The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-09


OF my success reached me-lndeed, were
/ to say that 1 was struck dumb with
bowAdetnent, It would convey quite
an adequate impression Of my physical
and mental state at the time. Even
now, ! am constantly haunted by the
conviction that there was some awful
mistake, some mixing UP OF names and
orpapers or something, and that had
forced upon me the honors due to an
other-9 poor. unfortunate wretch. the
true wraigler. who may perhaps at the
present time be dragging out a deathly
Ilfe in the %orkh0use, while my career
has prospered. and is stlll prospecting,
ON the fruit of his brains,
However, Senior wrangler they de-
olared me to be. and bowed 70 the de-
scision with the best grace could. My
reason for dwelling upon all this is, that
u the mistake. or whatever 1t was. had
not occurred, it would never have been
my lot to play the part 1 did in the
somewhat tragic events am about to
describe.
Ny uncle, whose heir was, wrote
me a long letter Of congratulation the
same day that the news reached him.
It was my uncle's wish that 1 should
eventually enter parliament. His wishes
never failed to ensure my full compu-
nnce; he was my only relative, and l
had not q penny Of my own.
About q week afterwards received
another letter from my uncle; 1t was
written on the nOte-paper Of his club
the United Service.
II got back from the Continent yes
terday," he wrote, land should like to
zee you as soon as possible. Last night
/ was talking TO an old acquaintance,
General Hardwick. Giles, who wants a
tip-top university man as tutor to his
only son. He is already In cores
pondence with two or three A. MS
but does not seem to consider any Of
them good enough. It occurred to me
that perhaps you might be inclined to
take the post. He jumped at the idea
OF having senior Wrangler. ! really
think 1t would be an excellent thing for
you Just at present-say for year or
so. The tuition of a single boy would
not materially interfere with your read
ing. and you would be paying your own
way. The general offers e2SO. You
would live in the house, Pimento Park,
down In Sussex. He tells me that you
would have capital hunting and shoot
ing. Don't you think 1t would be bet
ter at all events. for time, than
knocking about In town."
did think so. At the beginning Of
The following quarter found myself
Installed at Pimento Park, the country
seat Of General, the Hon. George Bow
yer Hardwick- Giles. c. B.. where
stayed for gust two gears. And rare
good time l had altogether. A few dull
spells there were, It is true, but then
dull spells are certain to crop up every
now and then, wherever your lot mas
happen to cast you. had the run OF
a capital trout-stream, hunted twice
q week right through the season. and
/ got in. for all the best shooting with
In miles Of the place. What more
scoult1 want?
The generals long period Of service
in India had won for him both fame and
liver. Liver was the handspring Of
all his actions-or nearly all Of them
It brought him out of bed at unearthly
hours in the morning to ride madly
for mile after mile, through every vari'
ETY. Of weather; to keep him necessarily
ON the move from breakfast TIL lunch
con. and again from luncheon till din
,ner. During the evening, when not
playing billiards with either myself OF
the footman (bIlliard-playIng was one
Of the footman's regular dutles)5 he
would wander continuously up and
down the room. How he passed his
nights 1 do not know. The generals
neutrality-suspicious. and extFeme-was
thing to marvel at: his ITS OF rage
were. to say the least Of them, awe-in-
splrIng; his language, while the 'tits
lasted, might almost be described as
suGicieutly vivid to color the atmos-
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