The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

sympathetic faces that give n a heart,
ache when one finds that the owners OF
than are married, not with any idea OF
selfish appropriation, but with the
thought that such sweet candid Great
ures should be set apart for the love
and alteration of all mankind, and not
monopolized by some one unworthy
wretch. She asked me the way to Reg
ent street and happy was l that L knew
it. After that l deserted my post and
darted across to the other side.
I hadn't got more than half a dozen
yards when I felt . hand laid upon my
arm, and saw at my side q very good
looking, well-dressed man.
"My dear fellow" he said, chow are
you?"
didn't know but what l knew the
man, for one meets so many people OF
his kidney; and for aught l could tell,
I might have been Hospitality entertained
by him somewhere or other up the coun-
! try, so that I didn't like to confess my
ignorance Of his name and quality. And
we walked cordially together toward st.
Martins church.
when was the last we metz" said my
new friend. "Surely at the governor
generals ball at Calcutta"
Never was at Calcutta in my life, ="
I said; Mines the Bombay presi-
denoy."
And I've been taking you all this
time for Colonel Scoop. Isl possible
that I'm deceived.
L always feel with the least degree of
soreness, when in England, that my
friends In the military branch have
somewhat the pull over us civilians in
the matter of titles; but in India "ool-
lector" is q very much more important
title than colonel, hut people don't seem
to understand that, and set US on a level
with ta1-gatherers. Thus it was, with
slight degree of acerbity l replied that
I was no colonel at all, but a mere civil
servant.
Most wonderful! !" cried my friend.
Never was such an extraordinary re-
semblance. Pardon the unconscious
liberty 1 have taken"
Well, we were very polite to n
another, and asked after this man and
the other, whom, perhaps We might
both know, and got quite thick together.
Major Bilkins, it appeared, was the
mans name; he was a nice, agreeable
fellow, and we walked on together in a
very amicable way. Bilkins hoped I'd
come and look him up at his little place
in Surrey, and 1 gave him my card and
said 1 would be glad to see him at
Sevenoaks.
"And what are you going to do now?"
said the major. "Come and lunch with
me at the Oriental"
Now, there are six or seven men to
whom I've a deadly hatred, who lunch at
the Oriental daily, besides which
one gets quite enough of the Orient In
India; and so / told him.
"Quits right" he said. ~ like to
get out of the regular groove. What
do you say to going into the city and
having bit of fish together? 1 knew
a capital place-Chufin's, close to
Billingsgate and handy for our trains.
Take the penny boatfrom Hungerford,
eh?"
I willingly agreed to this, for I like
to make the acquaintance ofnew phases
Of life under competent guidance, al
though / haven't enterprise enough to
cut out anything Of the kind for my
self.
The tide was well up, and we had q
pleasant sail down the river. There is
no more charming vista than that from
Hnngerferd bridge. The embankment
makes q handsome sweep Just there,
and the bridge OF Waterloo, surely the
handsomest in England, and Somerset
house, and st. Paul's looming over all
but lower down the embankment gives
a sadly tame and formal aspect to the
river. A stone wall, accentuated with
lamp posts and oor-knockers, is an nm
worthy monument of British taste. You
might have taken a hint from the Hin
doc ghauts, or landing places, to advan-
tege.
We landed close to London bridge,
and the major introduced me to Chuf-
fms. A very nice place, with an ordi-
nary and a regular chairman, and
characters that, if / we're one of your
pen-aId-i ink artists, / should have great
pleasure in sketching for you. We had
no end of fish of the very best. But
the major seduced me into extravaganza.
A pint of champagne with our fish,
some brown sherry, and, to wind up,
some capital iced punch, an Ubiquitous
sort of proceeding for q man who had q
family dinner awaiting him at z; but /
got into the spirit of the thing, some
how, and the majors conversation was
really quite bright and enthralling.
IT must leave you now" said the ma
ior, calling the waiter and picking out
a ninepenny cigar. He took a handful
of change out Of his pocket. You'll
allow me to settle for this little affair r.
Couldn't think of it," / said warmly
mot on any account.
1Oh, nonsense! Well. I won't press
it, he said, seeing I was determined