The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
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uccislon. IL happened, however, tnat the
noble lord waz visiting the country house
OF peer of much higher rank and older
creation than himself, and for worder
the daughter did not accompany him. The
peer, however, was possessed or daugh-
ter who, though in her thirties, was still
handsome and attractive. Now, the wild
over, after fashion not unknown among
elderly widowers, had a habit which caused
his careful daughter infinite disquiet, o
habit of drawing the arms OF nice young
women through his own, holding their
hands, or even, in moments OF abstraction,
putting his arm about their waists, though
all in a most fraternal and inoffensive
manner. One rainy Sunday afternoon the
wldower and the peers daughter walked
IN the long picture gallery, and his arm in
some unaccountable manner slipped about
her waist just one moment before that very
stately and impressive lady, the peers
wife, opened the door.
In For II.
my daughter. what does this mean"
she cried sternly, but instantly added: "Of
course l see. Dear Lord Brassey, this is
delightful There is 10 one TO whom we
would more willingly give our darling
child
In his confusion the widower was IN
able to explain, and he forgot TO remove
his arm. The confused lady hid her face
on the only convenient hiding place near
his shoulder-and when he went back to
London next day he bore with him the
terrifying thought that he should have to
tell his daughter of the approaching ad-
vent Of stepmother. 1t is said that he
sat up all night trying TO write the news
to his self willed child, and that after
tearing up half bushel Of note paper he
achieved this:
DEAR MURIEL-I am going to marry La
dy -. Your affectionate father, B.
He then took the train for Paris before
she awoke, remaining there a week until
she was calmer.
The apparently slight trif1es upon which
the beginning of a courtship may rest were
exempli.ied in the case Of Mrs willie X. "
Vanderbilt, as she is commonly called. 1t
seems that Mrs. Vanderbilt, who was Miss
Smith at that time, was visiting some
wealthy friends at Saratoga. One day the
expected arrival of young Mr.. Vanderbilt
was under discussion.
Why don't you make him marry your
inquired the hostess, turning to Miss
Smith. HE has such heaps of money,
and you would know SO we'll how to
spend it"
"Oh, be wouldn't look at me, " returned
her pretty but penniless companion. Men
are always first attracted by something in
a woman's dress that happens to catch
their eye, and my clothes are all 80 dull
and plkin I wouldn't stand q ghost of a
chance.
We'll, he shall look at you if frock
can make him." declared the warm heart
ed matron. You are going to wear a
Worth gown of mine to dinner tonight,
and Willie Vanderbilt's fate will only be
a question of time"
A Radiant Vision.
Sure enough, the first thing the young
millionaire saw that evening when he
mounted the steps was lovely figure in
yellow silk and white muslin and lace.
MrS Vanderbilt as a girl looked like
young Spanish senorita, with that brilliant
transient bloom which makes southern
women so exquisite for a moment. The
level light of the setting sun lit up her
dark eyes, flushed cheeks and the deep red
rose which, as the fashion was then, she
Wore tucked low in her hair.
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in three weeks she had promised TO be his
wife. Alas and alas that the final out
come of their married life has been SO IN
Fortunate!
Antemafrin1onial Fear.
There is much undeniable testimony to
the fact that a large number of men of the
highest honor and integrity, men sincerely
and faithfully in love with their betrothed,
have at the last minute before marriage
shrunk with Overwhelming re-
luctance from the contamination of a life
and instead of crossing the rag
ing Hellespont or undergoing danger and
to secure their beloved, have
basely run away in a panic. The most IA
nous case of this antematrimonial terror
was that of President Lincoln. His failure
to appear Oh his wedding day is a subject
always avoided and CLOSED over by his
who are evidently at loss to
explain his strange actions. There can
De no doubt that Mr.. Lincoln was sim
ply the subject OF an unreasoning repug-