The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-11-30

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public for the day. Ny wife . little
annoyed at her going out with this
man, told her, she had much better re-
main at home 10 look after the children
and attend to the business. Mrs. NJ,
however, bent on going, made arrange
ments about leaving the shop, ana got
my wife to promise to see to her little
girls while she was away. No.,
The. party set out IN four wheel
phaeton with pair of ponies driven by
Mrs. NJ, and gig for which / lent my
horse ID. N T.i1E sL4EfH ~.
Now we did not expect them to come
back till nine or ten O'clock, at any rate.
/ mention this particularly to show that
there could be no expectation of their
earlier return in the mind of my wife,
to account for what follows. 81 ~ sa. ,
At six o'clock that bright summers
evening my wife went out into the gar
den to call the childreH. Not finding
them, she went all round the place in
her search till she came to the empty
stable; thinking that they might have
run in there to play, she pushed open
the door; there standing in the darkest
corEer, she saw Mrs. NJ. My wife was
surprised to see her, certainly, for she
did not expect her return so soon; but,
oddly enough, it did not strike her as
being singular to see her there. Vexed
as she had felt with her all day for GO
ing, and rather glad in her woman's
way, to have something entirely differ
ent from the genuine casue beW to hang
retort npon, my wife said, "Well, Har-
riet, / should have thought another
dress would have done quite as we'll for
your picnic as that best black silk you
have on" My wife was the elder of the
twain, and had always assumed little
air of. counsellor to her sister. Black
silks were thought great deal more of
at that time than they are just
now, and silk of any kind was
held particularly inconsistent wear
denomination we belonged. - - .
Receiving no answer, my wife said,
"Oh, well, Harriet, if you can't take a
word of reproof without beng sulky,
I'll leave you to yourself" and then
came into the houseto tell me the party
had returned and that she had seen her
sister in the stable, not in the best of
tempers. At the moment it did not
seem extraordinary to me that my wife
shenld have met her sister in the sta
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waited indoors some time, expect
ing them to return my horse. Mrs. NJ.
was my neighbor, and, living so close,
and being always on friendly terms, /
wondered that none of the party had
como in to tell us about the days plea
sure. thoughtI weuld just run in and
see how they had got on. To my great
surprise, the servant told me they had
not returned. l began then to feel
anxious about the result. My wife,
however, having seen Harriet in the
stable, refused to believe the servants
assertion, aud said there was no doubt
ef their return, but that they had pro-
baby left word to say that they were
not come back, in order to offer plausi-
BILE excuse for taking further drive,
and OBTAINING my horse for another
hour or so.
At eleven o'clock, Mr.. Pinnock, my
brother-in-law, who had been one of
the party, came in, apparently much
agitated. AS soon as she saw him, and
before he had time to speak, my wife
seemed to know what he had to say.
"What is the matter 7" she said,
Something has happened to Harriet, |
know y .., 0...,..
"Yes," replied Mr.. Pinnock. ''If you
wish to see her alive, you must come
with me directly to Goodwood."
From what he said, it appeared that
one of the ponies had never been proper
ly broken in, that the mai from whom
the turnout was hired for the day had
cautioned Mrs. NJ. respecting it before
they started; aud that he had lent it re-
luctartly, being the only pony to match
he had i'll the stable at the time, and
would not have lent it at all had he not
known Mrs. NJ. to be a remarkably good
whip. On reaching Goodwood, it tseems,
the gentlemen of the party had got out,
leaving the ladies to take drive round
the park in the phaeton. One or both
of the ponies must have taken fright at
something in the road, for Mrs. NJ.
had scarcely taken the reins when
the ponies SHE'D. Had there been
plenty of room she would readily have
mastered the difficulty, but it was in q
narrow road, where gate had obstruet-
ed the way. Some men rushed to open
the gate; too late. The three other la
dies jumped out at the beginning of the
accident, but Mrs. NJ. still held on to
the reins, seeking to control her ponies.
until, finding it was impossible for the
men to get the gate open in time, she,
too, sprang forward; at the same time
the ponies came smash up to the gate.
She had made her spring too; late, and
fell heavily TO the ground on her head.
! al fo nf a
period, with which her hair was looped
force of the fall. The Duke of Rich
mond, witness to the accident, ran to
her assistance, lifted her up and rested
her head upon his knees. The only
words Mrs. NJ. had spoken were uttered
at that time: "Good God, my children "
By direction of the Duke she was imme-
diate conveyed to neighboring inn,
where every assistance, medical and
otherwise, that forethought or kindness
could suggest, was afforded her.
At six O'clock in the evening, the time
at which my wife had gone into the
stable and seen what we both now knew
had been her spirit, Mrs. NJ, in her sole
interval of returning consciousness,
had made q violent but unsuccessful at
tempt to speak. From her glance hav-
ing wandered round the room, in SOL
emn, awful wistfulness, it had been con-
Ijectured she wished to see some relative
or friend not then present.
went to Goodwood in the gig with
Mr.. Pinnock, and arrived in time to see
my sister-in-law die at two o'clock in
the morning. Her enly conscious mo-
ments had been those in which she la
bored unsuccessfully to speak, which
had occurred at six o'clock. She work
black silk dress.
When we came to dispose of her busi-
ness, and to wind up her affairs, there
was scarcely anything left for the two
orphan girls. Mrs. Ms father, howev-
er, being we'll to do, took them to bring
them up. At his death, which happen
ed soon afterward, his property went to
his eldest son, who speedily dissipated
the inheritance. During space of two
years the children were taken as visit
ors by varions relstions in turn, and
lived On unhappy life with no settled
home.
For some time / had been debating
with myself how to help these children,
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