Evening journal., 1889-11-19
FANFARE'S SACRIFICE.

ing very remarkable about Lord Fanfare he
was an easy going old boy | don't think /
that at any period Of his career he-. 1uld ever
have set tile Thames on fire if be nad tried.
hut am very, very certain that he never did /
try The Fanfares we're not rich family.
they had been courtiers for generations, and |
don't think they got much out Of it. Old |
Fanfare himself, when he only held the com
plimentary title Of Lord Tootle, had been a |
royal page, and had commenced life as a |
courtier; then he went into the guards; and |
then he did the wisest thing he ever did in his |
life, he bolted with the daughter Of the late |
proprietor Of the Methuselah pill, and be |
came into a hundred thousand pounds and |
the business, Then young Lord Tootle sold
out of the guards, and settled down at the
age Of 85, getting as much fun as possible out
Of his wifes fortune and the Methuselah pill
Lord Fanfare was not unkind to his wife; at
first he was quite a pattern husband, but
gradually a coldness arose between them, for
poor Lady Fanfare failed to present him with
an heir.
AT the end Of ten years, however, the little
Lord Tootle was born, and at his birth his
mother died, and from that time forward
Lord Fanfare devoted himself to the rearing
and education of little Lord Tootle. Many
were the traps set for that willy old bird,
Lord Fanfare. Mothers cringed 20 him,
daughters smiled at him. widows ogled him,
musical girls played at him, vocal girls
squalled at him; all in vain. Lord Fan
fare wasn't a marrying man, and the ladies
had their labor for their pains. They resent
ed that, the dear creatures-of course they
did; and then they had their revenge. Itwas
Lady Kitty Candour who set it going.
mean that it was Lady Kitty who first start
ed the rumor Of Lord Fanfare's wickedness.
you've only got to look at him. people
said, "and you'll sAe that it's true at glance
| Why, he dyes his hair and he wears a chin
| tgft--all very wicked old men dye their hair
and wear chin tufts. He goes to Tattersall's
/ regularly, he's very thick with theatrical
people, he's member of the Pandemonium
| club, and, to crown his iniquity, he's direc
| tor Of a music hall company
"Why docs he dress as if he were a tailor's
advertisements said Lady Drumthwackit,
whose penniless daughter Hilda had tried
very hard indeed for the old gentleman and
had miserably failed.
"And lie paints, ma, know he does, J" cried
the artlees Hilda, "or how could he have the
complexion Of youth Of 1877
"He has wonderful complexion replied
her mother, fbut be needn't have Dragged Of
it tq Oh The Ycyld.'
Now, the fact vas that Lord Fanfare kept
his connection with the Methuselah pill very
dark indeed; but be had a wonderful com
plcxion, and being fond Of joke and liking
to do stroke Of business at the same time
be had allowed tho omnibuses to literally
bristle with bis portrait, beneath which was
the following ridiculous advertisement;
II am o5 today. and yet, thanks TO the Me
thuselah pill, my complexion is that Of boy
Of l7.-Fanfare.n
You can't doubt the word Of peer Of th'
realm, you know, and the sale Of the Methu
, selah pill was vastly increased
, The fact is that Lord Fanfare wore chil
tuft simply because chin tufts were in fash
ion when be was young bachelor ~ th
! guards; be went TO Tattersall's simply be
| Cause he'd gone to Tattersall's all his life; b
was director Of music hall company be
cause he was alarge shareholder, and beeaus
be liked the little directoral suppers, and be
q cause in music hall matters he was yer.
knowing old boy indeed.
Q Lord Fanfare and his friend and co-direci
h or, Mr.. David Psalmanezar, we're sitting i
g the directors box at the International Pa
n ace Of Varieties each with Brobdingnagia
S opera glass in bis hand, and they were stai
Ii ing intently at the stoge, upon which Il
r three talented sisters Laura, Cora and Dor
1 F1arer, were going through their well know
entertainment
They're dirt cheap at q hundred week
remarked Mr.. David Psalmanezar. "Wh.
half the chappies in town are over head an
lf ears IN love with them, and they have
IF drink unlimited whiskics and sodas -oI
W WHISTLES and sodas,n he added, with a laus
1t Ito drown their sorTows; and there amt
or doubt, said Psalmanezar, who was yulgl
Of man, with chuckle, ''that they're stunnel
al and that Lauras the stunningest Of the thre
er but / don't think should care for her as
daughter in-law,n continued Mr. Psalma
ear.
"No, think should draw the line there
remarked his lordship.
ed Then why on earth don't you stop itf' ]
t. piled Mr.. Psalmanezar.
in stop itri cried his lordship stop what
cd you've always been a good pal to n
he Fanfare remarked Psalmanezar; Fits
q. business Of mine, but they do say, Fanfai
lis my boy, that Spindles is going TO marry be-
Now, Spindles was a nickname that b
been bestowed upon young George Blowhai
commonly called Lord Tootle, as the news
pers say; his fellow chappies called b
lar Spindles behind his back and to his face,
1t cause his principal characteristic was p
ex Of very thin, long legs
nd Don't chaf, p said his lordship, angrily.
"I'm not ohaling,n replied his friend 2
co-director; that's the talk here, and
lieve iTsa straight tip, old man."
"rm immensely obleeged TO you, I'm sur
ms said his lordship. He was an old fGshioi
me uobleman, and he always said obleeged,
tho same reason that be wore chin tuft--
because Of his natural wickedness, but
cause it was the fashion in his young days
And then Lord Fanfare bounced out OF
International Palace Of Varieties as tho
he'd been a frog jumping OUT Of a hot fry
pan.
Next morning he sent for his
"George,n he said, addressing Lord Toe
e Is when die you'll be rich man
aei- 1--WE won't talk about that, father"
Wig Lord Tootle; and he said it sincerely, for
rev young man, though ''chappie," was fon
iaYs bis father.
ana "You know what the position IS, Geor
eme said Lord Fanfare, very seriously Il
ndi; fare castle is entailed; it costs a thousal
&c. year to keep up. You might perhaps, L
for a3Q0, aud you can't sell it. To
man. George, the castle is just a white
ware phant If you offend me, Tootle," said
inds lordship severely, you'll be pauper. !
SIR cried Lord Fanfare, in a tremen
Inc voice, whats all this bear about l.
Den pei. Flars''l'