New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-29
IDYL OF THE TWELFTH.

hoson;I lane and pccadilsy, was fabnlousiy
~ man. who not only lent loans 10 iorc.s,
SsntcsD bot had been known to influence snq
course of European war 10y the Lily how @
c9" he millions. Nobody knew exactly no"
"a h he was hut it may be surmisea ina. hI
ne, abont one-half as wealthy as peoplc sdlu'
'Nontagn was the only child OF the oio llhai'o
.,or and when he left Eton he was sent ~
SS,Lmrst entered a crack cavalry Regimen
san u ,cnt the mace like any of his Christian
.,r,Scs IN arms. Not that he ever MADE 1901
- himself in quite the same way In Wnlch 'nose
I;gb-spiriicd and reckless young warriors WIZ
mt 10 do No, Monty Roscn'hal was essen
,;ouv a cautious young man. lou couiu nos
YIN .ns him unawarcs. try how you would ana
Ss father often lamcnted that so much asluIc-
ne shonld hc wasted on the trualucs OF a
,oIdicr's ordinary life. To the women oil MS
own class he was the most devotcd ana assn
uons of cavaliers He prldcd himself on MS
o oDar manners. and would take infinite
nains 10 please any one he met, from an cldefly
5owogcr on a rout-sctt to the Youngest SUI
who made his first appearance IN inc nleSs
room Like many young men OF MS race, nr
nrcrcrrcd to associate with Christians ra'hc'
Than with Jews. Nevertheless. be had pceh
carefully brought up in the faith of his FRANK
tort forefathers, though this was, iact wn,ch
WIS not known in s0ciey-ndeco rcllS.on ""0
n tonic which he had never hcen heIu W u,o'
tion IL he had a little weakness; IL 'iy III
borEeripc after the society OF the EngIlsh arts
+ocracv. and Monty. who was an ammuous
.,ounc man had resolved in year or two 70
coter Parliament and see If his money "ouId
NOT ultimately procure him seat among our
hereditary legislators. Meanwhile, he was as,
sifuous in his attentions to those ladeS %
The erea' world with whom he had succecueu
IN making acquaintance, chief among Whom
was the Duchess of Null.
Now several reasons combined to make the
Duchess of Null extremely polite to Mr. Mon
tagu RoSenthal. She was sensible woman
md swan with the tide. No fewer than elgn,
daughters graccd the house Of Null. and OF
this octave not one had vet found q sul1aole
acc. some of the Ladies Macnab were no longer
in heir teens Lady Dulcilella was thirty
two. Lady Georgiana was thirty, Lazy &c
lorna was twenty-ninc, and their hVe sis 1G
ranged from twenty d0wnWard III
Duchess was perfectly aware that seven OF hCi
daughters cOuli not with the widest strc'ch
Of magma ion be called beautiful Inc Lazy
Victoria was the sole exception and had sn'
not been he daughter of ducal mouse IL Is
nossible that even her claims to fascination
might have been overlooked. How, WI n Their
angular figures. high cheek-bones, and sandN
hair. could the Ladies Macnab, almost doweress
rs they were. hopc 10 make ma On IN thelr
own rank. especially with the present strong
American connection in the marriage market
III is useless 20 contend against the fashion
~ the dav" said the Duchess, IN her conf
6cntial moods: all the eldest sons OF peers
arc mined uu nv teauieS from New \ DIRK or
bercsscs from Chicago. As for the Duke, he
is so completely wrapped up in the scientific
articles which he writes for The Bl-Mon'hly
Review that he never seems TO nohce whether
the girls are establishing themselves or not
SO although the young jew was rather 2
hitter pill "a swallow. the Duchess who saw
that he admired Lady Victoria, ignored her
private and herediat preiudccs. and made
the young Lancer welcome in the family man
sion in GrosvenOr Square. And when Mrs
Ruscnthal gave a hall in Piccadilly. her grace
not only took three of her daughters bu,
STAYED couple Of hours. and was even pleased
to say that the flowers were lovely.
The hall was arranged on prnccly scale
and Lady Victoria for her part. enjoyed her
self as much rs il was possible for such phleg-
matte Young woman to do. She was girl
with only one idea and that summed up
in the word tennis OF o,hcr TOPICS ana
anuscmcnts she took DO heed-thcy did moi
exist for her Lady Victoria looked partc
ularlv well that nieht--all the Ladies Macnah
looked best bv candlclig ht-and Monty Rosen-
thai was aSsiduous in his attentions. lie sad
10 himself that he would show the other fellows
in his regiment how be was making the run
ming with the Duke Of MulPs pretty daughter
Her ladyship pleased to dance four or
FIVE times with her young host, and TO take
several turns in the big conservatory afier-
ward And il was here that one of his brOtheI
oiicers-the Hon Claude Chichester young
man who was rather given 10 snubbing Monty
in a Quiet way-caIne by just as R0scnthal
was bonding over Lady Victoria TO fasten a
button of her glove. Chichester looked slightly
disguised az ne passed on, and Rosenthal
Chnckled to himself, bending his handsome
head so that he could see into his partner 5
eyes Far off IN the ballroom they were play
ing the latest doorOus valse,, and the, last
couple had hurried through the glass doors
which led into the house. They were as much
alone as people ever arc at London party.
Il suppose | sha'n't see you again till next
season." sighed Monty. Just like my luck.
Ny leaves up tomorrow, and You Will all be
of in fortnight now
Not till next season 2" said Lady VIC
tOria, who remembered with something like
shock that next season y she would be
thirty wears of age.
Il wish to goodness there were any chance
why, can't Won get any more leave :"
"Oh. yes. / suppose ! could | can always
get round my stupid old colonel But that
doesn't imply seeing you
But perhaps yOu could come up to Castle
Mul-my brother viii be having some men for
the shooting. viii ask mamma TO invite you.
thrill of delight cOursed through MONTY
Roscnthals veins. To lie asked to stay at Castle
Null for the grouSe-shootng TO have his name
in all the papers as one Of the ducal party
here was triumph over that brute Chichester
and the other fellows in his mess. He was
really very grateful to the girl who was doing
SO much for him, and Monty looked quito ten
der as murmured. "Of course, | will come #
You only give me a chance, but ! sha'n't want
To do much shooting unless you follow the
guns
We'll. you can play tennis with me. We
have some perfectly lovely courts in Scotland.
cred Lady Victoria in whose somewhat dull
brain visions Of lawn-enns and matrimony
were beginning to he agrccably cOmmingled
The Duchess was promptly convinced that
this was the trump card to play, and Mr.. Mon
tagu Rosenthal was soon in possession of his
invitation to Castle Null He was asked for
ten days.
The two eldest daughters Of the house Of
Null were pleased to lie facctous about tucil
sisters admirer. The Lady Dulcibella in par
ucular, who was fond of High Church curates
was never tired Of making small acid Joke
about persons Of the Hebrew persuasion. q
their manncls and ems nms She Mlshed Il