Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10

conferred on me lasting favor. shall not
forget it. was bound for the Hotel du Grand
Prince. What about the Imperial?''
Nothing all salubrious, mountain air
charged with ozone and not a particle of de-
leterious matter in it.
II shall certainly go there-most certainly.
had telegraphed to the Grand Prince; but never
mind, had rather pay forfeit and put up at
the Imperial"
Would you mind, my lord, giving my card to
the proprietorf 1t will insure you receiving
every attention. was there when ill, and am
pleased to recommend the attentive manager.
Ny name is Yeo-Colonel Yeo-Colonel Beaple
Yeo. East India Company Service, late of the
Bombay Heavy Dragons. Heavies we were
called-Heav1es, my lord"
"WiIl you excuse me?" said the stout little
nobleman; Il must run and speak to my lady.
| Pom my word, this is most serious. 1must tell
her all you have been so good as communicate
to me. What were the statistics relative to the
Grand Prince?'
Eight decimal one-call it eight of diphthere-
tic efiuvium, traces of scarlet fever germs,
and of trichinus spiralis. You know, my lord,
how fr1ghtful, how deadly, are the ravages of
that pest"
"Bless mei' exclaimed his lordship, 'these
foreigners-really they should not attempt to
| draw English-Englishmen and their families
to their health resorts without making proper
provision in a sanitary way. Of course, for
| themselves it doesn't matter; they are foreign
| ers, and Impervious to such influences; or. If
not, and carried off by them-well, they are for
eigners! But to English-it is outrageousl I'll
| talk to my lady,"
Lambert" said Mrs. Sidebottom in a low
tone to her son, ''for goodness sake don't for
get; we must go to the Hotel Imperialr'
But low as she had spoken her neighbor in
the light suit heard her, turned round and saw
| her Not the least abashed, he raised his hat,
and with flush of pleasure exclaimed. 'Ahl
| how do you do my dear madam-my dear, dear
| madam? This is a treat-a treat indeed; the
unexpected is always doubly grateful" He
looked round to see that his lordship was out
of hearing. and then said in a lower tone, ''you
misconstrued me-you misinterpreted me. L
had guaranteed you Is per cent, and Is per cent
you should have had. If you have lost it, it is
through want of confidence in me-in
| me- in Colonel Beaple Yeo, of the
| Bombay Heavies. Had you trusted me
| but ahi let bygones be bygones. Howver, an
| explanation is due. writhe under the imputa-
| tion of not being above board and straight
| straight as an arrow. But what can you do
with a man like Mr.. Philip Pennycomequick?
| The landowners of Brldlington got wind of the
plan. They scented 1odinopolis. Their greed
was Unsuitable, they demanded impossible
prices. There was nothing for it but for me to
beat a retreat, make a strategic move to the
| rear, feign to abandon the whole thing throw
| it up and turn my attention elsewhere. Then,
when they were in state of panic, my design
was to reappear and buy the land on my own
| terms, not any more Oh theirs. Why, my dear
madam, would have saved the shareholders
thousands on thousands of pounds, and raised
| the interest from perhaps modest to % per
| cent, and a decimal or so more. But was not
| trusted, the money confided to me was with
drawn, and others will make fortunes instead
of us, 1 schemed, others will carry out my
| scheme. Sic vos non vobis mellifcatis apes,
and you know the rest, aratis bowls, and SO
| on"
| Then Beaple Yeo stood up and handed his
| card to Mrs Sidebottom, saying: "You will at
| least do me this favor; give my card to the pro-
| prietor of the Hotel Imperial, and he will care
| for you as for princess of the royal blood"
| Then he stalked away.
| Mrs. Sidebottom turned dejectedly to her
son. Lamb, believe was premature After
all, there was management in that affair. Of
course his was the right way to bring those
| landowners to their knees. Let us take
| turn"
Beaple Yeo had now attached himself to
| another party of strangers-tourists, whose ac-
| quaintance he had probably made at an hotel
| in Lucerne; and he walked the deck with them.
When they were fore, then Mrs Sidebottom
| and her son were in the rear, but when they
| turned on their heels, then she turned also and
| walked aft, and heard their conversation dur
| ing that portion of the walk. The subject was
ST. Bernard dogs. and apparently Beaple Yeo