The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-03

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AS the girl grew in character, beauty
and accomplishment, the ambition Of her
aunt, Mrs Warren Phillips. grew IN pro-
| portion. There was no position which
! Adelaide could not Nil and none which
she could not win with all the Phillips
I millions for her portion. Nothing that
| C ould add TO the completion of a perfect
| ~ cultured education was omitted In the
J life and training Of delaide Phillips. Her
voice was cultivated. She was a crack
! whip. and splendid horsawo nan. and a
! stud of thoroughbred horses and corr cot
I traps were always at her disposal Her
| life was spent partly with her studies,
| and for recreation she rode, drove. sailed
boat, swan. played golf. tennis ana
! billiards and mingleI with the most ex-
/ elusive set of the county.
She was tall and a mature looking girl
! for her age. The fur3r she wouli c,este
when she formerly entered society was
already promised in the popularity which
greeted her every 1ae e.
Several years ago Mr.. PHILLIPS gave to
Swsmoscott the Ian 1 On which was Quilt
the Phillips high school There Adelaide
completed her education, and when she
was graduated last month, carried away
as souvenirs, not only a diploma and the
gold medal, but the love and good will
Of her schoolmates. For tn eeblle Of
Swampscott's exclusives accepted her DO
sition just as gracefully and sweetly as
she did in the days of the old swamp
road. On graduation day Miss Phillips.
gowned in white muslin and ribbons, her
hair caught in asimple golden coil on her
neck, was voted the prettiest girl of her
class.
Her companions little suspected that
eht greatest heiress in their midst vas
soon to set them an example IN sincerity
and humility which would profanity,
however, be little appreciated by any one
of them.
In the very simple muslin gown in
which she graduated Adelaide Phillips
vas married tn Barney Esunedy, the
one woh had supple dali the sugar rakes
and candy for her existence in that child
hood whose bright spots were few Bar
ney had been coachman in the Phillips
family for two years. Having had no rich
aunt to place him in a fairy land all
made ready, he had been compelled to
work his own way out Of the swamps
! and the progress had been slow. It was
coincidence that all of his service was
! in dierent branches of the Phillips family.
For years he was a valet of John Phillips
brother of Warren. When John Phillips
~hied. between two and three years ago.
he secured the position of coachman
/ in Warren Phillips home. Adelaide Phil
! lips was then fifteen. Barney Kennedy
was twetny-one.
| Miss Philips had changed so had the
| adorer of her infancy. He had gro vn
| to be a manly good-looking fellow who
attended to his work and seemed am
! bilious to get ahead. Miss Adelaide had
! never found anyone who sympathized
| with her love for horses quite so much
as Barney did. He knew every good point
and every bad one.
! So the long afternoons after high school
came to be spent at the stable, where
Miss Adelaide was taught a great many
things about the arch that should be in
the thoroughbred's neck, and the straight
that should be in his legs, and the way to
tell how old he was. and how fast he was
and the sort OF horse to be gentle with
and the sort to rule with short bit; and
the sort Of tail that should never be
! spoiled by the cockney shear and the
| sort of nostril that indicates the breeding
that counts. And the afternoonsin the
stables came to be very like those after
moons in the long ago, when Barney help
A
how to best get over the rough places.
Then there were long drives through
the beautiful Swampscott country. and
Barney wasn't always before her with
his manly shoulders silhouetted against
the distant hills, nor behind her in the
| family trap. where she could hear only
the crack OF the whip or the occasional
| sound of his voice; but more often they
were out in the runabout. Barney sitting
at her right hand driving. And what
! more natural. for after they were only
! girl and boy. than that their memories
! should take them back to the old days
when. young as they were. many a sweet
/ Cglance had passed betwene them and
many n childish trial had been made
! lighter by the man whom fortune had not
smiled so brightly upon, but whose heart
! was just the same as II had always been.
And so 1t happened that the courtship
! that started in Swampscott's Poverty
/ Flats't was resumed on its Boulevards.
! and one of the greatest heiresses of Mas
! sachusetts- threw over the chances Off
which she was the envied OF all her
friends and married the man whose
/ heart she knew to be good and true,
! though he was only humble servant.
: The present Mrs. Kennedy IS not only
beautiful and accomplished, but she is
( sensible
Il have rot acted on impulse" she said.
when talking Of the matter. 1--WE were
! engaged for nearly a year. and I hal
plenty OF time othink 1t over. and II
weigh all conditions justly. I know il
will be no easy road. and the experience
OF the last nine years may not be a help
toward fitting me for the life I shall
shortly have to begin. but we were happy
long ago. when we hadn't wealth nor
: luxury: and in any event I am convinced
can find no lasting happiness with an
othre while he holds my love-