The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-06

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your Go and try those parts moi, hay
Q hAphazArd say at where | hail from, thI
Channel islands. Spins-Ay, and precious
good looking onts, too-Rre IS plsntilp
there Hs c%ocosnnts are here. and MAYBE
one OF them msy be induced 10 clear GU!
In your favor, Failing those islets;
know Of NO other dodge than indenttnf
upon one OF those cooperative associR
tions which furnish everything, even 10 I
better bali. But mind, old mar, they keeE
q roster for foreign service in thair Offices
frat lady on the list, plain or pretty. iral
for duty; you pay your money, but you
don't take your choice
"But these suggestions also we're con
sidered inisAsible, and put aside. Pre-
ssnty, however, q thought struck Nc
Pherson.
ale Geste,' said he, when | was . boy,
there lived in the nelghboEhood Of my
fathers manss . widowed lady with two
or three, then wee, very wee daughters,
From what l can recollect Of them their
means were CEamped, not to say sCAn,y,
but they were ct good blood and form.
One OF the children, the eldest, II my
memory serves me, was called Ellie, Efie
Auu pEuhllnou w p9 uShhIs ava =
can family recall her blue eyeH, tAxen
hair, rosy complexion and jump little fig
ure, II she be- alive Ahe must DO close on
to thirty for It's many years since ! came
out here . STRIPPING, and was OhinnR Dora
Anglics, little MASTER on the PAycock es'
lAte, 40 my kind employer styled that
property. Mrs. Medium knew mt we'll
better, indeed, than l knew her, | won.
der II ahe and the bAiTns be In the lands
OF the dead or the living
wi rite indirectly R%ndiaquiIe,'
"'And Sandy did 80, and aSceTtAined
that his old aCquAintAnces, Miss Efis In.
Cluded, were still alive and proudly bear.
ing up against the nes Gu9uttG doni, armed
with which intelligence he once again 70.
turned to LIE Geste.
at 10 all right now, Mat said be; your
course 10 % clear 40 day, Send 0 "chiI"t 10
matertamilias N; tell her that you are
we'll TO do In the world, own landS and
cattle, men seryants and maid servAntsi
that you want to settle that as q Whlpper
snapper you llked-no, better say loved
Miss Efie, and ask her In plain English to
come out and marry you. Above oil
things, though, be sure to send your
photograph you are not suCh q very, very
bad looking chap, Sandy, II you would
only dress like a Christian and not like q
coolie.'
$50 the letter was written, submitted TO
LIE Geete' o inspection sealed, posted and In
due course was received BY the Mediums,
Ia whose little household 1t created NO
email amount oil astonishment and wa
much spelt and pondered over, especially
by the damBel most conCerned-still o
comedy II even . somewhat passe body
and who, after awhile consented 10 20 out
and wed her Suitor.
"'After all, mother DEAR she said, he
has 0 house and home for me; maybe, by
and by, for you too, Jennie. and I'll do
what ! can 10 help you. Us the best
thing for me, And really Mr.. McPherson
-or l suppose | ought 10 call him Alex
ander-is yet young and not bad looking,
Quite the contrary-very, very nice look.
ing; see the photo he has sent u.s.
"And Mics Jennie quite sgreed,with her
eldst sister that Mr.. MCPHERSON was a
beauty.
"'Well, my bairns,' said the old lady,
i can't gainSHy you but that the portrait
ls winsome and donce enough; but as |
call TO mind the boy Sandy, the son oil the
minister, he was not nearly 30 seemly and
%well.tavored, But It 10 lang Hyns since l
set ey 81 upon him, and likely be has got
hIndsomer Rs be got older; some men do
"Then everything being settled, Miss
Medium accepted her kismet, agreed 10 go
out, and her lover-open. handed, honorA.
bic, true, as | have already told you be
wAs-sent the wherewithal Tor passage and
outfit.
"And pending the many, many weeks
that elapsed, and while the good ship
Queen Of Serendib wal battle-ground the
Cape Tor her destination, achanRe, a rali.
cal change, cane over the lie and habits
Of II b~ride.expectiug friend. He cast
into the limbo Of things done with his
coarse 'Cumliss,' rough 'dungarees,' and
other country clothing, and burst out into
European muster linen, tweeds' and ser
ges. He purchased largely house furni.
tlre and kniCk,knacks; he bought a lsdy's
horse and a Peat's side saddle; he, whose
equine proCliyities had never extended be
yOnd q shaggy mountain pony and q tat.
teree and torn piaskin. He told his old
flames and chums that he was going In Tor
the Benedict, and bashfully listened 10 the
'riles' and jeers Of the one and the craft
and laugh u the other.
'B1t, barring the Great Unwashed'
himself, no Que was more taken Aback o.
the course OF evsnts than TAmby, bis long
tefying apo or butler. That Junction..
AIRY Saw coolle alter c4Olie arrive at Ailsa
Craig with load upon load oil uukno WI
and unusuhl goods; and although 10 the
Lines aud other resorts he might have
EXPRESSED his bewilderment, yet In his
masters pre8enCs he reserved a stolid 81.
let CO. But when ore day a string Of ban.
dies (Carit) dew up, aid from beneath
their leaf covered tilts there we're dragged
out mats and carpets, solas, chairs, table,
What.not, then his apparent Indifference
and his niger tongue could hold out nc
longer,
"Why master kick up oil die bobberee?
What for be wsntall dese tings on waiter
(estate) he inquired.
"a young lady lie now on her way from
Scotland to marry me, Tamby.'
Marry DOray (master) going take
vile after all dis plenty long time do too
vel widout7'
"'Yesv
"'Dsn, master, please, l discharge you
sar. No my custom stop wild lady Ia
bungalow. Masters missis come, masters
appo 60. Master take choice
'"As the time for the arrival oithe Queen
RI ssrsndib drew nigh, awful we're the
tidRets Of our hero, and many days before
II was possible for that slow and sure craft
10 reach her port, he was there walking
about with a big ~binoculAr Ia his hands,
looIing out seward, and entreatinR oil
sorts and condition Of men for the earliest
news Of her being sighted. The fact was
that the rough seasoned old fellow was on
the very tentArhooks Of anxiety and ex.
peCtation, as nervous 90 q school girl. and
behaVing himself 90 euCh.
'Then at last 1t wa told him that
the vessel was In the ofinR, was rounding
the point, was at anchor 10 the harOof;