Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-07
LOVE AND LUCRE.

There il Il pretty romance; says Il
New York correspondent, about the
marriage of William H. Vanderbilt,
Jr., to Miss Alva Smith, the story Of
which is often told in suppertcndOm.
The young lady and her sister were at
school at Pennington, Mass, in Miss
PortcrS academy, whence Miss Nellie
Grant was expelled for INSTRUMENTATION.
Nellie Grant had counted little too
much upon the power Of the name OF
her father, whom she always called
Ulysses, and Miss Smith first gained
reputation by being one of the spirited
girls who recognized no difference be-
tween her father, Il very smart Specu
lator in New York, and the Galena tan
ner, and she was the recognized leader
i'm the agitation which resulted i'll Miss
Grants retirement, and there has
been ever since between the two such Il
feud n very charming women are cap
able of. While at school Miss Smith
suddenly received word that her father
had made an unlucky venture; that his
fortune had gone up i'll a balloon, and
that she and her sister must, at the end
of the term, then near its close, go at
once to the home of their grandmother
i'm Virginia, there to remain until their
father could summon them north again.
This was not suited ut all To Il demOiselle
conscious of her own attractions, and
She determined to make Il venture on
her own account. She borrowed some
| money from her teacher, and made an
arrangement with her to gOtO RichfiCld
Springs for u few weeks, So that when
She appeared there, she had as u duenna
| Il weil-knOwn inStructreSs, and this
piquCd the curiosity of the young men
about the resort. There wasa cOtarie of
New York girls there. \ Miss L,
daughter of a broker, Miss O.,
daughter of rich brewer, and saveral
others, who knew of the misfortune of
the Smiths, and who also tried to make
it appear that the young Miss Smith no
longer deserved place i'll the ranks of
the nOuveau richie, as her father had
gone up. Mr.. William Vanderbilt, Jr.,
wentt0 the springs to attend a ball and
the New York girls were all in fiutter,
because each one desired to capture
the son of the great millionaire. Miss
Smith took III the situation at a glance,
but she had nothing to wear, and she
had only $40 i'll her purse. She pro-
posed to Miss L. to buy dress, and
MIST, having big stock of dresses
! and small amount OF pin money, was
ready to Oblige her. She was not, how
| ever, inclined to part with, anything
| that would he becoming to Miss Smith,
| and accordingly she selected yellow
silk, with u wine spot i'll front, and
offered to sell that for Miss Smiths $40,
! being assured that Miss Smith, being
more of a blonde than brunette, would
look ''horried" in yellow. But Miss
Smith paid the price, and the fair dealer
i'll secondhand clO' Chuckled over the
bargain she made. Her pleasure was
turned to chagrin that evening when
Miss Smith appeared upon the ball
room floor queen of beauty, and in
that yellow silk, too. Instead Ofputting
white upon her face she had made her
complexion brown, and, having bor-
rOwed lace mantilia from her teacher,
and big black fan, she came out the
picture of a bewitching SenOrita. Her
coy glaneS shot into the Vanderbilt
heart. She tossed the soft ends of the
mantilla over her shoulder, a. she
strOlled the piazza, and used the fan
most bewitchingly. The New York
girls stood aghast, and Miss I. shed
tear over the loss of her yellow silk, and
felt that she had been cheated, for she
never thought that dress looked so well.
The result was that Vanderbilt fell
desperately in love, pressed his suit, be-
came all the more ardent because of the
lady'S studied hesitancy, and was the
happiest millionaire anywhere when he
gained kiss and the privilege of put
ing ON the finger of the senera Il
diamond engagement ring.