The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-19

mother. tearfully. Colonel Kilgore and
Mir Cliff will tell you that you have
reached the last extremity"
'They have been tellln' me that amy
time this half Il dozen years. remarked
his lordship, grinninE, while the colonel
and the lawyer looked things unuttera-
bic.
..rhc last extremity" reiterated her
lndyshlp, who felt poor woman, vague
~ pleased to. have acquired phrase
at once expressive and unanswerablc
A few days later huge Cunard
steamer blowing westward through u
! rough nutumnal sea carried among her
first. class passengers that ornament OF
hereditary legislation In the kingdom
TINT dIspenses civilization to the world
the young Lord TeVolt. His only ac-
uualutnnce on board was his man ser
want. n discreet BrItOn, But as no soon
er does one touch the quays at Liver
pool on the sailing day of Il crack boat
bound for America than Q distinct al
mosphere OF the states makes Itself felt,
| TeVolt began also nj once TO be nj nome
| among his fellowpassengers: The great
| err number OF them were In families,
| returning after summer OF travel In
England and on the continent. Before
they had anchored off Queenstown TO
take on the latest mails, our young lord
was identified by several aspiring mem
beers OF the new worlds society. While
he stood In n bored sort OF way. watch-
ing the greedy Eulls swarm In the wake
OF the ship. and the gymnastics OF the
young ladies OF Cork who had come
out In their rowboats to dispose OF mer-
chandise aboard. he was touched on the
arm and accosted by a atranger IN
OtNnnflnn
lust then rlveted by the spectacle OF n
''wIld Irish girl slipping reckiessly
down n line from the upper deck into
her boat below. wherein man lay nap
ming In the morning sun. He was not
dlspogcd to give err 10 the newcomer
Rut the stranger, waiting patiently
ended by offering his card, with the as
surauce that he and his family, who
were aboard. would be most happy to
do all In their power to secure the social
enjoyment OF Lord Tevolt during his
visit TO the states.
My Lord Tevoit, however. was not
thus to be thrown away upon chance
acquaintance OF FhiPboaTd, The steam
er sailing from Southampton two days
before his own had carried In itS mall
bags letter addressed by the countess
downger to an acquaintance she had
made in the RIVERA the year before
a Mrs. Harvey Wing, Il lady OF nigh
fashion Mt Newport and In New York.
Mrs. Wing was, when the letter came
to her, stIll at her house at Newport
although the season there had long
since died n natural death. She was
feeling very tired Of everything, and
uncertain what she should next take
I'M" The marriage OF her daughter,
some months before. TO man who had
shown early In the action that ne
meant TO keep his wife under lis In
flucnce had deprived Mrs. Wig or
present compnnlonshlp; for. In that re-
spect. Mr. Wing who spent his days
as far away as he could conveniently
get from Mrs. Wing, was not available.
II was horribly dull Mt Newport, and
vet she could not think OF opening her
house in town till the time OF the Horse
Show, still some weeks distant. The
aspect OF the sea and OF nature In gen.
eral under the nutumnal skies did not
exhilCratc her. To enjoy the country
Mt that season one must have plenty
OF work or cheerful company. or light
heart; and Mrs. Wing had none OF these.
She was, in fact, in that mental condl-
ton not classified by science. but in our
latter days commonly occurrent among
women OF her class; Mrs. Wing was In
want OK an object"
we may now take the privilege OF
reading, over her shoulder, the letter
from Lady Tevolt, that, as the pcrisal
progressed. recalled animation long abb
sent from its recipients face.
CTo BE coNTINuEDJ