The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-02


,.leteiy in the way OF ball dresses. etc, let
me hear from you and will send more, Dut
do moi draw too much upon me, for though
4 am anxious 10 see sylvia marry well, my |,
funds are noL inexhaustible.
The family jewels that created such
sensation when you were belle OF the season
will assist the public In thinking that she - |
an heiress, and herein obtaining Tor herseii
a suitably wealthy partner for life.
Hoping that this proposition VIII meet
with your appreciation. ! am, as always
''" john BURIow.
Mrs. Lvdenhdm.
".
MRS. LYDENHAM TO HER DAUGHTER
SYLVIA.
SEA VIEW COTTAGE,
BExILTON, SUSSEX
NV Dear sylvia: am at last obliged to
address you on what has always been 10
me a dsiasteful subject mean your pros
meets of earning "a living after am dead
and zone. You hardly remember the time,
| suppose. when we.were In ailluent circum-
stances. My parents, as l have told you
before, were comparatively poor, but con-
trivcd 10 become one OF the ilghts OF Lon
don society. owing 10 the kindness OF some
of my weather. relatives.
Your poor Hear father was very wei 10 90
at The time OF our marriage, but when he
died. four or five wears later, | found myself
with nothing In the world but my personal
effects, a child three years Of age (you, my
dear daughter), and an annuity OF six hun
dred "A wear, which your dear father bought
for me when he discOvered-or rather was
informed by his physician-that he had
disease Of the heart, which rendered him IL
able 10 die at any moment. When dle
| YOU will have positively nothing, for the an
nuity expires at my death.
have always been SO 10th 10 part WIN
| you for any length of time, my darling girl-
| for YOU were all had TO comfort me in my
lonely wIdOwhoOd- that you have not re-
ceiyed the education you should have mad,
| and are consequently not fitted to earn
| your bread i'm manner becoming 10 gentle-
| woman. Now have a proposition TO make
| 10 You. suggested by your uncle, John Bur
row. which have no doubt will be for your
| good. Some two weeks ago | received
letter from him (which now enclose toyoul
containing a cheque for ilve hundred
hounds. You will see for yourself That he
| wants YOU TO ''cOme Out'i this season III
town. and has very kindly offered to help
YOU in the matter both by paying for what
YOU may require in the way OF dresses
and so forth. and by obtaining the interest
and influence of Lady Jane Chatley,
who is some sort of connection OF ours, III
your behalf. Your beauty. coupled with
The more substantial allurement OF (appa-
remit wealth. will make you quite centre
of attraction during the coming season,
, and | hope YOU will do all you can towards
getting yourself a husband of ample means,
as YOU must either do that or starye.
The sorrow of parting with you, my dear,
will 10 a certain extent be alleviated by the
reflection that you will be in comfortable
circumstances when shall be called away
from the life and trouble and sorrow which
have patiently endured for so many years.
You had better hasten back here from
your cousins as soon as possible, so as 10
90 llp to town and make your preparations,
as time is short and ! am so afraid that you
will not be ready when the season COM
mences.
With fondesI love, my dear Sylvia, believe
me ever your loving mother,
AMELIA LYDENHAM.
p. 81 quite forget TO tell you that Lady
, CNltlev came down here yesterday TO talk
, over what have Just told YOU. she re-
turned home this morning. She says Cap
tain Fred. Roland. Of the Guards, who was
very popular last season, has just inherited
large fortune left him by some distant rel
alive and is now immensely rich. lie Is
, also generally conceded to be the hands0m-
d IL
Jane. that il would be q very good thing If
YOU and he were 10 make a match Of it.
really believe that that woman would be
unable to sleep at night if she did not have
some scheme on hand for getting two young
people INTO a match of some kind. A. i.
MAJOR wELTERTON 70 JOHN W. JACOBS,
ESQ.
y. ban interval Of live months elapsed
between the writing of the preceding letter
and the writing of the following:
JUNIOR UNITED CLUB, LONDON, W.
Dear Jacobs: intended looking you up
to-day, but Am unfortunately unable 70 get
away.
} Well, what do YOU think of the way things
are turning outy Could anything on the
) face of this earth have happened more com
| pletely in accordance with our plansl
? suppose you must have heard Of the great
/ match of the season. Everybody is talking
about tin fact, il has quite put the great
AddiscOmbe mystery in the shade. Captain
! Fred. Roland. the wealthy % young
guardsman, is to marry Miss Sylvia Lyden-
nam, niece of old John Burrow, the million
aire. She is worth at least half million
: now, and will have twice that sum when
her old cad of an uncle is laid between the
planks.
l must say (''though ! sez it wot shouldn't
/ that have done remarkably well in
keeping Fred. up to the idea Of going for
Miss Lydenham
: Independent of her money he doesn't lose
anything by marrying her, for though her
! uncle is "A sOap-bOiler she is Just as nice a
: girl as fellow could wish for, and has
none OF the snObbish vugarity that | sup
? pose her sOapy old uncle has. However, |
4 !. h. hsag laaan
, kind as to have no children, no wife eXtant,
and no one TO leave his huge fortune to bat
+ one dear young lady. As matter of fact
fancy he is a man of very good family, but
his father smashed and he was turned
( adriit at very early age, and had TO take
: the first thing that turned up.
| have my own reasons for rejoicing at
) this marriage, for /, too, have "A slight in
, terest in il. Fred is to hand me over $4,000
for the assistance | have rendered him,
and have in my possession letter from
YOU, dear Jacobs, in which you promise 10
lend me 60. 800 for an indefinite period, so
! YOU see | shall be able TO get all my affairs
+ Strengthened up and make a fresh start
: once more.
Hang it all! Why shouldn't marry an
heiress, too: | have been a widower nearly
+ twelve years. and nothing would suit me
better than TO give my illustrIous % name
10 some spinster OF ample means.
Hurrah for Fred! Hurrah for us all! l
suppose you will be at st. Georges, Han
over Square, on the glorious wedding day
that is TO be such a prominent landmark in
the landscape OF my checkered career!
Well, have no time to write more just
now, SO with hearty congratulations, be-
lieve me, yours, most rapturously,
STANLEY +. WELTERTON.
John ". Jacobs, Esq.
VI.
MRS. LYDENHAM TO JOHN BURROw, ESQ.
SEA VIEW COTTAGE,
| BEXlLTON, SUSSEYA