New-York tribune., 1880-02-15


the being asked to meet the Duke or lur-
niptops1 las was stated on the cards) was IN
Mangelwurzelshire like being presented AT
Court. and at once both whitewashed anu
gilded the invitee. One has heard OF the Ire
of the tigress when robbed OF her young, ous
what is that as compared with the state OF
mind of q lady of blemlshed reputation WIZ WIZ
has persuaded herself that it will be rehaDlll-
tated, and that III the most splendid fashlon
and then suddenly finds that she mas oeen
given the cold shoulder Mrs. Iit0at had aG,
tuallv ordered a dress from London IN when
to appear before his Grace OF Iuimptops, anu
the sight of il, as it hung useless IN her Waru
robe. envenomed her whole being, as though
she had worn it, and it had been the garment
OF Nessus. A.. orr
last, but when Friday morning arrived ana no
invitation bad come il fed from her SOUL ana
WAS replaced by the desire for vengeance IL
the Ddrnoway- -Dickes could but have KNOWN
what was passing in that injured ladys llllnu
they might have been reminded OF thoSe "'ln-
ing lines
Lest when our latest hope fed taste Of our de-
And learn by proof IN some wild hour how much tne
wretched dare;
or even if that quotation had not occurred TO
them ! am quite sure they woulu nave 'D, nShtI ~
her TO their garden party even at that eleVehtn
hour uo4
The guests arrived, and IN due cOurse-that
is 70 sav. exceedingly ate-the Duke. Inc
meeting OF his Grace and my host ana hostess
was DositiyeIv affecting. | thought Mr.. Dorno-
wavI Dicke wonld never leave off shaking his
hand and that his wife would have Kissed IT,
However. he got away at last to luncheon
About two hundred people sat down 10 IL ;
select twenty GIL mcdi2val chairs, ana the rest
on much more c0m1ortable Dut common onc9. i
4 dozcn of the last had been borrowed, days
ago, by the housekeeper without her mistress
knowledge, from the Titbats. The host en-
loved himself as most people do under similar
circumstances that Is to say, he was intensely
miserable and anxious ont Duoyeu up py tne
and he would have his friend, the Duke OF
Turuiptops,n to talk about for the rest OF his
natural life. After luncheon we all repaired to
the lawn-tennls ground.
"Whlt capital lawn you have" observed
the Duke; "and what a good plan that Is OF
dividing your grounG,"
He was referring of course to the iron fenclng'
1T was plan of my wlfe's" observed MI
Dornoway- DIcke for as the other lawn was
vacant there was really no need to intimate that
il belonged to somebody else.
gilt youth of the county with one or lts
Gilt young ladies was selected for one side
and his Grace and Miss DOrnOway- Dlckc Tor
the other The rest of the company stood round
in attitudes OF respectful admiration. They
were lust about To begin when the Duke OO-
served, " IlullO, what the deuce Is this r.
The exclamation was caused 10y the appear
ance of Mrs. Titbat, splendIdly attred, and
followed by all her maid-servants; some ot
them carried baskets of linen, and others lines
and clothes props. In the course of a few min-
utes the whole of the Titbat family linen was
hanging on the line somc OF the articles were
very pronounced i'll shape and became much
more 80 when inflated by the breeze, which also
(as they were purpOsely hung close to the wire
fencIng) carried Their gfdcclul IOIus TlRnl over
the Dukes head.
The game was begun, bur presently an I'M
mense petticOat broke loose, and after eddylng
doubtfuy for a few moments settled upon the
Duke himself, who emerged from IL Win dllll-
Guilty aud with a trightiul eXecratl0n. lie
threw down his racket and SAID something |
could not catch indeed, fled into neghbor-
ing arbor and gave myself up To such parox-
ysms of Glirth as almost threatened me with
dissolution.
/ was conscious of great excitement among
the company without. and heard what sounded
like the hurried departure OF some OF them,
but | was positively incapable OF aScertalnDg
" hat was going OH. Ine vision 0I all Mangel-
nOblest as they stood around that
fatal place, and pretended TO ignore the fact
that the very firnament was darkcned above
them by the TItbat family linen aud then the
spectacle of that pettcoat descending upon his
(iraces brow, and of himself cmei ging from 1t,
was always too much ioT me. sat IN the urbor
and fairly went. Presently, after several severe
rclnnses | became conscious of comp1nOn
Beside me sat Il little man, bald as II Knob on
the centre of a front door, and swearing softly,
and, as it were, thoughIiully, to himself. Ii
was only by his voice that | recognized Mr.
Dornoway- -Dclle.
NV dear Dickc," | m injured, for ! felt it
necessary tO say something, why are YOU
here why are you not entertaining q dd not
venture to mention the Duke your gucstsP
He's gone he said. 1t was PLAIN he was
only thinking of one of them. a." IL was all on
account Of that internal Mrs. Titbat. It's her
own pettlcoat it's marked with an NJ and a
~
nodded, and held out my hand as though to
entreat him to spare himself the recital Oi the
catastrophe. | felt ready to expire. " But are
all the rest OF the people gone !" ] murmurcd.
"What do | care Yes. No. What terri
bic day ~
{" But, my dear Dicke,' said beginning sin
cerely To pity hIn, " IT will never do Tor you To
stop here you must not desert your friends"
NO that's tue he answered, rising fceDly
and moving toward the house.
d" But YOU have forgotten sOmething.'
"IIave What 7 Oh, yes my wig Ii
lay on the floor OF the arbOr where he had iiung
II in his frenZy. He stopped aud put il on me-
chanically and mnd before. Tins 1 ventured
to remedy, and he thanked me III feeling tones
" Do YOU think he Will ever come again 4 he
whispered, eagerly. " He was very angry. He
thought they were OurOwn clothes hanging out
to dry. | showed hm the NJ and the +. But
he would pay 10 attention. 1t Is dreadful
blow"
And it really hurt poor Dornoway yDicke ex-
ceedngly. He had not risen the next morning
when / came up To town, and all the family
were very much depressed. as though there had
been death i'll the house. He has been TO
the club once since, in "a more beautiful Wig
than ever, but of course 1t can never deceive
me- asked, " How are all at home y
Pretty well, | thank you" he SAID that
is, as well as can be expected. He has never
been near the place since
or course / knew that b. the personal pro-
noun he meant the Duke."-[The COrnhll.
JUDGE POLANDS PRIZE cor