Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-27
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
MRS. C. E. PATTERN.

Mis-. L. Il. BAL TERN.
1t was my first table d'hote dinner at
the Hotel de Nice. AS it was nearing
the end of October, visitors to the south
were as yet few and far between and of
a distinctly embarrassing order. While
my eyes were straying over the elderly
commonplace Darbys and Joans gath
cred round the festive board, | began
to regret my choice Of 4 domicile and
Involuntary formed plans for beat
ing a speedy retreat on the morrow. l
was what is known as q crusty bach
elcr, and worse, of uncertain age. The
former fact troubled matchmaking
mothers more than myself, as my COM
Portable independence rendered me
comparatively content, and l did not
yearn for the joys CD Of a freside of my
own and some one else 10 spend my
money.
Ny greatest and absorbing interest
wss conferred in humanity. l was an
ardent psychological student, and in
consequence liked to surround myself
with youthful society and watch the
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CJtI-y H~A.I-'e, anu 1H2e sne was WIN
te-IHS dU4Oad lor 'he Deneht OF nef
uaus A-oI' d AisAly nervous ana delicate
eHI'
IL me Cou - - u ,1 . ~" u3yS was 3ole
~ io--'ei -'i 10, .. my .4u some sH5A1
% 'io0' 1iiI tIc "04 u-iu'iEce mus De-
gun SJoH ueNeIopeu mo sincere
II ne Gne was very chai'y,
"o4l iu4CIA!eu woman ana passed
many p!e'StHo nouns in her society
MAlie SiieA'Iy pursuing my lnVestga-
tlol u hef uduslter' l discovered nor
10 Ie an uHusuaiiy pure mlnded and
hlgh s2ul'd 6ifI' o. a very quiet and
lo1IC1I1 u.9g'1i~ioH' Her liooher
II1nhiy confessed mat 10 her she was
l cen cCIupiS,e enigma
On HIS ne! or DesH uIHeIen1' MI
DIaI L.Si Sne s1Iu aauIy. IL seems I'M
gosSIole 10 interest her III ahythlng
! 'o1n neI earnest years she mas Deeh
the same ana never took 10 romping or
Toys Hhe oIher chlluren. II l were
supeIs-lllou5-"nlch, thank heaven
n not should believe that poor
Evelyn was under some malign infiu-
ence. When she was at boarding
sehool, her lelloW pupils used to say
nat Lar seeing look she mas IN her
iioui nlul eyes oeVoAeHeu an carry deatn
OF uageoy' VI course mat Is all non
sense SUI, Woulu give good deal to
see her diiferent'
l suggested that there may have been
an unfortunate attachment 10 account
LOT MISS IiliiydIu despondency, put
this her holner Vehemently negatiyed.
one mas never SHOWN the slightest
p4ruaiiIy lot any one, she resumed.
only WISH she would, for 1t might
be the dawn or new existence for her.
She has had many admirers and sew
eral offers of marriage, but she has re-
fused them all with cold disdain. She
likes reading, though not novels, as you
may suppose, but what l call creepy
literature, and if she has real liking
for anything it is music. I have seen
her spellbound at Paderewski recital
or listening to an oratorio."
alas. we have no Paderewskis here
to wake the sleeping soul" observed,
glancing around OF the stifly furnished
apartment and at its inmates. some Of