Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-25
A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE.

From the London World.
There. / have the satisfaction o.
knowing wba- its all about, and OF APP
pearing d.gniled and firm at the same
timer
Mr. Stanton chuckled to himself as
he held a sealed envelope up TO the
light critically.
II told him l should return his letter
unopened. and there Jhis one goes for
all the world as if l hadn't an idea what
it contains
And. with another pleased little CUR
gle at his own sharpness, Mr.. stanton
placed the letter addressed to Luke
Stanton. ESQ. Grand Hotel, Great STRAIT
nDuth." Into another envelope and re-
addressed it to "Adrain Stanton, Esq"
Turner Studios. Ruskin Road, KenslnS-
ten" Then he rang the b-ll ana de-
livered il TO the waiter TO be put INTO
the London post bag, after which he
walked 10 the bay window and s-o0t
looking out upon The calm sea ana JA9
long expanse of yellow sand.
Great StarmOuth Is MOI fashionable
seaside resort; indeed, !, is chiefly fire.
auented by c0nvalescent dyspepLcs.
Anelo-Indians with sall0w compilations
and short tempers and other inyaudS.
Luke Stanton had come there partly en-
account Of mss health, partly because he
held shares in the new hotel and other
schemss for making Great S,arJmou n
U5tle less funeral and a little more
profitable. But. greatly as Jde fnancier
was generally occupied with his compan-
les and his schemes, az the present mo-
mert he was thinking of neither, as he
stood gazing bl2ukly out on The beach
nis hands .hrUs- deep into his pockets.
jingling the loose coins and keys there
in.
Mr.. Stanton was busy repeating to
himself the contents Of the letter he had
lust sent back Adr3in Stanton was his
only son. who. By all the laws of heredi-
ty and advis25iiity, should nave been
his right hand Alas for the crooked
ness of this worlGi Young Stanton had
faly declared 10 ais father. some three
or four years previously that he hated
lhe city, that he could not calculate The
cO1m0nssc sum of simple inter ST. and
that he would never understand the in-
tlicaciCs Of the stock eXchange-thlt,
in short. he deyested "busin ss' and
meant to devote himself 70 art! Luke
had s,ormed and rayed. but had ended
by giving in, and. in spite of his affected
indif renee and contempt. had been moi
a little pleased when, last year, the
/ hanging committee of Burlington house
/ had accepted r small canvas signed
"Adrain Stanton" True. i- had been 81
/ hung that. it was impossible to see il
without risking a disloc3ted neck. bu
that detail the Old man c0nscieniously
/ ignored. So far. so good. Luke Stan
/ ton was almost reconciled TO art. and wa.
! rather given TO talking about my SON!
studio, when all al once the whole fab
ric toDpled about mis- ears in The mos
ghastly fashion. Adrian came to him one
dav with the news that he was ENGAGED
/ 10 he married IL vas unexpected but
/ not necessarily disastrous until the fl.
tel truth was disclosed-he. Luke Stan.
t0n. the great city man, heavy alike o.
purse and moral reputation was ex.
pected to welcome his daughter-in-law-
a model There was a scene-all the
stops Of paternal Indignation and fila
ingradtude were pulled out 10 their full
est. ana ii ended in Adrian walking on
OF the house.
He made several further attempts t.
see his father AID bring MIN to more