Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-11

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| these times of storm and stress his an
cIent rstraIners would approach him
with trembling 1--we and do his several
biddings with terrified alacity. de
had now reached 81 and assumed all
the privileges that that mature age De-
slows upon the masculine portion OF hui
manity. He scoffed al reconstruction,
hated Jefferson Davis and bowed to the
memory OF Robert q. Lee, with whose
army be had served.
The major had many warm friends,
but his choicest spirit was the son OF
his dearest, deceased friend, Richard
Torrance, who, strangely enough, had
been a red hot abolitionist. Richard
Torrance, Jr., Was the majors man
among men, and he loved him for his
own sake and for the sake OF his father.
Thirty-iye, good looking, honorable,
chiyalrous and a prince among sports
men, Richard Torrance had got q place
in the majors affections second to none,
and the old gentleman was never happy
as when Torrance put his briefs aside
and came down from New York 10 shoot.
Virginia AmesWood Torrance had
never seen, for she had married and
gone from the paternal roof before be
had returned from Europe, whittier
he had ~journeyed for a prolonged course
in the study of foreign Jurisprudence.
The major never spoke OF his daught-
er TO friend or foe, but Torrance had
gathered from vague observations made
by servants that Miss Virginia" was
lies lovely" Richard had never mar
ried. 1t was, perhaps, his fathers wish
and the majors also that he and Virgin
Ia Ameswood should wed when he re-
turned from abroad, but fate and the
majors daughter had ordained other
wise. Such was the condition OF things
general and personal when Torrance,
after a short sleep, arose and dressed.
He went down TO the d~inning-room.
whittier the major had been wheeled
and was impatiently awaiting him.
major, how are you'll" he said, step
ping forward and ~grasping the out
stretched hand of his friend.
"Dick, I'm glad to see you. 1 am,
'pon my honah. I'm well, Dick, we'll
all but this internal govt. can't get
up, you see. It'll go away in a day or
two and then we'll go out after the
birds. There1l be a great slaughter,
for the country's alive with them.
They are O little fat, but they fly
strongly. It'll be great sport, Dick"
"Glad to hear that, major. Is the
govt any worse?"
Eyes, worse a little, Dick; but I'm
going to execute a flank movement on
the enemy, and cut of his supplies"
"How is that, major? Going to com
pei him to shift his base of operations,
or divide him and whip him In sections
Explain. I'm not a strategist."
"Im going to stop eating and drink
ing, Dick, and starve him into capitula-
tion."
Torrance laughed heartily at the fig
ure and the major joined. when In the
height OF his mirth his face became dis
torted with pain and he roared out,
Zebe, Zebe, you-scoundrel, come heah."
Zebe fastened In with face OF ashen
terror. "Ya-a-s, sab"
$50 and get DR.. Withers at once and
bring him with you. You hear me?"
"Ya-a-s, sab, l heah you sah." Zebe
made hasty exit, and the major moder-
ated enough TO say: Il was out after
the birds over beyond S%pooner's creek
the other day, but the pointer Is too
u to work we'll. I shot him Dick"
'Kill him?" asked Torrance, smiling
az the old mans characteristic vehe-
mence in dealing with a too eager dog.
'No, l didn't kill him but l made him
sore, Richard, l made him very sore for
a month. He won't flush any more
birds for a full month anyway. Did
you bring the Irish setters?"
Eyes, | brought them, and I didn't
bring them" responded Torrance; and
then he entered into q relation OF the
events Of the preceding night. The
major grew much interested.
"Going to walk did you say? Going
to walk? Dick, did you allow her to
say It twice 1t your presence? Didn't
you offer to carry her?' he asked excl
tedly, when the other had come TO that
portion of the narrative. Didn't you
say you'd walk twenty miles to procure
her q conveyance rather than have her
soil her boots?" .
mot exactly, major, not exactly"
replied Torrance, making allowance
for the old ~gentleman's surplus OF gal
Iantry. 81 didn't offer TO carry her,
because / didn't think she would take
kindly to that suggestion. L hadn't
known her long enough. But told
her she might ride in your carriage"
"Quite right, Dick, quite right. l
should have sent a carriage p%urposely
for her had l known she was coming"
Torrance concluded up TO the time
when the unknown had been taken
charge Of by Caroline. When he had done
or rather before be had quite finished,
the major broke out: "a lady a guest I'M
der my roof and l not know 1t. How Is
she ouartered? Where Is she? Caroline,
Jane, Matilda, Judy, go and see II the
lady wants anything. See IL she is
quite comfortable. Tell her she shall
have breakfast sent up to her room I'M
medlatIy. Find out what she would
like for her breakfast. Tell her not to
disturb herself until she feels quite dis
posed. She must be fatigued."
The major stormed around thus a
little while longer, but finally he became
calm.
$50 you lost your dogs, eh, Dick?
That's a good joke on you. The sex
b. witches you too. eh?' he chuckled.
''rll send Tom for the dogs. But
come, let US break our fast; l believe
the niggahs have put something on for
us; but If 1 didn't watch 'em, Dick,
they'd starve me to DEATH"
A servant wheeled the major to the
table, but before eating he summoned
again with considerable uproar the sew
eral females domestics. with half dozen
more, to bid them attend to the require
ments Of the lady. They came In an
swer to his bidding, with faces that
bore mingled EXPRESSIONS OF terror, OF