The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-10-09
CHAPTER FOURTH.

eC'@s2 CHAPTER FOURTH.
Master Peters conducted Leon
y. to one of the finest houses in
Piccadilly.
Gan Lord Lenisdale be seen p
thehos asked, remaining respect
.faliy, hat inehand, before the laced
footman to whom be addressed
himself, and making a sign to Leon
TODD the same.
No replied the footman, my
lord does not receive,
BE good enough to tell his lord
ship said Peters, that it is some
one for the pigeons
'Ah! if it is for the pigeons, said
~thefootman, you can walk in
Peters looked at Leon with a,
triumphant2air. .
Every thing is going WE'LL said
he ...s
:2jLeon thought himseHin a dream.
~. The footman introduced the two
Visitors into a drawing-room- all
brilliant with silk and gold, and
said to them, with a Difference
which he had not previously shown:
4 am going to tell his lordship.'
At the end of ten minutes his
1erdship appeared.
st.He was o man. of about sixty,
tall, thin, and ;white-haired, with a
distinguished manner, and the
look of man who is accustomed
to patronize petitioners, and to
answer them.
NV lord said Peters, rising, as
did Leon, and bowing three or four
times very humbly, 1 have come
10 present to your lordship this
gentleman. who wishes to compete
for the pigeon-prize.'
Lord Lenisdale looked at Leon
80 as a naturalist would look at an
insect that he saw for the first
time. So. =
i..ssYou are a -Frenehman ? the
nobleman asked, making use of
the French, language to address
Leon. -z.-~>. .-,
Yes, my lord was his answer,
in English, which fiattered the son
Of Albion. 49, ...
sAnd you wish to compete for
the pigeon-prize?'
4 am ignorant as to what the
prize is my lord; but quarter OF
an hour ago / was on the point of
blowing out my brains, when Mr..
Peters, my host, came into my
room, and, moved by the story Of
my misfortunes, offered. to put me
in way to gain sixty thousand
francsinsone month only ! have
not been able yet to make him
say by what means
y, The question, Sir, is this the
@Englishinan replied, in the grave
tone Of q diplomatist treating OF
the most important political mat
tiers; there is in London society
of mem of scienee,- of which 1 am
president. This: society, anxious
to throw light, on: all scientific
euestons, has offered a prize of
sixtythousand francs; for the man
who will eat, every day,for a
month, a roast pigeon for his
dinner. This seems very easy at
first sight, but nobody has been
able to accomplish it, and yet
many have made the attempt.
Some gave up the attempt at the
tenth pigeon, others fell i'll at the
fifteenth, and we have seen three
candidates die between the twenty
second and twenty-6fth. The
prize was at that time only thirty
thousand francs. The difficulty
that there was in winning it in
duced US to double it. Do you
feel, Sir, that you have the neces-
sary qualifications?
We give up the attempt to de-
pict Icons astonishment.
Yes, my lord he replied, not
clearly knowing what he was say
ing, and thinking only ofthe sixty
thousand francs; but you will
furnish the pigeons
THAT is understood, of course
For nay means would not per
NIT me to incur that expense
sAnd when will You begin?'
From today
BE good enough to tell me your
name, said the nobleman, sitting
down and opening large register
book, bearing the arms of England
Leon -.