Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
TUE MARQUIS AT nREaKFAsr
uis Noble Lordship and the Quartetto
OF lraderH. m


gland 10 attend 10 some suits and evic.
tons on one of his Irish estates. The
estate in question extended over thirty
miles OF good farm land. A landlord
here i a landlord, indeed This partlc.
ular nObleman had achieved great pro-
minence during his stay by the singular
aud yersisent TAD that he displayed fOi
soiled linen. The Irish press exceeded
itself in describing the shirt Of the most
noble rs he was invariably styled
Marquis.
He came into the coffee room yesteT-
day morning with rather an irresolute
step and an eye that vayered behind
his single glass. His attire was shabby
and his shirt all that It was held mp 10
be. He WAS about 45 and decidedly
p.evish. None Of his travelling com
panlOns had shown up and the Marquis
stood warming a pair OF careleSSly
cared-ruY hands at the fire till a waiter
approached with defereutisl bow and
whispered:
Perhaps your lcgiship would like to
sit down.
"Demmit"
Yes. sir said tine waiter, sympa-
theticaly. 10 was apparent that his
IOAANIAAR AIFsAIII NNIaAt AAF NdN f'afA tAAAA
did not relish auv interruption OF his
reverie by the lire. 30 the walter Laid a
table for four and after a time the most
noble Marquis sank into one Of the chairs
and fell to examining his finger nails.
He shook his head dOlorously when the
inspection was completed and was evi-
IDENTIFY eyeing = neighborlng fork, when
a noisy little Frerchman hustled IN
and, rubbing ms hands briskly, cried.
Good morning, good morning,
m lNWd. How Is il yuu find yourself
this morning. Good: En-: Yer
gpII, thOugh-goOd morning.
lie held his hand out to be shaken,
but the Marquis pretended not u &c
o.. The FrenchmaU then pushed the
hand almost uuJIer the Marquis nose.
The noJleman closed his ewes and
yawned prodJgtously. Then the for
signsr tw,dGleI his fingers with incrsd-
Ible nervous T3pidity while the Marquis
giared AZ them stupidity. l never saw
anything 80 yroteSpUc. even IN farce
comedy on the stage. The whole room
was now Iu a state Of agOniZed sus-
peuse; walters stood still and guests sat
with forks poised iu the air. At last
the noble Marquis lifted his left hand
and laid one finger across the twiddling
fingers OF his guest. 10 was more Of an
insult than his previous action. The
other squeezed his tingp- rapturOusly,
and then tall and iue-looking man
of go. who IS a member Of Parliament,
str de in. lie. zoo, walked directly up
40 the Marquis and held out his hand.
The host extended his left hand aud.
touching the Outstretchod palm with
drew il again. Directly behind the late
conner was the fourth member of the
party, a tall and handsome captain of
Dragons.
''IIaw, - he said, ma W N. -
The Marquis again put out his left
and after the dragoUu bad
shaken hands with all the offers he,
too, sank into his chair. The noble
man Is travelling here under one of his
minor titles of Lord Merries, though
everyone knows perfectly well who he
s All Englishmen have n hidden
longing to travel under strange names
IN ireland. All the Marquis friends
nd servants addressed him with Scru-
lulous care by his assumed title.
Presently two Of the liyeried servants
If the Marquis hurried IN with the
The three guests waited
Intil the host Was served nd well un-
ter way before they tOu,. Il their food
Then they began to talk. 1t was an
pantOmime. livery time a
Oke was made the eyes of all three men
looked sidewiSe at the Marquis. IL he
1riuned there was "A roar of delight.
II he didn't, there was a dead silence.
lie did not say a word until he had tin-
iShed his chop and then he broke into u
story Of the member of Parliament
with:
''I-ah-wcJr low shoes now alto
gethew."
"Do you, indeed, my lord;" gushed
the NJ. T., dropping his story at once
and looking with great eagernesS under
the table at the nobiemaH's feet.
Delightful" said the Frenchman,
radiantly.
"Deviish good thing to do, - bawled
the dragoou heartily, also looking un'
der the table
Because, continued the great land
ed proprietor, '.they veutilate the feet. ,
Upon this perfect clamor of approx,
al broke out among the guests and they
all leaned over and admired the los
shoes of the nOblemau To an extent thai
would have been silly II II had not bcel
sickening. The Marquis soon lost IA
terest in the subject. and his gueSt
branchcd of again. Occasionally the
addressed him pojntedly, but he neyc
looked at and seldom answered them
lie was, i'm fact, ds surly and III brc,
= snOb rs l ever saw. Finally lie awok,
up from his apparent stupor again an,
said to his personal attendant:
Watkins, more hJu'y aud some ol,
cheese.
Would your lordship Ike -or-on
1oag"
lis that the rotten kiudg'
The man bowed.
Bring me some, said the NlIIgui
shortly, Il like the an Cheese tia
can walk alone"
The OutburSt Of merUimeut at thi
was overwhelming, and the three Sycu
plants talked cheese till the Marqui
revealed the fact that he had lost inter
est in the subject by going heavily t,
sleep IN the chair a wiZened, Shruuk
On, untidy, slOvenlv, snarling- look In,
little person with a weak chin, a parch
ment skin, and protrudiug, yellowisl
teeth. The others had finished the.
breakfast, but they would not move I'll
the Marquis 9woke. II grew late an,
still the host Slumbered on. FinaII
the little FreUchman slyly pushed
big spoon of OF the table and il feI
with cl3tter that brought the Marqui
shivering and awake In an upright pU
sltiOn in his chair.
What was that-' he asked sharply
Zone Of the French walters droppe
a fork, m'lOrd. - said Watkins, the ser
want, quietly.
''Nawsty rats, foreigners" " mutteTe
the most noble Marquis. Then, with
out a word 10 the eager and smilin
men 3r, uad him, he tottered out of Oh
room yawning hideously. The other
tuored proudly after him.
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