The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-20

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appear before His Grace OF Turniptopa
and the sight of It, as 1t hung useless II
her wardrobe, envenomed her whole be
ing, as though she had worn 1t, and 1t hat
been the garment OF Nessus.
She clutched the skirts Of Hope TO thu
very last, but when Friday morning ar
rived and no invitation had come It fec
from her soul, and was replaced by the de
sire for vengeance. II the Dornoway
Dickes could but have known what wa
passing in that injured lady's mind the!
might have been reminded OF the warning
lines: G5
Lest when our latest hope Is aed 70 taIieof our de.
And learn By proof In some Wild hour how much til
Wretehe1 dare
Or even II that quotation had not occurred
To them | am quite sure they would hay,
asked her to their garden party even a
that eleventh hour.
The guests arrived, and in due course
that is to say, exceedingly late-the Duke
The meeting OF his Grace and my host and
hostess was positively affecting. / thought
my Dornoway.Dicke would never leave
off shaking his hand, and that his wife
would have kissed 1t. However, he got
away at last to luncheon. About two
hundred people sat down to it; select
twenty on medieval chairs, and the rest on
much more comfortable but common ones.
A dozen OF the last had been borro wed,
days ago, by the housekeeper without her
mistress knowledge, from the Titbats.
The host enjoyed himself as most people
do under similar circumstances, that Is To
say, he was intensely miserable and anx-
ious, buoyed up by the thought that 1t
would all be over presently, and he would
have "his friend, the Duke Of. Turnip-
tops" to talk about for the rest OF his
natural life. After luncheon we all re-
paired To to the lawn-tennls ground.
"What capital lawn you have" OBJ
served the Duke; land what q good plan
that Is Of dividing your ground
He was referring, OF course, to the iron
fencing.
at was a plan Of my wife's," observed
Mr.. Dornoway-DiCke; for as the other
lawn was vacant there was really no need
to intimate that 1t belonged to somebody
else.
A gilt youth Of the county with one Of
its gilt young ladies was selected for one
side, and his Grace and Miss Dornoway-
Dicke for the other. The rest OF the COM
pany stood round in attitude OF respectful
admiration. They were Just about to
begin when the Duke observed, "Hullo,
what the deuce is this?" 4
The exclamation was caused by the ap.
pearance OF Mrs. Titbat, splendidly attired
and followed by all her maid-servants;
some OF them carried baskets OF linen, and
others lines and clothes props. In the
course OF few minutes the whole OF the
Titbat family linen was hanging on the
line; some OF the articles were very pro.
nounced in shape, and became much
more so when inflated by the breeze,
which also las they were purposely hung
close to the wire ienclng) carried their
graceful folds right over the Dukes head
The game was begun, but presently an
petticoat broke loose, and after
doubttully for a few moments set
tied upon the Duke himself. who emerged
from 1t with difficulty and with a frightful
excoration. he threw down his racket
and said something ! could not catch; in
deed | fed into neighboring arbor, and
gave myself up to such paroxysms Of
mirth as almost threatened me with dis
-siq.
I, was conscious OF great excitement
among the company without, and heard
what sounded like the hurried departure
OF some Of them, but / was positively in.
capable OF ascertaining what was going on. |
The vision OF all Mangelwurzelshire's |
noblest as they stood around that fatal |
place, and pretended to ignore the fact |
that the very armament was darkened |
above them by the Titbat family linen
and then the spectacle Of that petticoat de. |
scending upon his Grace's brow, and Of
himself emerging from 1t, was always too
much for me. Isat in the arbor and fairly
wept. Presently, after several severe re-
lapses, became conscious OF companion.
Beside me sat little man, bald as q knob
on the center OF front door, and swear
ing softly, and, as 1t were, thoughtfully to
himself. 1t was only by his voice that l
recognized Mr.. Dornoway Dicke.
"Mr dear DiCke," l murmured, for l felt
it necessary to say something, "Why are
you here? Why are you not entertaining
Il did not dare venture to mention the
Duke) your guestsW
"He's gone" he said, It was plain he
was only thinking OF one OF them. at was
all on account OF that Internal Mrs. Titbat.
It's her own petticoat;it is marked with
an NJ and q T"
nodded, and held out my hand as
though to entreat him to spare himself tho
recital OF the catastrophe. l felt ready to
expire. "But all the rest OF the people
gomez" I murmured.
"What do | care2 Yes. No. What a
tarrih1a dovtn
"But, my dear Dicke," I said, beginning
sincerely to pity MIN, at will never do for
you to stop here; you must not desert
your friends"
"No, that's true" he answered, rising
feebly and moving toward the house.
"But you have forgotten something"
"Haye 1? What? Oh, yes, my wig"
1t lay on the floor OF the arbor where he
had flung 1t In his frenzy. he stopped
and put il on mechanically, and hind be-
fore. This ventured 10 remedy, and he
thanked me in feeling tones. "Do you
think he will ever come gainY he whis-
pered, eagerly. "He was very angry.
He thought they were our own clothes
hanging out to dry. showed him the
NJ. and the T., but he would pay no atten-
ton. 1t is q dreadful blow"
And 1t really hurt poor Dornoway. Dicke
exceedingly. He had not risen the next
morning when Icame to town, and all the
family were very much distressed, as
though there had been death in the
house. lie had been TO the club once
since, in more beautiful wig than ever,
but OF curse 1t can never deceive me. l
asked, "How are all at home?p
"Pretty well, | thank you," he said;
s'that is, as well as can be expected. He
has never been near the place SINCE"
OF course l knew that by the personal
pronoun he meant "the Duke. james
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