The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-02

of course shall be guided by her views,
L wish that | might be allowed an op-
portunity of seeing you, as i think
could reverse or ab least mitigate some
of the objections which you feel to our
marriage.
."Yours most faithfully,
q "HUGH STANBURY,n
On tie next day but one Sir Marina
duke came to him. He was sitting at
the office OF the u. H., in very small
and dirty room at the back of the house.
and Sir Marmaduke found his way
tbither through q confused crowd OF
compositors, pressmen, and printers
boys. He thought that he had never
before been in q place so foul, 80 dark,
SO crowded, and so comfortless. He
himself was accustomed to do his work,
ont In the islands, with many of the
appanages of yice-foyaltt stound him.
He had his secretary, and his private
secretary, and his inner-room, and ms
waiting-room; and not unfrequentiy ne
had the honor of dusky sentinel waik-
ing before the door through when ne
was to be approached. He had an idea
] that ALI gentlemen at their WORK sad
comfortable appurtenancea rosnd them'
such as carpets, despatch boxes, un-
limited stationery, easy-chair for tenn
norarv leisure, big table-spaee, and q
small world of books around them to
Give at least q look Of eradition to their
6ursuits. There was nothing OF the kind
| in the miserably dark room oc-
cupied by Stanbury. He was sitting at
a wretched little table, on which there
was nothing but morsel of blotting-pa-
per, small ink-bottle, and the paper on
which he was ssribbling. There was no
carpet there, and no despatch-box, and
the only book in the room was little
dog's.eared dictionary. "Sir Marina
duke, am so much obliged to you TOR
coming. said Hugh. 81 fear you will
find this place little rough, but we
shall be all alone"
"The place, Mr.. Stanbury, will not
signify, think"
"Not in the least,-if you don't mind
it. Igot your letter, you know, Sir
Marmaduke."
"And l have had your reply, l have
come to you because You have expressed
q wish for an interview; but / do not see
that it will do any good"
"You are very kind for coming, in
deed, Sir Marmaduke,-very kind. /
thought might explain something to
You about my income"
"Can you tell me that you have any
permanent incopep
at goes on regularly from month to
month";-Sir Marmaduke did not feel
the slightest respect for an income that
was paid monthly. According to his
ideas, a gentleman's income should be
paid quarterly, or perhaps half-yearly.
According to his view, monthly salary
was only one degree better than week
ly wages,-"andI suppose that is perma-
nence," said Hugh Stanbury.
81 cannot say that / so regard it,"
"a barrister gets his, you know, very
irregularly. There is no saying when he
may have it,"
"But barrister's profession is reoog-
nized as profession auong gentlemen,
Mr.. Stanbury."
"And is not ours recognized Which
of US, barristers or men of literature,
have the most effect on the world at
Target Who is most thought of in Lon
don, Sir Marmaduko,-Lord Chancellor
or the editer of the 'Japiter'p
"The Lord Chancellor, great deal,
said Sir Marmaduke, quite dismayed by
theaudacity of the question.
by no means, Sir Marmaduke," said
Stanbury, throwing out his hand before
him so as to give the energy of action
to his words. "He has the higher rank.
l will admit that"
81 should think So" said Sir Marina
duke.
"And the larger income"
every much larger, / should say"
said Sir MarmadHke, with smile.
"And he wears wig"
"Yes,-he wears wig," said Sir Mar
maduke, hardly knowing in what spirit
to accept this assertion.
"And nobody cares one brass button
for him or his opinions" said Stan
bury, bringing down his hand heavily
on the little table for the sake of en-
phasis.
"What sir"
"If you'll think of it, it is So"
Nobody cares for Lord Chancellorw
1t certainly is the fact that gentlemen
living in the Mandarin Islands dc think
more for the Lord Chancellor, and the
Lord Mayor, and the Lord Lieutenant,
and the Lord Chamberlain, than they
whose spheres of life bring them into
closer contact with those august func-
tionaries. ~ presume, Mr.. Stanbury,
that connection with a penny newspa-
per makes such opinions as these almost
a necessity"
"Quite necessity, Sir Marmaduke.
No laan can hold his own in print, now
adays, unless he can see the difference
between tinsel and geld"
"And the Lord Chancellor, of course,
is tinsel."
81 do not say 80. He may be great
lawyer,-and very useful. But his lord
ship, and his wig, and his woolsack, are
tinsel in comparison with the real power
possessed by the editor of a leading news
paper. If Lord Chancellor were to go
to bed for a month, would he be much
missed ~
"I don't know, sir. Pm not in the
secrets of the Cabinet. should think
he would"
"About as much as my grandmother;
but if the editor of the Jupiter were to
be taken i'll, it would work quite CON-
motion. For myself should be glad,
on public grounds,-becaus ] don't
like his mode of business. But it would
have an effect, because he is leading
man."
To be Continued.