The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-12

| AMuioA sue hskeuy db bQ6 went UFlHkl
on twisting vine stems around the flowers
and slipping bits OF green fern and daint
geranium 1eaYes among them 10 relieve til
TOO great exuberanCe OF odor. &.a
"Here is one" said the florist, "Tak
care you are getting that bouquet to,
"No, am not, Look" Ti#a
She held up the ainbow.tinted mosai
| Of flowers as she spoke. ~. III,
Miss birmingham gave q great smile Q
contempt as she turned away. ,J#s
You'll be sure to remember said all,
10 the proprietor.
II shall not forget" Mr.. Hardie answer
ed, courteeusly..- Except the orange tre
IN fruit, am not certain that" F
I'VE must have il!' insisted Miss Fer
bingham. II tell You again TINT your BIZ
will be promptly settled, whatever tn,
amount may be-" on =,
| And then Mics Fesningham, steppin.
Into her silk-cushioned landau. bade thI
coachman drive home at once"
She hurried up stairs to her aunt's bou
DOR, where that august lady sat, surround
ed by crested envelopes, pertumed papel
and fancy writing materials.
| You havn't sent oil any OF tho invita-
tons yet, have you, Aunt Penelope?" pant,
I'd the young lady. - /.
mot yet. Why?' ~
"Den't send Clara Anneslie's."
mot send Clara Anneslie's invitation
Why not? exclaimed Mrs. Fcrni, CHAM
WIN wide open eyes, and mouth gradually
elongating itself to correspond.
"lt's all true about her money being losi
in the San Antonio"
"How do you know? Have you seer
her lawyer ?" 49, -
mo, but have seen her. She's selling
How ers behind Hardies counter, The
next We know she'll be gallopiny up and
down the aisles OF the opera house selling lO
cent bouquets on board. Clara Anpeslis
never had any pride. Why couldn't she
take in sewing or give music lessons, or do
something geenteel, if she must earn her
own llving?' ..=...s.---s-.., rs
| ibid she see you ?" 3 81.
"Yes, Of course she did. We looked each
other full in the face"
ibid she speak ?"
" didn't give her a chance. I turned
away, as cold as ice." sa'z.sa
"Ihat was right" said Mrs. Fernincham,
approyingly, as she tore up the scented
note that was to have been to Clara An.
nestle the open Sesame" Of the soiree,
where no expense was TO be spared
Miss Fernlngham frightened up ut once,
It had been the darling ambition Of be.
heart, before Clara Anneslie's beauty
eclipsed her humble light, to become he1
cousin Herbsrt's bride. Perhaps il was
yet upon the cards that she should gain the
acme Of happiness.
So she put on her turquoiRes, freshened
up her laces, and tied pale.blue ribbons In
her lusterless iiaxen hair. And, in the
pretty childish way she affected when with
her cousin Herbert, she told her tale. ~ T.,
"a horrid BORE" said Herbert Forming.
ham, playing with his sleeve. buttons, "No
end OF a nuisance. And CLARA Anneslie,
| the pretties! girl out, too. What ID it thai
Shakespeare Gays about q dear gazellei
I've got it somewhere in an old scrap.
book, | believe. But Of course there is nc
use in fellow making eyes at shop Girl
If I marry at all it must be a girl With
money. Didn't some QUE saw Mai
Hattie, Courlenay had three thousand a
year Of her own?" 2 5 a rs. ~, .".1'
"Clara, my desr" Mrs. Estcote checked
her little ponies on the corner Of the stree,
and beckoned her young friend to take a
seat beside her; where are you going?'
"To Surlni's, to look at some basso re.
lievos." .2,sssi h
".Well, III take you there. Jump in
Have you heard the news ~
y have heard nothing special"
$50 I concluded" said Mrs. Estcote
laughing, "People are always the Last tc
hear what directly concerns themselves
You don't know, then, that-s!ap, here
comes Mr.. Herbert Birmingham Lett
see i he will bow to YOU"
"Of course he will bow 10 me. Why
shouldn't be bow to mef'' said amazed
Clara. 5.5,f ljl5;>' n ~ ,l = \
But just as she >was making ready 10 in.
cline her head in the most gracious and
ladylike way in response 10 tho expecled
SALVATION, Mr.. birmingham passed on
tdeeply-intent on the engrayinps in the on.
'posite shop window. al f56.
IT thought 3d." said Mrs. Estcote, with a
curl Of her lip. 4Ef 5'5' o.
"What does it mean ?" asked Clara in
surprise, not unmingled with mortifiea.
ton. Nj
10 come back to our news" said Mrs.
Es.cote, whipping up her ponies by way d
escape-valve to her excited feelings. 3"You
haven't heard, then, that you have lost ali
your proser'ys-:hat the San Antonio was
wrecked ~ "a -. lf7,i, liz
"The San Antonio was wrecked. CLARA
innocently made answer, '.but that made
no ditference5to mo. My guardian sold
/ her mouth ago to Afeesrs. Easy 4 Go
lightly, and my property ia all invested in
good, safe bond and mortgage"
"Neither, suppose, have you heard
that you had gone into florists store to
attend his counter there for a living?",s i! !.
II did 50 into florist store the day be.
fore yesterday" said Clara, after moment
or two Of puzzled retrospectioa, "Hut Il
was only to John Hardie's. John used tc
be papa's gardener before he went into the
florists business, and I often run in and
make up boque's out Of his flowers to sui
mysslf. But wasn't hired, neither did
sell the bequete," she added, with laugh
at the comicality OF the idea. III
"Just about as much foundation to tlil
as there is to most Of Mrs. Giundy's re-
Eorts," said Mrs. Estcote, with toss Of hel
z pretty little plulned bat E"Now you know
The reason that Nr. Herbert Ferninphan
) didn't SEQ you" .l57e5 AZ - I'D
1"Also, 1 suppose" said Miss Anneslie
| "ther reason that l have received no card
4 to Mrs. Ferningham's forthcoming soiree
Neytr mind, y can endure it, But VIII,
told you this" yg : 55,S,t5 -
my brother.in.law, Jack Estcote. =, 4
'i"Ei1 he believe It ~ {s555i9l3' "a
"aOt course he did. Ho had it direct from
Celestis Ferningham." 3S] "a 4
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