
spirit had already struggled and con-
quered in that long conflict which We
| cali life.
But where does the dispensatiou CONF.
in! Why would Maria be in that
way?"
Because" he answered, dropping in
TO a chair, and turning his face full on
her. II am ort of sympathy tonight
with her and with all this host of CAD
nies.''
You are not sad, Frank"
NO, not sad; too happy, Eva, for all
this crush and chatter. There are times
when happiness makes an idiot of a
man; and on those occasions it is as
we'll that he should be alone. Coming
here | passed a man in a blue blouse,
who was ecstatically happy about some
in front of the vehicles and pedestrians,
and having no end of a good time. l
wanted to join him, l did, indeed. He
was not drunk, you know, only Just
purely, absolutely happy. would have
given a pocketful Of money to throw my
crush hat up into the air after his blue
cap, and with my hands on my hips
start off as his vis-a-vis in the mazes of
that intoxicating dance"
Poor fellow! I hope his cause for
JOY was as good and as lasting as yours,
Frank"
He took her little gloved land and
pressed it with broaherly tenderness.
Eva" he said, you have always
been my little comrade, since the days
1 used to carry you. a ~1uffyheaded
baby. pick-a-back round the house:
but never have you been so good to me
as in your championship OF Helga."
The girl smiled bravely Into his
face. Il can't remember those pick-a-
back rides" she answered. though
know you have often recalled them to
the peril of my dignity when l have
been trying to please Maria by being
duly proper and 'grown-up.' Our first
meeting always seems to me to have
been in the dim hall at King's-Barton,
where Maria first brought me home af- |
ter my fathers funeral. What you did
for me then. Frank. Il seems | can
never repay: but Helga needs no cham
DiOn-tO see her is to know that Won