The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-16
FOR HIMSELF ALONE.
An Interesting Tale Of Reversed rdsn:i.ie,.
BY 7. w. sPEIGHT.
CHAPTER I.-CorrrSrrrn.

l.-tONTINCEO.
Hush, sir, hush! What you have
said both pains and surprises me" SAID
Mr.. Gimp. II have always had the very
highest opinion of Mr.. Pebworth.'
''keep your opinion, sir, and cherish
it-only let me keep mine. Itell YOU
that now l am rich this man will fawr
on me and fiatter me and be as servile
to me as any spaniel, and that because
gold is the only deity he has evel
learned to worship"
s.You are very bitter, Mr.. Frobisher
for SO young a man."
poverty is stern schoolmistress
She has taught me lessons which l car
never forget"
Mr.. Gimp slipped his tea in silence
For little while no one spoke.
Suddenly Frobisher turned to hi:
friend. His face had frightened lit.
tie, and there was a grimly-humorous
smile on his lips when he next spoke
, ...How would it be, amigo milo, if you
and were to exchange identities for 8
couple of months?"
"Eh?" answered Dick, with a start
not comprehending what Frank had
said. He had been thinking somewhat
sadly that their old friendship could
never be again quite what it had been
Frank would be great swell now
and everything would necessarily be
changed.
Frobisher's next words We're spoken
with slow, clear emphasis that could
not be misunderstood: Suppose that
for the next two or three months you
l. 7 LAn
Dick Drummond?
Dick only stared and shook his head.
Had his friend taken leave of his senses
she asked himself.
''Surely, Mr.. Frobisher, you can moi
mean your strange proposition to be
taken seriously" said the lawyer, with
a look of utter CONSERVATION. He, too
began 70 wonder whether this strange
Young man could really be in his RICH,
mind.
Il was never more serious in nv
life," replied Frobisher. "What pro
pose is that my friend aud / shall fol-
the time being change identities. He
shall take my name and position, his
and | rely upon your assistance and
-connivance, MIR. Gimp, in carrying out
this scheme"
Mr.. Gimp took pinch of snuff, and
shook his head in emphatic disapproval
of any such madcap idea. s.
81 am going among a set Of people,
resumed Frank. Into a circle of rela-
.tives, of whom l know little or nothing.
As rich man, shall make their ac-
~quaintance at terrible disadvantage;
shall never really know them, never see
them without the mask each of them
will wear before me. Let me study
them for few weeks from behind the
scenes, as it were. As Dick Drum
mond, the amanuensis, the secretary.
the humble friend of the rich Mr.. Frob-
Usher, | shall see many a slip of the
mask, have many an opportunity of
Judging as to the real feelings and
sentiments of my new-found relatives. -
"A strange scheme this of yours, MIR.
Frobisher, a very strange scheme; and
/ must really decline to have any thing
TO do with it." said Mr.. Gimp, sol.
~emnly.
ITS like the rich uncle from India, -
remarked Dick, lone of those things
you hear about in plays or novels, bu,
never meet with in real life"
My dear Dick. there are stranger
things happening every day in real life
than any novelist or playwright dare
make use of. As for this scheme OF
mine, mad as it may seem at frs: sight;
l am determined to carry it out. Dick
1 can rely upon You, know?"
"Of course You can. old fellow. Tn
Yours to command in any way and every
way"