The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-09

Trevelyan's lover. Miss Stanbury Was
very unhappy, and at last sent Ior uiles
Hickbodv' Giles Hickbody had never
nretended To know the name. de had
saen tha man and had described him.
|SsOn;t. a swell. ma'sm; and q Lon'oner,
and one as'd be up to anything; but not
n yonnr ,un; no, not just young 'un
zartain1y.D he was cross examined
aosis now, and said that all he knew
about the mans name was that there
was handle to it, This was ended by
Miss Stanbury sending him down to
Lessboro' to learn the very name of
the. gentleman, and by his coming
back with that of the Honorable George
Glascoek' written on piece of paper.
They say now as he was arter the other
young 'ooman," said Giles Hickbody.
Then was the confusion ofMiss Stanbury
complete.
1t was late when Giles returned from
Lessboro', and nothing could be done
that night. 1t was too late to write q
letter for the next mornings post. Miss
Stanbury, who was as proud of her own
discrimination as she was just and true,
felt that day of humiliation had in
deed come for her. She hated Priscilla
almost as vigorously as Priscilla hated
her. To Priscilla she would not write
to own her fault; but it was incumbent
on her TO confess it to Mrs. Stanbury. 1t
was incumbent on her also to confess 1t
to Dorothy. All that night she did not
sleep, and the next morning she went
about abasked, wretehed, hardly mis-
tress of her own maids. She must con-
fess it also to Martha, and Martha would
be very stern to her. Martha had pooh
poohed the whole story of the lover,
seeming to think that there conld be no
reasonable objection to a lover past
fifty.
dorothy" she said at last, about
noon, III have been over haSty about
your mother and this man. am sorry
for it, and must-bes everybody
pardon"
II knew mamma would do nothing
wrong" said Dorothy.
"To do wrong is human, and she, l
suppose, is not more free than others;
but in this matter / was misinfOrmed.
/ shall write and beg her pardon; and
now beg your pardon"
Not mine, Aunt StaRbury."
eyes, yours and your mothers, and
the lady's also,-for against her has the
fault been most grieVous. l shall write
to your mother and express my contri-
ton" She pat off the evil hour of writ
ing as long as she could, but before din
ner the painful letter had been written,
and carried by herself to the post. IL
was as follows
THE CLOSE, August 3, leo.
"DEAR SISTER STANBURY,-
81 have,now learned that the informa-
ton was false on which my former let
ter was based. am heartily sorry for
any annoyance | may have given you.
/ can only inform you that my lnten-
tions were good and upright. Never.
theless humbly beg your pardon.
yours truly,
"JRAIIMA STANBURY."
Mrs. Stanbury, when she received
this, was inclined to let the matter
drop. That her. sister-in-law should ex-
press such abject contrition was to her
such a lowering of the great ones of the
earth that the apology conveyed to her
more pain than pleasure. She could
not hinder herself from sympathizing
with all that her sister-in-law had felt
when she had found herself called upon
to humiliate herself But it was not so
with Priscilla. Mrs. Stanbury did not
observe that her daughters name. WAS
avoided in the apology;
but Priscilla observed it. She would
not lot the matter drop without an at
tempt at the last word. She therefore
wrote back again as follows
NUNCoMBE PUTNEY, August 4, is6-.
'DEAR AUNT STANBURY,-
81 am glad you have satisfied your
self about the gentleman who has so
much disquieted You. do not know
that the whole affair would be worth a
moments consideration, were it not
that mamma and |, living as we do so
secluded life, are peculiarly apt to
feel any attack upon our good name
which is pretty nearly all that is left
to us. IE9ver there we're women who
should be free from attack, at any rate
from those of their own family, We are
Such women. We never interfere with
YOU, or with anybody; and think You
might abstain from harrassing us by &C
CuSatlODS.
"Pray, do not write to mamma in such
a strain again, unless you are quitesure
of your glOund.
"YOurs truly,
"PRISCILLA STANEUEY."
"hnpuGent vixenw said Miss Stan
bury to Martha, when she had read
the letter. Il-cOnditioned, impudent
vixen"
"She was provoked, MISS" said
Martha.
"Well, yes, yes.-and suppose it is
right that You should tell Inc of it. |
dare say it is part of what | ought to
bear for being an old fool, and to cal
ton about my own flesh and blood. |
will bear it. There. was wrong, and
| will say that | have been Justly pun
ished. Thero--therew
How very much would Miss Stan
bury's tone have been changed had
she known that at that very mo-
ment Colonel Osborne was eating his
breakfast at Mrs. CrockSt'S inn at Nun
combe Pntney.
To be Continued.