The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-09-24

Mechel-Schweren will be always re-
membered by New York The proud
old dowager cut society like butch
or. The list was a streak OF blood
No massacre of King Philips war
ever left more sayagery skulking in
the bushes. The terrible old woman
openly declared that she intended to
give New York the bayonet, as her
great relative did In 1777.
l shall always remember this din
ner for another reason. Ii was the
first appearance in America OF Beatrix
Waldo after her marriage with Cant.
Gordon Smith OF his majesty's lines In
South Africa. There were lot of
hoating. disconnected rumors about
this marriage. Beatrix certainly posed
as an heiress before the Englishman
went under the yoke, and we got
the impression, doubtless directly. that
he had large estate somewhere on
Loeb Codan. $4,000, at any rate. over
his pay. Then we heard later on.
through Jimmie Dale, | think-he al
ways knew the foreign gossip-that tho
Englishman did not have a brass far
thing over his pay, and was rath.
er worse OF than that by a fat budget
OF debts. We knew that Beatrix had
no income to speak Other aunt kept
the COMMANDERS going for her. There
were wild lands, back inland some
where, that Beatrix used to turn into
oil, coal and spruce lumber when she
got to dreaming, but the over-drained
old aunt used to pay taxes on them
ald 1 think that was about the only
reminder of the fortune that ever
came along to New York.
| had Sarah Lamar on my right at
this dinner. and, fortunately, an i'm
possible German person on her right,
who kept his nose we'll In his wines
and pates. wanted to ask Sarah Le-
MARI about Beatrix, and was glad of
the Teuton's exclusive interest in his
stomach. l shared a rather general
curiosity. The Englishman was hero
with BeatriX, putting in his leave of
absence. II they mooned for van
ishcd Eldorados, one saw no tear-stains
in 1t. l thought the pair OF them at
the far end of the table looked happy
enough. pretty comfortable for disillu-
stoned fortune hunters. Presently
go; Sarah Lemarr to myself, and was
about TO inquire into the mystery when
shc took the very subject from the tip
OF my tongue.
i have been hoping for word with
you. Courtlandt," she said; IT'S about
EcatriX Smith. She needs your as
sistGnce"
Il am not a divorce lawyer" I
said
Nonsense, Courtlandt," she answer
ed; they love each other. They are
lovers. Can you gather the slgniG-
canoe OF such an undreamed OF ending
10 the effort each Of them made to
marry Il fortune?"
Then" l said. "Beatrix cannot need
assistance. Poets tell us that lovers
60 rot dwell in this land of trolley
cars and spindles, but somewhere on
blessed Islands they are happy"
'But. my dear boy" said Sarah Le-
I"a-r, "one might take stone bruise
or thorn in the thumb even on a
blessed island"
Not So" / answered; the Well at
the Worlds End is there. and whose
ever tasteth thereof shall be perfect
as his dreams are perfect, and around
and all about this land Lethe, the River
OF Oblivion. rolls its watery labyrinth
Nay, do not interrupt me; the human
heart longs with longing that cannot
be uttered for this enchanted country
where. you tell me, Beatrix walks with
her Englishman."
Well" said Sarah Lemarr. who
is the girl Courtlandt?"
There you CO. said, demonstrate
! ing the greatest unwritten truth about
a woman; namely. that every refeo
ton arises from personal experience
| II one deplores sin, he has robbed his
employer in his youth; If one apostro
phizes love. he is about to marry Miss
Jones OF Forty-eighth street The CIR
in my case. dear Madame Won Hubert
! is that mysterious fairy-woman, daugh
ter OF Abu Jaffer, surnamed the Vic
torious. second Caliph of Bagdad under
the dynasty OF the Abbasides, asleeI
on her silk carpet in Arabia"
Here tho impossible German person
interrupted to inquire If thought the
trufIies were canned. ] did not thinl
they were canned, and he was content
but the moment gave Sarah Lemarr
lead and she seized 1t with the practl
cal directness OF New Bedford skip
per
Now. CoTtlandt," she said, "b,
sensible. Beatrix needs 100000"
'Iiow original OF Beatrix," I replied
Most OF us need only couple Of hun
4 dred"
III you arc going TO be nasty abou
[ IL. COur'landt" she said, II will nevei
speak 10 you again. You must hell
Beatrix TO find this 100000 The poo
| girl is dreadfully worried about Il
You see. Courtlandt. when the two o
/ them awoke after the honeymoon Il
| find their estate all Casulian haze, in
stead Of a conventional separation
I they fell I'm love with each other Tx,
/ couple OF Breton peasants. Beatri,
/ told me all about Il; she Is lovely. Sin,
/ does not want the money for herself
she wants Il to pay Lieut.. Gordon
/ Smiths debts Whom his debts arr
paid he Will be made captain anC
/ transferred TO his old regiment in In
/ iia }ea'rix Gdoros India; she g.
quite content 90 30 out there and live
quietly cu % captains pay and love
her big Erglishmau and bo happy. But
she wants his debts cleared on. his
honor untarnishe1' she calls Il. II