Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-29
LORD MULLINS DAUGHTER.

| steward and regent since her lauysA4p
demise, he felt responsible for many
| things. in view Of the coming sovereign
ty of his only daughter.
! Lord Mullin. who had broad, unaraDle
acres somewhere in Ireland, was qu.te
willing to take care of Miss Crittenden
American millions, which she bestowed
upon him, together with her heart ana
hand, but she only lived sixteen years
after this international match, leaving
| Lord Mullin the double care OF fortune
and half-grOwn girl.
One would have imagined that after
] his bereavement his lordship might nave
sought his native heath and sojourned
in the home of his fathers during his
term of mourning, but the house OIL MS
fathers leaked and was otherwise I'M
comfortable, even had he considered
such an idea, and Lord Mullin had at MS
disposal his mnsion on Fifth avenue,
mis- cottage at Newport and his villa on
the Hudson.
To this last he retired for three years,
| emerging at the end of that time Phoe-
nix-like from the ashes Of his afilictlon
TO find himself an object Of tender inter-
est to many who welcomed him and his
! poor. motherless girl" and made much
/ of them. But Lord Muilin thought no
more of marriage. He had gained every
| thing through his one venture. He
might not be so fortunate again, and be-
sides he did not wish 10 run the gauntlet
of the Crittenden censure, from Papa
Crittenden down.
He strOve to impress upon Beatrice
! the impOrtanceof her position, and to ed
Lucate her up to the accepted standard OF
society but she scorned the approved
forms of instruction, though her father
had secured the best Of masters. she
knew many things. She could ride and
row. she could handle a gun, she could
dance, but isoceles triangles and algeb-
raic equations were enigmas to her, and
there were Ologies upon 0lOgies Of which,
she was ignorant.
Lord Mullin was in despair, until Be
atrice herself solved the problem.
Send me to college" she said. IF
there is anything in me the faculty vii!
have it out
Lord Aullin grasped at this straw, and
at the end Of Two years, when Beatrice
came home, he noted vast improve
ment on the Beatrice that went away, |
besides. developing IN grace and athletic
proves She had CLEANED the learning
that her quick brain absorbed easily, |
knowing at the same time how to tenn
per her outside sports to render them So
cially acceptable. In a word, she had |
acquired the Alpha and Omega Of social |
ethics-tact Lord Mull.n was, there |
fore, highly pleased with the beneficial |
effect of collegiate training
One must not infer from this that Be-
atrice was stupid-far from it! There is |
surely room in the thinking world for |
people Of all tastes. Beatrice merely |
preferred polo to polygons and bicycles |
TO biology, and here We strike her ruling
passion until-but we must not hurry.
Beatrice took to her wheel as a duck !
to water, only with infinitely more
grace. She rode constantly at college, !
keeping up the practice during the pc
riOd which preceded their flight TO
Newport, for Lord Mullin. as before /
limited, was coming out of his shell and
beginning to take everything in season |
like the rest of the world
Beatrice had long spins by herself on !
The banks OF the Hudson, with the beau
tiful river for cOmpany-and her own
thoughts, which she dreamed out in
happy solitude.
1t CHANGED early one morning she
took a longer ride than usual, with O.
groom on horseback, who cantered
some distance in her wake. in case her
bicycle broke down or some Unforeseen !
accident occurred upon the road. His
sleek, well fed mount carried him at q
jog trot, leaving her practically as
much alone as ever.
She was singing as he bOwled along,
little birdlike, plaintive airs which
flOated far across the silent country.
and watching the sunshine on the
sparkling water, and she did not see
/ that an obstacle doomed ahead of her.
The groom was too far behind to warn
her, and it was not until she felt the
shock of contact with something i'm
| movable and the pressure Of a strong
hand on her front wheel that she was
reused to the danger of her situation.
Hold hard, there said a pleasant
manly voice. 81 verify believe If it
hadn't been for my automatic brakes
we should both have taken q morning
! dip in the Hudson. If you will dis
mount l viii eXtricate our wheels and
repair damages
Beatrice gave him a curious glance as
she obeyed him. He was a tall. well
made young fellow, of athletic build
with a frank, boyish face which was
goOd TO see. The general impression
was satisfactory, she thought, as she
stood meekly steadying her wheel as he
worked away, remarking at the same
time that his wheel needed no support.
Were you standing still when l ran
into your she inqired.
ooh, yes; had on the brakes This
| glimpse Of the Hudson pleased me, and
| l paused to write a sonnet to its memo
! ~. My we're is not immortal. yet l
| should like to air my youthful conceits
in after years. This view is inspiring"
Eyes" assented Beatrice but the
! brakes-please explain-do they enable
you to stand stock still upon your bicy-
| Gle and make poetry about the see
nery?"
The young man looked up smiling
from his labor.
Even so. A little invention of my
own. My bicycle bristles with ideas of
mine, some goOd-all original Ny ma
chine is my stock in trade: my capital.
/ l make my money ont Of it, But YOU"
eyeing her keenly, you know nothing
about money. You are to the manor
born, it is plain. could even guess
your name. if you would not deem it
impeTtinent"
Surely" said Beatrice, there is no
/ harm.