The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-08

at once. There fsGnd lado d Mar by
Smithe:5 hid c1ngen;l the clre md re
had the 20. 20 ClEi aigcs. re bic ye<'
plaired IL o. cit. haze CT arnc- nrs-
meat t3 .Iatt' 70 Esil #BiEii.l L oce
made Iy Bulel! lot .o1s since. I'm going
to follow his example, and 7 hereby invite
you all to the wedding. ike Budell, !
haven. put the f,ll uesion; bit : am
not afraid Q! tie answer. have no on,
lection 70 toll yoG that the 20 ng lady is
at present in this house, and that her
name Is Miss MAXWELL
Good heavens" calculated Budell.
swell" said NRrkby, 81 may as well take
this opportunity Of informing the club that
!, too, am going to follow Gn!t. Cnly I've
taken the pfecau ion to npea to the young
lady first, aud Fanny Ca.lyoa Is oho:.ly
going to become Hrs. LarEb -
/ was thHndeYstruCk. IN that Gaze I
said with dignity, as ! s!rode from the
room, ~ am o the only member @ the
Square Club"
Just as ! was tying my necktie a few
minutes before dinner, and rejecting that,
though nervousness, want OF leisure, Sud
even blighted affections might DO got over,
], at least, had reason that wo1lG preserve
me from matrimony. BuGell hurried into
my room:
iIook here" said he, SIN in a deuce Of
a bog! Smithors is going to propose 10
Miss Maxwell, and, hang Il, that's Edith "
"What! You both in love with Mis-
Maxwell"
"Yes, and that forward beast, Smithers,
will be sure to propose right OF; and I've
never had a good opportunity"
"My dear Brdell, you must make your
opportunity. Do 1t tonight"
Tonight? Why it's dinner time
already and after dinner we were 10 have
those blessed tableaux v~ivants, and good
ness knows what Gnithers will do while
I'm looking after the wretched affair. And
then tomorrow I've promised Carlyon 10
start for the east moor at 8 O'clock"
| endeayoTed to comfort him by suggest
ing that possibly Miss Maxwell might re-
fuse Smitbers, but Bndell shuddeFed at the
possibility OF being forestalled. He was
palpably upset, and he looked nervous and
anxious at dinner time. The company at
tributed it to the theatrical responsibility,
but they we're wong. Budell was too old
a hand to be anxious about anything so
simple as tabloaux vivants. Smithers, on
the other band, bad secured 4 seat beside
Miss Maxwell, and seemed t. b" making
himself vastly agreeable.
The tableaux began Immediately after
dinner, and they were q great success. Bu.
dell hGd skiltully arranged them, without
attem pting TO make them into a series, and
music, supposed TO be appropriate or to
have reference to each tahleaux was played
while the curtain was up. Curiously
enough, in the second last tableaux, Miss
Maxwell, SmitheTs and Budell were to ap-
pear by Themselves, aad, still more curl
GUS, the subject OF it was 1.-THE Rivals"
Where Budell bad got it l don't know;
probably in his inner consciousness. Ii
was supposed 10 be q woodland scene in
the palnt.and.powder days. Ayoung lady
was discovered seated on a bank with q
lover kneeling at her feet holding one Of
her hands. At q little distance, and IN
seen by either Of the lovers, was q rival
glaring from among the trees at the unsus-
pectiDg pair. The tableaux was very
effective. Miss Maxwell looked charm
ing in her costume, and Smithers
slared splendidly. -Budell's face it was
impossible to see, for his back was turned
to the audience. Up till now the perform.
ere had all managed to remain rigid as
statues, but in this tableau Mis- Maxwell, !
who had already appeared several times,
seemed TO lose her nerve. The curtain
had not been up q minute when she start |
ed, looked down at Budell, and at last, |
flushing crimson, fairly ran of the stage,
However, the last tableau wet off without
a hitch, and the slight mistake did not
affect the general verdict. An adjourn.
ment was made to have a dance in the
hall, aud ! was standing idly looking on
when Budei!, once more IN his usual garb,
rushed up TO me in u lever OF excitement.
by George, sir" he whispered, ICON.
graduate me! I've done it; it's all right.
And he dragged me along with him from
the hall into the empty library.
What on earth 10 you mean, mani
exclaimed. "What have you done?"
1--WE proposed sir, and I've been accept.
l cordially congratulated him, and then
Inquired:
"how did you mansge II; when did you
q the time, and where the courage"
III tel! you. did 1t in that lsbleau.
Under cover Of the music l told Edith that,
inall sober earneStaess, | was at her feet,
not in Jest alone, and asked her to bs my
vile: That's why she ran away"
mo wonder" ! interjscted.
wasn't it splendid doing it under
Smithers' very eyes? And then, OF course,
l Jaw Edith atterwaId in the little drawing.
room; and she'll be here directly, whenever |
abe has changed her costume"
well, Im glad you've settled it; and l
think SmitheH wasright when he said you
would end by proposing in some extraor.
binary way. And It seems to me that 1t was
decidedly embarrassing for Miss Maxwell "
Smithers married Filth Maxwells sister
eighteen months alter the tableau.