The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-01


st2kamuay kaso yp9 1NY &ooegoeu1rto
~ ssosiying IL etea1toa " thst young
gentleman who dspcsd wiN ~ Fl III
svsnins's hopt'' Inquired naith Cry =
shs looked out d ths window a The OCEAN
Houss, whithsr ~ W Ord dime IN be-
Me she had arrived. :.
"objection, my asarl ! know nothing
about ths psrson you spssk o. "
"why, ma, don't you rsmember Nj.
Rodolphus Mc0ilvssy, the ssntlsman With
long, flowing, black haiy and . hfonse fscca
The very first day came hsre, Just before
pa went away, he asked to be introduced
TO me. He 10 Of Scottish descent. and d
making the tour Of tho United States
Well, In very familiar manner BE- said 10
me: Miss Edith'-for he heard pa call me
so-aI shsll wiah 10 monopoliss your sooi-,
ETY. while am bare. lam fond OF young
lndiea had sister once who strongly,
ressmblod you. That wssd on my hat boz
tokens her decaass. And he wiped his
eyes and looked 70 afiectionately toward
me, ma, began 10 love him ~ oncs I
"Why, Euith, you should ~ indulge
~ su0A ssAone vASe.svts' MY
you gre . young laqy ana Enow oue iseue
o. sne world. xap muse g Qennous,
GEAR, apoue aoeepun&s saStenysons ifom
eerapP!EI. 4any z yoeng GIT nas pssn
dupe9 Y eneif a. mes
ma, J asyef ~ sucn 2 aoupsin8 pr
son az ~ afsi W44s G9eeiy motive could
have indrc@ him 70 1aSS aAaftsd sqoh d
thing pnles5 II wore trusf Thsls be 70 Fis1
ing nom DIS sesa VIII run ana AZ
him TO come 70 our soom.
NO hdisn xou gYsg roy % zoo ~
miiiar, vel you. 1ue Mdisn Tayeq hef
hetio 9and 1or DIS agprodon, Ago No came
ineo sne NAH ana Vnefe stood' awaiung
her TO 1o'n NAM.
Aseiess and thop9htlees, che ran TO him
ana pee.n naAn1 etnes iAss con versa
NOD, AND afssr preeNng ME hodo!pnn7
MceilysTy 70 90 apo Aea ner nother ~ 10
iucesnyy GoneeIssssa Y go % \
Upon ente1anS ~ ioom 20 was the Pc
ture OF smiies ana ene eroees pefsoniAed,
90 blend In conversation, q delicate - 70
mafks. % apresengly dlndens, yet resoi
!use, tnao MIS-. Ha!tnA go mon WONDER nef
da1enee was sesneaseo.
The interview was !0ne one 4nd ended
IN q fuil diseassuSe q NJ oD3eee fcr when
be camet y this ooonssy, snoirocsiy Soepins
IN view ~ ehe WINE WAS pcney was 10
CONGRESSMAN VIVID DIT, MS tatneF having
5use died and aeie MIN eol4 oSar % prince
v fossunei that Pc Only psnsd rye eyYpaI
thy and comparionabip, and, o. Edatn 90
strongly remiptted 'nIm OF me- ds0easeo eis'
ter, he perhaps had vsnsured TOO far IN en-.
deaVoripg to gain the friendly regard OF
kone young and innocens hearoln O strange
iana. $780,.
Ihese thoughts being uttered IN most
winding aocenA all counted With Mrs
bhthe, and she veneufed 80 iar a. 10 add
that ~ during their soJourn they coula 10
anything 70 uinistvr to MS comiors thsy
would most ohesstnny perform It," And
Edith was In ecstasy that she had thus
won over her mother to become Interested
in Mr. Rodolphus MsGilvery.
They rode and they walked with the
Scotch gentleman andeven talked, o. their
intimacy increased, Of taking trip with
him to his native country. To say that lie
essentially contributed to their enjoyment
while at this Watering place was not
enough. He made Edith feel kind Of hap
piness she had never experienced before.
What dld she care for that staid young
man, M. Lester, from New York, or Mr..
Fry, the rich bachelor who had promised
Mr. Blithe to attend his wife and daughter
In his absence' 1t was certainly very Ill
timed and impairment in the latter to In
quire what they knew Of the character Of
the gentleman With whom they were 80 In
timately connected after be had told Them
60 minuts1y his personal history. Truly,
Mrs. Blitbe, you are as easily satisfied and
as crednlous as your daughter.
Mr.. Fry, however, took 1t upon himself
TO ascertain authentically whether the
statements made by Mr. Rodolphus were
strictly true. He addressed q letter to a
mercantile house In New York upon whom
be profesaed TO draw for money. and found
they were ignorant OF the existence OF
such q man. He addressed another to
Count Zolvani, whom he said ne Knew IN
timately, and was answered that he "nev-
er heard Of the gentleman IN question
30 that when convinced OF the falsity OF
two observations, he began to distrust al
others, which sorely puzzled and ve1eo
Mrs. Blithe and her daughter.
When In the heyday OF appsreno trl-
umph, having secured the atsptlons OF an
artless girl, having flirted and danced IN
the sunbeams Of fqsht life, sudoopy
Mr.. Rodolphus McGilvery disappeased,
leaving the landlord with his unpaid bill,
and at the livery stable large rindis.
charged ACCOUNT for sundry drives about