Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-27
A SUSPICIOUS ACCIDENT.

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"Where on earth did you pick him
ND. John, and who is he" inquired
LADY Purpleton of her lord, referring
tn the latest addition to the large
party Of guests assembled at Dnpley
hall for the shooting
"Do you mean little De Roslllaf l
believe he is a CHILEAN; at all events,
he was living at Valparaiso when l
went there in the Foam last year. lie
was very civil, and / dined at his
house once or twice. l invited MN
here in case he ever came to England;
OF course, / never thought he would
turn up, added his lordshlp, naive
ly.
.'You should be more careful,
John" said his wife reprovingly,
"Mr. de Rosalia seems a very old sort
of a person. He quite shocked o.d
Miss Raynor by his conversation.
"Ohl He is a foreigner. People
will make excuses for him, said
Lord Purgleton.
"Oh, yes. And there is no harm
in him. l dare say he won't stay here
more than a day or two"
Lord Purpleton spoke lightly, but
he was secretly rather i'll at ease con
corning his guest. A man who may
seem to be a very good fellow on the
other side of the globe is not neceS-
sarily desirable acquaintance nearer
home Lord Purpleton was beginning
To realizs this To be sure, Mr.. de
Rosalia was presentable enough,
Judging from externals. He was evil
IDENTIFY not unacquained with the
usages of civilized society. tie dress
ed well for a foreigner and might
even be called good looking. He was
swarthy little man of middle age,
with plump figure and round good
humored face. His politeness was
only eQualed by the complete self
possession he manifested upon all oc-
caslons. An utter absence OF self
consciousness, combined with alarm
ing freedom of speech, and the animal
spirits Of a guileless schoolboy,
rendered himself an object of mingled
curiosity and amusement to his fell
low guests,
Lord Purpleton was inclined to be
strait laced as a host, and he was
more shocked than he would have
cared TO admit at the license which
Mr.. de Rosllia gave TO his tongue be-
fore the ladies' But the lively little
gentleman never permitted himself to
say anything which called for serious
remonstrance He was inuocently
outspoken rather than ill behaved.
Lord Purpleton, therefore, concealed
his discontinue, especially as the
ladies evidently treated Mr. Roslla
as persona grdtd in this respect
Nevertheless, he longed for the day
when his incouvenient guest should
take his departure, and ais impotence
increased hourly. The fact was he
suspected that Mr. de Roslia's cheer
full indifference To CouyentionaiteS
was not the worst side of his charac-
ter. The little gentleman convcrsed
artlessly about himself and his pri
vate affairs whenever he could find a
listener, and it soon transpired that
he was a large Spectator on all the
exchanges in Europe. He revealed,
in fact, various little schemes which
clearly showed that he was either a
reckless adventurer or an Unsuitable
gambler; perhaps combination 'of
both. These revelations we're general
ly made in the smoking room, and
Lord Purpleton coald not help OBJ.
serving that some of the male guests
were, like himself, secretly Mortified
Yet, Notwithstanding everything, Mr.
de Roslha was decidedly popular fol
it seemed impossible 10 regard him
seriously, and people were more
ready to laugh at him than to con
denim him.
In spite OF his hosts rather marked
GOODNESS, NJ de Rosilia made no sig1
of bringing his visit to a termination
lie no doubt realized that he was il
very comfortable quarters, surrounde,
by pleasant people, and knew wheI
be was we'll off. Shooting was appar
emily not much in his line, though h,
occasionally participated in the sport
TO the wrath OF the keepers and the
well-founded apprehensions OF tn,
whole party HIS firing was wild anc
uncertain, resulting generally IN 8
proyiden.ial escape for somebody.
Fortunately, as a rule, he seemed tc
prefer remaining at home with the
ladies, with whom he INDUCED in
touching condolences and promiscu.
Irritation. After the first few days,