The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-11-24

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fifty years ngo." " ." '''''
I ilio man laughed.
IL. ,,". "u re dry one" he said, tippin.
'''H i"t'' you don't look TO be thirty,
I'm glad LUdovic has taken nrnr,
40 you, he said, sinking back in hi,
?."' sometimes he dislikes people, an,
! IL hard for us ALL. ''''>
I looked ut him i'll surprise. Mr.. AZ
HN,s"h manner to his employees at tn,
i"c'"ry was pcrcmptory i'm the cytrcmr
100 hiIch SO, Ind thought. What ha,
wrought this Soltncss?
lSh whntS his name n scrv:lntg"
H'' NthinS"u started aS if ufraid tluI
some one Nould hear him. "Ol ",
'oM talk Of him tIint way. Hos In,
h,,'iCr' You know. lie docs nrc,ty ,rrrl
"'mt he plcaac&, though. Som,timcs h,
wants To drive, and OF course Irt him
mrs Ntkmson imported him. He !,
very expensive, but he keeps us to th,
marx, You know. lie knows crcrythinn
tilRt we don't know. Between ourselves
wish ! was dead I'm not iit for thi,
"ort "l thing. nearly disgrnccd nv.
sen yesterday when We had OK. r.oycruH,
JimlamS to dine with us by n,l;inp fo,,
ccGr with the soup. Mary Ann Mrs,
Atkinson would have tainted if Ludoy,r
had not brought the shorty and pre-.
tGhdcd not to have understood me,
ilomc! MIR. Atkinson called ont. ns
IhtioWc climbed on to The box.
YES, my old friend continued,
I"ldouc is great treasure" He said
ihiH III the tone in which one speaks of
ncih8 resigned to an aliiiction. "Lorl
1oithnm had him and he has big Gre.
,IentlaIS: Mrs. Atkinson'8 afraid Of
losing, him. y Here the lich m; n
chuckicd. It's about the only thing She
IS airmd OF. sometimes tnink that
wiIcn the girls arc married but. by
george! } hate to think OF that-wcil
nc ahlc to forget our duties To- society.
iuciics"nd social status are awf.l rcspon-
aibIIltlcs. He frowncd gloomily.
Come, let's have drink. Stop at
HMins', he called ont.
There was Il sound OF grlmNlino on
Inc box. The carriage stopped. W.
were on the road that runs a,onr thc
iotomac on the District OF Columbia
side, and the river seemed in III"
twilight like sword OF silver hung in
'hc dark notmngncSs around for the
moon shonc through Il cloud riit on the
river.
Ludovic's crusty accents broke the
silence
Faith, Mr.. Atkinson, you're not
thinking OF giving the gcntlcm,r one of
larkn' punches made with american
whSkcy. The irish gcntlruan's not
used 20 II, and you'Il only be damcaning
N9ul@cIt and me by Offering him The
iihe. Ludoyic'a face could not be seen
III the dnrhnc IS, bat MS voice was un-
compromising. 'I.orI Bcntnan, that
owned the Lakes of Killarney, said to
mo ut our last parting, Me faithful
man, sad he, whatever yc Go IN Amcri-
ca mover put hot w.uhcr in t,.ir whis-
key And PurkinS' isn't tit place for
the likes of Mr.. Fitzpatrick, whatever
you may think, sir, that hasn't the ad-
vantage sure, It's not your fanlt, sir
OF knowing the real stun. Muny's the
time I've stopped at Parkins against me
VIII, and wouldn't have Lord Bcntman
know for the world that | habitunlly
irrlucntcd tavern whore American
whiakry was made into hot punch. If
yc'll wait, I'll brew bowl Will me own
hands OF the real stuff, when we get
home.
"AII SAID Mr. Atkinson meek
~ LnG 'it disappeared, and the car
riagc moved on at Il attling pace.
''Ihldovlc is queer sometimes.
Very, | said
"but he's taken fancy to you. 1t
would drive Mrs. Atkinson mad actual
ly mad to have him leave, now that
were expecting Sir Boyle Roche"
"Who's Sir Boyle Kochc?"
ooh "A ypupD riSb hnrnn,l u.hnpn
rents have been pre- cmptcd by the home
rulers, and he's over here. Clara met
him III town, and he and she rather like
each other. Mrs. Atiinsons set on the
match. No, no, please don't smoke;
i.udovic doesn't like it; it scents tho
cushions"
What next | thought.
Clarssa and Jennie looked very pretty
at dinner under the pink glow OF the
candle shades. Their white gowns lust
touched with aglow that bon silence roses
gives, fitted them to perfection. took
Mrs. Atkinson, busting in red satin, into
the dining room. There was no other
guest Sir Boyle Roche was not to come
for week, and the Marquis lc Grove
N'IlHlOul Ol tilc rtllcn IICb(lIOn ll0u II
previous engagement. Ludoyic in livery
performed his duties solcmnly and man
ngcd the other servants with extreme
"Ihcy will gobblo thciI food, The whis-
pcred behind my chair. There's no
them not TO do that. Tho old
mans a regular race horse for boiling his
Clarissa has improved. She was simple
and nnruilcd. But Jennie has become in
Counts and countcsscs, lords
and ladies, tloatcd backward and forward
between hcrmothcrand her. The conycr-
oation had such an excessively uristocratic
flavor that Mr.. Atkinson's rcninisccncc,
lpropos of the purch, abon the way his
father started in the Junk business, had the
effect of chill, which Mrs. Atkinson par
tally removed by asking for the prairie
which Captain Cavcndisl, her
guards, travelling in the States, "
had sent.
"They we're spoiled, ma am, said Lu-
doyic, shortly.
No more was said, ult!tough Mr.. Atkn-
son opened his mouth rs if to express in
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