The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-09-11
day (September ~ at the Generals Of
on THE EVENING OF WEDNESDAY,

fee.
on THE EVENING OF WEDNESDAY,
the 4th of September, our military
friend fulfilled his promise at the Gre
CORY House, and the next morning
watched the General off by the train.
This he telegraphed to New York, and
the forty minutes past ten train bore
from New York Mrs. General Viele,
her legal adviser and one Of the lady
friends before referred to. The military
gentleman met them at the depot at
Lake Mahopac, with q carriage, and
the party, with many membranes,
for Mrs. Viele designed taking long
journey-whst an apt word was the old
Roman Observation-Disclosures round
the west shore OF the lake to General
Viele' residence, avoiding the village by
thie detour, and coming upon a picnic
upon their road. Arrived at the Gen.
erals the lawyer got down, rang the
door bell, asked for the General, and be
being out, for
MRS. vIELE NUBMER TWO.
She, as it happened, was out driving,
whereupon our lawyer, describing him.
self as the health officer Of the district,
appointed under a recent Imaginary
act of the Legislature, asked if the
lady whom he was addressing could
furnish him with certificates of the
vaccination of any children there under
fourteen years OF age, and no certificates
being forthcoming, asked to examine the
children. Teresa was brought to him;
he learuedly put on his spectacles; the
right arm being shown, said the mark
was 80 faint it must be done over again.
"Oh, I've made a mistake, 'tis the other
arm" said Miss Viele, the Oldest sister,
and showed the left arm. which our
doctor for the nonce described as very
good, that it had taken very well jotted
down on his tablets the name and age
OF the little girl, said that the mark
was very good. kissed her sweetly, and
asked to see the other child, said to be
seven years old. She was out with Mrs.
Viele (No. 2); would be home in half
an hour. "Well," said the doctor,
"I'll make some other calls. My time
is, OF course, very short, and I'll be
back by halt past two" Stepping back
to his carriage. he drove around-re-
turned in twenty minutes. Miss Viele
appeared at the door, leading
LITTLE EMILY
by the hand, whom she took into the
parlor to uufasten her dress and ex-
hibit her arm. Our doctor" made the
agreed-on signal-military friend and
Mrs. Viele rushed out, and the moment
they reached the door, Mrs. Viele,"
said our doctor-lawyer, here is your
child" My darling" said the yearning
mother, and quick as thought she lifted
the child in her arms and bore her to-
wards the carriage. But Miss Viele,
though taken by surprise, proved herself
heroine. One can on y regret that
her courage and presence OF mind were
not displayed upon the proper side.
She flew after her mother, but was stop
ped by the two gentlemen. on whom she
iuriously turned, tearing the coat of one
to tatters, and infiicting q severe blow
on the forehead OF the other. Think
ing Mrs. Vele bad sufficient start, the
gentlemen now let 90 their hold, and
again Miss Viele darted after her
mother and sister, and would have
caught them had not the lawyer seized
her round the waist. Miss Viele's foot
tripped and she fell heavily on the
gravel, bearing the gentleman above her
10 the ground, but seizing his hat-a
very peculiar one, borrowed expressly
to mislead-she carried it off in tri-
umph. The party drove off, the mother
kissing her child frantically, and for q
time all went merry as marriage bell,
except that nothing would induce the
driver to hasten his horses, he evidently
doubling whether all was right, and ap-
parently wishing himself and his team
well out OF the business. Presently our
lady friend cried out:
I'VE ARE Followed
Our lawyer, looking over the carriage,
saw a man coming on at hard gallop
with a revolver in hand, and whispered
to the military friend to draw his revol.
yer. Down came the pursuer, and
leveling the revolver at the gentleman,
demanded the child. The military gen.
tlenan, coolly presenting his piece, said
in threatening tone, Don't shoot;
drop your muzzle," and down it went;
the horseman gsllopiDg on to the picnic
party, and appealing to them for aid.
Some three or four stepped into the road
to stop the carriage, though this was
not necessary, as the darkey pulled up,
and refused to proceed till the matter
was settled.
Several threatening faces now sp-
preached the carriage and demanded
the child.
NEVER !" sAlD MRS. GENERAL yIELE,
drawing herself up; Never it is my
child, and you shall cut my heart out
before you take it.
The lawyer jumped down, and telling
Mrs. Viele to appeal to the women, he
went among the men and addressed
them. The battle was won, but mean
while Mrs. Viele had been addressing
the mothers there, and one OF them,