The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-11-09

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Pres says hat 0sosgs ". VaDdwbiIt
will ct his Christnaas dinner h hia
Gbatssa. This fhct bof paramount In
portsuce to Ill Ashsvills society. u
fact everything that George Vanderbilt
doe nts tho Ashsvills mind agog -espec-
jslly the female portioa. He y familiaFiy
known - '.0sorgs" OF 'sCousin George,
and no one ever takes Tie trouble 10 man.
tion his full name.
ssGecrgss sstats." "Georgeb house,
and "0eorgss plans" fdrnish the main
topic Of conversation. The general dot
ter Of interest IL accumulated whsn the
news spreads through Asheville that
.sGsorgs" Il coming to live ct his farm
house and inspect tho progress Of the
chateau, which IL nearing completion.
There Il > regular procession Of vehicles
of different kinds to Biltmore. Biltmore
is the name Of the posto6ice and station
1t the entrance to the estate. More than
ono pair Of eyes grow bright then with
the expectation of gazing upon George,
and moro than one feminine heart beats
faster a. its owner thinks what might hap
pom If only she were introduced to this
young money prince under favorable cir
cumstances.
The prevailing idea that George Van
derbilt u proof against the charms Of al
women has given spicy thrill Of pleas
ure to tho Ashevllle women ~ they dis
CUES him over their afternoon teacups.
Every few weeks the rumor spreads that
he 10 engaged to some ono. Once in six
months there Is new fancee. The last
sweetheart they say, had red hair.
George Vanderbilt arrived unexpected
ly At the chateau one day last week, when
the throng of visitors who promenade
round the chateau every pleasant day was
in full SWING. It is peculiar state of
affairs that although everybody in this
country takes . proprietary interest In
George Vanderbilt, very few know him
by sight. So comments were passed
freely npon the appearance Of this great
stone building almost in the presence of
the young proprietor.
While everybody goes to see the Van
derbilt estate just ~ If they we're going
on q Canterbury pilgrimage, many are
disappointed. This day in particular the
public nose was out of joint because no
permits to 60 through the house could
be obtained. The sun was hot and the
great white walls Of the chateau almost
blinded one with their piercing glare.
II do not see what George could pos
sibly want with . place like this. 1t
looks just like IN abbey" said naughty
looking Southern woman. "Whst did I |
ever come out here fort" walled little !
bride whose nose was blistered with heat |
and whose eyes were filled with dust. |
No one paid the slightest attention to q
foreign looking young man who lounged
on one of the balconies chatting in an an
imated way to young woman. The
men and women who peered into the
stable windows and CAPPED at the hall en-
trance, deciding that they would not have
@. w. v. in = monogram around tho cor
nice of the chateau, that the dragons were
not proper cymbols for home, and ex-
pressing these opinions aloud, would have
been electrified if they had known that
they were looking upon the very George
they adore and that he was devotine him.
'elf to young woman.
Two young women seemed to be the
only persons who enjoyed the situation
spjoined by the blissful ignorance of the
visitors and the apparent unconscious
nodesty of George Vanderbilt. These
Two stood in front of the house, laughing
md looking at the young millionaire and
It the people passing him under the i'm.
preston that be was one of the workmen,
u architect or superintendent, perhaps,
lever dreaming that he was the idol Of
heir hearts. For Asheville people are
eally fond of this young man.
ut is 90 deliciously absurd" said the
1srk-eyed girl, ''to see him standing
here, with g. w. v. traced in stone above
lis head and watch these people criticise
'is possesnons. can just zee how these
women would fly around like chickens
nth their heads out of If they realized
hat that man was their George The
rouble is that everybody expects that be-
ause George Vanderbilt IL immensely
Wealthy he must DO - large - Grover
Cleveland In figure. And they never
lream he can be small and intelligent
ooking."
Before George Vanderbilt loft the
hateau that afternoon it leaked out that
. was present and favored few saw him
rive Of. This almost led to Z separation
q certain boarding houses when they re-
urned and entered the dining room with