Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-12-05

tablishing a Danes habitatiOn OF the
Primrose league. On the day appoint
ed many ladies attended. Mrs. Tallow
presided; and she noticed with delight
her hearers envious looks when, in
her address from the chair, she refer
red to the communication which had
passed between herself and her friend,
the Hon. Lillian Curzon. The wears
wife, who expected to have the carry
ing out of the arrangements herself.
was particularly cross; and when,
after the meeting was over, she loft in
company of some of the more genteel
folk present, she told them she felt no
very warm interest in the undertake
ing, as eve since tory democracy came
into fashion conservatism was nearly
as bad as radicalism; it was continu-
ally trucking to the lower classes.
These remarks, it may be guessed,
soon found their way to Mrs. Tallow's
ears; but she only laughed at them.
The wears wife might be as bitter as
she pleased; Mrs. Tallow had the
trump-cards in her hand, and she
knew it. Every day notes passed be-
tween her and Hon. Lillian; and once
the latter even called at her house and
discussed the arrangements over a cup
of afternoon tea. When that got
abroad in Snobton, the wears wife
herself felt bound to treat Mrs. Tallow
with more than ordinary respect.
Il had been resolved to call the hab-
itation tho "Curzon,' in honor of the
Hon. Lillian, but just before the inaug-
ural meeting Was to take place Mrs.
Tallow received a note from another
still greater lady, the wife of Lord
Roughshod's eldest son, in which she
declared her intention of becoming a
member. Mrs. Tallow was overjoyed
by this communication from so dis
tinguished a person, and summoned a
meeting of the provisional committee
to consider how they should recognize
tho honor the viscourtess had done
them by joining their habitation. The
wears wife suggested a measure which
carried unanimously. 1t was that the
habitation should be called after both
tho ~viscountess and the Hon. Lillian;
that it should be, in fact, ''the Curzon
and Swaren h~abitation." The pro.
posal was accordingly communicated
to the two ladies, and in due course it
received their cordial approval.
The warrant having been duly re-
ceived, the inaugural meeting was
held. 1t was q red-letter-day in Mrs.
Tallow's calendar. The v~iscountess
and her eldest boy, Hon. Cecil Ter
rington, and Hon. Lillian Curzon dined
at her house before going to the meet
ing. The vicar and his wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Pewter, of the brewery, and sew
eral more of the most wealthy and re-
spectacle inhabitants Of Snobton, were
of the company. Both the great ladies
were most kind and condescending,
and delighted everybody. Even MIR.
Tallow. who was suspected Of radical
ism, melted under the sunshine of their
smiles.
After dinner they all attended the
inaugural meeting. The viscountess
occupied the chair, and was appointed
president of the habitation. Miss Cur
zon was elected ruling councillor, Mrs.
Tallow honorable secretary, and the
wears wife had to be content with a
seat on the executive council. The
proceedings went off without a hitch,
and when the meeting was dissolved
Mrs. Tallow received tho c%ongratula-
tons and thanks OF the viscountess and
the Hon. Lillian for the skill and tact
with which all the arrangements had
been made.
Mrs. Tallow's position of secretary
gave her many opportunities of CON-
municating with the viscountess and
Miss Curzon, which she did not neglect
and they did not discourage. Miss
Curzon was much interested in, and
the viscountess much amused by, the
doings Of the danes, and both were
glad to hear from Mrs. Tallow. That
lady proved an interchangeable secretary,
and soon made tho habitation very
prosperous.
1t has already been said that MIR.
Tallow did not at first share his wife's
ambition to become a member of
fashionable society; this, however, was
owing to his belief in its hopelessness,
but her brilliant success in connection
with the habitation at once changed
his mind. and ho became even a greater
votary of fashion than she. He, too,
joined the Primrose league. and =,
came a Knight harbingor (though ho
never knew exactly what that meant),
and. as in his wife's case, his connec