The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-06
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quite like Newport or Nahant, autt
isn't itH' says my pretty niece Kate, {
we step out on the veranda Of n Of III
Alameda bathing establishments, an
note the elegant dresses and handsom
carriages thronglng the avenues IN
grounds, and bathers dotting the watel
beyond. The June sun beams bright
over the blue waters, and set each tin
wave sparkling and dancing, till wha
with laughter and chatter all around, an,
the distant music Of a rival establishment
q very fair semblance Of watering pIac
Hayety is produced.
Our party Is as gay al any; but m.
pleasure changes to inward wrath when
looming over the heads Of other loungers
sec that odlous Royal Allen pressing
this way, and lifting his hat to one ate
another OF the girls with courtly grace
quite like Newport" l think sayagely
where Just such worthless iortune.hunter
followed Kate during our whole stay, as
see my niece give Monsieur Royal hei
sweetest smile aud her dainty little hand
which he seems in no hurry TO relinquish
He'll handsome, Of course, as such crea,
lures always arei but poor, and with debts
innumetable, which he means to pay with
Hates money, II possible. but not With
my consent, am resolved, and I am de.
'ermined to keep her away from him US
much as possible.
In vain | look and call f~rantically for
my missing parasol-saie in the carriage.
cough in vain-the deep, husky cough
that never fails to bring Kate to my side
with anxious inquiries and extra wraps;
mat handsome scamp, a. l mentally call,
strolIs on and on, keeping Hates blue
eyes lifted to his continually, and laugh.
Ing In his sleeve, no doubt, at me and my
helplessness.
And as live, there is Mrs. Ellis, with
her eyeglasses and her sheer, glancinS
significantly at the two and at me. ONLY
tho other day she asked me when the en-.
gagement was to be out, and advised me
TO have Hates fortune tied nm 20 that
Royal couldn't touch it, for he owed
every one in town, and was dissipated as a
Iu'k. Her three girls are sitting there in
aristocratic solitude, like three stiff white
camellias, and she grudges Kate even the
attention Of Mr.. Allen. l have half a
mind to let itgo on, for she told me every.
thing have heard Of him, after all.
Yet debts and dissipation no, no-im.
possible! rush after my pretty heiress
and sweep her away from her companion,
who politely hopes be sees me quite we'll.
he'would be astonished If he knew how
well l sec him and his motives, l think, as
| grimly respond and draw Kate oyer to a
seat in the shade, placing myself between
them. Kate looked surprised at nv sud.
den appearance, but she has heard nv
opinion OF the gentleman before, during
the weeks he has been dangling after her:
anu she Yields SO meekly, and smiles at
INC 50 brightly, that hope all will yet be
Aren't you going in Miss Kate?" saws
Royal; the water is quite warm, Miss
Mary; won't you trust her with me?" l
ian scarcely believe my eyes. Such an
a9daclous request completely overpower.
ed me, while Kate is looking as wistful,
her eyes like violets dipped in dew, and
the other girls crowding around and coax.
ing: 20, please, Miss Mary, lot her 20. 1t
Is rs safe as your bath-tub, and so warm.
she couldn't take cold II she wanted to,h
| gazed with utter amazement at the circle
OF pleading faces, rejecting with disap-
proVal on the behavior OF the modern
young ladies', and more especially on the
possible behavior OF the modern Young
gentlemen before me. l foresee that I
shall have TO yield, or be thought a cruel
old ogress; but a brilliant thought strikes
me, and act on the impulse Of the mo-
msht. Yes, you may go, Kate, and l
Will 90 In, too, | say, her0ically, yet with
a sudden sinking OF the heart as | feel, in
anticipation, the icy water closing over
my devoted head.
Rates eyes opened wider and wider,
while that handsome scamp turns his head
away-to laugh, l am sure. "What, you
20 In, auntle, with your neuralgia and
rheumatism? 0, no" signs she, and her
voice actually trembles a little. az will
look on with you, and the girls may battle
to their hearts content. l shan't consent
to let you, catch your death 4 cold, auntie,
for mypleasure.h !
But1knew we'll enough that as soon as.
we should be comfortably seated Kate
would be enticed of, and | reflect that l
can feign to be 30! helpless in the water
that she will certainly not leave nv side.
So / stubbornly insisted, only refusing to
20 into the "bath-tub," as the have christ
ened the square Enclosure Of muddy water
before us, not over.clean, they say, and
filled with heads and bodies in every stage
Of dress, or, rather, undress, l think with
a shudder.
So we drive farther down the avenue,
and really ifthe wind wasn't so cold and
the water colder l shouldn't wonder at
the hundreds who fill the wide, dusty
drive, and flock round the piazzas and
down the beach, for the beautiful blue
bay is sparkling under a blue sky, and
tempting white raves are, rolling their
toamy lace upon the sand.s The ibathers
laugh and talk as they irolic in the water,
or scream as they venture one foot timidly
In after the other. a'lso - :
But my spirits sank to the lowest ebb,
and l wished I hadn't been so foolish
when they handed out a bundle OF dingy
garments, a sticky, yellow cap, and q very
suspicious looking towel to each Of us,
strong misgivings as to the propriety OF
this indiscriminate bathing came over me
as l follow Kate, for l am determined NOT
to lose sight Of her for a moment, past q
row OF staring men into a damp closet,
and begin 10 realize, for the first time, what
! am about to do. ] have waded ID the
brook in my childhood, and bathed in a
sheltered little COW with unfreauented
beach, in after years; but it Is ridiculous,
at my age, to face the gaping row OF loun.
gers as we go out, and, D, horrorsE as we
come in, wet and dripping. Iamstrongly
inclined to give up the idea after all, and
the discovery that my "suit," as they style
it is too short and too narrow for my am.
pie proportions, does not tend TO reassure
me. Kate laughs heartily as she views
my costume, in which l resemble an over,
grown blue flannel porpoise.
Still the thought of this odious man
nerves me to lay aside self in the guarad.
ianship OF nv snieceS so with many a