The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-24

l WINCH AA0 yet Ihll6n 70 Etnel.6 lot, EL11E
unfettered, familiar, constant inter.
course, with one of her own sex, who wa.
Well endowed with accomplishments
and knowledge, and with the power Of
lmPart1ng these PLEASANTLY, as she die
TO Ethel. Miss Armltage felt a hitherto
unknoWn interest mail her old pur-
suits which she had FIRST been ~tanGhl
70 pursue under the best, I. e., the mos
expensive local Instructors, when she
recommended them under the auspices
OF her aunt. Mrs. Lee played brilliant
lyi and sang, with no great power OF
voice, but with taste and management
that made It divine treat to hear her.
Her lingu1stcal powers were great also.
German, French, and Italian were to
her as her mother-tounge, and as she
was untiring In her endeavora TO make
Etheisfeel that the tongue is O flexible
organ, and can be taught to turn Itself
tnnefully to any Rrtieulate, sound, and
that some of the printed mysteries OF
German, literature were well worth I'M
rayelingi Miss. Armitage, in time, came
to adventure upon the speaking of
French and the reading of German with
an assurance that was most comforting
to herself To say nothing of its being
comforting to the young Squire, who
contemplated taking her to Paris on
their wedding tour, and who did not
wish to be reduced TO the ignominious
=
FEnglish was not spoken.p
1t ought to have been mentioned be-
fore, that the hasty nature of her mar
riage arrangements was subject that
Mrs. Lee did not shun by any means.
With the utmost frankness she told
every one who cared to hear about 1t
how she had met Eir. Lee, and why she
at a luncheon given by q nephew. of his
Ia young brother OF the Sqnire's-in
the Temple. How came she to be there2
oh! she was invited with the Dali
Nmaines-some people Arthur, too,
knewlVery. friends of hers, or
at least old aequaintances, for, years
ago, before the happy German town
days, she had been at the Paris pension
with Ada Delmaine. Well, it was at
Arthur Lees in the company of these
old friends, that she had met Mr. Lee,
and he seemedto be interested in her
at once, aud sorry to hear that she was.
going away TO Germany again soon, as
a teacher In school Ahist time. So, as
he showed himself interested in her,
she did not mind showing him how ut
terly. miserable such a prospect made
her; and then he offered her marriage
as an alternative, and she accepted 1t,
and nhoped he would never, never,
never have the. slightest cause TO re-
greet. his precipitation So she said /,
looking up at his niece with tears in
her lovely eyes as she said 1t, and his
niece,s firm belief and assertion was
that ait would; be impossible for Uncle
James, or any one else, not to think
how wonderfully lucky he had been. +"
All through the Autumn and Winter
succeeding her marriage, Mrs. Lee was
an immense success in the neighbour
hood. She proved heraelf to be neither
flighty nor frivolous, but remarkably
charming, intellectual, agreeable wos
man, and as such great acquisition at
the social gatherings in aud around
Eyerton. Her house was we'll ordered,
her conduct as younR matron ire
pr0achnble, even in the eyes of many
who would willingly have seen il a
shade less so, for the sake, of bearing
out the Rdage as to May and December.
She never gave any one an opportunity
of thinking that her mind was dwelling
with regret upon bygone days and dead
gaieties. She wac, as she looked, SUI
premely happy, and Mr.. Lee was we'll
justified in believing that he had made
wise choice in his maturity. They
had been married nearly a year when
1he birth of son made them happier
than they bad been before even-a son
who was christened Frederick. in order
to crafty within of his mother, who
always insisted on her boy being called
Fritz. ITS so much pIettier than the
English Frederick" she pleaded, when
IL was observed to her by Mrs. Armi-
tage that there was a slight want OF
purpose in the name. "asi was not in
the family;" Mrs, Armitage being one
of those excellent people, who think 1t
proof of family affection to perpetu-
ate in their children the least euphoni-
l-0us names the tongue can utter, pro-
vided they have been borne by their
forefatherss or cousins. "FritzLeel IL
sounds outlandishw Mrs. Armnage
said. 81 could have wished-but there
it's no use saying"
s'Yes, do say, % Mrs. Leo pleaded pc.
litely;'it can't be helped now, you see
because have Taught every one TO call
him Fritz, and believe he knows his
name already, the was three weeks old
at the timeO but do tell me what You
why, that he had been called
James,"
"ObI james would have been cor
rupted into Jim, or Jimmy, to distin.
guish him from his father" Mrs. Lee
| said, shaking her head.
/ "Well, / shall never like II, and never
know how to spell 1t; and as for writ
ing it, never can write 2 SO tina
any one can read 1t; English names
have always been good enough for thu
Lees before this" tc r
However, in spite of this disapprova
of his name on the part of Mrs. Armlt
age, the reCtor's little son was known
to every one as" Fritz, /" and his mother
in consequences, came 10 be regarded a
"more foreign lookingp than ever il
the uneducated mfnd-which was verN
much divided at this time between dis
trust of Mrs. Lees French nurse ant
wild interest is the preparations 70
the young Squire's approaching wed
ding.
For Ethel Armitage was to be mar
ried shortly, and in these latter day
she relied more than ever ON her aun
Mrs. Lee was Invaluable to the girl a
regards all those arrangements whic
IL is the lady's part to make before III
great change. Ethel's dresses, the mum
} Der of bridesmaids, the paper for Ethel
morning room, and the color OF tn
drawing-room furniture, what III
guests, were to do after the happy pa
, Ieft-Rll these things were left to III
choice and direction of Mrs. Lee, who's
!. administrative genius was quite equt
to the occasion. 1t was finally he
3 proposition that Ethel should be MAJ
3 ried from her uncle's house, a propos
{ ton to which every one agreed withoJ
/. demur-
About a fortnight before the wei
ding, the regiment-a crack corps.
: quartered in the county town, gave
. ball in return for the hosPitalities whic
t had been lavished on them. At mrs
: when she received the invitation, Il
t rector's wife was Indifferent about 3
{ ing; bnt gradually, as she heard spec
3 lations and brilliant anticipation
s about itron all sides, this indifferent
3 vanished, and she did begin to wis
i that her husband did not set his fat
: quite so decidedly against all publ
b balls and amusements in the vicini
9 of his own parish. Only to go ono
:. this once, and see Ethel in.her glory
it Miss Armitage for the last time; 81
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