West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-01-18

fishing-smacks. row-boats and SAILING
craft of all kinds danced uron the
| sparkling water. while 10 the north tho
river wound sinuously among the piers
anu houses close 10 its edge, and disap-
| peared I'm labyrinth of brick Gsn't
that beautiful description Kate?
can tell you how many sheets OF
paper I've wasted in Accomplishing II
/ wish you d read it TO your uncle. and
II he insists on printing ii i'm his paper
You can let him).
Now comes the romantic part OF my
| story Kate While we were standing
/ leaning over the bridge. and pa was
/ pointing out Blackwelrs Island. where
he told Us. they were going TO put the
| statue OF Bartholdi, an awiully. awfullv
handsome and perfectly swell Young
| gentleman, with the loyeliest mus
tache and eyes and the diyinest
hands and feet, who had been standing
near us looking at me, came over 10 us
anu sald 10 pa. IN such very polite way
that we couldn't have been offended if
we'd tried
81 beg thousand pardons, sir; but
pray allow me to set YOU right That
Is Governors Island, where General
Hancock's headquarters are situated.
and the statue is TO 60 on Bcdloe's
Island, little further ou.."
VI course pa thanked him. and then
ne pointed out some more islands and
told us about them, and was lust as
| polite and nice as he could be. could
see that he wanted TO talk TO me. but
pa never thinks of such things. and so
he kept him all to himself, and they
walked along ahead of us toward Brook
/ Iyn, and what do you think He turned
out to be nephew of the cashier of
! pa bank. and he has been i'm Milwau-
| kec and knows the Jones and the
lhompsons and lot more nice people;
| ana he SAID he had heard of me and had
/ nceh ANXIOUS to meet me for long
tlme' lie saw me once from the Robin
son window, you know. His name is
/ Cecil st. Elmo. Isn't that a perfectly
| lovely name? And he is "a broker i'm
| wall street, and must be worth heaps
OF money, because he invited me TO oc-
| cupy his box ut the Metropolitan Opera
| House. | said that should like TO see
Faust ever so much, and then ma
| did make herself ridiculous. She asked
II Irving was playing in Faust" and
Mr.. 1t. Elmo said no, that Mr.. Irving
was playing in Uncle Toms Cabin. =
don I think he is though. / guess he
| must have been Joking.
Wen, we went over to the other end
| OF the bridge TO take the cars back. and
Mr. 81. Elmo went with us. That hor-
rld little Toby got tired, of course. and
! Mr.. 1T. Elmo wouldn't let pa carry him.
but took him himself. | think it was
awful OF pa to let him, but he carried him
/ clear TO the cars. We had to- nav five
! cents apiece more TO 90 back on the
cars, and pa paid for Mr.. St Elmo. Mr.
st. Elmo tried to pay for us all himself
| but pa got his money out Grst It's the
funniest thing the way those cars start.
on get on the car and Il little enCine
| pushes 1T out past the platform, and
then the engine goes back. Have YOU
read about the "grip?' Well. after
the engine goes back the grip tries to
start the car along over the bridge bv
rubbing against something on the bot
tom that Jars the whole car like n sew
lng-machine running in the same room.
Alter while the car begins to start.
very slowly at first, and then il moves
on and runs very smoothly and nicely.
III only takes about four minutes to cross
on the car, and we could see lust the
same view that L described to YOU SO
beautifully before.
! Kate, Mr.. st. Elmo talked tn me all
the way over, and he is perfectly charm
ing: ia and ma were both delighted
win MN, and he is going to take us
out TO the park in his carriage this
afternoon. Now, Kate, you must prom
Use not 10 tell anybody, but | really
think that he is just little gone over
me, and | am sure that | never liked
any body half so well as / could him.
] He na1.fnaf 81
other thing | think we had better do
Don't you think it would be a kind
thing to give Howard Smith hint
about the way / feel toward Mr.. ST,
Elmo, so that if anything comes of if
| the shock will not be too sudden to
him? should feel very badly if How
ard should commit suicide but know
| now that he and can never be anv
thing more than friends to each other.
! On, Kate, If YOU could only see Mr.. St.
! Elmo. L wonder il he is engaged to
! anybody here He as much as intimat-
! ca 10 me That he was not when we were
talking about marriage coming over on
the car.
didn't tell you, did |, that after we
got back over the bridge we came di-
| recily over here to the Aston Housep
! Wen, we did, and Mr.. ST. Elmo prom
ised to introduce pa to a bank he has
| business with, and pa has gone with
him now He is going to take dinner
! with us when they come back.
But | must hurry and close. because
ma wants me TO help unpack the trunks.
| to get out some things for us to wear in
| the park this a ternoon, and perhaps we
! shall go with Mr.. ST. Elmo TO tneopera
this evening. Ma says that as he Is a
| relative of an intimate friend of pa 8.
there will be no improperly in accent
ing two invitations in one day. But I
must stop writing at once, or / shall 90
on forever.
Good bye. dear Kate, for the present;
/ J. VIII write again 90 morrow about our
/ drive and Mr.. ST. Elmo.
Your most intimate and dearest
/ friend. F,Nv,t.
p 5. This is strictly private and
confidential, Of course, about Mr.. st.
Elmo. T.
+. S.-MY DEAREST KATE have
un-ealed this letter to tell YOU that
something awful has happened. Pa ha7
/ just come in aud told Us to pack up and
f. get ready 10 start home tonight.