Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-20

pirth his mother died and from ~,
'ime forward Lord Fanfare aavo,sa
himself to the rearing and edueatior
=. nssie LORD Tootle Many were The
traps set Tor that willy old bird LORD
FANFARE; mothers cringed to him
daughters smiled at him wiao,n'
ogled him, musical girls PLAYED q,
nim' vocal girls squalled at him. bu,
al IN vain. Lord Fanfare wasn't .
marrying man, and the ladies ! ~
their labor for their pains Thas
resented that. the dear creat,res--c
course they did; and then thew baa
tneir revenge. 1t was LADY kitt,
Candour who set it go ing: I maay
mat It was Lady Kitty who FRS,
started the rumor Of Lord Fanfare,
wickedness. You've only got "a
look at him" people said, "and vou'II
see that It's true at = glance. Whv
ne dyes his hair. and he wears . ohir
tuft-all very wicked old men DIV.
their hair and wear chin tnfts. \.
goes to Tattersall's regularly. he,
very thick with thcatrical psorle be,,
member Of the Pandemonium Club
and. to crown his iniqnity, he, ,
director OF . music hall company"
why does he dress as IL he wera
tailor's advertisementp' said Lad,
Drumthwackit, whose penniless dauph.
ter Hilda had tried very hard indeed
Tor the old gentleman. and had miser
ably failed.
"And he paints, ma, I know b,
does, cried the artless Hilda, ..or how
could he have the complexion OF ,
youth Of seventeenp'
he has wonderful complexion. )
replied her mother, ',but he needn'
have Dragged of 1t to all the world"
Now. the fact was that Lord Fanfar,
kept his connection with the Methuse
lab pill very dark indeed; but he had ,
wonderful complexion, and being font
OF joke, and liking to do stroke Of
business at the same time, he had al.
lowed the omnibuses to literally bris
tie with his portrait, beneath which
was the following ridiculous adyer
tisement:
II am sixty-hve to-day, and vet
thanks to the Methuselah dill. m,
complexion is that Of boy of seven
een.--FANFARE."
You can't doubt the word of a pee
OF the realm, you know. and the sal,
OF the Methuselah pill was vastly in
creased.
The fact is that Lord Fanfare wore
chin tuft simply because chin-tufts wer
in fashion when he was a young bache
lor in the guards; he went to Tattersall'
simply because he'd gone to latter
sails all his life; he was director OF
music hall company because he was
large shareholder, and because b.
liked the little directorial suppers
and because in music hall matters h
was very knowing old boy indeed.
Lord Fanfare and his friend and ca
director, Mr.. David Psalmanezar
were sitting in the directors box a
the International Palace of Varieties
each with Brobdingnagian oper
glass in his hand, and they were star
ing intently at the stage, upon which
the three talented sisters, Laura, Cor
and Dora Flare, were going throug
their well-known entertainment.
sSJh axrf,,a A mt nh aor h,,,I,~l
week." remarked Mr.. David Psalm
anezar. why, half the chappies i
town are over head and ears in Low
with them. and they have to drink ur
limited whiskys- and-sodas--our whis
kys-and-sodas," he added, with
laugh-"to drown their SORROWS; an
there amt doubt" said Psalmane
Ear, who was a vulgar man, with
chuckle, that they're Summers, an
that Laura's the stunningest of tn
three; but don't think l should car
i for her as a daughter-in-law," contir
ued Mr.. Psalmanezar.
! mo. think l should draw the lin
there" remarked his Lordship.
Then why on earth don't you sto
ltp' replied Mr. Psalmanezar.
stop It'll" cried his Lordship, "Sto
whatP"
you've always been good pal
me, Fanfare" remarked Psalmaneza
"it's no business OF mine. but they
say, Fanfare, my boy. that Spindles
going to marry her"
Now. Spindles was a nickname thu
had been bestowed upon young Geore
Blowhard, commonly called Lor
Tootle, as the news papers say; his fe
low chappies called him Spindles b
hind his back and to his face, becaui
hts principal characteristic was a pa
of very thin, long legs.
Don't chaff," said his Lordshil
angrily.
! I'm not chatting replied his frier
and co-dilect that's the talk her
and l believe it's straight tip. o
mar"
I'm immensely obleeged to 20
I'm sure" said his Lordship. He WI
an old-fashioned nobleman, and
always said obleeged, for the san
reason that he wore chin tuft-n
because of his natural wickedness, b.
because it was the fashion in his your
days
And then Lord Fanfare bounced o.
of the International Palace OF Vari
ties as though he'd been frog jun
ing out of hot frying pan.
Next morning he sent for his so