The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-19

the little party drew their chairs round
the fireplace and prepared to enjoy them
selves
"Wh have you two been doing with
yourselves this month pastW Talbot
asked. Not marrying each other,
hopel'
And why not, pray~ Cunlife de-
"Well, for one thing, Bette and l want
you and Miss Give TO be our best man and
bridesmaid, respectively. and your mar
riage would balk our design. Besides, we
shall wish to have some young unmarried
people about us, to learn from our ex an
pie how an ideal marriage should be car
ried ON
You have found some ideal Them said
Kitty.
"Ihere is one wrinkle in the rose-leaf-the
future Mrs. Talbot's nose. / have a mlsgiv-
ing that snub-noSes are not ideal. But |
have consulted an eminent surgeon on the
subject, and he informs me that by making
an incision down the lady's nose, removing
part of the tissue, and inserting a silver
cartilage, it can be transformed into an
Arabian aquiline. 1t is great comfort to
think of it."
why, John, am sure, when it came to
the point, you would not be SO barDarous!"
demonstrated his mother. And | think
people should be content with the features
the Lord gave them-he knows best"
You forget, mother, that Bettie's fea-
ture to call it that was brought to its pres
ent altitude, not by the Creators fiat, but
by holding it against the grindstone. Her
circumstances, heretofore, have been aIdu-
Gus and lowly. But now that she is about
to be uplifted, as my wife into aristocratic
regions, it is right and proper that her nose
should cease to be a reminder of her hum
bier state.n
Let my nose alone!" exclaimed Bette,
Indignantly. I'm sure it's a great deal
more likely to be held to the griudstone
after our marriage than beforem
Have | not told you that was about TO
become Mr.. Golding's partner returned
John, with superb gesture "Do you inn
agine that there are any grindstoneS-or
snub noses-about his premises"
MY. Goldings partnerl What are you
talking about" cried Cunliffe.
TITS Gully some more of his nonsense ~
said Bette. Il was given some of Mr.
Golding's secret papers TO copy at the office,
and
Bette, before you monopolize all the
conversation, let me remind you that tea
is still in the caddy." Talbot interposei
Il like my wives to be not only aquiline,
but active in the performance of domes-
tic amenities. Run and see if the kettle
bolls."
Il will help you, Bette" said Kitty
Give, rising. 81 know a new way of max
ing tea-'a secret of the mandarins'-and
since you are to be married, I'll teach it to
you"
So the two young women went out to-
gether.
Il wasn't aware that Cowran did bust
ness for Golding nOw," Cmliffe remarked
HAS that quarrel of theirs been made up?'
mo. and guess it won't be-" Talbot
replied. ''This is an old affair-dating
back to before the epoch of the quarrel, in
fact"
81 seel Golding has deposited some of
his private records with Cowran, and for
got all about it. But will Cowran use them
against himN
II should rather suppose thai he meant
to return them, and has had the copies
made for his own personal satisfaction or
protection. It's not my business to make
any suppositlons on the subject, though
It's as much as to say: 4 might get even
with you if | chose, but | won't condescend
to it,"
1.-THE papers are compromising them"
mot in a criminal sense, of course; but
Golding would wish to retain them for the
same reason that General in a campaign
wishes to keep his strategic memoranda out
of the enemy's hands. They would give
him away"
What sort of fellow do you take Gold
ing to beF'
ooh, well, he's a sort of ogre; but | ad-
mire him. He is alive; and he has commu-
Gated his life to every dollar of his two hun
dred millions. There is no rubbish in his
workshop. He conducts his operations
very much as a mathematician performs
his operations; the experiment-the alb
straction-s all he cares for. He might
,I,1a 70 to-
carrying out a combination, but in spite of
that | believe that the broad issue of his
doings is beneficial to" civilization. You
can't estimate him as you would other men :;
he is genius; he is like nature; he has his
destructive winters, but by and by you
find that they are followed by spring and
summer and autumn 1t is impossible for
a really great man not to do more good
than evil"
''He may be a genius, but he is the evil
genius of a great many poor devils" OBJ
Cowran should feel disposed to 'conde-
scend' little"
"You are one of those fellows who are al
ways imagining that they would be worse
than they are if they were some other fell
low" returned Talbot passing his hand
down over his long pale face and yawning
audibly. Il shall be asleep if those girls
don't bring that mandarin tea pretty quick.
HI Bett;er'
Here we come" replied Bette, entering
with the teapot and cups, and followed by
Kitty with tray of toast and cake. ooh,
this tea is goodl l believe Kitty to be
Chinese in disguise"
II have heard that there is a handsome
mandarin watching about the stage door of
the theater," said Talbot.
"You have been misinformed," inter
posed Cunliffe, sit is an American General,
and his name is Stuart Weymouth. He's
a tall, fine-looking, middleaged gentle
man, with gray moustache and dark
eyes. He has been solitary and eccentric
for years, but Kitty's voice had lured him
from retirement He once refused an offer
of $4,000 year from Golding for the use
of his name to float company. That's
as far as I've heard yet. Kitty, tell us the
rest How did he get introduced to you"
There was nothing particularly roman
tic about that part Of it," Kitty replied
"He made himself known to the manager,
and asked him to present him. The mana
ger asked my permission, and gave it. 1
received Gen. Weymouth in the green
room. He told me that he came to the the
alter accidentally six weeks before. Music
was the only enjoyment he had left in the
world. and he was in the habit of attending
the operas and concerts at the Academy of
Music and Metropolitan; but it was I'M
usual for him to go to any of the minor
places. However, he said that after hear
ing me on that first occasion he had not
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