West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
A MARCHIONESS.
Why Brave Hetty Leigh Rejected
a Lord.

Why did Lord Ncrrincr wander i'm
strange and tropical clinc,. explore
Japan and 'rimbuctoo, aud attcmpt 10
cross the IIimalaya,2 The noble Earl
only tried to get married once. and i'm
the story of that wedding j., contained
the reason for his becoming such "a dis
tmgui~hcd traveller and growing such "a
very long beard
Lord Ncrriner had l..cu going the
pace ever since lie came into hi, title
, and got hold of his property: and. at
ih"timc of which am speaking. though
The former necessarily remained intact.
ih" latter was practically non-cNi,tcnL
lie had borrowed from his boot-makrr
his tailor and his jewellers. after having
previously exhausted the patience and
generosity of money lenders. Gambling.
racing, etc. had in fact ruined him.
but still his title and position had "a
marketable value for hc was one of
th" oldest and mostdi~tingui>hcd famj-
lies in England. This marketable value
WAS now only OF one kind. Lender,
and b""t-makcrS would no longer listen
To hlm. even though he wa, the hand
soonest man of his day, with the most
perfect manners, and one of the pets Of
that small circle of ~ocict, which SITS
mp uIoit like party OF chcrubs. re-
%arding ScUrnfully the morals and
manners of the respectable folk, below.
But IN spite of the lost credit of Lord
Ncrrimcr among the money lender, he
was still "a spoiled darling among the
women Aud II occurred to Inn, one
day that here was his market. He must
do the usual thing; marry money which
wanted a title i'm exchange.
Thinking the thing over. he saw that
most of his fellow, who had succeeded
M getting out of a similar prcdicamcnt
by these means had married American
girls. This. hc thought. would be- "a
toicrably easy thing 10 do. English
women appeared TO him TO require
more attention and TO be- less business
hhcand more sentimental ia heir mat
fImunlal affairs He decided to look
out for an American. Ncrrincr believed
he understood women thoroughly. He
was AN excellent actor. and could cloak
himself with a lan@Iid and profoundly
bored manner which wa, great ,uc-
cess among the women Of his own So
clJl status. He pre-. rINcd thi, lanVuor
AWAY when in society. except i'm the
~nokng-rOOm. for. a- hc well knew. IL
was safe. II prevented hi~ ever Getting
into hot water Underneath thi. ouint
surface "a volcano blaIcd and "a ycr,
unpleasant volcano. TOO. NcrriuDr had
the most fri|huul temper which hr wa,
accustomed TO Jet loose upon his lady
friends. bis servants his horses and
dog The two first left him: the last
showed their recruitment m different
way lie was never safe from % bite
in his own stables and his dog, kept
oui of his sight
hi- was the man who. u month or
two after hc had made up hi, mind tn
do 90. had discovered &c new American
beauty. just over from the State. for
the London season. with dollar. and
grccnback- enough 60 rriu,tatc any
ruined lord Ncrrincr thought her
really very tolcrablr. and wa much
amused by her independent and i,cIy
manner. which cOutra-tcd well with
thc profound lauguor hc nlway- maiu-
tanned in her presence His handsome
iaco. bis intense quiet and rcposc and
Tine position hc could givr her ali
pleased llctiv Leigh for the, had for
her iHr charm Of novelty She could
mot resist -O biz % catch a- this. 10 wa.
worth all her grcmhack- 10 enter the
Marlborough House -ct under the wing
of ibis quiet. handsome fellow And
-o. when Nnrrincr lazily but respect
fully proposed. llcuy Leigh accepted
him with open and uudi-gui-cd delight
Iu fact She ciapped her hands as soon
o. thc thing was done. and said. "My.
Won fhc girls at home -tarcr
Mrs Leigh nearly tainted a- nearly
a- wiN middIc-agcd American lady
can when @hc heard tho good new,
She bad come over with one object fo
marry hcr llcuy toa Lord And it was
Wl 'l'Ncd up before thc season was
fairly begun And lIctfy~ husband
was such handsome. quiet man. and
Hcty' wedding Nould bc the grand
est event boz the London season.
% was all settled. and ever, thing
went merrily Hcttv and her mother
were asked to tli The best houses. the
girl who Wa. to boz Lady Ncrrincr must
he royalty entertained bv every body.
even though many Of the women would
have hcon glad 90 throw vtriol m her
pretty piquant face How Ilcty
dressed Her toilet. alone were enough
io make amy woman hate her. even II
She had not the additional and unpar.
donable privilege Of being rich enough
to pay for Lord Ncrrincr 10 bee alway.
carrying her cloak and fan. and keep
ing oni Of the way OF her train Wei.
The time came for she Wedding lt was.