The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-29

1sB4.'''SsAA1'SI ", 10 GpuUts kDut InaL Is Often
q matter less pleasant in action than to
TALK about afterWard: he had had to act
part from fissf to lasf, TO restrain ali
natural expressions of Impotence or
ihca = and, In short, he was pining
for fresh air.
], re could but toy with the boar's head
lnat was the piecesae resistance upon the
I siaeboard, and declined with unbes1fat.
ing efahkness the cup of mead that was
oHered MIN by one Of the SERVING men
when his carriage was announced. he
was following the groom OF the cham era
VINO had come up tolliis' room for his
portmantean, when mis- attention was sua-
denly arrested by . pretty housemaia. II
was the prettieat the dark one-of the
girls THAI had waited at table, and she
nad been doubtless watching outside his
door, as servants will do in the best-cou-
Quoted households, for little. present.
Nay,ln all probability, in Donjon Towers
the Old system Of walls was in full
operation, and he felt lconsiderine. too:
how pretty she was) that he could hardly
give her less than gold. He took.
tllel eiore, half sovereign frc,n 1is nurse
and seeing her smile roguishly az Re did
so. and also that the groom was well ont
OF sight, ne accompanied the gift with
chuck under the chin. Isyas NOT r;ob+
!. OF 'f.i nm, or course; but tbs delight of
getting away from that ire tnendous mau-
SION as ne subsequently explained) no
uoupt pot MN In abnormaEly high spirits.
At all events, he did t; and as she onIv
busted 'l and didn't say a word, he nat
tered himself thar he had done rather q
handsome thing in pleasant fashion.
AS to tce whole visit. he felt, indeed.
that ne had acquitted himself, under very
trying circumstances, exceedingly we'll,
and had made good impression.
. he found DR.. Dalrymple not much i'm
proved IN health, the fact being. as he
confessed, that he had been in consider
able anxiety as TO the result of his Young
par.ners visit to tie Towers.
swell, and how did it all go off," was
his first question.
"oh, capitaLly; nothing could have
been kinder than his lordship, but he's
very heavy in hand.''
"Ah, you found that out!n returned
the other, rubbing his hands. 81 have
attended him these twenty years. Ger
ta tam one ought to be we'll paid, when
one has to dine eh-snd listen to pa
tent out OF the way OF business. Well.
and how is his rheum, as he calls it,
ssWell, I'd much sooner have his rbeum
than his company" said Selwyn. laugh.
ing. "The fact is. there is nothing at
all the matter with him but oyereafinp
cockg!''
..Ah. I've eaten perpoise at the Tow
ers," sighed the old Doctor, with the air
OF one who recalls selfs sacrifice.
~ dare say it is no worse than beav-
er' tall, protested Selwyn. :sHowever,
IT was very interesting dinner. After
the ne big things had been disposed of the
servlng-men retired, and"
And the girls came in!7 INTERRUPTED
the Old Doctor excitedly. "That ALWAYS
happens when you dine at the Towers for
the irss time. ''It's his lordshsps notion
OF doing the honnors of hospi.ality-bor
rowed from the time OF Edward the Con
lessor, [ believe The ladies of. the fam
lily wait on the guest
The ladies of the iamilyl" reiterated
Selwyn, aghast with horror. aDo YOU
mean to say those four girls In blue and
white were Lord De. Bracy's daugh-
SOf course they we're; did you think
they were house n.aids2n
seiWyn answered nothing, though he
was quite certain he had taken at least
one Of them for such.
We'll, I wonder you did not see rhey
had an aristocratic air Perhaps ought
to have told you how it would be before
hand. However, De Bracy wiiIiikc YOU all
the better for taking the thing as a mat
ter Of course; some men will iumpup and
hand the dishes themselves, because it
dlstresses them to be waited or n that
way; but 1t Is better to fall in with the
hosts fancy
DO you remember gasped poor Sell
wyn, ''what was the name of the darkest
ot the young ladies2'
''Of course, I do: you've sharp eve.
you young dogl she's the Youngest, and
The beauty-Lady Ermengarde; they tell
ne thai, when not playing at being
nedi@val, she is full Of fun. I hope you
are not shit,' because she's zeesle above
you, my dear Selwyn.z Perhaps the best
blood in all England"
And, nevertheless, Frank had given her
aalf sovereign, and chucked her under
he chin.
For weeks he was in expectation of
some terrible vengeance overtaking him
1t the hands of reckless minions of feuda-
ism, but, as it happened, nothing was
lone. It would have been an immense
'elief to his mind to have known that
Lady Ermengarde Piantagenet had some
lumor, (not for the sort for which her
,oble father took tansy pudding,) and
hat she had taken mis- mistake In excel
enf part. She was accustomed to wear
or years upon her. chatelaine, IN company
With many less useful articles, certain
with a hole through it, the
history ofwhich she would never reveal.
t was present, she said, from Young
,entleman. But, though Lord De Bracy
lad the rheumsagain and again, Che event
tally died of it, and sent for DIR. Dsi-
ymple many times, always with the po,
tie proviso that, if it should be inconven-
ent for the Doctor, his Junior partner
would be equally acceptable, Frank Sell
Vyn never gain set foot in Donjon Tow
rs. Be.qrapia.