Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-22
OUR COUNTY, COUSIN.

This is how II all Dappeueu MY TWO
sisters. the fashionable Misses Sey-
mour. toward the end of a certain sum-
mer. having been the round Of all the
summer resorts and firing Of the last
one. suddenly remembered that some
where in the rural districts in the inte-
rior of the State they possessed some
cousins of more or less nearness or dis
lance
As a last resort, in order to overcome
the ennui that was gradually taxing
possession of them, they decided TO SET
tie down upon these cousins for the re-
naming of the late summer and the
heated period of the autumn.
With them to decide was to act, so
with almost unfashionable alacrity-
and nv sisters were sticklers for fash
ion. too-letters were despatched TO the
suddenly remembered cousins and the
answer to them awaited with breath
less Impotence.
They came at last, bearing the most
cordial invitation for my sisters 10 fol-
low their inclinations and come up into
the country az their earliest convent
ence.
To say that my sisters jumped at the
chance would be wholly misleading; my
sisters never jumped at anything; they
were entirely too elegant for that.
But with surprising haste they an
swered, informing their hostesses when
they would arrive, and then on tho
heels of the letters swept up into the
country. bag, bandbox and baggage.
Letters told us how they found the
cousins, a charming widow and her
daughter. with fine old place, and,
what blessed it. real country hospitali-
". The widow was set down as a per-
son whohad seen something of life and
the daughter was voted nice, though
triAe old-fashioned.
AS father and l were very busy In
town that summer we did not JOIN the
ladies in the country, but merely took
weeks fishing at one of our fayorite
haunts and went right back TO work
again. so it was not until early October
when the girls came back TO town,
brown as berries and full Of the pleas
ures of their trip, that received a reg
ular detailed description of my cousin
Harriet and her daughter Alice.
And from the description | gathered
that the young lady was a person who
would do Well-fOr the country.
Indeed, my sisters gave me very
plainly TO understand that our cousin,
Alice Seymour, would not shine under
the city's lamps.
in q few days after their return there
was nothing now to tell either OF their
trip or OF their entertainers, and l
heard no more of my country cousins
until one day NEARLY winter, when the
female portion of the household was
thrown into sudden CONSERVATION by
the arrival OF a letter from Mrs. Har-
riet Seymour in which she informed
nv sisters and their maternal parent
that she would like to have her daugh-
ter spend a month in town with them.
There were sundry other remarks Of
pleasant and personal nature in the
letter, but they werd hardly noticed in
the all obscuring importance of the de-
sire expressed.
Sister Florence came to me with in
dignation written in every feature.
ITO think" she exclaimed, cousin
Alice wants to come here.
We'll why shouldn't she?" I asked.
"Why shouldn't she?" echoed Flor
eDce. why. it simplay can't be done
"Why not?"
My sister did not deign to answer me,
but swept away in great Indignation.
1t was Caroline next who expressed to
me how awful the idea was | expressed
my entire inability TO see its awfulness,
and was told by my sister that men
didn't understand these things at all.
Il understand, ! think" said that
you accept the hospitality Of people
whose kindness You are unwilling 10 re-
turn" and Caroline LETT me in disgust
Then mother whispered TO me conf
dentially that she couldn't see how she
was going 10 avoid having that girl,
come, and was entirely amazed when !
asked why she she should wish 10 avoid
IT,
why, 1t would never do in the world,
| Hubert" said mother Il love the girl
as well as any one can, but you know
! that the country and city are 50 differ
emit"
rs my cousin a LADY," I asked.
TO be sure" said my mother, but
rs she an idot?"
why, certainly not, but
Can she tell a train Of cars from
hansom?'
"Hubertw
well, then, I can't see why its going
70 be such a terrible thing 70 bring her
to the city.
My mother left me with the parting
assurance that men never could appre-
! ciate such difficulties
But, after studying it, they could find
no way but to allow the girl to come, and
/ come she did
The girls wanted 10 send servant 20
meet her but I insisted on going my
self, so Florence went with me.
could hardly believe thai the dainty
little lady In the gray travelling suit,
who answered my sisters greeting with
quiet smile, was the Objectionable
! country cousin. She was lady all over
from her charming hat to her pretty lit
| tie walking boots.
She was so pretty that as looked az
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