Middletown transcript., 1892-10-13
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IVl wife had celebrated their silver
wedding, and Margaret Earle and be-
aunt Esther, with whom she lived, hat
been hidden to the feast. Mrs. Wray
burns nephew, Mr.. Richard Kennel.
son, gentleman of some thirty years
handsome, well-bred and fairly edu-
Gated, was also there.
This last-named gentleman was 8
stranger in the city. His home wa;
in New England, but for the last six
years he had seen very little of it, hav
ing spent the time since his gradua-
tion, as civil engineer, in travel and
protracted sojourn in Europe. His
father, at his death, had left his
mother, his sister and himself large
fortune, and Richard Kennetson, on
leaving collegs, had found himself in
the pleasant position of a man who is
enabled to crafty his tastes and in
clinations to the full and it must be
owned that Mr.. Richard Kennetson's
inclinations being those of q gentle
man, the cart.blancle qualification had
produced very good and harmonious
result, and had neither made an affect
ed bore, nor blase egotist Of this de-
cidedly handsome nephew Of Mrs. John
Wrayburn. There were great many
people to whom she wanted to intro
duce him, for various reasons, but
envy, malice and hatred and all un-
charitableness aside, she did really
want Margaret Earle to meet him.
"She is so superior to the other
girls who will be here" she said to
her husband, "and I am sure she will
enjoy talking with him greatly"
And SO it came to pass that they
met, and Margaret thought, when the
tall, straight man with the brown
mustache, very dark eyes and grace
full air, was brought up to be intro
duced, that he was rather the most
distinguished looking person she had
seen in some time, and she also con-
cluded that he must have thought she
was rather the most awkward girl he
had seen in some tins.
Richard Kennetson, after the last
guest had departed, had said Aunt
Deb, that was a mighty nice little girl
yodiintrodnced me tor and tfeh 5he
had strolled out on the veranda.
lighted cigar smoked it to the end,
and gone tofbedin his usual placid
frame of mind.
He called once after that, and went
away in less thantal week, and that
was all it was not likely they would
ever meet again. He had said he was
not quite sure where he should go
next, and had gone with a pleasant
handshake and genial goodbye; and
the gill rsmembered every word he
had ever said.
It was about this time that her sister,
Mrs. Mabel Hoskins, wrote entreating
her to join them in their contemplated
visit to the seashore. They were all
going, Mr.. and Mrs. Rostins, the three
children-CIarence, Augustus and
Samuel-and the nurse, the latter
parsonage being the especial attendant
of Samuel, an inf,nt who was yet in
long clothes.
Mabel Earle had married widower
twenty years her senior, without chill
dren, and very rich. Margaret was
in high favor with her brother-in-law,
and now that such strong inducements
were offered for change of scene and
q good time generally, she did not
hesitate long in accepting To see the
ocean, which she had never yet beheld,
was delight which she could not
easily let slip sind SO, in consultation
with Aunt Esther, the modest ward
robe was made ready, and Margaret
joined the party at point about two
hundred miles east Of her own home
Nearly two days after, about nine
O'Clock in the evening, the train ar
rived at B., where they concluded
10 remain over night. So they took a
carriage up to one Of tie best hotels
and the inside of the vehicle being
pretty well filed with the family and
their handbags and shawl-straps
Papa Hoskins mounted beside The
driver with more handbags and shawl