The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-15
Daily Short Story
A Lovely Handful.
BY A. MACLuRr wApSo-

tn So "NNi-ChE
ioatsosn OK middleham, and Q trent,
IiIst-olass carriage opened ana = al
sIr OF ID stepped out. ssri.Iea Nv =
rcorn,u p young man. whom Trent
Richardson. ~ SON.. FRANK
rninlss Blagden. | am sure" said John.
INTO a pair OF very beauufui ~dsTs-blas
,said S 9ae are Efr, Mr.; Trent; ny-my unole7"
Well. hardly your uncle a0ar.a
arsnI. with a little pieasanter smile Il
nv stenrs,Ss ssia TO De the uncle OF
How dresdful. escisimed stella
vysSsden; is that really What 1 ana
was my fathers son. ism IL Mr. etnsr
m IN Mri Hichartson has been tell
|, n - rs ai ABOUT A~iddlehsm. and enter
nave i've boxes: Isn't II ~dreadfui- but
ySa Know. ~ 1 am going 70 India in
mustn't ~ = must have clothes.
lars as l happened to be there Good
~. hr. Richardson Yes. / will re-
YOU Goa s191t the cycling. So good OF
what are we TO do with the chlid..
snas Miss Amabei Trent despairingiy
lh.1t Ssyynlhs. when Stella had gone to
- You should see the riisbons and
H. J1hn. and the beautiful petticoats
lS%sc,iy wb nss' caroline described her
handful I'm afraid tue colonel ny
spout hsr dreadfuliy.'
1onh trent laughed. the honest laugh
nat redeemed his plain visaxe.
sue toid me frankly. coming along
Ion tne station. that she had never
/, GENTLY knows she a handful hh.li.Y.
sc wild TO be on to India and fnrious
9Soi%S sent 10 Us hnmdrum middle-aged
iOihs Tor three months. l fancy FTank
IHcharson won't be lcath TO try his hand
htus. .Aahs her. lie could hardly tear
long way from the station. It's the
""s nhSatlon. so he'll find the time
hHySins heavy on his hands"
FRANK richardson was "A fine man. but
'"nn had no great opinion OF his brains
but II VIII never 10. John aeaH ~
sne SITS up a Irritation with Franz
ssaiiqf poor Miss Amabel. she felt her
WIN tnls }"ung madcap.
50, We. look after them somehow"
- '""n. IN "A reassuring tone.
~ morning. when John Trept 10
S-ieu 10 ms usually solitary half-ptst
bE'hNfdst. to his afnazcm.nt h. f.tnt
ne niece IA possession Of the coffee
4 couldn't lie in bed. the DAY WAS too
''sy, 81" sad They told me was
hnlthol. but / Just said wo,ldrt
wanted 10 breakfast with YOU
J0nn Thought It an Excellent idea:
umouEn. being undemonstrative' he JIi
hot say So. lf stella hah looked urctiv
,ne previous evening. size Iook. Tre,nyy
| rlori3,s" me dewy freshness 81 this
SIoIIous June morning. She wore \ tsais
que dress. which. to the eyes OF n rran
seemed sifnp!lcity itself. but was really
a trIuHph OF Partisan art Her sInniv.
| cplIed rufdy hair caught the ms oTrsa
morning sun. ana her lark blue .ves
CO. hiS,hiTyously as she made his
keoi hts cyes off her. and AZ mus w.
"hl"SS"i she did not object in m ie,st
| Ola 60. OF even a "stereotyped
80. nut theu he wore a b.ard ana S,aiia
So "sarded Englishmsnt as old.
iour was really ange!lc sbe gDs..aN-
. hladcap but she was a Charming orc
."Vn an extraordinary fancy 10 her
aInt Amabei. on whom she hestouea
Ittle delicate attentions which ala Ne,
Tscape the observant Eyes OF Iohn
| Frank R-ichsIssoss model Of devotion,
VIZ Stanee. but Miss Amabel Wa -
sSIido.y present. and even her oid-fash-
s%hocked' sisli St R Ro%nSls5 were not
bbnnrs 70 feel that she must have a
"uIst or Haughtiness or lie "
-, -" you know. / think shall unit.
s. I" De here: you are ali 40 kind
ros ,oih John one morning. gazing
oTeainily out on the lawn and mai
nice Richardson hoy H. comfns ~ 80
me I@t a biSyeie ride this afternoon.
said noth iinSte Su az hSr: and nan-iike.
nNe-miie drive u The great mil sbs
SMnen' ne went 10 see his sister IN.
noon about -four he found Mis- 49,
~ teaTs nnd no Stella visible
-. III. d"hn said poor Miss AmsheI
~ NeS 70 Use tied 10 represent 10
NJ tfc improperly uf riding ali over
t,,. .gHNttN slon" With a young man
I~a~h4oned and absurd. and tina, ~,
-h1 was "a India she would do much
"IiatT things than that"
Did you tel! her I ha1 errr.
biGdeh t. asksl John. with a clint in
~ eye. which. though rare. meant busi.
] dld. and she was quite ehsrulry
an'ut u that the wDrcst Of the chlid
sn~ Faa you had NOT eNpresscJ v,u-
ppf"val TO her this morning ana
iHst her father Wogid not dream ~ o..
'i."'nF her You know John. I think
~ mould have spoken 10 her your.
John thought 80 too. remembered her