Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-29

time, ana was Inc son q a D0tanlSt Oh
the period-the sons taking to flowers
Of rhetoric. The daily memento Of such
advice must be Of good service to many
a calendar turner. Sometimes IN the
quoted couplet the adjective worthy
appears substituted for "noble"-which
later is undoubtedly the best woodland
as the first word count" takes the
place Of think other one SEEM
ingly preferable Apropos Of quotations
there is a pending hunt for the author
OF the phrase-"between the. devil and
the deep sea-
A LOVE STORY.
Returning to New Years Day. | NO
ticed this morning on ramb.e among
the book stores of Fifth avenue lady
alighting from carriage IN front OF
the Scribners, on whose feminine shoul-
ders rests charming Nsw Years Day
romance known to only few social vet
Grams. She is matron now and grand
mother, with Martha Washington siKery
hair and placid face; but half'a century
ago she was a maiden belle o. Fashion
able Clinton place-a locality now sur
rendered to French wine shops and
tenements At this date she is a widow
Of a lawyer who died wealthy; and to
whose fragrant memory she remained
true. She was g0verness in wealthy
family, whom t had brought from Eng
land, the daughter OF poor village cur
ate. but accomplished and full of vi
vacity and nerve. She was also a
beauty, but unpretent,ous. The mother
of the family that employed her had
young daughters whom the governes
instructed, and whom it wa. desirable
in time to marry to some eligible party.
Young Bolton was recently-a6mitted
lawyer-of the profession trad!t:onally
understood Ito work hard, live well and
die poOr"-of excellent family, and an
inveterate New Years Day caller, using
the anniversary-which the Paris:ans
charmingly emphasize as lie jour de
l'aw'-as the occasion for bringing up
yearly arrears Of calls due his entertain
ers and ;ntimates when the twelve
months closed.
In the year when Polk was elected
President and revenue tariff first beat
protective tariff at the polls, this young
Bolton engaged in New York calling.
New York was not an extended
metropolis then. and calling did not
stretch over large area, and hack hire
was cheap. HIS one hundredth call
came during New Year evening at the
Clinton place house, where the English
governesS was; and she had been per-
mitted to assist her charges in receiv-
iDn hn Of tho 1aU from
the peripatetic beauX. When young
Bolton arrived the drawing room was
full, and very eligible bachelors We're
around the daughters. Madame la Mere
received Bolton politely, but with that
motherly air OF you are young and
handsome. but you have not the neces
sary worldly income for marriage with
any of my daughters" the air so prev
alent in our hypocritical, sham, New
York society. She, therefore, shrewdly
threw Bolton for entertainment on the
governess, who, as was the custom n
New York receptions, soon led him to
the retiring room. where refreshments
were exposed, and politely desired to
serve him. When the Introduction was
made, Madame la Mere had leaned to-
wards Bottoms ear with a whisper.
When he and the governess had reach
ed the refreshment room, he noticed q
tear family glistening in her eye, and
he Immediately felt his own face taking
os a comu.:serating look. AS he after
ward said. 1t was mutual case Of love
at first sight. He was one of the quick
est, mentally Of mortals, and immedia-
tely coupled the stealthy whisper with
the tear, and began: II assure you the
whisper, somewhat rude, l admit, was
not advantageous to you"
"Oh, say no more" was the rejoinder.
in the sweetest Anglican Of voices"
knew what it W; 4 She said only the
governess, l am impressed every mo-
ment CT my existence with the scOrn of
that word only. They are all kind to
me, but I have nothing to complain OF
but-but"-
And the butts came IN sobs. He I'M
pulsively took her hand Gt is yet small
and delicate) and sympathetica,ly
pressed il. But she rallied. and IN
few moments, unintent;onally, shone at
her very best; while he also came 10
time as a sparring conversat.Onalist
pugil!st The minutes rapidly passed,
when Madame Ia Mere entered, and,
sarcastically addressing the gOvernesS.
whom temporary excitement had made
more beautiful in appearance than ever.
curtly said: Your charges need your
assistance" Again the one tear. and
pgain the sympathetic. instantaneous
au reVoir COX from the young lawyer;
when the conversation between matron
and visitor lapsed into the usual per-
functoriness of a New York reception,
when he said adieu n the drawing
room. his charmer had gone, and he
made a discCnsOlate exit. II was then
etiquette for beauX to leave the first
week of January to the ladies'. VINO i'm
proved il by calls among themselves and
in rehearsing their New Year Day ex-
per.ences and triumphs; so that not un-
til ten days afterwards did he essay an
other call. Madame la Mere and the
daughters received HIM. He was polite
enough to inquire after the charming
young lady who had enterta.sed him on
The New Year Day. The auswers were
curt. and. to an extent, disparagable.
With his usual quickness Bolton saw
they were all jealous; and be began at
tentions to the elder daughter and was
SO soon in her good graces that when ne
next called she alone appeared. But
still on repeated calls no governess. He
balnted the neighborhood, but yet no
signs of her appearance; until one day
Of sleet which he braved he was reward
ed in seeing her emerge with m2ckin-
tosh and umbrella evidently on an err
rand for her Charges" To join her
was an easy work. Once more the tell
tale tear and the telltale look Of SYM
Uathy that soon was succeeded by MS
tender tone. And there and then in that
short walk ne gained her entire con-
fidence and she gained the promise Of
mis- heart and hand if. But the IFS
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