The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-01-06

ment of the bottles. and, seeing that 1t
was good, he Withdrew.
The day of the supper arrived, and at
II in the evening Mir. Theodore issued
from his club, called u cab aa:i WAS
driven to his res denCe, a costly and
comfortable house in one of the most
agreeable quarters of the town. He
went ut once to the dining-:OOm, where
We passed a few minutes in critical
Judy of the table and side-board. One
IL two of his Tarer vintagoS, destined
for an advanced and marvellous stage
of the feast, were displa, ed upon the
latter. but Mr.. Theodore remarked
with surprise the absence of a particI-
lar bottle, toward which his fancy had
a~lfcCtiOnately projected itself during
his drive from the CLUB. He summoned
his butter, and in terms of len ent re-
proach discovered K him the deficiency.
Mr.. Dimmick apOlogized, and could
not imagine how he had cOntrived to
be so negiecrful, and retiring in cOnfu-
sion, sank gravely into the fragrant
shades of the cellar. Going to the shelf
where he had deposited the contents of
the newly arr we'd case of liqueur-bran-
dies, he took the first bottle in the up
per laVer. Holding in the wary nan
her of one who understands how fine
liquor should be carried, he was about
TO commence his ascent, when he re-
Hected that one bottle would but just
make the round Of the table. "a glass
apiece and such a very fine %liqueur!
They will want another" said Mr.. DIM
mick. He went back to the shelf and
took another, which was the bottle.
With the two bottles under his arm he
returned to the dinng-rOom, and the
master commended the thoughtfulness
of his servant.
II wanted ten minutes of dnight
rs Mr.. Theodore crossed the spac Gus
iall which separated the dining-r0Om
from the drawing-room. In front of a
noble Venetian mirror, framed in chas-
ed and FURNISHED silver, he gave the
final set TO his tie, and smoothed away
from the neighbOrhoOd of his waist
band the solitary wrinkle which fretted
the fair surface of his satin waistcoat.
Standing their he beh0ld with smooth
and kindly gaze a form which was
neither youthful nor too mature, but
VIII oh combined with the admirable
elegance of twenty the cultured and
slightly more philosophic repose of
torty-eight.
Mr.. Theodore was a man who spent
the fortune which his father had made
Tor him upon principles which aimed at
securing his own contentment in the
lirst place. and in the second, the ap-
proVal of that section of society which
pleased him Lest. A marked tendency
to seltishness, plainly indicated by the
shape OF the nose as seen in profile, was
partially corrected by the genial and
hum~or-loying urV of the mouth. Mr..
Theodore spoke in somewhat iorid
though nicely balanced tones, which he
could shift with admirable art so as to
harmonic them with those of the per-
&c =aSr 10 addressed himself. Tic
from the contemplation of his
on herring the arrival of his
irst guest
Al q quarter after midnight supper
was served. 1t was a rare meal. The
host had been a traveller in many
lands, and was a happy and YER
satile st~ory-teller. He told tales. which
his talent for mimicrv sharpened to the
point of wit, of the theatres of the
East; of sitting eross-legyed in the
OF the floor of the play -house of
of taking surreptitious lessons
In Nautch from the favorite dancer Of
a Maharajahi he sang u comic son o
from an Indian farce which was YER
much like an Indian dirge: aud sub.
sequently performed the all but incred-
lille feat OF condensing into half a
dozen sentences the plot of a Chinese
tragedy which had occupied a month
IN representation.
In jest and anecdote the guests
matched their host featly. Think of the
gen u $ and talent OF the London stage
concentrated round a supper table, each
man of them an actor who stood in the
bye Of the public, the st2r or his par
theatre. a trained humorist. d
Mesmer able at NH doaSSolye
In tears or freeze with horror al entire
sudience, a great declaimer. or at
poorest a magnificent Apollo for whom
countless ladies nightly sighed them
TO sleep. Fired BIZ good wine,
Ind the desire to please, each guest
poured forth his best. and the host bv
sxhortation and example melted his
to fresh endeavor. Hin the blithe
way they heightened out the hours. and
he great gilt clock in the hall chimed
palf-past two. .Dimmick," said M.
to his butler, you may go to
Mr.. Dimmick gratefully made
bis bow and retired.
He had scarcely closed the door UPON
himself when Mr.. Theodore noticed
hat the liqueurs had not been served.
He mentioned the circumstance to his
with an apology. and added:
by your leave, gentlemen, III serve
she liqueur myself. He rose. and
crossed to the sidebOard whore, amid 4
noble array Of glasses and fagons Of
III sizes and shapes. stood the two bot
les containing the new liqueur brandy.
~ should rather like your Judgement
Dn q liqneur-brandy I have here. gem
said Mr., Theodore; ~ Rave