McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-03

the lower doors, this EVENING"" asked
John Gordon.
81 think take" cried Hallet, with
hearty laugh. ''l'll put an X in, and a
V on that, for the sake of that fun"
"Come on, then; we shall find them
somewhere!''
The organ grinders were in company
They were ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
fine eyes and full beads, long noses
and ragged clothes. Tuey could talk
just little English, and understood
more. When found they were closing
bargain with one of the servants to
play for them in the great kitchen, but
when JOHN Gordon called them aside
and made them a tempting offer, they,
with many grimaces and shrugs, plead
ed an engagement to the people below
stairs.
eff you manage it well I'll give you
fifteen dollars apiece, and you shall
have our tickets for the grand supper
tonight
"Ya'as," said the delighted foreign
ers, their eyes sparkling.
Hallet laid down the programme.
John Gordon went down to secure their
organs, in case that they should take a
rover's fancy to their new broadcloth,
and to prepare their wardrObes.
The fellows dressed quickly. They
looked like gentlemen. As to the use
of lorgnettes, finger rings and per-
fumed handkerchiefs, they needed no
instruction. An initiative grace made
them very conspicuous. John Gordon
walked toward Hallet with an air that
said, "They beat us at our own game;
they are really handsome fellows!"
"Let the lions LOOSE said Hallet;
s'they have their cue," and according
ly the lions walked down stairs with an
exceedingly great swell. John Gordon
and Hallet watched them and said to
each other ''it was exceedingly well
DONE"
Their incoming cause sensation.
Decidedly they were the most distin-
guished looking men in the room.
Here and there, carelessly. Gordon
and Hallet let drop a hint. 1t made u
ripple-the ripple spread and broke
into thousand lines. A whisper
surged from one end of the room to
the other-two counts! Two counts,
live ones, handsome, with an air dis
tingue. Some of the ladies did all but
faint. Some of them smiled quietly,
quietly elevated their glasses, and
wished the counts would only smile
on them. The counts did smile, first
here and then there. Presently John
Gordon and Hallet appeared. All,
they were immensely delighted! What
shaking of hands!
'sThey know them," whispered Let
tie Grovellen, with smile of ecstacy.
Snow we shall be introduced
So they were; so were the others.
But the two friends, Lettie and Minnie,
evidently made an impression. Ac-
tually, they were promenading around
the hall-each leaning on the arm OF i,
count! How modest and quiet they
tried to appear! How their hearts
beat, and the blood surged to their silly
brains with triumph! The poor little
: muslin clouds with waxen faces stop.
evil you walk on re balcone, miss?'
asked the elder, in worse English than
we can write.
"Oh, with pleasure, with delight!'
exclaimed Lettie.
She would have given exactly the
same answer if he had asked her to 90
to Kamscha.ka. They walked out there
, to the supreme envy of every lady but
/ a very few who had happened to be
| born with common sense, an endoW-
ment more rare than genius.
} 81 like you very muche,'' said Let.
, tis's count. 81 so rich in my OWL
countrie! Tese diam ongs coome from
l my eztate; zey very bootiful diamongs
have so large houses and so large
, gold!-all so large as you never re ii
! zis countrie!"
Lettie's heart beat almost to suffoca
tion-the little fool?
} "Efe could only get one wife, Sc
} handsome az you, should be per
fectly zublime!"
Lettie hung heavily upon his arm
, Meantime the other count was going
, through the same farce in perfect az
; ong of mutilated Saxon.
dispose did ak you to be my one
, leetle wife-you FAY no?''
81 think should not" replied Let
tie, in a voice as soft as zephyr, si
papa is willing, and know he would
| be-
, "Ah! l now be charming, sublime!'
elbow delicate, thought Lettie. "Ht
does not even attempt to kiss me
though he might as well as not.''
Didn't her eyes shine brighter thar
the counts diamonds when they re
entered the hall? Wasn't the bloom
on her face most brilliant? Couldn'
, everybody see that she was as good q.
married to the count? The same re
marks will apply to Miss Minnie.
They leaned so closely against thu
splendid coat-sleeves of their foreign
attaches! They looked up into theil
faces with such bewitching conf
dence!
eIsn't it most timer" asked Johr
Gordon, with an appalling wink.
-" L should think so," replied Hallet
as he felt for his watch, but the coun,
had it.
John Gordon and Hallet disappear.
ed with elongated faces that shortened