The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-02

voured with strNininH cyes and trem-
bling heart long published Hats or
wounded. slain and missing ones She
had never scruped lint for the hospitals,
nor sewed big red letters on soldiers
blankets nor clicked her shining needles
nil day long, knitting blue woolcn SOCKS
10 be dispatched to the forces at the
front She had never sung "Just Be
fore the Battle, Mother" nor Tramp,
Tramp. Tramp" nor Marching
Through Georgia" She had never paid
75 cents n yard for muslin one could al
most strain through, nor performed any
other OF those helpful self-denylnS Of
fees nation looks for and expects
OF her womAnkind in time OF stress and
trouble. Neither had hers been the
pleasure OF helping to speed the parting
and welcome the returning troops with
Euppers and reunions. or the dtsttnc-
ton OF having blue coated escort with
his arm In n sling. home on Through.
Her heart had never leaped at the terse
telegram: Mustered out-coming. nor
been crushed within her BY the tidings:
"MortnIly wounded" So perhaps she
was excusabIe for being Just u society
butterfly, with RnglomRniacAl t0nden-
cIes displaying themselves In the inter-
ludes between social functions and
fashionable dressmaktng. She wGs not
much OF an hciress. as heiresses 20
now n-days, but she had sufficient
money to be an inducement to some
foreign fortune-hunter who possessed
still less, without the rank and title
enabling him to play for higher stakes.
so II came about very naturally that
among veStHs train OF admirers-good,
bad and Indifferent Anericans-there
CHANGED to be an Englishman also. He
was a younger Bon-so near and yet so
far from being my lord" that there
were only three lives between him and
the succession. And although Ncsta
was not OF bloodthirsty turn OF mind
In general. she often amused herself
by thinking how II anything so impor-
tRnt ms dying should happen to Il GER
tain trio OF beef-cRtIng Britons. Charles
Edward GuIlhert would be lord. and
his wtte-should he marry-would be
my lady"
Then Vesta would coQuette with GER
t8intles by wondering whom he would
choose for such n position. and II, after
he had chosen her. would she accept
him. There was man whom Nesth
liked better than she did Guilbert-
lacking the prospective title. He was n
sturdy. Intelligent, upright, wide
awake American, making his own Tor
tune by the exercise Of talent, ability
and industry day by day. And he was
good looking-Rs genuine. patriotic
Americans usually are. He loved Yes
Ia, but he was ut the same time dis
CIlsted with her. He laughed short,
bitter laugh when he looked ut his rival,
who was seldom seen without a mono
Gle, whose London clothes a nm de steele
American OF style would disdRin. ms
made for his grandfather. "Chut! said
he; a girl who admlres that sort OF
n duck isn't worth trying to win" This
mans name was Victor Thurber.
This was the condition OF AFFAIRS with
regard to our heroine about the time
when she began to hear her father and
brother make numerous references 20
Venezuela" in their talk at table. Oh
ney and Salisbury were names TINT
came trippingly from their tongues
with ms much frequency as as requests
to pass the butter" or hand me the
gravy-boat, please" But 1t was not
until she heard words OF portent about
twisting the lions tail" that VeRta
was aroused to the serious considera-
tIon that something unusual was going
on. When her brother made space
on the table cloth by sweeping the VI
ands 10 one side. and, with the did OF
the pepper box. sugar SITTER and vine
gar crict, illustrated q practicable line
OF coast detenses. Vesta went into poll
tics with the question: what's all this
about7"
"oho! My lady wants to know what
It's all about. II isn't gigot sleeve
pattern. nor Paquin skirt. Did you
think Il was?"
"Be still, Jack" insisted she. land
tell me what it's all nbout-or. don't
,,a,, v1ttTanlfS"
Well. OF couse Jack knew. and imme-
diately took out newspaper map and
pointed out and explained to her the
entire South American situation with
regard to the Venezuelan boundaries
and the john Bull aggF"ssIons, making
her pay very close attention to the solid
lines, thu tines made OF crosses, ind still
others made OF criss-cr0sars.
Now this" said he, IFS the correct
boundary, ~ claimed by the Nenezuc.
lnns, and this IS what tho blasted
Britlshcrs hns made OF with Uncle
sam lifted himself up by his boot straps
and told Johnny he'd hHv" to be arbl-
trntcd on, as he was getting quite too
gay. Johnny roared back that We
should TO there OurselvcS Then Gro
yer took n hand In md gave an extra
twist 10 the lions tail with the tourni-
Iuet NJ the Monroe doctrine heated red
hot. The Monroe doctrine! tia Nil
here-gooL rCadinE--takc your time TO
II. And 40 the upshot OF the matter is,
though the British cry lingo, that
there's going to be something more
thnn Ginning before we get through
With this affair, And now. my lady,
when the recruiting Offices are open
for war. which aide arc yOti going. to
night on? Vie ThurOcr says hon rllsn
a regiment himself to fight the British.
and ItS war cryll bo America for
AmcricnnsN
Maybe Vcstn heard what he said
about vic Thurhcr, and maybe Rhc
Didn't. She was reading n setting forth
Of the Monroe doctrine and gave no
sign OF having heard anything nutil
she had finished IT, Then her eyes were
full Of flrr; there was Giant OF bat
Ties rose burning, dirk and red, npon
either cheek. Tho fighting blood OF her
ancestry was up Her old revolution
nry forefnthcrS Ind not left Themselves
without n witness In this later genera
tinn, Her torbCAra that fought In tho
Three Days Battle Of the Wilderness
md thaar numbered among the lOOVO
TINT fell before Richmond Ind here IL
descendant worthy Of the name.
(which side? Which aido?" querich
ghc e1citeiiy, spstngIns to her feet:
"IIow dare they insult our great ana
glorious country? What right hn" any
corrupt old monarchy to plant It's colo
nieR on these free shores ana crowd