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hand in his big paw till l WINGED
but | suppressed any outward de-
monstration, and asked, GLOW did il
all come to pass?"
"Well III tell you," replied Lance.
lot. III don't suppose you know any.
thing about it, as you've been wan.
dering about in the South Pacific
such dencc of while. To think Of
my last letter reaching you here in
London after all! The postal ar.
rangements down south don't seem
very perfect"
"Ah, WELL" said |, "you see | was
never month at any one place, and
seem to have had u wonderful tai.
ent for always sailing the day before
the arrival Of the mails"
"Well never mind" said LancelOt
"I'll begin at 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
utcs without speaking, and then re.
marked, in totally unexccpted and
rather aggravating manner, consid-
ering his subject was to have been a
lady, "What u beast that Littleby
Lupus is!'
"What's that got to do with Miss
Tudor?" quoth |, rather aggrieved.
why, everything, my dear boy
everything~ replied Lancelot. 81
always did hate Littleby Lupus from
the very first moment saw the cur
at Dane Marsden's. 1t was one
morning in the January of last year.
The fleet was at Bucklcigh 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 Priory direction.
Giliillan and l rode over from Giltil-
Ian House, and precious hungry we
were by the time we got there.
"At breakfast, this Mr.. Littlcby
Lupus sat opposite me. l thought
him beast at once, for he sported q
lot ofjewelry, and had a whole bun
die oflock cts, seals, and things fas-
tened to big Albert chain, display
cd most prominently. After break
fast we were having cigar on the
terrace, and looking at the nags,
when up comes the snob mr. Lance
lot i4anceston, | believes" l bowed
and looked confounded disagreeable.
Pm sure, but he was not to be daun-
ted.
"My father knew yours, sir-boys
at school together-his great wish
we should become fricnds-kncw
we should from the first moment |
saw you--am never mistaken in my
first impressions about peOple--like
you awfully. Whereupon he shook
my hands violently with me and
chuckled idiotically, and again en-
pressed his opinion that l was born
to be his bosom riend,--confound
his impudence.
"Of Lupus pere | knew nothing
personally, but remember having
heard that he made o fortune by
soap-boiling, and had left his son
very well OIL; Lupus fls's anxiety to
make my acquaintance could easily
account for; his ambition scared
above the society of soap-boilers, ct
hoe genus Omne and no doubt he
imagined could give him lift in
the social scale, or at any rate render
more secure the footing he had al
ready gained. Do what would, he
stuck to mo all the day, there was no
shaking him of. l believe he really
took u fancy to me, for thencoforth
| found it impossible to get rid of
him. lie used to come to my rooms
at all hours of the day, and night
too, with an assumption of tamiliari-
ty and good fellow ship which bored
and digustcd me beyond measure.
lie 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, a perfect
what's-his-namc ?-Adonis-and he
used to scent himself till his presence
made you feel like going to per-
tuners shop. Besides all this, my
Jete n06'e hada fashion for jewclry {;
he was worse than any woman for
that, and may be still, for aught I
know. He used to bring me his
jewel-casc every time he made new
purchase, and insist on my admiring
each article till knew all his seals
and trumpcry as well as-as | know
my grandmothcrw
"But why, in the name of all the
martyrs, did you let him bore you
so" | interrupted with considc-a-
bic amazcment-which, however, u
little thought over Lancelot's charac-
ter would have sensibly diminish
ed.
"Wcll, you see" said he looking
vaguely Recommendation see the
fellow really liked me after his FASH
ion, and it was less trouble on the
whole to endure him than to quarrel
with him; the fellow would have
been such time learning to UNDER
stand that | didn't desire his COM
pany, that | concluded to let him
be.
"Wcll, things had gone on Ike mis-
since we both returned to London
after the hunting, and when the
town was beginning to empty, l
went down to stay with the Evelyns
at Tynywtra. Rejoicing as l did in
the expectation Of getting rid of my
tormenter, my cOuntenance fell con-
siderably, as you may conceive, when,
on hearing my intentions, lie cx-
claimed, by Jove, I've friends in
that part Of the country toov How
ever l frightened up again when he
proceeded to remark, But I'm going
north, unfortunately, so I'm sorry to
say we shar't meet-duccd sorry
81 wasn't sorry, but l didn't tell
him so, as l hate to wound peoples g
feelings. We parted, he went North
and I.West. 1t was uncommonly jol-
ly at the Evelyns they are very
nice set, and some Welsh girls were
staying there, who prepossesscd me
very much in favor of the principali-
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