The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-07-25

,onie utticneu TO the cn1ri, / rvu,u
hyselr-a newspaper woman-in pos.
| session OF baby about year old.
Inc little girl was pretty, and liked
neE She was beginning to talk and
10 walk. and before I had had her
week we began to be afraid that some
one would claim her. But no one ever
did.
My chief knew Of the acquisition to
my household, but said nothing. He is
wise man and allows his subord!-
mates to do as they will, provided their
loyalty to his newspaper Is unswerv-
Ing.
One day. the 1st of June. the chief
sent for me and said: "I want you to
go to Newport for the season. Lady
blackburn and her daughter are to be
there. They have Just come over from
europe and are to be the lions OF New.
port society. Her ladyship is an Amer
lean, you know, but her daughter was
born abroad. She is to be introduced
Into society this summer, and it is ex-
pected that she will make a brilliant
match before the season is OUT"
WHO Is LADY Blackburn"
Il do not know exactly" he said. 81
caDled over to Berlin to find out some.
thing about her, as understand she
was there some time ago. All I could
ascertain from our correspondent there
was that certain Lady Blackburn
and daughter were part Of the Ameri-
can colony Mt Berlin last season. They
were very quiet. The daughter had
n N 20
thing Of that kind and did not go out.
They suddenly disappeared"
Where did she get her title?"
From the dead Blackburn. His an
cestor was knighted three generations
ago for q service. The title died with
him, but In this generation the widow.
an ambitious Montana woman. has
taken 1t up. and Us she has money she
is going to make the most of it."
You want me to go to Newport?"
Yes; go there and give her ladyship
a fine write up"
AS l started away the chief called
out: Don't take the baby with you.
She's too young to enter society,""
went to Newport, to the Rock
House, without the baby. found the
entire hotel In state Of anticipation,
for her ladyship was expected any
day, and retinue Of her servants had
arrived ahead Of her.
Here / heard great stories of Lady
Blackburn, such as had never heard
before, and 1 soon learned that she had
gone to Europe in her youth, had mar
ried abroad and had recently inherited
money from her father in Montana.
She was about to return to this coun-
try with her daughter to become the
queen Of American society.
The daughter, the Honorable Con-
stance, was beautiful and fit enough
to reign over any belle in Newport.
The entire second floor in the Rock
House was engaged for Lady Black
burn, and the Honorable Constance and
three or the best carriage houses were
put IN commission for her ladyship's
blooded horses.
The day of her arrival at Newport I
wrote full account to my newspaper
ut home and had the satisfaction of
knowing that we had scored beat"
for no other newspaper had such full
account Of the coming Of the distin-
guished woman to Newport.
l had q glimpse of her ladyship on
the day Of her arrival as she was COM
Ing up the steps. She was tall, slen-
der, gray haired woman, with q dis
tinguished bearing, and by her side,
smaller, though with scarcely less dis
ttnctien, walked the Honorable Con-
stance. Later saw the young wom-
ans face. 1t was sweet, though inex-
pressibly sad, and l., with my expert
ence ef the world, said 20 myself, '4The
Honorable Constance looks like wom-
an with past"
In few days all Newport was alive
with the arrival of the Blackburns.
Cards and carriages arrived at the
Rock House at all hours of the day,
and the name OF the Honorable Con-
stance, the beautiful heiress, was on
every lip.
It had been decided that Constance
would make her debut In society Mt the
home Of Mrs. Senator Gray, who is
one of the most elegant women in New
port society. Then she and her mother,
having met all Newport, could enter.
tain at grand presentation hall at
the Rock House.
ship-that rever in the course &c niy
editorial career have been treated
with. more consideration. Though
had never met her. received each
day from her pen a very nice pro-
gramme Of the days doings.
On her arrival l had sent her nv
card, with the name OF the paper
represented engraved upon it, and her
ladyship had Informed me, in a very,
elegantly woryled note, that was writ
ten on very elegantly engraved note
paper, that she would be pleased at
any time to render me any assistance
In her power in the way Of gathering
society news
So every morning 1 received from
the pen Of her secretary full account,
which greatly facilitated my work.
The Honorable Constance, like all
girls of 20 who are not yet In society,
was passive in this, but I thought she
was sadder than she ought to be. con.
sidering her elegant coming debut, and