Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18
COLONEL FAIRHOLMES WIFE.

The rupture was all about two-acra
field. Colonel Fairholme, J. p want want,
ed 1t to'fll out a dent in his r.hs . l5nG ~
and Sir George Warburton steppeu J."
and bought t over his head. -.
And you can consider your enSeso,
ment at an end, sir the |oloue,
wrathfully informed his nephew anu
! heir mo daughter Of that SNEAK
shall he mistress of Broadwater.
Then. EVELYN and Dick held a councH
of war on neutral stile. II,
i've had similar instructions, saiu
the girl. They're very much in l,.lI
ed at present. but II won't last WIN
in six weeks somebody will be giving
reconciliation dinner party. Kho"
the dear old things so well. 10,
Rnt before the month was out COL
onel F'airhOlme was on MS way " aus
tralia. ns+o. bis
arrival in Melbourne he communicated
regularly either with his maiden sister
or with Dick. Then there was gap
for q couple of mails, and Dick was get
1 ting uneasy and meditating a cable OF
inquiry when the anx.ously expected
letter arrived.
INV Dear Boy have a piece OF
news for vou which, | dare say, VIII
surprise you very much. After Delng
q confirmed bachelor for nearly sixty
wears I have found my better half at
last. l made her acquaintance at the
table d'hote here and we were married
last Monday.
"The lady is a great deal younger
than myself, and l may say, without
boasting, as charming in disposition as
she is in appearance. You cannot taiF
to- like her, and am sure you will botn
be the best Of friends.
I'VE are leaving in fortnight by tho
Ormuz. so You will know when to eX-
pect us.
HORACE FATRHOLME.
"P. S.-Please break the news gent
" as you can to your aunt.-H. F.
A few days after the letter came
| brief note for Dick
"Just a few lines to catch the mail.
There is a t.resome delay in the final
arrangements. and find that l cannot
leave as soon as I hoped, as the berths
are already booked for Ormuz Adele
will come on alone with her maid.
Meet her at Southampton. l shall fol-
low by next Orient boat
| Dick wondered little at the ar
rangement. but did not fail to meet hid
uncles wife when the time arrived.
! She was a tall woman of tWenty-e!ght
or thirty, undeniably handsome, and
DESTROYS of winning the good graces Of
her husbands nephew.
Nevertheless, Dick did not ta&a
| fancy to her In fact, she ratherre
pelledhim. However, she quite won
Miss Fa!rholme's simple soul by COM
plimenting her upon her housekeeping
and refusing to interfere with such
admirable management; also she pro-
fessed great interest in the estate.
81 am so fond Of the country" she
told them. and your English scenery is
so picturesque and homelike. l prom
| Use myself a ramble every morning be-
fore breakfast"
But one day Dick saw something
which gave him the curious notion that
after all. it was not the beauties of ma
ture that attraced her. He saw Mrs.
Fa!rholme walking briskly down the
road outside to meet the postman-
! there was only one delivery in that part
| of the worldwide was about to leave
| the BrOadWater letters at the lodge.
She stopped the man. and he gave her
an envelope. which she opened and red
on the spot
HUM ihe reflected. $50 Mrs. Fair
! hOlme is so anxious about her cores
pondence that she takes the trouble to
go out and meet it at half-past seven
A. NJ"
That afternoon he was at the village
postoffce, and the postmaster. who was
also the grocer, happened to be serving
himself
Il saw letter for you with the Mel
bourne pOstmark on it this morning.
sir he said, with the license of an old
tenant. Il hope the Colonel's well?"
William confirmed the statement
emphatically, and Furthermore votlun-
teered the information that the new
mistress of Broadwater had met him
on the highway, near the lodge gates.
and requested him to hand the letter
over to her
Thanks" said Dick, lightly "Of
course Mrs. Fairholme has forgotten to
give it to me. I'll ask her to give it to
me. I'll ask her about it"
Conscious of her duplicity, Dick could
scarcely force himself to be civil to her.
But she appeared not to notice his mo-
roseness, and in the evening, after din
ner she rose from the piano suddenly.
as though on impulse.
BY the way" she said, "have you
the key Of the strong room, Dick? |
meant to ask You before and forgot |
should so much like to see the family
| jewels Your uncle told me that he
has some wonderful rubies, which he
brought from India. Bring them down.
there's a dear boy"
The dear. boy" obeyed without the
best grace in the world, and Mrs Fair
holme admired the jewels and played
with them all like a child with a new
toy. But the rubies seemed especially
to captivate her fancy.
They are magnificent she said. and
her eyes were almos as bright with
| excitement as the gems themselves. 81
never saw anything like them. And
the diamonds are fine, too. But these
old-fashioned settings are horrible. !
shall have them all reset at once. Do
you know the address OF a good Jew
eler?"
Linklater, Of Bond street. is one of
the best ! believe. But If you will ex-
cuse me saying so, don't you think the
matter will keep till the ColonePs re-
turn? I'm not sure that he would care
TO have them altered"
"Oh, he won't object if it is my wish. -
she said. sweetly. Il am going into the