The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-10

seen any Of them. Rosemary is too
young to make sea voyage, so was
not so much disappointed in having to
leave her behind, but ] did want to
bring the boy"
The voyage across the ocean OF which
| have made only suggestion was very \
severe on all the passengers, and We
were nearly two days behind time The
bluff old sea dog who commanded the
ship said that 1t was the worst passage
he had ever made at that time OF year.
Whenever the weather was 1T Mrs,
Sartoris wds always on deck, and her
daughter, who ia the image OF her, and
the gamest child ever saw, again TAX
ing her mothers bent, would come up
sick enough for the bed when strong
men and women would remain in their
state rooms. She would never murmur
no matter how much she suiiared.
There were frequent chats between Mrs.
sartoTis and myself, for / had known
her as girl inishoEt fTocks, about the
past and present, and about her Eng
lish life, in only one OF which did she
ever make any illusion to her husband.
One day the weather was o little toler-
able and VIC sat on tho deck talking,
Her mind turned towards her home,
and without any suggestion from me
she said;
"our life is pleasant there. It is so
quiet, and it is such u nice place for
the children. | don't know whore my
husband IS; but think looking alter
his fathers coal mines in Wales,
have not seen him for long time, and
tho last time l did was in London. |
was upstairs in my home there when
some one said that 'Algy' was in the
parlor. | went down quickly, walked
in the room, but he was so changed
did not know him"
This was all. The firm lips closed so
tightly that they became white, and
she driited into other channels as II
she had forgotten herself fora moment
The rest OF the voyage after this con-
versation l was great deal with her,
and how the chats did recall the scenes
in Washington, when lshet was married
and taken away to the foreign home
which / have only family described,
and the horrid life which came with 1t,
The match was the talk OF all society.
Politics entered intoit. 1t nearly broke
her fathers heart, for she was the apple
OF his eye, and when he found her
determination fixed, after an earnest
talk with her, he said:
~ yield my consent, though with a
wounded heart, The humblest in the
land, rather than the subject OF a
foreign state"
DIsTAsTEPUL MARRIAGE.
But the father knew that the daugh-
ter inherited much OF his own deter
mination when the mind was settled.
So he never mentioned the subject to
her again, as know, and never allowed
any one else to ii he could help 1t. AS
l said, politics entered into 1t. The
leaders OF the Republican party coun-
seled gravely together over the subject,
and think thatsom Of his Democratic
friends took q hand in the objection.
1t was determined after careful discus
sion that General Logan, who was as
near General Grant as any man living,
should 20 to the mighty captain and
endeavor to prevent the union. Tho
general who had served under him went
to the task willingly He called at the
white house as soon as possible and the
two were readily closeted. General
Logan had scarcely lit upon the matter
which the whole people OF the United
States were discussing, when the Presi-
dent turned to him and said:
"Mydaughter' sdeterminationis fixed,
and acquiesce. That settles oil dis
cussion OF q question which is too seri-
GUS to be spoken Of again"
General Logan knew too much OF the
man to whom he was talking to con-
tinue the conversation, and he went
back with heavy heart to report the
failure OF his mission.
The twenty-trst day Of May OF that
year was memorable one in the his
tory OF gatherings at the national cap
ital. OF course, when it was known
that the wedding would certainly take
place, all society was anxious for an in
vitation. The newspapers were half
mad to get full report OF everything
that was done and said. But General
Grant was in no humor for display, and
he determined that the wedding should,
be as quiet and unostentatious as posi-
BILE, and that no report from the inside
should get into the newspapers.
/ think, however, that Major John
NJ. Carson, then on the New York Tfms,
was invited, or, at least, he secured a
splendid description OF the ceremonies,
etc. The wedding did not last long and
there was little rejoicing afterwards.
Everybody felt sad, instead Of glad, and
the bride and groom went TO New York,
followed by the regrets rather than &C
claim Of the people OF the country. If
lovely life by the side Of well.mean-
ing husband had been the resultof the
union, and happiness, instead OF sor.
row, followed in the wake OF that mar
rage which should have carried with 1t
everything to be wished for, then the
feeling towards the man, who died on
Friday last at Capri, Italy, would be
very different from what 1t is to-day.
MRS. sARroRls' FAMILY.
A look at the family that he leaves
behind is an interesting speculation as
to its future. Algernon, the only son,
and who bears his fathers name, is
now 10 years old. Vivian May, the
splendid girl who crossed the ocean /,
with her mother on her last voyage to
the states, to which / have alluded, Is
10. Rosemary Is II. They are all
strong, healthful children before whom,
1t is hoped, there arc brighter things
than have come to either tho father or
mother. II Is quito natural that they
will be brought TO this country, ut least
for a tinln for IL has hmm NO annrnt for