The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-20
EXCHANGE IS NO ROBBERY

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Yes, said LanceIot,-only eyes y
but what a yeS!-with such light in
his old brown eyes, and gripping my
hand in his big paw till L WINGED
but L suppressed any outward de-
mOnstration, and asked, ''HoW did ii
all come to pass ?"
"Well Ill tell you," replied Lance
! lot. "I don't suppose you know any
thing about it, as you've been wan
dering about in the South Pacific
such q dence of while. To think OF
nay last letter reaching you here in
London after all! The postal ar
rangements down south don't seem
very perfect"
'Ah, well" said I, ''you see 1 was
never month at any one place, and
seem to have had a wonderful tai
ent for always sailing the day before
| the arrival of the mails"
Well never mind" said Lancelot,
iii begin al the very beginning, and
tell you how l first come to know
Madgie Tudor" whereupon he star
ted into the fire for some five min
utes without speaking, and then re-
marked, in a totally unexcepted and
rather a aggraVating manner, consid-
erlng his subject was to have been a
lady, "What beast that LittIeby
Lupus is I"
whats that got to do with Miss
tudor Z? quOth ], rather aggrieVed.
Why, everything, my dear boy !;
everything J" replied LanceIot. 81
always did hate Littleby Lupus from
the very first moment l saw the cur
at Dane Marsden's. 1t was one
morning in the January of last year.
The fleet was at Buckleigh Gorse,
and old Daine Marsden always keeps
open table for all who like to break
fast there when the meet is anywhere
in the Marsden PrioPy direction.
GiIfilIan and 1 rode over from Gilfil-
Ian House, and precious hungry we
were by the time we got there.
cat breakfast, this Mr.. Littleby
Lupus sat opposite me. l thought
him a beast at once, for he sported a
lot ofjeWelry, and had a whole bun
die OF fIOckeGs, seals, and things fas-
tened to a big Albert chain, display
ed most prominently. After break
fast we were having a cigar on the
terrace, and looking at the nags,
when up comes the snob Mr.. Lance
lot Ianceston, believe ?" / bowed
and looked cOnfOunded disagreeabIe.
I'm sure, but he was not to be daun-
ted.
'.My father knew yours, sir-boys
at school tOgether-his great wish
we should become fIiends-kneW
we should from the first moment l
saw you-am never mistaken in my
first Impressions about people-Iike
you aWfully. WhereupOn he shook
my hands violently with me and
chuckled idiotically, and again ex-
pressed his opinion that l was born
to be his bosom friend,-confound
his impudence.
"Of Lupus pere l knew nothing
personally, but remember having
heard that he made q fortune by
soap-boiling, and had left his son
very well oil; Lupus fIS'S anxiety to
make my acquaintance [ could easily
account for; his ambition scared
above the society of soap-boilers, ct
hoe genus OD1ne and no doubt he
imagined l could give him a lift in
the social scale, or at any rate render
more secure the footing he had al
ready gained. Do what L would, he
stuck to me all the day, there was no
shaking him off. believe he really
took fancy to me, for theneeforth
l found it impossible to get7Fid of
him. He used to come to my rooms
at all hours of the day, and night
too, with an assumption of familiari-
| ty and good fellow ship which bored
and digusted ME beyond measure.
| He was as vain as any woman,
thought himself, with his what he
calls auburn hair and whiskers, lit
tie green eyes, insipid physiognomy
and insignificant figure, q perfect
| whats-his-name ?-Adonis-and he
used to scent himself till his presence
made you feel like going to o per-
tuners shop. Besides all this, my
bette nOi,'e hada a fashion for jewelry
he was worse than any woman for
that, and may be still, for aught l
know. He used to bring me his
ljewel-case every time he made a new
purchase, and insist on my admiring
each article till 1 knew all his seals
and trUmpery as well as-as 1 know
my gTanumOtherp
'But why, in the name of all the
martyrs, did you let him bore you
sol l interrupted with conside"a-
BILE amazement-which, however, &
little thought over Lancelot's charac.
ter would have sensibly diminish,
ed.
'Well, you see, said he looking
vaguely disconcerned-''yOu see the
fellow really liked me after his fash,
ion, and il was less trouble on the
whole to endure him than to quarre
with him; the fellow would have
been such a time learning to under
stand that I didn't desire his com
pany, that l concluded to let Lin
be.
"Well, things had gone on like thi
since we both returned to LondOI
after the hunting, and when tn
town WAS beginning to empty,
! went down to stay with the Evelyn
at Tynywtra. Rejoicing as l did il
the expectation Of getting rid of m,
tOrmenter, my countenance fell con
siderably, as you may conceive, when
= on hearing my intentions, he ex
= claimed, by Jove, I've friends il
= hat part of the country toOP How
! ever 1 frightened up again when b
I proceeded to remark, But I'm goinI
! north. unfortunately, so I'm sorry t
. say we shaH't meet-duced sorry
y wasn't sorry, but I didn't tel
% him so, as l hate to wound people
c feelings. We parted, he went Mort
5 and I.West. 1t was uncOmmonly jol
/ IN at the EYelyns; they are a yer
= nice set, and some Welsh girls wer
l. staying there, who preposzessed m
+ very much in favor of the prime pail
n ty. had been there about wee
when one morning at breakfast som
one remarked, To-day Madgie II
,- dor comes :!
q "'And who's Madgie TudorP
70 Inquired, whercupon the whole pac
nj opened upon me at once, dcscribin