Daily globe., 1879-01-26
81 think it was very possibly the. yer
iuiCeH observed Snlmrn

II have done all that the wisdom of
our ancestors has recommended" con
tinued his lordship. ''I have had a hole
made IN my night cap to carry off the i'll
humors, and have always lain on my left
slde. have chewed mastic before going
to rest, and have resisted all temptation
to sleep after full meal, especially Of
porpoise"
"Do you eat much porpoise2" inquired
Selwyn.
"No;I ON sorry to say it is very diff
cult to obtain; the prejudices of modern
days have almost prohibited it as an ar
hcle OF consumption. You have no per-
sonal objection to porpoise, trust, DR.
| Selwyn?''
mot the least, my s!ord. Iapprove it
myself no less than do of peacock"
81 am delighted to find Dr.. Dalrymple
has SO intelligent partner; in country
places, such as this, I find the most obsti-
nate objections ON the part of medical
men to the most simple food, unless it
| happens to be of modern acceptance"
Your appetite is tolerably good, my
Lord?"
eyes, indeed You shall Judge for
yourself, however; there strikes the din
ner hour. You shall give me your aa-
vice IN the evening"
A noise equal to flourish of trumpets
had Oeen going on for some minutes, and
there now entered major-domo with a
long white wand, who ushered his master
and his guests through two lines Of sery-
lngg ngg men into the banquet hall. Covers
were laid but for two persons, which
rather disappointed the young Doctor
lie Earl, he knew, was a widower, but
be had hoped to meet some Of his
daughters, who had 3 great reputation for
beauty.
Ihe repast, however, was a sufficiently
notable one to make rp for the absence
OF company. There were q great MANY
servants, each with q towel round his
neck as we'll as on his arm, and the dish
es trey brought in-wllich were enough
Tor ten times the number Of guests
were wonderful. There were no
plois such as might have been expected
q. a nobleinan' S table who kept a French
cook; ali Was solid and huge. Pea. SOUP
ana trumenty were brought il in great
silver tlreens. Then lanl prevs with
onions, q dish Of which his lordsilip par
took SO plentifuliy as TO remind his guest
OF certain historical association with it.,
and also 70 suggest very reasonable ex-
planation Of bis '>humors There was a
baron Of beef. Of course; and then a cyg-
net served with liver sauce. And here,
the larger dishes having conae 10 an end,
a curious difference was made in the wait
Tag. All the male servitors disappeared
and were succeeded by four neat handed
End pretty girls IN a sort Of white and
blue uniform made Of some oid-fash;oned
material, Tho first delicacy tney served
SclWyn with was a beavers tail: and he
almost fancied that the extreme caution
ne manifested in taking the first morsei
lnducea one Of thcm--the prettiasi-to
smile: Lord De Bracy are Of Shis very
heartily, and washed it down VITA ypo-
cras. drink spiced Gas SeIwzn was after
ward lnformed) with cinnamon and
heiiotrope, but at all events with some
thing very nasty. After this there was
KID and ginger sauce, and curIew with
salt and sugar And then came the
| ''sntlltees," )" as they were termed sweets,
Tor devices, y pretty substantial castles
Of pie-crust Or sweetmeats,to to ali Of which
the noble host did such justice as to leave
the origin Of his maladies IN no doubt.
Then to the sldeboard, groanlng with
gold plate, the waiting maids brought
two silver basins full ofrosewatar, where
IN their Lord and the Doctor dipped their
hands, and dinner a. last was over.
The effect Of lampreys ard beavers, tails
when accompanied by ypocras in any
quantity IS somnolence, aud Lord De
Bracy seemed By no means inclined for
conversation. So, after half an hours
.'bald disjolnted chat selwyn wrote out
his prescription, and brde his noble host
''good-night,' upon the plea that he had
to start Tor town next morning at so earlv
al hour. He did not s.eep particularly
well; he dreamed that he was being put
to death by the Swanhopper's Com pany
this was the cygnct and liver sauca, no
doubt--for killing a curlew; ond was
glad enough to wake and find himself in
century when the laws are not so severe.
It was quite relief to him, too, to re-
member that his host would not be up to
breakfast with him and see him of; for
though he had been treated with the
utmost hospitality, Lord De Bracv's
society was on the whole oppressive, and
he had by no means enjoyed his visit TO
Donion Towers. It was an interesting
experience, no doubt, hut that is often
matter less pleasant in action than to
talk about afterward: he had had to act
part from first to last, to restrain all
natural expressions OF impatlence or
incredulity; and, in short, ne was pining
for fresh air.
He could but 10Y with the boar's head
that was the piece dc resistance upon the
sideboard, and declined with unhes,tat-
ing trankness the cup of mead that was
offered him by one of the serving 9 men.
When bis carriage was announced, he
was following the groom OF the chambers
who had come up to bis room for his
portmanteau, when his attention was sud
denly arrested by a pretty housemaid; it
was the prettiest the dark one--of the
girls that had waited at table, and she
had been doubtless watching outside his
door, as servants will do in the best con
Quoted households, for little present
Nay,in all proba 5ility, in DoDjon Towers
the old system of walls was in full
operation, and he felt considering. too:
how pretty she was) that he could hardly
give her less than gold. He took,
Therefore, half sovereign from his purse,
and seeing her smile roguishly as he did
so. and also that the groom was well out
of sight, he accompanied the gift with
chuck under the chin. It was not right
Of him, of course; but the delight of
getting away from that tremendous man
sion Gas he subsequently explained) no
doubt put him in abnormally high spirits.
1t all events, he did It; and as she only
blushed, and didn't say a word, he fat
| tered himself that he had done rather a
handsome thing in nleasant fashion