The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-06-08
SELECT STORY.
MISS soHwEINGoLDs DRAWING.
ROOM.
ED TO MAKE uER COURTESY TO
QUEEN VICTORIA by PROXY.


QUEEN VICTORIA BY PROXY.
Pointing to letter which she had
just received, the Countess of Boledov-
er said to her eldest son "This from
Mrs. Brownesmith, OF Baltimore, close.
ly concerns you, Wentworth
"How, pray 7" inquired Lord Wor-
ridon. .....
'She asks me to present at one of the
next Drawing-rooms a Miss Schwein-
gold, daughter of Senator Schweingold,
Chicago millionaire. The girl is
coming over here to join her father in
the South of France, and they are very
anxious to have her presented at our
court, in order to give her an entree at
various Continental capitals which she
is about to visit with her father. |
don't know the name of Schweingold
myself, but Mrs Brownesmith tells me
that the daughter will have fortune
of $4,000, 900, and assures me that she
is an amiable and ladylike girl and
that she is considered very beautiful
over there. If undertake to chaper-
on her she will, of course, stay with us,
as Mrs. Brownesmith tells me that she
has no friends at present in London.
Now, perhaps, you see your interest in
the matter" .....
Lord Worridon understood his moth
er well enough. He, however, remain
ed silent, thinking how his debts were
at that moment in course OF settlement
by the Earl of Boledover for the third
time within seven years wondering
how he was going to live for the future
on the terms to which he had recently
bound himself, and specializing on the
| possibility of matrimony being toler-
| able state of existence when sweetened
by the consultations of S2,0O0,O00.
"You will bear in mind, Went
worth" pursued his mother, ''that
you have now exhausted your fathers
means as well as his patience, and also
that you are 32 years of age, and con-
stquently, if you ever intend to marry,
can not put it off much longer"
IL know all that, mother. But l
don't see how you can expect me to
undertake to marry girl have never
seen, and never heard of till two min
ntes ago" .#.a 1
81 don't expect it. But l wish you
10 understand this: l do not choose
to chaperon American heiresses for the
general benefit of society, and before I
take this Miss SchweiDgold up ! de-
sire to know whether, supposing she
turns out to be a presentable girl, you
will promise to do your best"
| Lord Worridon stuck his hands deep
into his pockets and walked to the win
dow, absorbed in thought.
1.-Two million dollars is a big sum,
he muttered.
sit is, Wentworth. There are few
men in London in your position who
would be 30 foolish as to think twice
about accepting such chance"
"Well,' said Lord Worridon, after a
few minutes silence, 81 will do my
best. If the Yank does not turn on,
to be downright repulsive specimen
of her sex, she shall become youI
daught in-law, provided she herself
has no objection
Overjoyed at this declaration, Lady
Boledover sat down, without loss ot
time, and penned the following reply
to her American friend
| DEAR Mrs. BRowNEsMITH You dc
me great honor in giving me an op
portunity OF SCI wing Miss Schweingold
of whom had heard the most falter
ing reports before your letter informed
me that she was friend of yours.
enclose part culars of the Drawing
rooms available, and if Mrs Schwein
gold will let me know which date sh,
selects l will make the necessary ar
rangements. II would be well that he
dress should be ordered without delay
: and l think that she can not do bette
than to go to Madame Claribel, o
whom land you also, if ! remembe
rightly-have always had the mos
satisfactory experience. Should Mis-,
Schweingold approve of that, let he
send me measurements and general in
structions at once and l will mysel
give the orders. ....
l gather from your letter that Mis-
Schweingold has no friends in I.oudol
at present. If that be so, l shall ex
pect her to make our house her hom,
during her stay, ard trust that you viii
convey as much to her for me.-etc.
In due course there arrived Mrs
Brownesmith's and Miss Schweingold'
acknowledgements and thanks for thi
charming letter, together with
lengthy memorandum, containing mnl
titudinous measurements of Mis-
Schweingold's figure, pattern of on
of Miss Schweingold's bodies and elah
J crate instructions as to material an,
color, which were promptly transmit
ted to Madame Claribel. Due noiifcs
tion was also given to the Lord Cham
berlain of Lady Boledover's desire t
present Miss Schweingold TO her mos
gracious Majesty. No sooner wer
these steps taken than rumors OF the az
preaching debut of the American bell
. and heiress-ior Miss Schweiugold wa
already known to fame in both thes
characters-spread rapidly through sc
ciety. The immediate result was r,
markable accession of popularity t
Lady Boledover. Invitations of q
!: kinds and from all quarters showere
4 in upon her ladyship. She was b'
sieged by callers. People who ha
not spoken to her for years suddenl
! ! assumed the air of intimate friend
People whom she had never spoken
in her life became inordinately anxior
for her acquaintance. All which Lad
Boledover, possessing considerab
knowledge of the world, easily apprec
ated at its true value and treated a
cordingly. She had taken charge {
the heiress, as she had frankly avowe
for the benefit of her own family, an
she was determined that, so far as 81
was able, she would keep the your
lady safe in Boledover House uni
Lord Worridon had exhausted his po,
ers of fascination. ....
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