The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-17
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sLlElI'iER PLAl
THERE i,ayeEthe satisfaction Of
Knowing what II gis an about. and OF
appearing dlsnlaed and frm at the
sane timer z y \ gtisS
Mr. stnnten chuckled to himself as
v S2t y held a sealed envelope up 20 the
! slll;hs critically. Z. n n 4 "
tod him \ should return his lets
ters l,nS opened, and 4 there this one Eoes.
q fer Az lths world as .fSI hadn't an idea
p s of what " eontalns. :
And With another pleased little CUR
SIC nc his own sharpness, Mr. Stanton
\ placed the letter addressed 10 i. Luke
stanton. esrl. Grant Hotel. Great START
ieutfl, into another envelope anu re-
addressed III 70 Adrian stanton, esl.,
Turner Sttadlos, suskin Road, Isensing-
2tot y. n hen sise rang the bell and Sdellr-i
cred NJ 10 tcie walter to ba put into the
ondo.i ipost tagss atter ~ hich he Walk
4 Isl ~ the boy Window and stood look
4 ING QUO uEpr the I'm sea aud 4 he long
II cSp ~ vol low sand. s} 4. 3;
tireat Stnrtmolt rs not a fashion,
4 9 blss seasi Dc resort: indeed, 1t Is chiefly
y ~ req lieiited by the conyalescent dys-,
4 ipeIlt tics Anglo Indians with = snllDws
colnpleS tons unl abort stemperS, and!
s ON tiival lids. p 1}uke d Stanton had
K so me u ea.c Eslrtl on account of h!s,
\ licaith. partisy because he held shares'
II an tho new hotel and Other schemes for,
King Grent Stursmouth& q ~ tile lea4
Y finereal and q; title more ohtabte.
~ Bit. ggiettsly as the ilnanciel. Az as gen
erall y occupie with his comp mics and
3 dis sche u,tes. at the present momcntjl he
\ was thinRaSs Of nei,h al !, lie stood
4 gazing b!aa,klS but on the beach, his.
s2hands thrslst deep into Ahls pockets,
: sJing Ing me, loose bins and Keys there
On. iyf s1 ss s5i "a i II " & y a H.
AR. Stanton was busy repentIngi.to,
vs. himself the contents OF the %letter5hc
Z had just sent I, back. Adrian Stanton,
Y was his only son. who. iby5alt the laws
lsof heredity and ACCESSIBILITY should
have been his right, hand. Alas, for the;
Ia crook edness oG this world Young
Stanton had fiatly declared Ia his
atfser some three OF four years pres.
sSlously that she hated the city. that he
could not ca kallote the scommonest sum
z of simple interest, and that he would
X never Sunderst nd the; intrieacies OF the
stock exchnngt.-titat,sin short, he de-
4 tested Hbusiness $, and meant to devote
himself to arr Luke a,ormad and
s1rared. but had ended by giving IN. and,
!ssi y spite of his affected Indifference and
e contempt 1, had hsen not n little pleased
j, hen, LAST ye ar the hanging commit!
r tee of Burlington House had accepted
Il
ton. - True. It Mad been SO hung that
/ 1T was impossible to sec 1t without
risking a dislottted neck. but that de-
all the old man conscienti1pslS iS--
Il nored. So far, .sot good. Luke Stanton
WAS almost receTiciled to art, and rath-
81 er giving to tad king; a bout my SON s
s'estudlo,S when all at once the whole
Il fabric toppled about his ears in the
4 most CHASTITY fnshion. Adr!an came to
+ him one day With tit. news that he was
Engaged 10 be married. II was sunex-
pected, but not necessarily disastrous
until tha tai truth was disclosel-he.
Sssss Luke Stanton; tile great city: man.
iieapy alike; OF purse and moral reputa-
n tion. was Expected TO welcome as, his
sdaushter-ln-law--.l model. There was
a scene-allS the stops of sp3ternal in-
dignat0n and iiikiI tingratitude We're
x pulled sou Ito their fullest, and !t$ended
IL in Adrian walking out OF the house. s53.
He made several further attempts to
i see his IA Their and bring him to a more
;amicable frame of mind, but ineffectu-
ally, and8at last. IN spite of threats 60
stop his allowance, to cut him OUT of
his will, Adrian Stnizton took to himself
the ggirliof his choice and duly 'intorm-
ed hAs father OF the fact
81 was tkan that the family solicitor.
at Luke'S dictat! ton, indlted the young
y man a letter, Informing him that his
ia ther desired to hold 40 further COM
smunication with him, and Il hat anylet-
ter nd dressed to his father from Adrian
would ibe returned unopened. =
This had happened six months ago,
lf and Mfr Stanton invlria bly, acted "a he
81 had d one npW--opened the letters over
a stea1nln. bowl 81 water. read them,
re- fastened them and sehtythem back.
n He was Just now Illuminating on the
s}s last gcpisEl WAS In the same strain
q as usual Adrian asked for mo money,
was I. a BILE to support his wife by his
s{iSbrusn but he wanted his father to
recognize her. to know. her-he wanted
is decentralization. n q \, n
I IA nd don't he wish he may get st! 1
he hussy? Never! Oh, he can
Fas; ter; for no won't get any help from me,
4 nov or ut any other time. I know VIVA
ssi t Is he's afraid I'll marry gain ~ 4
And then Luke Stanton fell into n
rererie After al, ! why not? Many men
did marry after sixty. and--and=-----.
Il; He looked at his watch hurriediy-a
quarter to foEr; then his eyes aSerly.
4 x scanned the stretch OF beach.
.S rs he'll be getting back Directly he
IL murmursd, and catching up his hat
went to disport himself along the pa
n srade. vi 4
Presently he FASTENED his step a. lit
S5s tie as a slight flgure In d muslin gown
8futtered Into view at the far end of
u the parade. u "A. ~ Fe
b. Mr.. Stanton. You'd !te; startled
ist me! How delightful to meet you,
She was Il dainty little person, with
IN a q genuine complexion! big blue eyes
&SS; and the nost5puzzling AM! bsw!tshing
{sj iii ir.s which seemed 80 run ne whole
X 3gamut y0f tints from brown to- gold as
1.-THE sinbeams played on IT, She looked
4 up into the; old gentlemm's face with
VII the most con fldIng expression. 5i2.s
,,l5i. Isn't II provoking? There Is nbso-
x luteIylno news. = rs * * II II
..Is eaiIy, L I'm deiighsed--T mean" he
Z 3c3rreeted himself, hurrledly Is most
~ o&traorl mary 3. g. 5i
:5S Ism t It? 7 came down here n week
81 aso to meet my aunt and uncle. rs! we
4 had arranged bcfor they went abroad.
i and. to my amazement. found no one
iercsSs ~
I: s,'t he put in ootlAngly. 'It
n was very trying. Poor little girl Poor