The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-17
HEKNEW HE WAS RIGHT
BY ANTHONY TRoLLoPE.
[ContiRued.1
CHAPTER LXXXVlI.

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The Glascock marriage was a great
affair in Florence; so much so, that there
were not few who regarded IT. as a.
strengthening of peaceful relations be,
tween the United States aud the United
kingdom, and who thought that the
Alabama claims and the question of
naturalization might now be settled
with comparative ease. An Eng
lish lord was about to marry the
niece of an American Minister
TO foreign court. The bridegroom
was not, indeed, quite lord as
vet. but it was known tn all men
that he must be lord IL n very short
time, and the bride was treated with
more than usual bridal honors because
she belonged to legation. She was not,
indeed, an ambassadors daughter, but
the niece of daughterless ambassador,
and therefore almost as good as dangh-
ter. The wives and daughters of other
ambassadors, and the other ambassadors
themselves, of course, came to the wed
ding; and as the palace IN which Mr..
Spalding had apartments stood alone,
in a garden, with n separate carriage
entrance, il seemed for all wedding pur-
noses as though the whole palace were
his own. The English Minister came land
his wife, although she had never quite
given over turning up her nose at the
American bride whom Mr.. Glascock had
sue ss foF hitH saI6 mS Tf5 as s'GR ply
cock should marry a young woman from
Providence, Rhode Island. Who in
England would know anything of Prov
idence, Rhode Islandf And it was so
expedient, ia her estimation, that man
of family should strengthen himself by
marrying a woman of family. 1t was so
necessary, she declared, that q man
when marrying should remember that
his child would have two grandfathers,
and would be called upon to account for
four great-grandfathers Nevertheless,
Mr.. GlaScOck was-Mr. Glascock; and,
let him marry whom he would, his wife
would be the future Lady Peterborough.
Remembering tbs, the English Minis
ter's wife gave up the point when the
thing was really settled, and benignly
promised TO come to the breakfast with
all the secretaries and attaches belonging
to the legation, and all the wives and
daughters thereof. What may man
not do, with eclat, if he be heir to a
peer and have plenty of money in his
pockets
Mi. and Mrs. Spaldng were covered
with glory on the occasion; aud perhaps
they did not bear their glory as meekly
as they should have done. Mrs, Spald-
ing laid herself open to some ridlcule
from the British Minister'S wife because
of her inability to understand with alb
solute clearneSs the condition of his
niece's husband in respect to his late
and future seat in Parliament, to the
fact of his being a cOmmener and q
nobleman at the same time, and to GER
tain Information which was conveyed to
her, surely IN most unnecessary man
ner, that if Mr.. GiascOck were to die
before his father her niece would never
become Lady Peterborough, although
her nleGe's son, if she had one, would be
tue fu ure lord. No doubt she blunder-
ed, as was most natural; and then the
British Minister'S wife made the most of
the blundsrs; and when once Mrs. Spald
ing ventured to speak of Caroline as
her ladyship, not TO the British Minis
ter's wife, but to the sister of one of the
secretaries, q story was made ont of it
which was almost as false as il Was ILL
natured. Poor Caroline was spoken of
as her ladyship backward and forward
among the ladies of the legation in a
mauner whlsn might have vexed her
had she known anything about it; but.
nevertheless, all the ladies prepared
their best hOunces to 20 to the wedding.
The time would soon come when she
would in truth be "ladyship," and she
might be of social use TO any one of the
ladies in question.
But Mr.. Spalding was, for the time,
the most disturbed of any of the party
concerned. He was tall, thin, clever
Republican of the North, very fond OF
hearing himself talk, aud somewhat apt
to take advantage of he cOurtesies OF
conversation for the purpose of making
objectionable speeches. As long as
there was any give and take gong on
in the melee of words he would speak
quickly and with energy, Selling his
chances among others; bat the m'ment
he had established his right to the floor,
as soon as he had won for himself the
position of having his turn at the ar
gument, BIO would dole out his words
with considerable slowness, raise his
hand Tor oratorial effect, aud proceed as
though lime were aunihilated. And he
would 20 farther even than this, for
0NpeVleUce tne escape OF MS
E.csimSIhe would catch man by the
rU uoAe OIL MS coat, or back hum
ruthlessiy into the corner NJ n room
and then lay on to him without ouarter
Since the affair with Mr.. Glascock lad
beeen settled, he had talked an immen.
sity about England - not absolutely
taking honor to himself because of his
intended connection with a lord, bnt
making so many refeIe nces to the aristo-
cratic side of the British constitution
as To leave no doubt Oh the minds of his
hearers Us TO the source of his argu
ments. In old days, before all this Wa:
happening, Mr.. Spalding, though 6
courteous man in his personal relations
had constantly spoken of England will
the bitter indignation of the ordinary
american politician. England must b
maze to disgorge. England must b,
ulaQc To do iuatina Epnland rnpaf n.