The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-12-03

dial of it. Again, wilcs was con,,-
po"'s was equally implicated wit ,eo that
wller and would be silent for h;s wa Cash.
so that poor Dobbs, as is to, ofton t Nv sake
simple but weak natures, lad FIN 'ue late Of
oupllc'ty ny every rascal in tho land e'' for
From which it may be inferred tha.
occurred to disturb the security Of nno'llns
When tho door closed upon Mr. was asn"ller
u'ted note which, with costly h., ls ue H.
lngly distastcful bouquet-rcarr,n Wv exceed.
own IA. ''"sers' and iiscord and inconns ~ us
visible in every combination Of co,or 'sru'ty
OIL ny special messenger, Thon ,ue sent
ceeded to make his tolct-an oner,t;o "e pro.
graceful or picturesque in our SOW 49, 'a'ey
suit t" the spectator when ohcsit, - Ill H.
added. When he had put on clean sh iupe'.
which there was grossly too much ona a,,
white waistcoat, that seemed to ,co.' "'ued
rotnnd'ty' he completed his attire wiz, us
black frock coat OF tho latest stv,o NV, "'n
veyed himself. complacently before ~: sur
IL is to be recorded that, however satisfactoa.
tho result might have been to Mr.. G.shs', ty
1t was not SO to the disinterested sn.ot..
lhero are some men on whom "tbat dofo~S.
thief, Fashion," avenges himself hv 49,. u'ea
their clothes appear perennialIv n.v M
gloss OF th' tai'or's iron never disappears. ths
creases Of the shelf perpctually rise in ,,s ,.'
ment against tho wearer. Novelty w.s IS
general suggestion Of Mr.. Gashwi,er. s suO
dress-it was never his habtude-a,d .n a4'
Own Make, ""Nobby," and the --latest s...,'
only 49," was as patent on the Iegis,oto.,,,
broad back as II it still retained thu .hon
mans ticket p'
Thus arrayed, within an hour be comr,,
Gently followed tho note and his floral ~.
ing. The house he sought had been orco ~.
residence Of foreign ambassador, who h.a
loyalty represented his government in a s;no,s
unimportant treaty, now forgotten. and II
various receptions and dinners, still ac,ivo1,
remembered by occasional visits to its saon
now the average dreary American narlor
Dear me-" the fascinating Mr., X, won]a
say, "but do you know, love, in this verv
room remember meeting the distingu;shoa
Marquis of Monte Pio;" or perhaps tho fosh
ionable Jones, Of the state department in
stantly crushed the cayed friend be WOO
perfunctorily visiting by saying: "'Pon nv
soul, you hcres Why, the last time | was in
this room / gossiped for an hour with thu
Countess dc Castenet in that very corner
For, with the recall of the aforesaid amhas,
sador, the mansion had become BOARDING.
1r1,, l,,vA tc
clerk
Perhaps there was nothing in the history Of
the house more quaint and philosophic than
! :hc story of its present occupant Rccer
FauQuier had been departmental clerk for
forty years. 1t was at once his practical
good luck and his misfortune to have been
| early appointed to a position which required
q thorough and complete knowledge of the
formulas and routine of department that
expended millions Of the public funds. Eau.
quier, on poor salary, diminishing instead
of increasing with his service, had seen sue.
cessive administrations bud and blossom anu
decay, but had kept his position through the
| fact that his knowledge was necessity to
the successive chiefs and employees. Once,
it was true that he had been suinmarily re-
moved by new secretary, to make room for
q camp follower, whose exhaustive and Intel
lectual services in q political campaign had
made him ezninently fit for anything; but the
alarming discovery that the new clerks
knowledge of grammar and etymology was
even worse than that of the secretary himself,
and that, through ignorance of detail, the
business Of that department was retarded TO
q damage to tho government Of over halt
million OF dollars, led to the reinstatement Oh
Mr.. Faua,,ier-at q lower salary. For 1t was
felt that something YVES wrong somewhere
ard as it had always been tie custom OF con-
| gross and tho administrator to cut down SAL
cries os the first step to reform, they made Oh
Mr.. Fauguier moral example. AGentf'
man born, Of somewhat expensive 1a>t>
having lived up to his for.nc: salary' 'A'
change brought another brcad-wl''lef 'l'o
the field. Mrs. Fauquier, vino tried, more"
les, ulls,,cccssfully, to turn her Oil soe'A''A
habits Of hospitality to rc,nuncrat''e ACCOUNT
| But as poor Fauquicr could never |" ile'
| vailed upon 10 present. u pi1 I" $50
sir, and as some Of the scions OF tue os''
southern families We're still waiting lol, "
had been recently dismissed from, p'N''loD'
the experiment was pecuniary laii''fe' ~;
the house was OF excellent r"pute anu VIZ
| patronizc,l; indeed, it was worth sol'et''N7
sec old Fau1,;ier sitting at the head OF us 0"'
table, in something Of his ancestral s'sn' ~
lating anecdotes OF great men No" ue''" ' -.
cone. interrupted only by occasional '>l'
from importunate tradeslnen ,;,,
Prominent among what Mi. f'u4 .,,
called his "litt,c family was olacA'',.
lady of great powers of fascination 'u ~, s
siderable local reputation as illrt -s s,srs
theless, these social "oeti''''. -, cou,.
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