The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-02

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.
dency."
"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 "col.
lector" is a very much more important
title than colonel, but people don't seem
to understand that, and set us on aleyel
with tax-gatherers. Thus it was, with 9
slight degree of acerbity I replied that
l was no colonel at all, but q mere civil
servant.
Most wonderfully cried my friend.
'Never was such an extraordinary re-
semblance. Pardon the unconscious
liberty I have taken"
Well, we were very polite to one
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 q nice, agreeable
fellow, and we walked on together in q
very amicable way. Bilkins hoped I'd
come and look him up at his little place
in Surrey, and I gave him my card and
said 1 would be glad t. see him al
Sevenoaks.
and what are you going to do now?'
said the major. aCome and lunch with
me at the Oriental"
Now, there are six OF seven men to
whom I've a deadly hatred, who lunch at
The Oriental daily, besides which
n gets quite enough ofthe Orient IN
India; and SO I told him.
"Quite right" he said. IT 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-Chufiin's, close to
Billingsgate and handy for our trains.
Take the penny boat from 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 we'll up, and we had q
pleasant sail down the river. There is
no more charming vista than that from
Hungerford bridge. The embankment
makes a handsome sweep just there,
and the bridge of Waterloo, surely the
in England, aud Somerset
house, and st. Paul's looming over all;
but lower down the embankment gives
o sadly tame and formal aspect to the
river. A stone wall, accentuated with
and door-knockers, is an UNI
worthy monument of British taste. You
might have taken q hint from the Hin
doc ghauts, or landing places, to advan-
tege.
We landed close to London bridge.
and the major introduced mo to Chuf.
A very nice place, with IN ordi-
nary and a regular chairman, and
that. if I were one of your
pen-and-ink artists, I should have great
pleasure in sketching for you. We had
end of fish of the very best. But
the major seduced me into extravaganza.
A pint of champagne with our fish,
brown sherry, and, to wind up,
some capital iced punch, IN iniquitous
sort of proceeding for a man who had q
dinner awaiting him at z; but I
got into the spirit of the thing, some
how, and the majors conversation was
quite bright and enthralling.
II must leave you now," said the ma
jor, calling the waiter and picking out
q ninepenny cigar. He took a handful
of change out of his pocket. "You'Il
allow me to settle for this little affair? n
Couldn't think of it," I said warmly;
mot on any account"
ooh, nonsense! Well. I won't press
it," he said, seeing / was determined.
Lets see, two-and-six, five, seven-and-
six and six for the waiter, eight shillings
apiece; shall I settle?"
do, if you please" I said, handing
my friend half a sovereign.
The major gave me . two-shilling
and lounged away to the little
desk where they took the money, mada
his financial arrangements, and vanish
ed with a parting wave of his hand.
For myself, l confess that 1 felt a lit
tie muddled with the good things of
l had partaken. I ordered q
brandy-a soda and screw OF tobacco,
and INDUCED in a long clay pipe-a
thing / very much affect when 1 have a
chance.
Presently, as the time for my train
/ knocked out the ashes Of
my pipe and made my way to the door.
81 have to pay for q brandy-and-soda
and tobacco" 1 said.
Eyes, SIR" said the waiter, who hov.
cred about to check off the payers
"and two dinners, champagne, sherry,
punch-eighteen shillings, if You please,
"But." I demonstrated, "my friend
paid for all that"
ST beg your pardon, SIR" said the
young woman at the desk; she left
word, sir, that you would settle for
everything"
Well, they wouldn't let me go with.
out paying, and I went home rather
crestfallen. ] wrote to Major Bilkins,
at Buckley park. Surrey, but my letter
came back in due course, marked in
red and other colored inks all over it
"Not known; try"-ever so many
places.
Oh, Major Bilkins, I didn't mind pay
ing So much for feed and giving you a
little pocket money, but it was rather
too bad to hand me for change out of
my half-sovereign q form that proved
to be a "dutfer BE lgravia.
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States has ateadily declined from $45,-
900, 900 in 1877 to $28, O0O, 900 in 1883.
This is just about equal to the Austria
lian output, which has varied little in
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