The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-07
AcT l.
Scene.

breakfast room In Lord AVeneIS
country house. Butler discovered. He
arruDGts chairs, smoothR the table
cloth, puts newspaper at the back OF
Lord Avenel's chair. Takes bundle OF
letters from O tray oil the sideboqfd and
lays them before three chairs,
Butler.--Herc's the lot. and a pretty
lot 1t IS Glad I'm not his lordshlp's
secretary. Answering all these letters
every day would xiii me IN n week, Give
me my pantry and the silver and ask
no better lot. For his lprdShlp-one,
two - (countsl = twenty-four letters,
with u parcel. (Takes up small parcel
( tied With red tape and sealed, looks NJ
Il, feels It. weights Il, lresgcs IL
Marked Immediate" Looks as u Il
had paper inside OF Il. More reading
more writin. That pore young man, the
secretary. Some folks are greatly TO ne
piled, Now my lady'S letters. One,
two--heres scented one--sOtnethinR
sweet from another lady-grcat ladies
love each other q vast deal more than
my friends in the servants hall, Here's
a trade5uian's bill, take It. Her, lady
ship iSn't In hurry to pay her bills. but
give her time, give her time. What's
the use OF being countess II you can't
get time? One. two. (counts) eleven
letters. mostly Invitations. Pleasure Is
q weary business. Give me my pantry
and my silver. Ilullo! Here's q rum
my start! The last letter for my lady
Is Just exactly in the same handwriting
as the packet for my fordt Odd, amt
sit7 compares thcm,l Great square
handsome SIS: same t's; some--well
Il doesn't matter TO me, Here's the
7 captains letters ne-thIt's awoman's
handwriting. The captain has way
with him Another ictter-Hnd another
--and-dash my buttons, II this isn't
the rlmmiest so! NNhy--this letter Is
written In the same handwriting oS the
other two II must be . hospital letter
--Or q church restoring-or permanent
incApa hit---weil--W e!l--(lays down let
tiers be fore lleuteuant's chair.
(EntCr Charles Vernon)
Veraon.-Her lRdyship dowu,yet2
Butler-Not yet sir. Your lette9a sir.
(Puts them on tray and haHds them.
Lieutenant Vernon BnatcheS the letter
whose handwriting has astohtsbsd the
butler. puts the pcst In his pocket and
tears this one open and reads hur-
FIclly,)
vernon.-The devil
(Bptler. with iinnasslvc face. goes on
smoothing table cloth, setting knives
and forks In proper places, pokes hre)
Vernon walks UP and down the room
with vexation.l
tRutier walks round the table critic
ally. EXIT
Vernon. SQ1eads the letter again.
Since you have given me no answer 70
my frst letter and none TO my second. /
shall prove TO you that can bite rs well
as bark have sent all the love letters
that you have been writing 10 Lady
AVepel 10 his lortlshlp. You will have
an opportunity OF explaining things to
hin--l understand that you are his
guest. This will make the business all
the pleasanter Tor you" This is pref
~ business. Why the devil didn't Isn-
bel destroy the COMPOUNDED letters.
when we broke II OF? This person is
woman clearly; an uneducRted woman
where is Isabel? Why doesn't she
come down in proper time for break
fast? oh! confound the thing What
am to say? There's no date. know
there's no date on any OF the letters.
He will think they were written yester-
dayl
Lady A.-Good morning Charlie. Have
you gotten any letters this morning.
anything from Clarice?
Vernon.--I haven't looked yet I've
had something else to think about.
Lady A.-WhRt is the matter. my
dear boy? You look worried.
We rHon.-I am worried. Look here,