The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-26

daughter of a western senator. When the
family moved to Washington she was an
inmate of girls boarding school on the
hudson, and there her parents determined
% leave her, for they thought it a moro
suitable place for girl in her teens thai
the whirl of society. For little time all
Went as planned. The parents mingled
with the giddy life of the capital and cher
lshed at the same time the comfortable
knowledge that their daughter was porting
over the books in quiet school room. far
away; But there came day when all this
was changed.
CHAP IL-One afternoon some privil-
edged callers lounged in Mrs. McDonald's
ooudolr. Gossip of the town mingling with
perfume OF flowers pervaded the room.
Airy nothings flew about and touched now
one, now another with subtitle though light
caress, except when the hostess spoke of
her little daughter coming French verbs
and practicIag Beethoven, the chat did not
approach literature or the intellectual
Suddenly the door flew open and in
sprang Miss lacey. Pristine freshness was
upon her, and yet with ner inexperience
there struggled au instructive perception of
the ways of the world which made the
most charming and contradictory whole
Imaginable. She had run away from
school
Mamma" she announced, with little
Wlltul move aud tapping of the foot,
I've come home to stay and you may as
well go out and buy me a wardrobe
The piqua cy of the situation, together
with the beauty of the maiden captivated
the young men present ana they were all
eagerly anxious to enter petitions in her
behalf. Among them was Fletcher Harper,
son OF James Harper, of New York, and he
instantly lost his heart, and il may be
added, his head also for he was at that
moment engaged to another lady, a Miss
smith, OF New York.
The young man broke his engagement
ana In time persuaded Miss Mcdonald to
marry him.
CHAP. IIL.--Mrs. Mcdonald brought her
daughter % New York for the ceremony
and they occupied suite of rooms at tho
Fifth Avenue hotel
CHAP. IV.-It was the night before the
wedding. The Worth costume and other
tnery. had all been received, and were
spread over beds and chairs; silver and jew
els lay in heaped confusion about On tho
evening side of midnight there was waited
through the corridors something very like
| smoke. Presently the dreaded cry came
and it was known that the Fifth Avenue
hotel was on fire.
The bridegroom-elect was not far from
tne vicinity as may be opined, and no
winged Mercury would have had a chance
against hlm as he flow to the McDonalds'
apartments. lacey and her mother were
put into a carriage and sent to the home of
the Harpers in Grammercv park. and
tletcher returned and rescued the trosseau
The only persons done to death on that
memorable night were some of the servants
whose rooms gave onto an air shaft up
Wnich tne smoke was drawn, but Fletcher
harper, drenched from the hose took q
cold from which ne never fully recovered.
CHAP. N-Ihe wedding took place in
Granmercy park next day. The match
proved not altogether compatible one
one was fond of gayety and admiration.
while he had been trained in the conserva-
i've school OF the old New Workers. which
mas ia tne Euglish arisJocracy for its model
Inc uarpers, too, are very religious. zeal
Gus Methodists, and frown on bali and
opera The young people lived under the
parental roof AID III the summer went to
the FAMILY country house at Newburp on
tue hudson. 1t was all very magnificent.
but tribe slow for the girl wife who pined
for gayeties.
-, CRAP. Win course of a few years
Fletcher died and tue young widow mar
ried his brother Win. The influence OF
Glme and environment are irresistible and
MRS. VIII harper is one of the most conse =
VatlVe young matrons in New York. The
oolgatlon OF continuing many of the elder
Harpers' charities has fallen upon her and
she lends herself gracefully and cheerfullv
W 1uo TosA' Ole OF the phllanthrOpies
winch claim her at ention is the Harper
Summer Home for Working Women! al
Long Branch -
The founders of the great Publishing
house have died and their sons have in,
herited hem. VIII Harper is one of the
most industrious members of the family.
he goes down TO the office in Franklin
square early IN the morning and may b
tound at his desk there with his coat off nm
I'll o'clock. He is of boyish build rathet
inclined to stoutness, with light reddish
yellow hair, nustacEe an eyesbrows. has
frank, handsome face ID genial inanue ,
ALCYoNE