The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-22

by at least thirty dancing men, but not 4
lady was to be seen in the room. s
Lady Langley's pretty smile began t.
grow hard and mechanical Horrible fore
oodings seized her. What could 1t mean
here were all the lovely girls and dancin.
matfons she had hidden to the baIs
"poo'li rum sort of show. Don't she
know any womenf' lisped Lord Cecil to the
siari'man. Can't stand any more OF
this Wont some OF you sportsmen CONE
round TO my dlgsings, and have a b and-S
With this his lordship slipped down
stars AMI WAS rejoined by other orna
nenta! youths
IL was only loo, and sons of the men
were gong rs she stood at her post OH the
l!hiins, lady Langley could hear her
guests asking Tor their coats and the foot.
N III whl>tiing shrilly for hansoms
Presently her hopes revived as she heard
tile rustic of femme skirts, aud belIel some
Ella )ordteiy dressed heads ascending the
staircase. Hurrying forward with eager
poiIteneis, she confronted old Lady Trump
ton aad her two scrlggy daughters Good
heavens! were these acid young virgins,
with their angular shoulders and freckles.
70 De the only specimens OF female charm
at the much discussed beauty show Where
was the lovely Lady Hilda Graham, ami
"here were the two Tyrrel girls-the twin,
VINO had made such a sensation last seasonf
Above all, where was the new American.
the sylphliSe Mamie p. Mappin, who had,
Indeed, been thu bait employed 10 lure the
roy atty to Park lane
-till still more young men came dribhling
IN, casting polite glance round the empty
rooms, ana then retiring into distant cor
ners TO discuss the curious situation
AT L! o clock when royalty arrived. all
that Lady Langley had to ofer in the wav
of feminine charm consisted OF Lady
trnmpton and her two angular olive
bran hes, three or four equally uuiuterestin :;
Iris, ana "A somewhat "done-up' dancing
ilstfon Of uncertain age who arrived very
late, an brou5 ht two men with her.
pae Of two melancholy valses were
.l.nrel in viii h the few availlb!.. woman
nsured, with an auiicnce consisting of Old
Lady trumpton, who sat mumbling to
Freddy birmingham of the futiIity of II,
orews attempting to entertain, aud O. &
small crowd OF detected looking young men
with white wigs, who stood about tae doors
tad staircase waiting for the women t.
COM Dut no powdered and travestied
beauties foIud their way up the stairs
"a IA \ night o. horror Lady Langley ha /
laver passed The dance was a CHASTITY
failure Where, in heavens name, were
all her lady guests: She knew it would be
,ds talk of the town-that odious Freddy
birmingham was already composing flip
pant paragraphs, in which to chronicle her
!issrace in the weekly journals With all
Der assurance, La Iy Langley had at heart
the ditlidence OF the parvenu, who is never
quite sure of her position. Why, her bal
poutre would make good story" with
for every dinner table for the
neyt week!
1t was impossible TO have the cotilon.
So, in despair, Lady Langley opened her
doors, and let her young men
feed, if they could not dance
Next day the unfortunate hostess was
PROSTATE on the sofa \ card was brought
~, and she glanced at the bit of pasteboard
u bewidered way. Lady Hilda Ora
.amL With kind inquiries
What did it mean! 4 few minutes more
md another card was brought up Mrs
3eviugton Tyrrell The Misses TyrrelL To
inquire" Were the people all mad! These
we're trnant guests of last night! Why. in
name, should they come next day
with kind inquiries,"
Lady Langley was still more bewildered
when little note was handed to her.
Dear Lady Langley lit ran, Il was real
mad when | got your wire yesterday to say
you had scarlet fever in your house, ami
hat your dance was put oil. had ordered
ny gown from Pingat, and | expected 10
awe lovely time! Hoping the illness is
lot serious, believe ME very sincerely
Tours, MAMIE 2. MAPPIN-1
Lady Langley sprans to her feet The
whole thing was plot Some malicious
'erson must have sent kilograms to all her
Principal Lady guests
1t was Some hours before she suspected
what hand had dealt her this blow In the
lark, and 1t was not until after long and
'autious cross-eNamination of Freddy Jern-
nSham that the injured hostess arrived at a
lew. Procuring one of the kilograms she
lrove to the Office from which it was sent
N Office in remote part of Brompton
here she learned that lady, stout. dark
ND thickly yelled, hal come in q four
Wheeled cab the day before, and had sent
yer fifty kilograms
1t was Rebetca .-Rehecca, whom LADY
-angley had feared would spoil" her
mart party, anu who bad spoiled her party
indeed