The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24
The Late Admiral


though there was nobody near except
Robert Henry to see het, she was fms
maculateiv spick and span-seyerely
otarched. iorgnette eyeglasses daintllV
IN play, the very slightest suggestion
Of powder, her ankles perhaps Just a
little more exposed than usual because
Of the extreme privacy of the beach
which bordered the green lawns Of her
brothers house by the sea. A we'll
banded auarto lay open in her lap. and
when Aunt Roblna read 1t, at meditn-
tive Intervals, she sometimes smiled
proudly and sometimes waved her
glasses at the Atlantic ocean with the
SATISFIED majesty OF one who had hered-
ItprV claims upon the waves.
pRper pellet caught her sharply in
the back OF the neck, Just beneath her
nartIculRrly neat coll OF half. Aunt ho-
Him screamed shrllly and abandoned
her reading, while she rubbed the
wounded spot with her weil-ftting tan
gloves ,....,,,....,,,.
she cried. "How very rude and rough
you are growing to bel"
A SusaH boy came running, with apol-
oEetjc pants, followed by small DOS
who delightfully."- bHrked at the irre-
proachable ladV's discontinue.
"I'm awfully sorry, Runtle," said Rob-
rrt Henry. II was playing battle-ships.
and was the oregon and you were the
spanish flagship. because Your hat
looked as II you were boss of the whole
show, you know"
"Boss-Robert Henry? Show? May 1
beg the meaning OF such q peculiarly
vulgar phrase. my nephew"
20, well--you made bully old Span
robert Henry!" cried the indignant
lady. I shall not be called a Span
"WeN, anyhow. 1t was rattling good
shot, wasn't It? That was from rapid.
6re gun. Do sit still, auntie, and I'll
20 of and plug at you from ms tuFret
suns. Won't you, please?
II shall do nothing OF the Kind! The
Aunt RobIna rufFled for moment and
then turned q benign eye on her ne
pheW, now lying on the s2n4 with the
sYour play, Robert Henry" she said.
TIasses. as at times rude-I may say
vsTatIous. Yet-ior cannot forget our
glorious ancestry-1 am rot at all dis
6ieased at noting the trend Of your
mind. as displayed In your sports. Per-
hans" she gently, rneditativelV added to
the placid pecan, perhaps in swiftly
coming years you may yet again know
what il is 20 bear 90 victorC the trlum-
obant peniiant OF Van Gravaeisoeck!
How glorious the thought! How sweat
me prospect! Wow! What are you dos
Inr. Robert Henry? Keep that dog
away" ..,.
HE won't bite your ankles, auntte.
He only likes to snap at EN-
Aunt Roblna tucked in her feet care
fully, shooed the puppy. and took up her
%Let me read to you, my dear ne
pheW," said she, "a passage from the
life OF Vour great. great. great, great
great grandfather"
THAT old Dutch Admiral you're al
ways telling me about? rs TOO hot
"My dear, It will do you good. Il VIII
kIndle your eye; It will fire your heart;
Il Will stir you 10 deeds OF vaior! Lis
ten. What is It now, Robert Henry? l
shall not allow Sou toto poke me In
ths, ribs that wayt"
a frowning brow. II didn't mean to
poke 50 hard. I've never been able 70
quite get at the relation I nm TO the aa-
mirai, auntie. Let's try. Here's nles
then there's dad; RowdH Is grandad
(you needn't TO howl 50, Rowdy. ~
didu't pull his tail. Gunde-I only NIP
ped it, He's grandad. Then there's
you-you are ms great grandad. Why
do you jump so? l didn't poke hard
that tlme!"
"Stop such nonsense. sir" said his
aunt. land listen. rs most simple I'm
sure The sainted admiral (for, nj,
Though he did use very abrupt language,
A times. / cannot but believe 50 slight
impeFfectlon would make little offer
ence In his claims TO valorous sancti-
tude) was your great, great, great, great,
great.grandfather"
That's six greats, auntle, and you
only made I'VE before. How's u boy TO
understand when you get mixed Vour-
self" :
"Robert Henry, I never get mixed. l
have always considered that to get
mixed u one OF the most certain signs
Of q base and unworthy line Of fore
fathers. Do you suppose appeal TO
those ceruIean pillows, who. doubtless,
remember-do you suppose the admiral
ever got mixed?"
II dunno" said Robert Henry, yawn-
ing. Whats the old boy been doing
this morniag?"
1--WE been reading, ms dear, OF the
occasion on which he attacked the nest
Of the notorious East Indian pirate, slit
YotTr-Gullet Mcpherson. Scotchman OF
the greatest notorlety-although not o
novelist"
''Tell you what. auntIe," Robert Hen
~ Interrupted, I'm take you for row
round die bay. and you can sit 10 the
stern and read. II will be cooler"
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