The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-05

crossed IN love aDrOhd, IL Wno iuoASA
and come 10 America expressly TO marry
A live lord! One and all of the femin,
portion of the house fixed heart and sou
upon him at once. There was no turning
back from the pillow; there was no daily
ing with time to be "well of with the ole
loves" or loss of haste in going to bury
the dead. The affair demanded, or COM
msnded rather, a religious zeal and dis
patch. "Up and strike!" was the motto
of every Amazonlan ambition whose be.
witching archery suddenly fixed upon
this shining bulls.eye.
If the thought of "Mrs." had to any
one been sweet, the thought of an lady"
"My Lady Linderhurst," was incompara'
BILE treat.
It was of course necessary to be pres
ented to s:my lord" first. And Lord Lin
derhurst, who had been thrown by acct
dent of foreign travel into intimate rela.
tions with Grosvenor and Du Bots, came
specially introduced. He was legitimate
ly prize of the set.
Not until fortnight had elapsed did
it become family rumored that Lord
Linderhurst, whose attentions had so far
been generously general, had "taken par
ticuIarly" TO Irene Wolf.
A torrent ofindignation swept through
the house. Miss Hammond felt her plane
of duty so broadened that she actually
contemplated confding Dick Wilhursts
secret, "too good to keep" to the young
Englishman-to illumine his notebook
rs a characteristic episode Of American
man ners and life. She was delayed some
what in her benevolent intent, for the
reason that the live lord was not easily
approached.
As for Irene, when she felt that the
illustrious stranger was unteignedly at.
trscted by herself, che experienced some
womanly tumults OF satisfaction. He, at
least, was sincere. The lover, at least,
was unaffected in his marked preference
by any relish of joke.
ale did not make me" she very nstur.
ally, and with some grateful sense of re.
stored dignity, said:
The young nobleman, an unassuming
youth, who seemed hardly to appreciate
iurore he had created, WAS rather an ex-
ception to his countrymen in his person
al history. But of that history it is only
necessary to say that the rumor OF bis
having been crossed in love was not cor
rect. He had been crossed in marriage,
not in love. His own temper-far from
base sort-had made the cross by de-
cldedly refusing match proposed by him
upon worldly principles alone.
Personally, Lord Linderhurst was
man who, without title, would not have
been popularity remarked He was a
traveller, but not society" man; OBJ
servantly, not experimentally educated;
nor was he particularly intellectual. But
he possessed an agreeable presence, REIN
ed manners, ample fortune, and an ex-
cellent heart. -,
He had presentment that he should
find his wife in the New World, and his
presentiment was fulfilled.
He fell IN love ut first sight with Irene
Wolf.
The night of his arrival was the night
of Irene's beauty. In whatever degree
she faded from her perfect brilliancy at.
ter that, his kindled imagination supplied
the defect. He saw her first in the apoth-
COSTS wrought in her by the one cruel mo-
ment of her life. We never faltered from
his faith in her bright supremacy from
that time forth.
For fortnight he studied her unot-
served and "afar off," then he asked to be
presented, and from that time he devoted
himself to her with increasing devotion.
At the close of the season their engage
ment was announced.
The refined prejudices of the young
lord were not disturbed even by a pro.
loneed visit in the western homo of Papa
and Mamma Wolf. He found there
what he esteemed most, the aristocracy Of
heart
1t was long wedding journey that
Irene took and tor many months and
even years she had no visible part in her
first loved western life. But her image
was ldolized in that homo any little
girl" was the theme Of incessant delight;
and dearly as her affection chung to those
who had filled completely her childish
faith and trust, she never repented her
choice. She loved her husband as truly
as he loved her.
Il was made for him." she said, both
frat and last