Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-13
HER 3LOPEMENT.


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Miss Martha Marrable, q spinstel lady of
dre and-fffty, is the last of her race. Her
only brother. Mr.. Clement Marrable, never
married, and died twenty years ago at Baden
Baden. whittier he had gone 10 drink the
| waters; and her two sisters, Maria and
IAetitia, although they did marry, did not
live to become middle-aged women The
elder, Maria, after becoming the wife of Mr.
Langdon Larkspur. Of the firm Of Scrip,
Larkspur & Co., bankers, Of Threadneedle
street, gave birth to single child, q
daughter, who was named Lucy: and
the younger, Lntitia, having been led
to the altar by Mr.. Septimus Aller-
ton, Of the firm OF Allerton, Bond e.
Benedict, brokers, of Pancake lane, pre-
sented her husband with twin girls. Of
whom one only-and she was called Amy
survived her extreme infancy. It is, there
fore, not astonishing that Miss Martha Mar
rable, q well-todo woman without family
ties, is exceedingly fond Of the daughters Of
her two dead sisters. She usually has them
TO stay with her at least twice a year-oncc
In the early summer ct her house In Grosve
nor street; and once in the autumn at tbs
seaside, or I'm Italy, whittier she goes occa.
sionally accompanied-to the great wonder
OF the foreigners-by q courier, q man SER
want, two maids, eleven boxes and q green
parrot. And as she IL very kind to her
nieces. and denies them nothing, it is not sur
prising that they are fully as fond Of
her as she is Of them. But Miss
Martha Marrable is growing old,
whereas Miss Lucy Larkspur and
Miss Amy Alierton are both young, and in
tend to remain so for some years to come Il
is not, therefore. to be expected that the
three ladies should invariably think exactly
alike on all subjects And, indeed, am
happy to say that there are not many women
who do agrees with Miss Marrable upon MI
questions; for, although she il rs good
hearted an old spinster as ever breathed, she
is unfortunately man hater
Let it not, however, be supposed that the
word "man-hater" is a stronger one than
ought to he applied to Miss Marrable: for
am really not quite certain that it is alto.
gether strong enough.
And yet Miss Martha Marrable can never
zee vagrant begging in the street without
giving him aims. The truth is, that, al.
though she detests and despises man, she
pities him; just as she pities the poor idiot
whom she sometimes sees grinning ard glib
boring by the waysde in Italy.
These being her sentiments, Miss Marrabls
has not, OF course, many male acquaintances
She is ON good, but not aGectionate, terms
with her widowed brothers-in-law, Mr.. Lang.
don Larkspur and Mr.. Septimus AIlerton.
She once year invites her man of business.
MIR. John Bones, Of Cooks court, to dine
with her and them in Grosvenor street; md
she Is civil Ia the rector r,f her ~. ia, NJ, T.
the medical man whom she would call in to
attehd hcr IN case oil Illness Yet Mr.. Lark
spur once told Mr.. Allerton that this feminine
dragon had had violent love affair when
sho was nineteen; and Mr.. Alierton-whose
connection with the Marrable family is Of
much more recent date than that Of
Lncys iather-actuaiiy declared that he
could Wen believe IL
Toward the end oil August Miss Marrable
and her two nieccs left London for north
Wales, and after a long and tiresome jour-
ney, reached Abermaw, in Merionethshire,
and took rooms at the Cors-y-Gedol hotel
They were accompanied, as usual, by the two
maids and the green parrot: but the courier
and the man servant, being males, and their
services not being imperatively required,
were LETT behind IN London Lucy had just
celebrated her swenty-third birthday, and
amy was Jus. aooul 70 ceieorate her twenty
nrst; ana, aithough am sorry to have TO
nave 70 ecoru IL am py no means aston
ished 'nat 'ney "eie DOM IN love. Lucy,
uurhs the "ho'e Oh the previous season, had
peen oe1erihiheoiy nirtlng with designing
young arust named robert Rhodes; and
amy younger anu less experienced than
her cousin, haa oeeh carrying on, even
more ENTHUSIASTICALLY Win Mr. Wv
van 'eihcoe' VINO, Deins heir to
oarone'cy' iouI,u tnat position SO arnuous
ana iatigu,hg' ina. Nc was quite untitled for
any ac'iVe occupation ., iaoorious char
acSer. vi COURSE MISS Marrapie knew moth
ing OF these aiairs had she suspected them
sne "ouia' perhaps, nave not taken her
hieces WIN ner 10 Aoernia"' LOT u happened
mat at that very watering place Sir Thomas |
Seihcoe ana MS son vivian were staying |
wheh inc 'nree iau'eS' the Two maids, and
the green parroe arrived. but no foresight |
on MISS marraoie part couid nave prevented
MI. hooer. h''oues from iohowing Lucy To
hortn "aies. mat adventurous artist had
maze up MS miho 70 spend the autumn 10
Miss naiASpurs .e'shoOr"oou. ana even II
Miss Marrap'e ma carried OH her elder niece
70 impuc'oo or he society islands. No. |
Rhodes would have gone after the pair by |
he next train, steamboat, diligence, or cara
Taa available.
Upon the morning. therefore, after Miss
Aarrable's arrival at Abermaw she and her
lieces were comfortably Installed Mt the
Cors-y -Gedoi hotel, while at the Red Goat,
Hose by, Sir Thomas Jeilicoe and Vivian &C.
;lpied rooms on the first floor Mr. Rhodes
iad n bedroom on the third.
In the course OF that afternoon, Miss
Martha Marrable, accompanied by her nieces,
md followed at respectable distance by the
'wo maids, walked IN the sunshine upon the |
,ard sands that stretch for, do not know
low many hundred yards at low water, b.
'ween the rocky hills behind the little town
'nd the margin OF Cardigan bay. The
weather was hot and sultry, and the unrii.
liei sea looked Ike molten lead In the glare.
Much exercise was, therefore, out OF the
question. and ere long the three ladies sat
iowi, ON Tie seaward side OF rish-grown
ana NH TO read, leaving the two maids to
oroii iui1ner III they chose 70 do So an TO
'xpiore ut their leisure the unaccustolned
OF the seiishore
Miss marina, having arranged her sun
'na'e 10 her satisfaction, opened niue
'oinme on The Rights OF the Slaves oil Eng
uhu. WINE Lucy oeVo'ea herset 10 one OF
lumas novels ana Amy plunged deep INTO
Meats 4, IN i've minutes Inc rights OF the
slaves oi England feil heavily to the sand,
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