Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1902-01-28
WRIGHT'S
CORNER
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right 10 lock Even on lie S.neS LIZ
fhange. where lie had aAassed u for
tune. lie slecuiated on lines directly
opposed 10 current reports.
When lie found that Bertra1n. his
only son. had incurred during his sen
ior year at college an unconseionable
amount of debt, instead OF adopting the
customary parental tactics. lie prompt
" paid the bills and doubled the young
fellows allowance.
Let the boy have his fun. he de
clared This is his last year in col
lege. Why. | sowed a few oats my
self II that age. and look at me now"
But. when few years later Beruam
married Edith Byrne. a favorite on
/ the light opera stage. family friends
held their breath and waited for the
/ deluge of fatherly wrath. Surely
Major Wright, who traced his geneal-
ogy to the Mayfower. would never
overlook this. Aristocratic blood fam
/ lily pride and parental affection all
would rebel against the mesalliance.
/ But again did the majors proverbial
| contrariness assert itself. He received
| the bride with open arms.
| Not SO the social set in which the
| Wrights had always moved. Conserv-
alive in the extreme, with old fashion
ed suspicion of stage life and stage
people still lurking in their minds, they
declined politely but firmly to receive
young Mrs. Wright, in spite of the fact
that the ma jor's wife. now gone to her
long rest. had been their leader in her
day. and the old Wright mansion a
favorite rallying ground before Bertram
was born. Tie new Mrs. Wright had
once played boy roles and worn
Here the speakers voice would be
discreetly lowered and feeling of
general despair over Bertram's pros
poets would settle upon the gossips.
As for the major. he seemed TO grow
young again in the invigoratilI society
of his new found daughter. who was
a charming girl and felt genuine at
lection for the dear old chap, who had
so easily forgiven her for winning his
sons love. To make the two men hap
Ply became her object in life. Their
wishes were first in the household.
and tie major became her dey.,ted
slave. TO she extent that the slightest
lack of attention on the part of the /
husband WAS promptly resented and
atoned for by some delicate little |
courtesy on the part of the father-in- |
law
.Egad. sir" he would say to his'old |
cronies at the club. you don't know |
my daughter She's the dearest little
woman in the city. SIR
And the men who met her agreed |
with Major Wright cordially and |
openly The women. however. con- !
tinued to raise their lorgnettes and |
their shoulders when she passed by |
and carefully refrained from leaving |
cards.
The ma jor. for the time was so happy /
that he did not notice the social ostra- I
ciSm to which the house OF Wright was /
being subjected. and the younger mem |
bers of the family were too thoughtful
TO bring the condition to his atten-
ton. When he finally woke up TO a
realization of the situation. he was
quickly transformed into a mimic vol
cano-that is. internally. Outwardly he
disdained TO discuss the matter with
any one least of all with the two peo-
pie essential TO his happiness. Instead
of talking he wrote out a handsome
check and sent Mr.. and Mrs. Bertram
Wright abroad for the summE He
~
would present itself during their alb
sence.
But. alas the day of their homecom-
lug arrived. and the doughty major
realized that he was no nearer storm
ing the social citadel than when the
young couple had sailed for Europe
In the society columns of the daily pa
pers he had read that Mrs. Edmund
A Glider was to give the first impor-
tant social function of the ensuing sea
son. dancing party. The Glider ball
room WAS the pride of the social world
in which the Wrights had moved. The
elegance of the entertainment. the ex-
clusiveness of the invitation list and
the beauty of the youngest daughter.
who was TO make her debut on this
great occasion. all furnished material
for newspaper gossip. And Majof
Wright sat in his library lingering an
oblong. creamy envelope directed to
Major Winslow A. Wright" Only
one invitation. and Bertram and Ber-
trans sweet wife would be home thar
day.
He tossed the invitation on bis desk
and walked down TO his office. a storm
of wrath seething in his warm. loving
heart Before he settled down to bust
ness a messenger appeared and handed
him a note. with lin Haste-Deliver
Immedia telyr written across one
corner.
Major Wright tore il open and read Il
hurriedly. then again carefully. and
a third time. more deliberately than be
fore. These words met his eyes.
Nv Dear wrzghf-For Gods sake let me hass
EoAe G. y. and r. I'm short about 500 shzres
and il don't get them I'm ruined man i VII
pay snrfrics. Make your terms Yours,
EDNUsD A. CupER-
Major Wright told the messenger &c
wait Eve minutes in the main Office
then. locking himself in. he thought