The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-12
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TWICE MARRIED.


iectly civil and respectful. And certainl
his mother has acted the lady by You
Called on you first, and asked Eddie Their
10 tea right of. We should bear In min
that she never expected 10 make the &C
Quaintance Of plain folks like us"
"There was nothing else to do, unles
would never do, and he the apple Of he
eye, So she made the best Of It. But II
tell you what, pal mean TO have my owl
way about the wedding, for all Mrs. L,
Roy's wheeling soft speeches"
Mr.. Clark was always more or less ab
sent minded when he came home at nigh
from the store. 1t was q minute or two
before he asked, as was expected OF him
"What do you mean, EliEa?"
asst to be an Episcopalian wedding
II has to be In church, and OF cotirsC
there'll be crowd, her friends as well a
ours. And she Is ashamed OF us. Sht
wants Eddie TO have Gov Reed give hel
away instead OF her shabby old pa
"Well, II Eddie's willing"
Eddie willing! OF course Eddie d be
willing II you was willing, and you never
could say No 10 q woman. So II she comes
along-Mrs. LIE Roy, mean-and talks to
you about the social advantage 1t will be to
Eddie TO go into the church on the Gov.
ernor's arm, don't you listen to her. Just
you say that you have left Il to the women
folks 70 settle the wedding"
MIR. Clark received his orders meekly.
He hoped he would not be called upon 10
combat the eloguence OF Mrs. Le Roy. He
doubted that he could hold out against 1t,
unless his wife were by to back him. He
sighed. He hated to see Eliza fretted. II
was his nature to take things as they came,
but 1t was certainly not hers. But he had
never seen her so completely upset as she
was now.
The next morning came a pleasant, cor.
dial note from Mrs, LIE Roy, asking the
Clarks-father, mother, daughter-to tea
with her that evening. Eddie wished to
accept the invitation, and Mrs. Clark could
never bear to cross Eddie's wishes. She,
therefore, somewhat unwillingly, dressed
herself in her best, and brushed up her
old man. "Now, pa, don't give in 10 her"
were her last words as they were admitted
for the first time into the beautiful LIE Roy
mansion-really q mansion, built in Port
Royal in the old colonial times. Mrs. Le
Roy received them a manner that was
graciousness ITSELF II she made up her
mind to do thing at all, she did 1t thor
oughly. She had combatted her sons en-.
gagement to beautiful Eddie Clark as
long as there remained a grain OF virtue
in opposition. Now she had determined
that there should be no vulgar family jars.
She showed q proper gentility in that at
least.
"Alasl Mrs. Clark was powerless to in
terrupt along, amicable tete-a.tete between
their hostess and her husband, during
which George lie Roy showed her the
various curlosities with which the drawing
rooms were filled, and Eddie PLAYED soft
airs on the piano. Eddie had been beau.
titully taught at the academy; her tact in
music, as in other matters, when she
choose to exercise it, was great; she play
ed In that charming, pensiye, twilight
style which serves SO admirably to fill up
odd corners and crannies.
George walked home with Eddie; the
husband and wife were together.
"pve done II" Mr.. Clark said, desper-
ately, as soon as they were fairly started.
"She was too much for me; l couldn't
help it,"
"You didn't agree that perfect stranger
should give away Eddie2"
eyes, l did. After all, what matter does
it make? Anyway, it can't be helped
now; and it's nothing but a form anyway
SOUR only child" groaHed Mrs. Clark,
with tears. Her heart was very sore. At
that moment she would far rather Eddie
had been going to marry Joe Thompson, a
clerk in her fathers store, who had been
in love with her for years, and who would
have been honored by the connection,
rather than the blue-blooded George LIE
Roy, to whom Eddie's parents were
thorn in the flesh, to be endured as best
might be.
Mrs. LIE Roy carried the day; Mr.. Clark
having given his word, held by it like an
honest man. The wedding took plaae in
St. Mary's, and Mr.. and Mrs. Clark were
ushered to their seats like all the rest Of
the congregation, to see their darling mar.
ried. Mrs. lie Roy swept in on her sons
arm, calm, cold, collected; the bride fol-
lowed, supported by the white. headed
Governor OF the State. In bitterness OF
heart her mother heard her take the VOWS
which made her Edna LIE Roy. 1t was q
large dignifed assemblage, in which good
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark felt lost. They felt
equally lost afterward at the wedding re-
Ception at Mrs. LIE Roy's. 1t was very
melancholy satisfaction 10 them to hear on
all sides praises Of the brides exquisite
loveliness. They seemed no longer to
have part or parcel in the matter.
II Edna did not realize the pain OF all
this TO her parents, it surely was not be-
cause she did not love them. She loved
them dearly, with tenderness all her
own; butatthat time she was utterly alb.
sorbed in her own tumultuous happiness
TO be able to conceive OF there being a
serpent,trail in her paradise. She chung
to them with passionate kisses before she
started on her wedding journey, and had
almost to be torn from their embraces
but this without probing the nature oil
their regret and wretchedness. She and
George sailed for Europe almost imme.
diateIy. He was a rich man, but he had
a profession to which he proposed to de,
vote himself. For the next two years be
attended medical features in Paris as as
siduously as though he had been needy
student anxious to go to work TO earn 6
living. He and Edna were very happy
during those two years; 1t was the life
that suited Edna-art and music and con
genisl society. The world was even gayel
and brighter than her day-dFeams hat
pictured it, Then year Of travel. Their
home.
Eddie had never known how she had
missed her dear father and mother unit
J she found herself once more elapsed II
their loving arms. How had she done with
out all this while their extraordinary de
votion, their blind infatuation2 She hac
never half enjoyed her own two babiel
until she had shown them to her iathsl
and mother. Tears Of Joy and pride rain
ed down Mrs, Clark's cheeks. Eddie's lit
: tie girlsl There never were such beau
ties, such darlings. Eddie's eyes, clear
brown, eager, with their fathers beauti
full golden hair. Fortunately they wert
sufficiently like their fathers family Il
win favor with their grandmother LIE Rol
on that score. On the whole, she was sat
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